HOCKEY CANADA BACKGROUND

Served as Canada’s executive director at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, finishing 7th … Won the 2004 World Cup of Hockey as Canada’s executive director … Won a gold medal as Canada’s executive director at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City … Received the Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee, for outstanding contributions to the game of hockey, in 2002 … Served as Canada’s executive director at the 2001 IIHF World Championship in Germany, finishing 5th … Represented Canada as a player on eight occasions … Played for Canada at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, finishing 4th … Captained Canada to the 1991 Canada Cup, and was named tournament MVP … Recorded 21 points (3G, 18A) in nine games as Canada’s captain at the 1987 Canada Cup, winning the tournament, and was named tournament MVP and to the tournament All-Star Team … Captained Canada to the 1984 Canada Cup, and was named to the tournament All-Star Team … Won a bronze medal with Canada at the 1982 IIHF World Championship, and was named to the tournament All-Star Team … Played for Canada at the 1981 Canada Cup, finishing 2nd … Won a bronze medal with Canada at the 1978 IIHF World Junior Championship, and was named Top Forward by the IIHF Directorate
and to the tournament All-Star Team … Was the first 16-year-old to represent Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship … Was the leading scorer in six of his eight international appearances

HOCKEY BACKGROUND

Spent four years as head coach and managing partner of the Phoenix Coyotes … Retired from the NHL on April 15, 1999 after 20 seasons … At the time of his retirement, held or shared 61 NHL records … Is the NHL’s all-time leader in goals (894), assists (1,963) and points (2,857) … Is the NHL’s all-time leader in playoff goals (122), playoff assists (260) and playoff points (382) … Is the only player to record 200 or more points in an NHL season, reaching the mark four times (1981-82, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86) … Played nine seasons for the Edmonton Oilers (1979-88), winning four Stanley Cups (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) … Also played for the Los Angeles Kings (1988-96), St. Louis Blues (1996) and New York Rangers (1996-99) … Won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player nine times (1980-87, 1989) … Won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer 10 times (1981-87, 1990-91, 1994) … Won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP twice (1985, 1988) … Won the Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL’s most gentlemanly player five times (1980, 1991, 1991, 1994, 1999) … Won the Lester B. Pearson Award as the NHL’s most valuable player, as voted on by the players, five times (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987) … Named MVP of the NHL All-Star Game three times (1983, 1989, 1999) … Named to the NHL First All-Star Team
eight times (1981-87, 1991) … Is the only player in NHL history to have his number retired league-wide … In 1999, was the tenth and final player to have the mandatory three-year waiting period waved for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame … Inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2000