Gary Dornhoefer

Always determined to either score a goal or set up enough goal-crease interference to allow a teammate to score, Gary Dornhoefer was respected for his combative readiness and driving, forceful energy. He helped the Philadelphia Flyers win two National Hockey League championships.

Born in Kitchener in 1943, Dornhoefer worked through the local minor hockey ranks and began his professional career in 1962 when he attended the NHL Boston Bruins training camp. With short season stints in three minor professional leagues and call ups with the Bruins, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers, a new NHL expansion team where he played for eleven seasons. Over an NHL career of fourteen seasons, he played 778 games, scored 214 goals, had 328 assists and served 1,291 penalty minutes.

After retiring as an active player, he shared his hockey expertise as a television colour commentator for nine years with Hockey Night in Canada.