Overview
- The Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and the NHL Alumni Association announced his death on Sunday after a seven-year fight with ALS.
- He helped found ALS Action Canada and later served on its board, focusing on research, awareness and support for people living with the disease.
- He united all seven Canadian NHL teams behind the ALS Super Fund, a campaign that raised more than $1 million in nine months and was highlighted on Parliament Hill.
- Drafted 48th overall by Toronto in 1978, he played 266 NHL games from 1979 to 1985 with the Maple Leafs, Red Wings and Canucks, totaling 113 points.
- He received the Leafs Alumni Association's Carl Brewer Memorial Award for his ALS work, and is survived by his wife, Lisa, and their three children.