A man, identified as Norman McNevin, in full hockey gear with a hockey stick and puck.

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

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.

Hockey team members, back row (l to r): Allan A. Smith, Arthur Hughes Sargeant, J. Harvey Harrop, Arthur Wellesley Henry (coach). Front row: Thomas Caldwell, Leonard Cooney, Pontus Wicklund, Henry Dell Perley. Outdoor image.

Veterinary Medicine hockey team posing on ice, back row (l to r): Tom Beatty, Brent Wagner, Richard Back, Geoff Gerhardt, Calvin Barnes, John Campbell. Front row: : Andy Allen, Jamey Kalanchuk, Al Rung, Trent Bollinger, Richard Kondra. Missing from photo: Blaine Unger and Ewald Lammerdung.

Bio/historical note: Appeared in April 9, 1999 OCN.

Huskies Lottery Scholarship winners. Front row (l to r):: Taryn Fjeld (hockey), Amanda Hagel (volleyball), Dawn Dreger (volleyball), Claire Dore (basketball), Lisa Bodnarus (basketball), Karlyn Serby (track & field), Edyta Sieminska (cross-country). Back: Eric Kirschner (wrestling), Seth Lang (basketball), Reid Bilben (volleyball), Jeremy Rondeau (hockey), Derek Sieben (hockey), Colin Dutton (football), Ryan Reid (football), Jamie Epp (cross-country). Missing are: Robby Boisson (hockey), Blake Cumming (track & field), Brent Dancey (football), Ian Ferguson (basketball), Joanna Mould (hockey).

Bio/historical note: Image appeared in 10 Nov. 2000 issue of OCN.

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 team members.

Members of the Huskies lift their coach, Dave King, above their shoulders after defeating the Concordia Stingers 6-2 to win the Canadian Intercollegiate Hockey Championship in Moncton, N.B.

Bio/Historical Note: W. David King, a native of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, graduated from Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon. King enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1968 and graduated with a BAPE in 1971 and a BEd in 1972. King played on the Huskies hockey team for four years and was assistant coach with the team in 1972-73. From 1973-1979 he taught high school and coached in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and the Western Major Junior Hockey League. King was named head coach of the Huskies in 1979. He built a tradition of "Dog Hockey" that became a hallmark of the program. Under his guidance, the Huskies won the Canada West Championship three times - 1981, 1982 and 1983. The Huskies finished second at the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union championship in both 1981 and 1982 and in 1983 won the CIAU title in Moncton. King was selected as the Canada West Coach of the Year three times, the CIAU coach of the Year in 1980 and was awarded the Colb McEown Trophy as coach of the Year at the U of S three times. While at the University of Saskatchewan, he coached the Canadian national junior team to a world championship in 1982 and a bronze in 1983. King went on to become coach of Canada's national hockey team for three Olympics - 1984 (Sarajevo-fourth), 1988 (Calgary-fourth) and 1992 (Albertville-bronze). He also coached the Canadian national team at five International Hockey Federation world championships. In 1987 King coached Canada to the gold medal in the Isvestia Cup tournament in Moscow, becoming the first Canadian team to defeat the Russian national team in Russia since the 1972 Summit Series. King was head coach of the NHL's Calgary Flames from 1992-93 to 1994-95 and the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2000-01 to 2002-03 and an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens from 1997-99. He has coached in the Russian Super League and the Swedish Elite League. King was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1992. He was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1997, the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2006.

Huskie team members stand on ice surface. Players: R. Propp; George Genereux; Kevin Murphy; Tom Martin; Berry Tibbitt; Pete McMurtry, Jack Armitage; Don McCollough (coach); Ian Ross; Dale Hardy; Stu Griffith; Doug McKay; Bill Hay; Brian McDonald; Ted Oliver; Keith Smith; Keith McConnell (manager); Dan Haggerty (equipment manager).

Huskie hockey team members dressed in blazers, white shirts and ties grouped. Names: H. Swanston, V. Waymouth, G. Crawford, S. Millard.

Head and shoulders of Jim Hay, men's Intramural Athletic Board member and Huskie football player.

Bio/Historical Note: James Miller Hay was born in 1931 in Regina, Saskatchewan. A graduate of Central Collegiate in Regina, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BE. 1950) in 1947. He earned a BE (Chemical Engineering), University of Saskatchewan, an MPE (Petroleum Engineering), University of Tulsa, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto. While at the U of S, Hay excelled at both football and hockey. He played both sports for three years and was captain of the teams in his senior season. A centre, Hay led the Huskie hockey team in scoring in 1947-1948 with four points, including two goals in four games. In 17 career games, he had 18 points, including six goals. He received a Block S Award in 1947-1948, received his Senior Colours in 1949 and was given a Major Athletic Award in 1950. Hay also served on the Men's Athletic Board for two years. He went on to become president and CEO of Dow Chemical Canada.

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

Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, is making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Colonel Robert L. Houston at Convocation at Centennial Auditorium. Iain MacLean, University Secretary, prepares to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Col. Robert Laird (Bob) Houston was born in Melville, Saskatchewan in 1911. He grew up in Arnprior, Ontario and then attended Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York on a hockey scholarship from which he graduated in 1934 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1935 he was commissioned into the Canadian Army. He served in various capacities in the Army until retiring as a Colonel in 1963, including fighting in World War II as a Commanding Officer of the Fourth Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals and being awarded the French Croix de Guerre, instructing at the Canadian Army Staff College in Kingston, Ontario and the NATO Defence Staff College in Paris, France and serving on different international committees. In 1963 Col. Houston founded the Canada Japan Trade Council and led the Council until his retirement. In 1987 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Star from His Majesty, The Emperor of Japan for his efforts through the years to promote friendly relations and economic ties between Canada and Japan. Col. Houston initiated the Western Transportation Advisory Council and he is a past chairman of the Canadian National Committee of United World Colleges (which ultimately led to the establishment of the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific), past president of Clarkson University Alumni Board of Governors, past President of the NATO Defence College Association of Canada, past Chairman of the National Committee for the Diefenbaker Canada Centre and a past Director of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society and the Big Rideau Lake Association. Col. Houston died in Ottawa in 2002 at age 90.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Charles G. Power at Convocation in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Charles Gavan (Chubby) Power was born in 1888 in Sillery, Quebec, He was educated at Loyola College and Laval University, graduating in law; while a student he was an outstanding athlete, and ultimately was a star with the Quebec Bulldogs of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA). A proficient scorer, he scored four goals in one game in 1908 and five goals in a game in 1909. Power served overseas in World War I, first as a captain and then as an acting major. He was wounded during the Battle of the Somme and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during military operations. Power entered politics in the 1917 federal election in which he was elected as a "Laurier Liberal" during the Conscription Crisis of 1917. In 1935, Power was appointed minister of pensions and health in the Liberal cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. During World War II, he served as minister of national defence for air and was responsible for expanding the Royal Canadian Air Force. Power’s opposition to conscription led him to resign from the cabinet during the Conscription Crisis of 1944, after the government passed an Order in Council to send conscripts overseas. Power sat as an "Independent Liberal" for the duration of the war and was re-elected as an Independent Liberal in the 1945 federal election. He then rejoined the party and ran to succeed King in the 1948 Liberal leadership convention but came a poor third. Charles Power retired from the House of Commons in 1955. He was appointed to the Senate on 28 July 1955 and served until his death in Quebec City in 1968.