Ice Hockey in Saskatchewan - Notable Saskatchewan Sports Personalities

Notable Saskatchewan Sports Personalities

See also: Category:Saskatchewan sportspeople
  • Roger Aldag from Gull Lake, Saskatchewan was a Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1976 through 1992 and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
  • Mary Geraldine (Bonnie) Baker, née George all-star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • Ethel Mary Catherwood or "The Saskatoon Lily" from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was a Canadian track and field athlete.
  • Rick Folk curling skip of the winning team in the 1980 Labatt Brier.
  • Emile Francis (b.1926)
  • George Patrick Genereux was a Canadian Gold medal winning trap shooter and physician from Saskatoon.
  • Gordon "Gordie" Howe OC from Floral, Saskatchewan, was a professional ice hockey player known as Mr. Hockey".
  • William Dickenson ("Wild Bill") Hunter CM from Saskatoon was a Canadian hockey owner, general manager, coach and founder of the Western Hockey League.
  • Diane Jones-Konihowski C.M., B.Ed. is an Olympic pentathlete.
  • Catriona Le May Doan, O.C. from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is a Canadian speed skater and a double Olympic champion in the 500 m.
  • Rueben Mayes from North Battleford, Saskatchewan is a former National Football League running back with the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks.
  • Michael ("Mike") Mintenko from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is a silver Olympic medalist and a freestyle and butterfly swimmer
  • Blair Morgan from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is a multi-time CMRC Canadian National championship-winning motocross racer, World Snocross snowmobile champion and a 5-times X-Games gold medalist
  • Jason Parker, from Yorkton, Saskatchewan is a Canadian speed skater and an Olympic Silver Medalist from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
  • Terry Stephen Puhl of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada is a former professional baseball player.
  • Glenn "Chico" Resch from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan was a professional ice hockey goaltender
  • Ernest M. Richardson C.M. from Stoughton, Saskatchewan is a Canadian and world curling champion.
  • Jon Ryan from Regina, Saskatchewan is a punter in the NFL.
  • Sandra Schmirler SOM was a Canadian curler, an Olympic and triple World Champion.
  • Eddie Shore from Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan was a professional NHL ice hockey player.
  • Meaghan Simister from Regina, Saskatchewan is a Canadian Olympic luger.
  • Bryan Trottier is a forward with the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.

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