Gordon Alcott

It is fitting that in the same year in which the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association celebrates its 75th season, the founder of the trend-setting Little NHL is inducted into the Halton Hills Sports Museum’s Hall of Fame.

Gordon Alcott was the catalyst behind the Little NHL— “a hockey organization that has pledged itself to give organized hockey to every boy in his community within the age group of 8 to 13 years" - and the concept soon spread nation-wide, introducing thousands of youngsters to the sport.

Midget-age players wore replica jerseys of Original Six teams adorned with the names and numbers of the actual NHL players of the time, laying the foundation for the minor hockey associations of today.

The Georgetown twin rink is named in his honour, but Alcott’s reputation as a builder of youth sport in Georgetown also carried over to football, rugby, tennis and baseball.

His titles included: “The Piscean, the factory worker, the mining employee, the hockey organizer and referee, the baseball umpire, the recreation director, the salesman and insurance executive, the lay preacher, the Sunday school teacher and a friend to all.”