By Cami Kepke via Western Hockey League

REGINA, Sask. - Six Western Hockey League alumni are set to be inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Stanley Cup champion and Calgary Hitmen great Ryan Getzlaf headlines the player class for 2025 and is joined by former Regina Pats and Chicago Blackhawks Captain Dirk Graham and 1980 WHL Player of the Year Doug Wickenheiser, while current WHL officiating coach and dedicated linesperson and referee Brad Howard heads up the official category.

Additionally, longtime scout and WHL coach and General Manager Barry Trapp is heading in under the builder category and former Pats Assistant General Manager and assistant coach Bill Liskowich is being recognized for his work in the grassroots category.

“The Ted Knight Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2025 represents nearly every facet of our sport—players who thrilled us, builders who paved the way, a grassroots leader who nurtured the next generation, an official who upholds the game’s integrity, and a championship team that reached the pinnacle of excellence,” Hockey Saskatchewan General Manager Kelly McClintock said. “Their legacies are woven into Regina’s hockey history, and we will honour their lasting impacts on the sport we cherish in the heart of the Queen City.”

Getzlaf, 40, spent four seasons with the Calgary Hitmen from 2001-05, tallying 95 goals and 120 assists for 215 points in 233 regular-season games in addition to 28 points in 31 playoff games.

The Regina, Sask. product was named to the 2004 WHL East Division First All-Star Team and the 2005 East Division Second All-Star Team.

He went on to a 17-year NHL career with the Anaheim Ducks, winning the Stanley Cup in 2007, and claiming Olympic gold for Canada in 2010 and 2014.

Getzlaf has pivoted to a management role with Hockey Canada, serving as a player relations advisor for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy.

He was ranked 25th in the WHL’s Top 50 Players of All Time list upon the league’s 50th anniversary in 2016.

Dirk Graham, another Queen City native, suited up for his hometown Pats in the league’s WCHL days and captained Regina for the team’s inaugural WHL season in 1978-79.

The crafty forward put up 134 goals and 149 assists for 283 points in 210 games over four seasons, highlighted by a 49-goal, 61-assist campaign in 1977-78.

After a stint in the IHL in the early 1980s, Graham carved out a long NHL career with the Minnesota North Stars and Chicago Blackhawks, where he captained the original six squad from 1989 until his retirement in 1995 and captured the NHL’s Selke Trophy for Top Defensive Forward in 1991.

Graham has continued to work in hockey in the years since and has spent nearly two decades as a professional scout and AHL development coach for the San Jose Sharks.

The late Doug Wickenheiser played with Graham on the Pats and succeeded his teammate as the Captain in 1979-80.

Wickenheiser is widely regarded as one of the greatest WHL players of all time, boasting 158 goals and 194 assists for 352 points in 207 games.

The Regina product was named WHL and CHL Player of the Year in 1980 after an astounding 170-point (89G-81A) campaign. His 89 goals are tied for the sixth-most by a player in a single season in league history.

Wickenheiser passed away in 1999 at just 37 years old after battling cancer.

The Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy is presented annually to the WHL Humanitarian of the Year in his memory.

Brad Howard, also from Regina, has been involved with the league for more than three decades as a linesperson, referee, and, currently, an officiating coach.

In addition to joining the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame, Howard received the Hockey Canada Officiating Award for National Contribution to Officiating in 2015 and has served as the referee supervisor at Hockey Canada’s World Under-17 Challenge, the National Junior A Championship and the World Junior A Challenge.

Barry Trapp, from Balcarres, Sask., broke into the WHL as an Assistant General Manager and assistant coach with the Pats, a role he held from 1981-85.

He moved west to take on General Manager and Head Coaching duties for the Moose Jaw Warriors in 1985-86 before embarking on a 10-year scouting career with Hockey Canada’s junior teams and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

‘Trapper’s’ time with the National Team saw Canada win one gold medal, two silvers and two bronze medals with the National Junior Team and six-straight gold medal finishes with the U18 group.

The now 83-year-old returned to the Pats in a scouting role from 2014-2019.

Bill Liskowich overlapped with Tapp with the Pats in the mid-80s, taking on an assistant coaching role from 1984-1986 in addition to assistant general manager duties in 1985-86.

He coached the Regina Pat Canadians to an Air Canada Cup (now known as the TELUS Cup) and spent more than a decade as the bench boss for the University of Regina Cougars, capturing CIS Coach of the Year honours in 1992.

The Class of 2025 will be inducted during a ceremony in Regina on Saturday, July 26, 2025.