Mickey Renaud (born on October 5, 1988 in Tecumseh, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He is 6'2" tall and weighs 217 pounds. He plays as a center, and shoots left. He has played for the Windsor Spitfires since 2004, when he was drafted in the 7th round, 127th overall. As a player, he stands out with his physical and aggressive play. His impeccable timing and leadership on the ice makes him a valuable asset and a force to be reckoned with.

Bob Boughner (born 8 March 1971 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional hockey defenceman. He last played for the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Colorado Avalanche. Boughner was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the 2nd round as the 32nd overall pick. He has played for the Buffalo Sabres, Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche.

Warren Stanley Rychel (born May 12, 1967 in Tecumseh, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey Left winger who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League. Rychel was primarily an enforcer, and thus drew 1,422 career penalty minutes and did not score many goals. He only scored 38 goals and 77 points in his first NHL season. However, he did have a few memorable offensive outbursts, especially in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Akim Aliu (born April 24, 1989 in Okene, Nigeria) is an amateur ice hockey player who is now playing for the London Knights. He was drafted 56th overall during the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. During the 2006-2007 season, he helped the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL reach the league championship final. Sudbury lost the series to the Plymouth Whalers. Aliu was born in Nigeria and moved to Toronto at the age of 7. Before arriving in Canada, …

Steve Ott born August 19, 1982 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, is a professional hockey player playing for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Ott was drafted by the Stars 25th overall at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played junior hockey for the OHL's Windsor Spitfires and had a brief spell with the Utah Grizzlies of the AHL before joining the main Stars roster. Ott represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championship, helping the team win the bronze medal.

David E. Branch (Born November 27, 1948 in Bathurst, New Brunswick) Branch has served as the Commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League since August 11, 1979, and as the President of the Canadian Hockey League since 1996. Branch attended the University of Massachusetts on a hockey scholarship. He has previously served as the Executive Director of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and Secretary-Manager of the Ontario Hockey Association.

Ted Nolan (Born - April 7, 1958, on the Garden River Ojibwa First Nation Reserve outside of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) is the Head Coach of the New York Islanders. Nolan, a retired Canadian professional hockey Left Winger played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. He also coached for 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, …

Paul Maurice (born January 30 1967 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a professional hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. In 1985, Paul played defence for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. He was struck in the eye by a puck, which had ricocheted off his stick, during a charity hockey game in which he was participating.

Tim Gleason (b. January 29 1983, Clawson, Michigan) is a professional ice hockey defenceman for the Carolina Hurricanes. Gleason was drafted twenty-third overall from the Windsor Spitfires in the first round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Before playing any games with the Senators, Gleason was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on March 11 2003 for Bryan Smolinski. After spending three years in the Kings organization, …

Mitch Maunu (born 7-30-1986 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a major junior ice hockey defenceman.

Joel Norman Quenneville (Born: September 15, 1958 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former defenceman and current head coach of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche. As a player, Quennville was drafted 21st overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft. He has played for OHA Windsor Spitfires, AHL New Brunswick Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, AHL Baltimore Skipjacks, Washington Capitals and AHL St.

D.J. Smith (born May 13, 1977 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 45 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche. He is currently head coach of the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL.

Cam Janssen (born April 15, 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays right wing for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He was the chosen 117th overall in the 4th round. Janssen led the Devils during the 2005-2006 season with 11 major penalties for fighting.

Claude Julien (born April 23, 1960 in Blind River, Ontario, Canada) is a former National Hockey League defenceman and is the current head coach of the New Jersey Devils. Claude was announced as the head coach of the Devils on June 13, 2006. He is the 15th head coach in Devils history. He was the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens from January 17, 2003-January 14, 2006 when he was fired and replaced by GM Bob Gainey.

Michael Leighton (born May 19, 1981 in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes organization.

Bill Bowler (born September 25, 1974, in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey centre. He played nine games in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000-01 season, recording two assists. He also played professionally in the International Hockey League, American Hockey League, and Germany's Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. In 1994-95, while playing for the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires, …

James Donald "Jimmy" Skinner was the Detroit Red Wings head coach, Chief Scout & Farm Director, Director of Player Personnel and general manager. Skinner won the 1955 Stanley Cup as coach, but an illness forced him into retirement. He is credited with starting the tradition of kissing the Stanley Cup. In 1980, he became the team's GM until 1983. Skinner had an overall coaching record of 123-78-46. He was in the Red Wing Organization for 40 years.

Patrick D. Jablonski (born June 20, 1967 in Toledo, Ohio) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Between 1989 and 1998, he played for five teams in the National Hockey League: the St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes and Carolina Hurricanes. Jablonski, who played junior hockey the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, was drafted by St. Louis 139th overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Matt Elich (born September 22, 1978, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA) is an American professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the third round, 61st overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2005-06 season, he played in the United Hockey League for the Roanoke Valley Vipers and the Flint Generals. Drafted from the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires, …

Ernie Godden (born 13 March, 1961 in Keswick, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played 5 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Perhaps his most notable accomplishments occurred while he was with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. In the 1980-81 season, he set an OHL record with 87 goals, and totaled 153 points for the year. This record is yet to be broken.

Paul MacDermid (born 14 April, 1963 in Chesley, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers, Winnipeg Jets, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques. MacDermid was selected 61st overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by Hartford. He played his junior career with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League.

Peter Bakovic (born January 31, 1965 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey left wing who played briefly in the National Hockey League in the late 1980s for the Vancouver Canucks. Bakovic played his junior hockey for the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League but was never drafted. After a strong final year of junior, he was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames in 1985.

Budd Lynch is the Detroit Red Wings' public address announcer at Joe Louis Arena, a position he has held since the 1975-76 NHL season. He began his career in 1949 as the team's radio play-by-play announcer. Lynch had been with the Windsor Spitfires when Red Wings' general manager Jack Adams asked him to call the games for his organization.

Maurice William (Moe) Mantha, Jr. (born January 21, 1961 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a former National Hockey League player and World Hockey Association coach. Mantha was born in Ohio while his father, Moe Mantha, Sr., was playing for the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League. He was subsequently raised in Canada, when his father retired from hockey and returned to his hometown of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.