Grimbsy Peach Kings Players Who Advanced to the NHL
MARVIN " CYCLONE " WENTWORTH
Grimsby Knocker Hill team -- 1921 ( 1st Peach King team renamed later )
Chicago Black Hawks --- 1927- 1928, 1928 - 1929 , 1929 - 1930 , 1931 - 1932
Montreal Maroons --- 1932 - 1933 , 1933 - 1934 , 1934 - 1935 , 1935 - 1936 ,
1936 - 1937 , 1937 - 1938
Montreal Canadians -- 1938 - 1939 , 1939 - 1940
JACK RITCHIE " POP " McVICAR
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1923 -1924, 1924 - 1925, 1925 - 1926, 1936 - 1937
Montreal Maroons -- 1930 - 1931, 1931 - 1932
COACHED THE PEACH KINGS IN 1946 - 1947 WINNING THE PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP
DIED IN 1952 -- 47 YEARS OLD
BILL CARSON ( brother of Gerry )
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1923 - 1924
Toronto St. Pats / Maple Leafs -- 1926 -- 1927 , 1927 - 1928 , 1928 - 1929
Boston Bruins -- 1929 - 1930
WON THE STANLEY CUP WITH BOSTON BRUINS SCORING THE WINNING GOAL IN 1929
2003 INDUCTED INTO THE BOBBY ORR HALL OF FAME IN PARRY SOUND
GERRY CARSON ( GERALD ) ( brother of Bill )
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1923 - 1924 , 1924 - 1925 , 1925 - 1926 , 1926 - 1927
New York Rangers -- 1928 - 1929 ( 10 games )
Montreal Canadiens -- 1928 - 1929, 1929 - 1930, 1932 - 1933 , 1933 - 1934 ,
1934 - 1935
Montreal Maroons -- 1936 - 1937
WON THE STANLEY CUP WITH THE MONTREAL CANADIENS 1929 - 30 SEASON
2003 INDUCTED INTO THE BOBBY ORR HOCKEY HALL OF FAME IN PARRY SOUND
HE WAS 56 WHEN HE DIED IN 1956
GEORGE HORNE " SHORTY "
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1924 - 1925
Montreal Maroons -- 1925 - 1926, 1926 - 1927
Toronto Maple Leafs -- 1928 - 1929
IN THE SUMMER OF 1929 SHORTY WAS ON A PROSPECTING TRIP WITH HIS FRIENDS WHEN A STORM CAME UP TIPPED THE CANOE AND SHORTY DROWNED
LEO REIS JR
Grimsby Peach Kings ---- 1930's
Chicago Black Hawks --- 1945 - 1946, 1946 -1947
Detroit Red Wings ---- 1947 -- 1952
New York Rangers --- 1952 - 1954
Won 2 Stanley Cups --- 1948 & 1950
1st player in NHL to play with his Father Leo Reis Sr.
RON MURPHY
Grimsby Peach Kings ---- 1948 - 1949
New York Rangers --- 1952 - 1953, 1953 - 1954, 1954 - 1955, 1955 - 1956, 1956 - 1957,
Chicago Black Hawks -- 1957 -1958, 1958 - 1959, 1959 - 1960, 1960- 1961,
1961 - 1962, 1962 - 1963, 1963 - 1964
Detroit Red Wings -- 1964 - 1965, 1965 - 1966
Boston Bruins -- 1966 - 1967, 1967 - 1968, 1968 - 1969 , 1969 - 1970
WON THE STANLEY CUP IN 1961 WITH THE CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS
WON THE STANLEY CUP IN 1970 WITH THE BOSTON BRUINS
SCOTT VANDERBURGH
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1974 - 1975
Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in 1979
COACHED THE PEACH KING IN THE LATE 1970'S
DIED OF CANCER BEFORE HE COULD SUIT UP WITH THE RED WINGS
DENNIS VERVERGAERT
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1968 - 1969, 1969 - 1970
Vancouver Canucks -- 1973 - 1974 , 1974 - 1975 , 1975 - 1976 , 1976 - 1977 , 1978 - 1979
Philadelphia Flyers - - 1978 - 1979 , 1979 - 1980
Washington Capitals -- 1980 - 1981
BILL BERG
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1983 - 1984, 1984 - 1985
New York Islanders -- 1988 - 1989, 1990 - 1991, 1991 -- 1992 , 1992 - 1993
Toronto Maple Leafs -- 1992 - 1993 , 1993 - 1994 , 1994 - 1995 , 1995 - 1996
New York Rangers -- 1995 -- 1996 , 1996 - 1997 , 1997 - 1998
Ottawa Senators -- 1998 - 1999
PAUL BERALDO
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1984 - 1985
Boston Bruins -- 1987 - 1988
Canadian National Team -- 1989 - 1990
