St. Catharines will honor hockey legends Marcel Dionne and Brian Cullen on Friday night with a banner-raising ceremony at the Meridian Centre.
Dionne, who played three seasons with the St. Catharines Blackhawks from 1968 to 1971, is still the all-time regular season and playoff points record holder in the city’s major junior hockey history, with 507 points. He is also sixth on the NHL’s all-time scoring list with 1,771 career points, and was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.
Cullen played with the St. Catharines Teepees from 1951 until 1954. In his first season he was the league’s top rookie. In 1954 he helped lead the Teepees to a Memorial Cup as captain. During that season, he scored 68 goals and 93 assists, setting a league record of 161 points. No St. Catharines junior player broke Cullen’s point’s record that season. This marks the second and third banner to be raised at the Meridian Centre to honour those who have contributed to hockey history here in St. Catharines, after Stan Mikita’s banner was raised in 2018.
Both banners will go up during the Niagara IceDogs game against the Sarnia Sting.
Both players will be signing copies of Garden City Hockey Heroes during the game, with proceeds supporting charity.
(Written by: Brandon Warby)
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