Rocky Saganiuk

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Rocky Saganiuk (born October 15, 1957 in Myrnam, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 259 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Saganiuk won the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player of the 1978–79 AHL season, playing for the New Brunswick Hawks.

After retiring from the NHL due to injuries, Saganiuk helped develop hockey in Britain as a player-coach. Saganiuk eventually returned to North America, first as a coach in the WHL, and then as a youth hockey director in Chicago. He is currently the director of the Huskies Hockey Club in Romeoville, Illinois.