Featured Inductee: Gordon Mackenzie Myles - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2009
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Gordon Mackenzie Myles:
Gordon was born in Oshawa in 1931, and grew up in the College Hill area. He played with a number of Oshawa teams particularly 1946 on. In 1946-47 he played for the Oshawa Army Cadets who won the league championship. In 48-78, Gord was selected to the All Star Teams in Midget and Juvenile, and in the final Midget playoff game played in Barrie, he scored all 5 goals in a 7-5 loss. Returning to Oshawa he played for the Juveniles, scoring two goals. He moved up in 48-49 season to Junior B and led the team in scoring, playing with such stars as Bobby Attersley and Fred Etcher. 1949-50 saw him move up to Major Junior A playing for the Stratford Kroehlers. In 1950-52 he played for the Oshawa Generals and then St.Catherines. He was third in team scoring notching 29 goals and 27 assists for a total of 56 points in 46 games with the latter. In 1952, he turned pro and signed with the Cleveland Barons of the AHL and in his first year of pro hockey 52-53 Gord played for the New Haven Nutmegs of the EHL. He had a very strong rookie season scoring 40 goals and 37 assists for 77 points in 59 games. He was the leagues top scorer  and was voted the teams most popular player by the fans. During 1953-54 his season was split between the Glace Bay Miners of the Maritime Major Hockey League and Valleyfield Braves of the Quebec Hockey League. Gord had another strong season tallying 25 goals and 25 assists in 54 games. The next year (1954) Gord was on the move again to North Bay where he played two seasons for the Trappers of the Northern Senior A League. After returning to Ohawa, he began playing with the Whitby Dunlops. In his four years with the team they won two Senior Championships (Provincial), Two Allan Cups (National), and a World Championship in Oslo, Norway. Gord was later an assistant trainer for the Oshawa Generals.