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Murray Costello - 2017 Order of Hockey in Canada Honouree



HOCKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association/Hockey Canada from 1979-98
  • Served as vice-president of the IIHF from 2008-12
  • Sat on IIHF Council from 1998-2012
  • Served as chairman of the IIHF Medical Committee from 1998-2012
  • Served as chairman of the IIHF Junior Committee from 1998-2003
  • Served as chairman of the IIHF Technical/Arena Committee from 2003-08
  • Served as chairman of the IIHF Competition Committee from 2008-12
  • Also sat on the IIHF Hall of Fame Committee, and Statutes & Bylaws Committee
  • Is a member of the Order of Hockey in Canada Executive Committee
  • Directed the merger of the CAHA and Hockey Canada in 1994
  • Was instrumental in the creation of the Program of Excellence in 1981
  • Was instrumental in the creation of Canada’s National Women’s Team in the late 1980s
  • Spent 17 years as a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame Board of Directors
  • Was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee
  • Was an arbitrator for the World Hockey Association Players’ Association
  • Served as publicity director for the Western Hockey League
  • Won back-to-back WHL (minor pro) championships as GM of the Seattle Totems in 1967-68
  • Played 163 NHL games with Chicago, Boston and Detroit from 1953-57
  • Recorded 32 points (13 goals, 19 assists) during his NHL career
  • Played junior hockey at St. Michael’s College in Toronto from 1950-53

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

  • Born February 24, 1934 in South Porcupine, Ont.
  • His brother, Les Costello, played 15 NHL games with Toronto, and founded the Flying Fathers

HONOURS

  • Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014
  • Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2013
  • Appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013
  • Received the Wayne Gretzky International Award from USA Hockey in 2012
  • Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005
  • Received a law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1977

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