Gene Peacosh is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 367 games in the World Hockey Association. He played with the New York Golden Blades, New York Raiders, New Jersey Knights, San Diego Mariners, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, and Indianapolis Racers. Gene Peacosh was one of the best hockey players to come out of British Columbia during the late 1960s and early 70s. Despite being born in Manitoba, he grew up in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, and that is where his hockey career began. As a junior, Gene quickly established himself as a prolific goal scorer. He was drafted into major junior hockey and continued to top team and league scoring statistics. Gene eventually ended up playing for the infamous Johnstown Jets in the EHL. Of course Gene had no way of knowing that the team he was playing for would one day be used as a model for the Hollywood blockbuster movie Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman. In four seasons Gene scored almost 200 goals and accumulated over 400 points, and served as the team's captain. [More at Wikipedia]

September 28th, 1948 in Sherridon, Manitoba (Age 76)