Rocky Saganiuk

Rocky Ray Saganiuk (born October 15, 1957 in Myrnam, Alberta and raised in Edmonton, 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 with both Ayr Bruins and Peterborough Pirates. He also had spells as coach of the Durham Wasps, Murrayfield Racers and Blackburn Hawks.

Saganiuk returned to North America, first as a coach in the WHL, and then as a youth hockey director in Chicago.

External links

• Rocky Saganiuk's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database