The Moose Jaw Curling Centre was packed on Saturday night as the city’s sports community from the past, present and future joined together for the Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame 6th annual induction ceremony.  

This year’s ceremony was the biggest in their history, as they combined their 2020, 2021, and 2022 induction classes into one big ceremony, due to COVID-19 cancelling their event the last two years.  

The MJDSHF inducted a combined 12 athletes/builders and one team got their call to the hall on Saturday night.  

President of the Sports Hall of Fame, Larry Graham says the event was fantastic, as they sold almost 250 tickets for this year’s ceremony.  

“We wanted to hold an event where people could come and they could feel comfortable getting on an airplane and getting here,” says Graham. “This time of the year worked out really well for us. There are all kinds of people that could get their families here and people who came from far away to attend our event tonight. We were so happy to have the event.” 

“It turned out fantastic! People had fun and we had some great stories and got to honour some nice folks,” adds Graham.  

The one nice addition to having such a big event with so many inductees was that people could get together and share stories from the past.  

“Each of the induction classes – you talk to people and they have connections across the classes. People have known John Hunter over the years in different capacities. Rocky Nickel - I bet there isn’t a volleyball, baseball, or basketball player that didn’t have Rocky umpire or referee one of their games.” 

Below is a list of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 inductees:

2020 Inductees 

  • Darcey Busse - Athlete - Volleyball 

  • John Hunter - Builder - Hockey/Baseball 

  • Charlie Meacher - Builder - Baseball 

  • Dave Pyle - Builder - Wrestling 

  • Marg (Curry) Sihvon - Athlete - Basketball 

  • Edward "Ed" Staniowski - Athlete - Hockey 

IMG_0787 (Seawater)_0.JPG Left to right: Randy LaRose (representing Charlie Meacher), Bill Pyle (representing his father Dave Pyle), Eric and Matthew Bussa (representing their father Darcey Busse), John Hunter, Marg (Curry) Sihvon, and Edward "Ed" Staniowski.

2021 Inductees 

  • Frank Abdou - Athlete, Builder - Wrestling 

  • Lorie Boyle - Athlete - Golf 

  • 1992 Amber Holland Curling Team - Team - Curling 

  • Levi Steinhauer - Athlete - Football 

IMG_0791 (Seawater).JPG Left to right: 1992 Amber Holland Curling Team; head coach Merv Fonger, Maria McKenzie, Angela Street, Tracy Beach-Thibeault, Cindy Street-Ricci, Amber Holland, Lori Boyle, Frank Abdou, and Levi Steinhauer.

2022 Inductees 

  • Ned Andreoni - Athlete/Builder - Baseball, Athletics 

  • John Graham - Athlete - Track & Field, Bobsleigh 

  • Rocky Nickel - Builder - Baseball 

IMG_0800 (Seawater).JPG Left to right: John Graham, Rocky Nickel, Lynn Andreoni, and Noel Cameron (representing their husband and dad, Ned Andreoni.