* January 25 – Gordie Dwyer Former NHL player and coach

Former Avs great Peter Forsberg attempted a comeback in the NHL with Colorado midseason.

* Former NHL bruiser Hilliard Graves ( California Golden Seals ) hails from Dartmouth.

* Peter Mahovlich Former NHL player

* Former ice hockey player in the NHL, Håkan Loob.

* Greg Classen, Former NHL hockey player, currently under contract with Kolner Haie

( Former Toronto Blue Jays, NHL on TSN and NBA on TSN play-by-play ; now play-by-play for ESPN, although TSN may simulcast games he calls )

* Charlie Mason ( 1912 – 1971 ) Former NHL player

* Cooney Weiland ( 1904 – 1985 ) Former NHL player and head coach

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Former NHL player, Mark Messier, finished with a time just over 4 hours at age 50.

* Peter McNab, Former NHL hockey player, current color analyst for the Colorado Avalanche

* Mike Barnett, Former NHL player agent ( represented Wayne Gretzky ), Former GM of the Phoenix Coyotes ( 2002 – 2007 ).

Former NHL forwards Markus Näslund and Brett Hull are two players commonly referred to as snipers.

Former coaches Lou Crawford and Shawn MacKenzie both had brief NHL careers.

Former NHL enforcer Matt Johnson was raised and lived in Fenwick Ontario, although his birthplace is listed as Welland Ontario, as this is where the local hospital is located.

Former Leaf Doug Gilmour scored a fluke goal in that game and notorious tough guy Bob Probert scored the final NHL goal in MLG history during the third period.

* Jim Vesey Former NHL hockey player with the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins

Former NHL stars stayed in the organization to help coach in the junior ranks.

Former Marlboros Brad Park and Mark Howe were also inducted into the Hall of Fame as NHL defenceman, and Carl Voss was inducted as a builder.

Former National Hockey League ( NHL ) star Craig Coxe was the coach for the Predators.

Former NHL player Dave Gagner assumed Smyl's former Director of Player Development role.

Former NHL hockey player Wayne Gretzky has called the structure " one of the most beautiful buildings we have in North America.

Former Milan player Nils Liedholm was the manager at the time, with players such as Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Pruzzo and Falcão.

Former dual premiership winning coach and Essendon triple-premiership winning player Mark Thompson later joined Hird on the coaching panel.

* David Fairleigh – Former Rugby League forward, 1994 Rothman's Medal winner, NSW & Australian representative player, North Sydney Bears " Team Of The Century " second-rower, current coach of the Central Coast Bears

* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach

Former Braves minor league player and sportswriter Pat Jordan said, " Aaron gave much of the credit for his own swift rise to stardom.

Former Wizard / Sporting Kansas City player Sasha Victorine provided color commentary in the beginning of 2011 but stepped down to spend more time with family.

Former Australian Test player, Bruce Yardley, who himself was an off spinner in his day, was assigned with the task of ensuring Muralitharan bowled all his deliveries with the same vigour as he would do so in match conditions when tested in 2004.

* Former Monkee still a player

* Marc Lièvremont, Former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team

Former Wales and British Lions rugby player John Bevan now teaches at the school.

Former Feyenoord player Mike Obiku once said " Every time you enter the pitch, you're stepping into a lion's home.

Former pitcher Josh Kinney who played for the Rascals in 2001 ( 21 innings, 18 strikeouts, 1. 71 ERA ) became the first Rascal player, and second in franchise history, to make it to the Major Leagues.

* Nate Thurmond – Player 1985 ( Former player 1975 – 1977 )

* Walt Frazier – Player 1987 ( Former player 1977 – 1980 )

* Lenny Wilkens – Player 1989 and Coach 1998 ( Former player ( 1972 – 1974 ) and coach ( 1986 – 1993 )

Former Stars goalkeeper Andy Moog was promoted to Assistant General Manager for Player Development ( he kept his job as goaltending coach ), and former player Ulf Dahlen was hired as an assistant coach.

Former captain Mark van Bommel returned to his old club from A. C. Milan and was officially presented as a PSV player on May 14.

Former World Champion Bobby Fischer, noting that " Morphy and Capablanca had enormous talent ", stated further that Morphy had the talent to beat any player of any era if " given time to study modern theory and ideas ".

* Former NBA player Xavier McDaniel once lived in this county.

* Andy Mitchell, Former professional baseball player

* Greg Taylor – Former NFL player

* Brian Smith – Former NFL player who played defensive end for the Denver Broncos in the early 1990s.