Participating NHL Alumni

  • Matt Cooke

    Cooke played parts of seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Minnesota Wild.

  • Jim Vandermeer

    Jim calls Delta home but prior to that he was part of a large group of brothers who made a living playing professional hockey. After winning the Memorial Cup in 2001 with Red Deer, Jim went on to play 12 seasons in the NHL with Philadelphia, Chicago, Edmonton, San Jose, Calgary and Edmonton.

  • Mike Brown

    Mike is a Surrey native who one of the most feared enforcer of the late 90’s in the WHL with Red Deer and Kamloops before being a first round draft pick of the Florida Panthers. He was a part of the Pavel Bure trade which shipped Bure to Florida and gave Brown the chance to play for his hometown Canucks before wrapping up his NHL career with Anaheim and Chicago.

  • Anthony Peluso

    Anthony Peluso was a 6th round pick of the St Louis Blues in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft after a prominent career in the OHL with Erie, Sault St. Marie, and Brampton. He finished his professional career in 2020 with HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Elite League.

  • Colton Gillies

    Colton, a Ravens alum, was a first round pick (16th overall) by the Minnesota Wild in the 2007 NHL Draft and spent time playing with the Wild, the Columbus Blue Jackets before moving to the KHL, where he played for Dinamo Riga for four seasons. He spent his junior career as a member of the Saskatoon Blades after playing in the PIJHL with North Delta and BCHL with the Surrey Eagles.

  • Dave Tomlinson

    Dave Tomlinson played 15 years of Pro hockey across the NHL, AHL & IHL, and also suited up for Team Canada, and finished his career winning multiple Championships in Mannheim, Germany.

    After retiring at the age of 38, Tomlinson continued in the sport he grew up playing…as a Broadcaster, and is the current Colour Commentator for the Vancouver Canucks.