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 …
Vrooman presented with award during Winterhawks game
Dean (Vrooman) was back in the friendly confines of Portland’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday (April 1) night. Sure, he was there to watch the Winterhawks and Prince George Cougars in Game 3 of their first-round WHL playoff series. But the now-retired long-time radio voice of the Winterhawks also was there to be honoured by …
2025 WCPHSF Honourarium Recipients Announced
OKOTOKS, Alta. (March 26, 2025) — Veteran scouts Dean Malkoc and Jesse Wallin, along with retired broadcaster Dean (Scooter) Vrooman, will be honoured by the Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation at its second annual Wall of Honour induction dinner in Okotoks on July 29. Malkoc and Wallin will be presented with the Two Glens’ …
WCPHSF, Igniter Tickets thrilled with partnership
NEWS RELEASE The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation has entered into a long-term agreement with Alberta-based Igniter Tickets to handle online ticket sales to its functions. The first event to be handled by Igniter Tickets is the Foundation’s second annual Wall of Honour induction dinner. It is scheduled to be held in Okotoks, Alta., …
Scouts Foundation reveals 2025 Ace Award Recipients
OKOTOKS, Alta. (March 4, 2025) — Two veteran scouts — Mike Penny and the late Barry Fraser — will be saluted at the Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s second annual Wall of Honour induction dinner in Okotoks on July 29. The Foundation announced today that the two will be presented with its most-prestigious honour, …