The Chatham-Kent Atom AAA Cyclones team is very excited to have the following local hockey legends join us at the OHF Banquet on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at The Chatham Armoury Banquet Conference Centre.
Mr. Gary Patterson (Master of Ceremonies)
Mr. Dave Torrie Born and raised in Blenheim, Ontario Player- Blenheim Minor Hockey; Blenheim and Dresden Junior; Chatham Senior Maroons Coach- Blenheim Junior Blades- 4 years- 1 league Finalist Coach/GM- Chatham Junior B Maroons- 4 league championships and 1 Sutherland Cup General Manager- Soo Greyhounds, OHL- 8 years- 1 league Finalist NHL Scout- Buffalo Sabres - 2 years
Mr. Ken Houston
Born and raised in Dresden Ontario
Player -
1971 - 73 - Chatham Maroons - Tier 2 Junior A Hockey
1973 - 75 - Omaha Knights - CHL
1975 - 1982 - Atlanta/Calgary Flames - NHL
1982 - 1984 - Washington Capitals - NHL
1985 - Los Angeles Kings - NHL
Ken amassed 161 goals and 167 assists in his 11 year NHL career.
6 times he scored over 20 goals in his NHL career.
Still involved in hockey today and participates in the NHL Old-timers games across Canada and the U.S.
Coach - 2000-2001 - Assistant coach of Dresden Junior Kings
- Ken was an inaugural inductee into the Dresden Sports Hall of Fame in 1997
Mr. Brian Wiseman
Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario
Player -
Minor Hockey League player scored an astounding 413 goals in a single season - greater than even the Great Gretzky did as a minor league player.
Chatham Micmacs (Maroons) - Brian eclipsed Ed Olczyk's all-time points in a season where he at 147 points in just 40 games in 1989-90.
Went on to play for the Michigan Wolverines from 1991 - 94 and still holds the University's assist record with 164.
Drafted by New York Rangers
Chicago Wolves - IHL
Saint John's Maple Leafs - IHL
Toronto Maple Leafs - NHL
Houston Aeros - IHL - won Turner cup in 1989-90
Coaching
- Video Coach with Dallas Stars
- Assistant Coach at Princeton University
- Currently Assistant Coach of the Michigan Wolverines Men’s Hockey Team
- Inducted into the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame in 2007
Mr. Tyler Roeszler
Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario
Played minor hockey for CMHA and Chatham-Kent Cyclones winning two International Silver Stick Championships in 1998 and 1999, an Alliance Championship in 1999, an OMHA Title in 2001, while participating in the OHF Atom AAA Championship in 1999.
Played two seasons for the Blenheim Blades Jr. C Team (2002-04) and shared the Great Lakes Jr. C League scoring title in his second year.
Played three seasons for the Chatham Maroons Jr. B Team (2004-07) where he won two Western Ontario Jr. B Championships, twice participated in the Sutherland Cup, and led the league in scoring with 113 points in 48 games while being named to the League’s First All-Star Team in 2006-07
Accepted a scholarship to play NCAA Division.I Hockey at Cornell University (2007-2011) where he played in the ECAC Championship Final in three consecutive years winning the Championship 2009-10 and qualifying for the NCAA Regionals in 2008-09 and 2009-10
Spent the 2011-2012 season playing professionally in Sweden
Coach of the Chatham-Kent Cyclones Major Peewee AAA Team in 2012-13