The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation welcomed 30 new inductees to its Wall of Honour before a sold-out and appreciative crowd of close to 400 at its second annual induction dinner in Okotoks on Tuesday evening (July 29). Originally, the Class of 2025 contained 29 inductees, but that number increased with the inclusion of …
John Chapman Joins the Sutters for the Wall of Honour Induction Banquet Hot Stove
OKOTOKS (July 23, 2025) — John Chapman is returning to Okotoks. Chapman, who was inducted into the Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s Wall of Honour a year ago, will be in attendance at the 2025 induction dinner at the Viking Rentals Centre on Tuesday (July 29). The evening is being billed as A Night …
Larry Popein: Love for hockey made him a giant in the game
The late Larry Popein will be one of the inductees into the Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s Wall of Honour on July 29. Popein, who died on Feb. 7, 2020 at the age of 89, was one of my favourite people during the last few years of his life in Kamloops. We would get …
Pedersen Show to open Wall of Honour day celebrations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OKOTOKS (July 9, 2025) — The celebration surrounding the non-profit Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s second annual Wall of Honour induction dinner will get underway on the morning of July 29. While the dinner is to be held that evening at the Viking Rentals Centre in Okotoks, home of the Wall …
New Partnerships: Jada Yee and Elevate Auctions
OKOTOKS (June 23, 2025) — The non-profit Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation continues to add to its organization . . . and always with an eye to the future. The Foundation has added Jada Yee of Regina as its cultural advisor, while also entering into an agreement with Elevate Auctions to provide a presence …
Brent Dodginghorse Announced as Special Guest for WCPHSF “Celebrating Indigenous Legends” Event
Brent Dodginghorse, the 2025 Canadian winner of the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award, will join the Foundation at a dinner in Regina.
The WCPHSF Partners with HNLIVE for Upcoming Summer Banquets
OKOTOKS (June 10, 2025) — HNLIVE has signed on as the official broadcast partner of the non-profit Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation. Garth Malarchuk, the Foundation’s chairman of the board, and HNLIVE owner Corrie Brough made the announcement today. The WCPHSF has two banquets scheduled for this summer — its second annual Wall of …
The WCPHSF Announces Partnership with Harvard Media
REGINA (June 4, 2025) — The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation hasentered into a promotional agreement with Harvard Media involving the Celebrating Indigenous Hockey Legends banquet that is to be held in Regina. Earlier, the non-profit foundation partnered with the Regina Hotel Association for the banquet at the Conexus Arts Centre on Sept. 30, …
The Wit and Wisdom of Tom McVie
Tom McVie was a rink rat, a hockey lifer, and he was proud of it. Once asked what he might be doing if he wasn’t coaching, McVie replied: “If I wasn’t coaching hockey, then I’d probably be driving the Zamboni.” McVie, who will be inducted into the Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s Wall of …
WCPHSF Announces ‘Celebrating Indigenous Hockey Legends’ Dinner
REGINA (May 13, 2025) — The non-profit Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation is partnering with the Regina Hotel Association to celebrate Indigenous hockey. A dinner, billed as ‘Celebrating Indigenous Hockey Legends’, is scheduled for Sept. 30 at the Conexus Arts Centre on Lakeshore Drive in Regina’s beautiful Wascana Park.The dinner also is being held …