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Mazurak Steve

October 15, 2025 by

Steve Mazurak’s remarkable career in sports includes a string of memorable accomplishments with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Over eight seasons as a CFL player, he caught 237 passes for 3,714 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also caught a TD pass in the 1976 Grey Cup Game.
Mazurak, the CFL Players’ Association’s first full-time executive director, served in that role from 1980 to 1985 after being hired by CFLPA president George Reed.
The Roughriders’ former No. 70 entered the SaskTel Plaza of Honour in 2004.
The following year, he was hired by the Roughriders as a vice-president. In that capacity, he led the sales, sponsorship and marketing teams during a prosperous era that included Grey Cup championships in 2007 and 2013.
Mazurak helped the Regina Rams win the Canadian junior football championship in 1971. As well, he excelled for a Regina Maroons team that competed in the Canadian junior baseball championship tournament in 1970 and 1972.

October 15, 2025 by

Dale Derkatch is the leading scorer in Regina Pats history, having amassed 491 points during a period that spanned 1981 to 1985.
His number (16) has been retired by the Western Hockey League team as a tribute to a junior career that included 222 goals in 204 games.
Derkatch was named the WHL’s rookie of the year after registering 142 points, including 62 goals, in 1981-82. He followed up with an 84-goal, 179-point season in 1982-83 before producing 159 points (including 72 goals) in 1983-84.
He starred for the Notre Dame Hounds before advancing to the major junior ranks.
Post-WHL, Derkatch starred as a player in Europe for 14 seasons.
Derkatch was an NHL scout with Washington, Toronto and Columbus. He was also the director of hockey development at Notre Dame (2004-08) and the Prince Albert Raiders’ director of player personnel (2008-15).
The Pats’ head coach in 2007-08, he was named the team’s general manager on June 24, 2025.

August 22, 2024 by

Specializing in the 400 metres, Watkins represented Canada at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games. She also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, helping Canada win a bronze medal in the women’s 4x400m relay in 1998.
As well, she represented Canada internationally at three world outdoor and world indoor track and field championships. At her second Summer Universiade, in 1997, she was part of a bronze-medal-winning Canadian 4x100m relay team. Two years later, she was part of the Canadian contingent at the Pan American Games.
Watkins was a three-time national champion in the 200m and 400m. A three-time All-American, she entered Utah State University’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.

August 22, 2024 by

Frotten was a member of the 2020 Canadian Paralympics team, competing in the 400 metres, 800m, 1,500m and 4x100m relay. Representing Canada internationally, she won two bronze medals at the 2015 Parapan American Games and competed at the world championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Frotten has set Canadian records in the 400m and 800m as well as winning 17 medals, six of which were gold, in national competitions. At the 2019 Canadian championships, she won three gold medals and added a silver. She won all four of her events at nationals in 2022.
In addition, Frotten has competed in two international marathons, placing second in Honolulu in 2017. She received Sask Sport’s “Inspire Through Sport Award” in 2023.

August 22, 2024 by

Graham played in 772 NHL regular-season games, registering 219 goals and 270 assists. He established career highs of 33 goals (including 10 while short-handed) and 78 points with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1988-89.
He helped the host country win the Canada Cup in 1991, scoring three goals in eight games. Earlier that year, he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. Also with the Blackhawks, he became the first Black NHL team captain (in 1989) and head coach (1998).
As a member of the WHL’s Regina Pats, Graham had peak point totals of 110 (1977-78) and 108 (1978-79). Seasons of 40, 49 and 70 goals with the IHL’s Toledo Goaldiggers led to his induction into the Toledo Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.

August 22, 2024 by

Higgins’ long list of successes in Special Olympics is highlighted by a four-medal performance at the 2023 World Summer Games. He also won four medals (two gold, two silver) at the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.
The owner of 12 Special Olympics provincial powerlifting records, he was the Special Olympics Saskatchewan athlete of the year in 2021. He has also competed in Special Olympics basketball, bowling and track.
The community-minded Higgins was the first volunteer to be honoured in 2017 during the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ inaugural regularseason game at new Mosaic Stadium. Each year, the LeBoldus Golden Suns present the Aaron Higgins Award to a football player who best demonstrates spirit and inspiration.