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