Category: Special Guests

Nova Scotia’s Carly Jackson is hopeful her schedule will allow her to attend the upcoming Long Pond Heritage Classic in Windsor Nova Scotia, the Birthplace of Hockey.

Ms. Jackson was selected in one of three goalies filling out Canada’s under-18 women’s hockey team.  As the only player from Nova Scotia she is extremely proud to be selected as part of the Canadian national team.

David Hunter, chairman of the Long Pond Heritage Classic organizing committee said “She has a full schedule in front  of her. We and she are very hopeful that her timing works out.  There is a charity game on Friday night with the RCMP and the Windsor Fire Department that she hopes to play in as well as Saturday’s fund raising games and events.  She is in high demand as she plays locally for the Cumberland Blues in the NSJHL and she is also on the upcoming Canada Winter Games team for Nova Scotia which takes place mid-February. ”

The Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic is in its fourth year as a charity fund raising event for the Windsor Hockey Heritage Society. The event serves to assist in preserving the proud hockey history of Nova Scotia and specifically Windsor’s role from its evolution on Long Pond .

The Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic Committee has announced that Glenn Anderson will be lacing up to join the lineup for the 2015 Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic.

Glenn Chris Anderson Born October 2, 1960 Anderson is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) who played 16 Seasons in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. He won five Stanley Cups with Edmonton in the years 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, and 1990.

On September 19, 1991 Anderson was traded, with Grant Fuhr, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he played two seasons and part of another. There, he reached the 1000 point plateau and played a key role in the Leafs’ 1993 playoff run to the Conference Finals. The Leafs traded Anderson to the Rangers, where he won a sixth Stanley Cup 1994.

Anderson was noted for his aggressive “to the net” playing style, typifying the NHL power forward in the early 1980s. Noted as a “clutch” player, he was able to score key goals when the team most needed them.

On June 17, 2008, it was announced that Anderson would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player. He had the largest alumni turnout since the Heritage Classic for his jersey retirement. He completed working on a film involving former Canadian and Russian Hockey players called From Russia with Love which aired in 2012.

Glenn’s NHL Career would include
HHOF Induction 2008
6 – time Stanley Cups
1129 regular season goals
498 goals
601 assists
1099 Points
93 goals and 121 assists in 225 playoff games
5 playoff overtime goals, third to Joe Sakic’s 8 and Maurice Richard’s 6.
In addition, he had 17 playoff game-winning goals, good for fifth in the all time history of the NHL.
Gold – 1984 and 1987 Canada Cup
Silver Medallist – 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships.
4 NHL All-Star Games 1984,1985,1986,1987

David Hunter chair of the Long Pond Heritage Classic organizing committee commented “We are thrilled to have Glenn Anderson join us for this year’s event. He was here on a tour this week and stopped to visit the Birthplace of Hockey’s Windsor Hockey Heritag Museum. On Saturday we received word that he could join us for this years event and we couldn’t be more pleased!”

The Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic began as a charity fundraising event in February 2011. Proceeds from the annual event serve to support the Windsor Hockey Heritage Museum and the Society’s work in promoting Windsor NS as the Birthplace of Hockey.

This year’s event begins on Friday Night with a charity game (grudge match), between the local Windsor Fire Department and the RCMP. Saturday is filled with a day of hockey where participants and teams play with a select group of former pros and all stars. The day’s games are followed by the ever popular post-game banquet and Hot Stove Hockey Talk.

For details on banquet tickets (tables or individual tickets) or to register as a player or team email: Contact Long Pond Classic.

Dennis Vial has been confirmed as a return player for the upcoming Long Pond Heritage Hockey Classic this February 7, 2015.

David Hunter the chairman of the organizing committee commented “Having attended and played in the 2014 Long Pond Classic, Vial was a participant favorite on the ice and at the post game celebration banquet. He was a pleasure to watch. He had his skates on from start to finish.”

He further added, “At the banquet as part of the post game celebration with the other players he provided his first-hand insight into the game while sharing entertaining and memorable anecdotes of his playing career. We really look forward to having him back as part of this year’s event”.

Dennis Vial is a former (retired) professional ice hockey player whose career including playing with the New York Rangers, the Detroit Red Wings as well as the Ottawa Senators  – all of the National Hockey league until the end of the 97-98 season.

