Black and white photograph of hockey player Jack Jenkins from Biggar, Saskatchewan.

"Chief" McDowell, cover point, in Mintos uniform posing on the ice.

Bio/Historical Note: The Prince Albert Mintos were a professional ice hockey team in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They played in the Saskatchewan Professional Hockey League from 1909-1911. The Mintos won the league title in 1909 after the Saskatoon Stratchonas were disqualified for using ineligible players. They then played the Edmonton Pros for the Fit-Reform Trophy (Western Canadian Championship) and were defeated. The club repeated as SPHL champions in 1911, beating the Saskatoon Westerns in a playoff. They advanced to challenge for the Stanley Cup, and lost to Port Arthur Lake City 12-6 in a qualification series. The Mintos then transitioned to senior competitions, playing for the Allan Cup. The Mintos was later the name of a junior team playing in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and is now (2023) used by a team in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League.

J.D. " Dad" Stewart, centre, in Mintos uniform posing on the ice.

Bio/Historical Note: The Prince Albert Mintos were a professional ice hockey team in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They played in the Saskatchewan Professional Hockey League from 1909-1911. The Mintos won the league title in 1909 after the Saskatoon Stratchonas were disqualified for using ineligible players. They then played the Edmonton Pros for the Fit-Reform Trophy (Western Canadian Championship) and were defeated. The club repeated as SPHL champions in 1911, beating the Saskatoon Westerns in a playoff. They advanced to challenge for the Stanley Cup, and lost to Port Arthur Lake City 12-6 in a qualification series. The Mintos then transitioned to senior competitions, playing for the Allan Cup. The Mintos was later the name of a junior team playing in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and is now (2023) used by a team in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League.

Gerry Couture, right winger and captain, in uniform.

Bio/Historical Note: Gerald Joseph Wilfred Arthur (Doc) Couture was born 6 August 1925 in Saskatoon and attended St. Joseph's School. While there he experienced his first hockey success, playing on the Church League winners in 1936 and 1937. He played junior hockey for the Saskatoon Quakers in 1941-1942 and 1942-1943 and then joined the University of Saskatchewan Huskies where he starred for two seasons. Couture was an outstanding tennis player, joining John Leicester in doubles and often winning Saskatchewan championships. They played in two Canadian championships and once beat the Mexican Davis Cup doubles team. Couture also played some senior hockey at this time, including while serving with the Navy in Saskatoon. Couture started his National Hockey League career as a right-winger with the Detroit Red Wings in the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs. He had an outstanding season in 1949-50 when he scored 29 goals - his best season in the NHL, and played on the Detroit team, which won the Stanley Cup. He scored four goals and one assist in the playoffs and his line scored the winner in the seventh game of the final against New York. Couture was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Bert Hirschfield in 1951. He played 10 games with the Habs in their 1951-52 campaign, posting one assist and amassing four penalty minutes before a laceration he suffered to his ankle brought his season to an early end. He was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in 1952 in return for financial compensation. Couture played two seasons with Chicago before announcing his retirement. Couture scored 86 goals and recorded 70 assists in his 385-game career. He played 45 playoff games with 9 goals and 7 assists. Couture joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Hockey League for three seasons, scoring 32 goals and winning all-star one year and scoring 33 goals another season. He later played for Saskatoon-St. Paul Regals and finished his career with the Saskatoon Quakers who went to the western final in 1959-60. He was the team coach and won the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League most valuable player award. Couture died 13 July 1994, a month after learning he had been accepted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame.

Group photo of hockey team members: Annie Maude (Nan) McKay, Ginger Catherwood, Queade Isabel Helen Johnston, Ellen Andreasen, N. Busselle, A. Robinson (capt), Elizabeth Marguerite Gardiner, Cora Ada Myers, Sandy McIntyre (coach).

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Hannah, North Dakota in 1902, Ginevra (Ginger) Irene Catherwood and her family moved to a homestead just outside Scott, Saskatchewan, four years later. Ginger likely learned to skate and play hockey on frozen sloughs. She also played baseball and excelled as pitcher. Catherwood entered the University of Saskatchewan on a scholarship in 1919. It was on the ice, as captain of the Varsity women’s hockey team, where she excelled. Catherwood’s arrival at the U of S coincided with the beginning of inter-varsity competition in women’s hockey. During the 1920-1921 season, playing against the University of Manitoba, Catherwood scored five goals in the first period and finished the game with three more in a 9-1 victory. She netted four goals in the first 11 minutes in a match against the University of Alberta. The final score was Saskatchewan 7 (Catherwood 6) and Alberta 1. The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix declared the U of S team the unofficial champion of university women’s hockey that season (there was no formal league at the time.) Opposing teams quickly learned that Catherwood was a scoring threat every time she had the puck. During the 1921-1922 season, she was hurt in the first period in a game in Edmonton and left the ice. The team squeaked out a 2-1 win. She was still nursing her injury in the next game against Manitoba and played defence in a 2-2 tie. Catherwood graduated with a three-year Arts degree in 1922. After attending Normal School in Saskatoon, she found work as a teacher in the Plenty, Saskatchewan district. Then in 1928, her sister Ethel won Olympic gold in high jump and Ginger was called upon by their family to chaperone her during her Canadian travels. Ginger was rumoured to have accompanied Ethel when she left Canada for the United States sometime around 1932. Ginger Catherwood later married English-born Charles Mitchell in Toronto in the fall of 1933.

Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Daryl K. Seaman at fall Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Daryl Kenneth (Doc) Seaman was born in Rouleau, Saskatchewan, in 1922 and graduated from high school there in 1939. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and served as a bomber pilot with the Royal Air Force in North Africa and Italy from 1941 to 1945. For his service he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Croix de Guerre by the Government of France. After the war Seaman returned to Saskatchewan and earned a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1948. The following year Seaman and his two brothers, Byron and Donald, incorporated a small seismic drilling company in Alberta. This company later expanded into oil and gas well drilling, and oil and gas exploration and development. In 1962 the name of the company was changed to Bow Valley Industries Limited. In addition to being Chairman of the Board and a Director of Bow Valley Industries Ltd., Seaman was a Director of Crown Trust Company; Crown Trust Advisory Board; Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd.; Revelstoke Companies Ltd.; Marathon Realty Ltd.; Nova, An Alberta Corporation; and he was on the Board of Regents of the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame. Seaman’s interest in hockey began in Rouleau where he played hockey as an amateur. Seaman was one of the original six owners of the Calgary Flames, along with his brother Byron and four others. Under his co-ownership, the franchise won their only Stanley Cup in 1989. They reached two other Stanley Cup Finals. In 1993 Seaman was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Daryl Seaman died in Calgary in 2009 at age 86. In 2010 he was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Agriculture hockey team in uniform on ice.

The Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Hockey Team [1949] is pictured. Back row: Emile Venne, Ralph Greyeyes, Richard (Dickie) Greyeyes, Hilliard Arcand, Albert Arcand. Front row: Albert Lafond, George Greyeyes, David Lafond.