Italy -- 1990 - 1991 , 1991 - 1992 , 1992 - 1993
Germany -- 1994 - 1995 , 1995 - 1996 , 1997 - 1998 , 1997 - 1998
Swiss -- 1998 - 1999
Britain -- 2000 - 2001
JOHN SCOTT
Grimsby Peach Kings 1999 -- 2000
Minnesota Wild -- 2008 - 2009 , 2009 - 2010
Chicago Black Hawks -- 2010 -- 2011 , 2011 - 2012
New York Rangers -- 2011 -- 2012
Buffalo Sabres -- 2012 -- 2013
San Jose Sharks == 2014 - 2015
Arizona Coyotes -- 2015 - 2016
Montreal Canadiens 2015 - 2016
STEVE MASON
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 2004 -- 2005
Columbus Blue Jackets -- 2008 -- 2009 , 2009 - 2010 , 2010 - 2011 , 2011 - 2012
Philadelphia Flyers -- 2012 -- 2013 , 2013 - 2014 --- 2016-17
International --- Gold medal for Canada
Winnipeg Jets 2017 - 18
Special Mention
HARRY REID
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1922 - 1923 , 1923 - 1924 , 1924 - 1925 , 1925 - 1926
Came back and played with the Peach Kings in the 1930's
World War 1 -- 1916 - 1918 overseas
Chicago Cardinals / Americans --- 1926 - 1927
ARTIE CLARK
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1924 - 1925 , 1937 - 1938
Chicago Cardinals / Americans ( American Hockey League ) -- 1926 - 1927
Cleveland Indians ( International Hockey League ) 1929 - 1930 , 1930 - 1931 ,
1931 - 1932
WINSTON " BUD " FISHER
Grimsby Peach Kings --- 1924 - 1925
Chicago Cardinals / Americans ---- 1926 - 1927
1926 - 1927 ----- 4 members of the winning 1924 - 1925 team played with the Chicago Cardinals / Americans
ARTIE CLARK -- HARRY REID -- "POP" McVICAR -- " BUD " FISHER AND MARVIN WENTWORTH " CYCLONE "
BRIAN CULLEN
COACHED THE PEACH KINGS IN 1968. HE IS A FORMER NHL PLAYER WITH THE NEW YORK RANGERS AND TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS. HE IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF CULLEN'S MOTORS IN ST. CATHARINES
" TOE " BLAKE --- Did not play for the Peach Kings -- he practiced here with Montreal
Toe was with the Hamilton Tigers in 1932. He worked at National Steel Car Co. and then while playing professional hockey he came home in the summer to work on his in-laws family farm on Winston Rd. ( Kelson and Baseline ) in Winona.
Toe signed with the Montreal Maroons in 1935 and he came with the team for their summer training at the Grimsby Peach King arena. Grimsby had excellent ice making equipment in the summer because of the fruit industry.
BILL ROOKER
Peach Buds -- 1936 - 1937 , 1937 - 1938 , 1938 - 1939
Then he left to fight in the 2nd World War. During the War he played on the Army Hockey Team. After the war he went on to play Professional hockey in the International Ice Hockey Federation in Europe. The team played all over Europe -- England, Paris, Sweden and Switzerland to crowds of 70,000 people in arenas twice the size of Maple Leaf Gardens.
HOWARD DUFFIELD & JOHN CLANCY
Grimsby Peach Kings --- 1945 -- 1946
They played in the Scottish Ice Hockey League
PETE HORACHEK
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1975 - 1976 , 1976 - 1977
Played with the Saginaw/Flint Generals and in Norway
Became Asst. Coach of the Nashville Predators
2013 Coach of the Florida Panthers
He won the Turner Cup Championship as a player in 1984 and as a Coach in 2001
DOUG McKAY
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 1970 - 1971, 1971 - 1972
Asst. Coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs -- 1982 - 1983
Asst. Coach for New Jersey Devils -- 1988 - 1989
BRETT NASBY
Grimsby Peach Kings -- 2002 -- 2003
Played for Oshawa, Erie, & Rochester
Florida Panthers -- 2004 entry level draft