His aggressive straight-out style resulted in numerous injuries. He subsequently played the next 7 years for minor league teams including two years in the BISL in England before retiring in 2004-2005.

 

The Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic Committee has announced that Mike Krushelnyski has joined the lineup for the 2015 Long Pond Classic.

Mike Krushelnyski is a Montreal native who enjoyed a 14-year NHL career, this big left winger/center was drafted by the Boston Bruins and spent three seasons with them before being traded to Edmonton.

In his first season with the Oilers (1985), Mike scored 43 goals and was namedto the NHL All Star Team.  “Krusher” would go on to win three Stanley Cups with Edmonton in 1985,1987 and 1988. “Kruzer” was then traded to Los Angeles with Wayne Gretzky in a blockbuster tradefor the 1988-89 season and spent three seasons with them before being dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he spent four seasons, and was part of their 1993 Conference Finals team.

Mike concluded his NHL career as member of the Detroit Red Wings and would win his fourth Stanley Cup as an assistant coach with the Wings in 1997. He would go on to become the head coach of CapeBreton in the AHL, Fort Worth in the CHL, the Ingolstadt Panthers in Germany and Vityaz Chekhov of the KHL.

Mikes’ NHL career would conclude with
4 Stanley Cups – 3 with the Edmonton Oiler, 1  Assist Coach of Detroit Red Wings
897  games
271 goals (five 20-goal seasons)
328 assists,
569 pts
54 power play goals
7 shorthanded goals
31 game-winning goals
129 NHL playoff games with 29 goals and 43 assists

When asked about this year’s event David Hunter, chair of the organizing committee commented,  “We are really so very pleased to announce that Mike Krushelnyski has joined this year’s lineup. He joins Charlie Banfield and JP Bordeleau.  With other details to follow shortly we really looking forward to another successful Long Pond Classic event.”

The Long Pond Hockey Heritage Classic began as a charity fundraising event in February 2011. Proceeds from the annual event serve to support the Windsor Hockey Heritage Museum and the Society’s work in promoting Windsor NS as the Birthplace of Hockey.

This year’s event begins on Friday Night with a charity game (grudge match), between the local Windsor Fire Department and the RCMP.  Saturday is filled with a day of hockey where participants and teams play with a select group of former pros and all stars. The day’s games are followed by the ever popular post-game banquet and Hot Stove Hockey Talk.

For details on banquet tickets (tables or individual tickets) or to register as a player or team email: Contact Long Pond Classic.

The organizing committee for the Long Pond Heritage Classic are pleased to announced that Robert Sweeney will be joining us for the 2015 Long Pond Classic.

David Hunter, chair of the committee commented “the upcoming event is rounding out really well with a great group of former players and fans coming together to play on historic Long Pond, the Cradle of Hockey, in Windsor Nova Scotia – the Birthplace of Hockey. We’re looking forward to a terrific 4th annual event as in year’s past.”

Robert Emmett Sweeney (born January 25, 1964) is a retired American professional ice hockey center. Sweeney was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He was drafted out of high school by the Boston Bruins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, and went on to play four years at Boston College. He made his NHL debut in the 1986–87 season, but spent most of the year with the Bruins AHL affiliate the Moncton Golden Flames.

The1987–88 Season was Sweeney’s first full year, a season where Boston traveled to the Stanley Cup Finals. Following six seasons with Boston, Sweeney was claimed off waivers by the  Buffalo Sabres in 1992 and then  by  the New York  Islanders in  1995.  After  being  traded  to  the Calgary  Flames during the 1995–96Season Sweeney retired from the NHL.

He spent the next season in the  IHL before traveling across the Atlantic to play in Germany with the Germany Elite League from 1997 until 2001. He was inducted into the Boston College Hall of Fame in 2003. Sweeney, who has been serving as the President of the Boston Bruins Alumni Association since the 2002-2003 season, played 10 seasons in the NHL – six of which for the Boston Bruins.  Bob ended his NHL career with 639 games, 125 goals, 163 assists, 288 points, 799 PIM.

Bob Sweeney was named the Director for the Boston Bruins Foundation in 2007 and continues in that role today.