Inductees
Bob Strumm - (2023)
Builder: Hockey
- From Saskatoon, Strumm was hired by a new ownership group to be the Regina Pats’ general manager and a part-owner in With Bryan Murray as his new head coach an_d led by three Regina players w o would become first-round NHL draft choices (Doug W1ckenheiser, Darren Veitch and Mike Blaisdell), the Pats won the 1979-80 WHL championship.
- In his six seasons as GM, the Pats posted a 328-178-6 record and won three East Division Strumm also coached for two seasons, compiling a 91-51-2 record. His teams set numerous scoring records led by offensive wizards like Dale Derkatch, Jock Callander and Mike Sillinger while rebuilding the franchise’s legacy with a focus on recruiting local players.
- Strumm was the general manager ol Canada’s first gold medal-winning hockey team in 1982. He also served as GM of the WHL”s Billings Bighorns and Spokane Americans, coached the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves, introduced pro hockey to Las Vegas as GM of the International Hockey League’s Thunder and worked in the personnel department of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings.
