Gerry Melnyk

(Sept. 16, 1934 — June 14, 2001)

He retired as a player in 1968 and immediately signed on as a scout with Philadelphia Flyers. He scouted for Flyers until retiring in 1997. . . . The Flyers won two Stanley Cup titles (1974 and 1975) with Melnyk on their scouting staff. . . . A native of Edmonton, he played nine seasons in his hometown — four with the junior Oil Kings and five with the Flyers of the old WHL. . . . Split 269 regular-season NHL games between Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks and St. Louis Blues. Played in the Stanley Cup final with Detroit in 1956 and St. Louis in 1968. . . . Blues traded him to Flyers, but heart condition forced him into retirement so he turned to scouting.