Rocky Saganiuk
Rocky Ray Saganiuk (born October 15, 1957 in Myrnam, Alberta and raised in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 259 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.[1]
Saganiuk won the Les Cunningham Award as the most valuable player of the 1978–79 AHL season, playing for the New Brunswick Hawks.[2]
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.