Featured Inductee: Jeff Daniels - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2010
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Jeff Daniels:
Jeff was born in 1968 in Oshawa and played all his minor hockey with Baker Park, L.N.H.L. and the Oshawa Minor Hockey Association.  He was named as the M.V.P. in minor hockey in 1979-80.  Selected by the Oshawa Generals in 1983, Jeff started his career with the Oshawa Legionaires and played four years with the Oshawa Generals.  While a member of the Generals, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1986 in the sixth round.  Jeff was a member of the 1987 O.H.L. champion Generals team, finalists in the Memorial Cup.  Jeff began his professional career in 1988 with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization and played 15 years of professional hockey.  Daniels played a total of 425 N.H.L. games with Pittsburgh, Florida, Hartford, Nashville and Carolina.  While with the Pittsburgh Penguins, he was a member of the 1991-92 Stanley Cup Champions.  Jeff's playing career also consisted of 515 Minor League games with Muskegon, Cleveland, Detroit, Springfield, New Haven and Milwaukee.  While playing with Muskegon in 1988-89, Jeff was a member of the Turner Cup I.H.L. Champions.  In 2003, Jeff began his coaching career with the Carolina Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup in 2005-06 as an assistant coach. Jeff became the General Manager and Head Coach of the Albany River Rats of the A.H.L., an affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2008.  Jeff was known as a loyal and committed team member with excellent defensive and penalty-killing abilities.