Former women's national volleyball team head coach Mike Burchuk will be among seven Manitobans inducted into the Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame. (Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Files)
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Former women's national volleyball team head coach Mike Burchuk will be among eight Manitobans inducted into the U.S.-based Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame later this year.
Burchuk, 68, coached with great success at the CIAU level with the University of Winnipeg Wesmen and also guided the women's national program as an assistant coach and a head coach during the 1980s and '90s.
Burchuk was typically reserved when asked about the honour Monday, admitting he knew little about the organization or how he had been nominated for induction.
"Yes, it's nice but if I knew more about it, it would be more meaningful," said Burchuk, who was honoured as St. Nicholas Ukrainian Sportsman of the year in 1982-83.
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Former women's national volleyball team head coach Mike Burchuk will be among eight Manitobans inducted into the U.S.-based Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame later this year.
Burchuk, 68, coached with great success at the CIAU level with the University of Winnipeg Wesmen and also guided the women's national program as an assistant coach and a head coach during the 1980s and '90s.
Burchuk was typically reserved when asked about the honour Monday, admitting he knew little about the organization or how he had been nominated for induction.
"Yes, it's nice but if I knew more about it, it would be more meaningful," said Burchuk, who was honoured as St. Nicholas Ukrainian Sportsman of the year in 1982-83.
Burchuk, who has a previous commitment for the induction weekend on Sept. 15 in Horsham, Pa., will not be attending the event.
Billy Mosienko is best known for scoring the fastest hat trick in NHL history when he scored three goals in 21 seconds against the New York Rangers in 1952. (Family photo)
Hockey players Turk Broda and Billy Mosienko, curlers Orest Meleschuk and Ed Werenich, baseball players Corey Koskie and Evelyn Wawryshyn Moroz, and football player Stephen Patrick were the other Manitobans named to the current class.
Broda, Mosienko and Patrick, whose sons Stephen and James played in the NHL and grandson Nolan currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers, will be inducted posthumously.
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Former Winnipeg Jets centre Dale Hawerchuk was a member of the Hall's second induction class in 2017.
Meleschuk, a 78-year-old currently residing in Selkirk, completed the provincial, national and world championship trifecta in 1972 and has always considered his Brier triumph to be his crowning achievement in the game.
His Fort Rouge foursome of third Dave Romano, second John Hanesiak and lead Pat Hailley nearly swept through the round robin, posting a 9-1 record to claim the title. The only defeat came to runner-up Bill Kent of Quebec, who finished 7-3.
Meleschuk (1971-72), Steve Patrick (1996-97), Mosienko (1979-80, 1989-90) also captured the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Sportsman of the year
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Mike Burchuk (volleyball): Led the University of Winnipeg Wesmen to a six consecutive CIAU titles during his tenure at the school (1980-89); served as an assistant coach with the national team from 1982-88, including Canada's entry at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics; guided national team to ninth-place finish as head coach of national team at 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
Orest Meleschuk (curling): Lac du Bonnet product skipped his team to titles at provincial, national and world championships in 1972; finished fourth at 1989 Brier.
Billy Mosienko (hockey): Winnipeg-born Chicago Blackhawks right-winger widely known for scoring the fastest hat trick in NHL history (potting three goals in 21 seconds) against the New York Rangers in 1952; scored 258 goals and 540 points in 710 regular-season games; won Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1944-45 and named a second-team NHL all-star in 1944-45 and 1945-46. Mosienko died in 1994 at the age of 72.
Turk Broda (hockey): Brandon-born goaltender played his entire 14-year NHL career for the Toronto Maple Leafs and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. A three-time NHL all-star and five-time Stanley Cup champion. Died in 1972 at the age of 58.
Corey Koskie (baseball): Anola product was the first Manitoba-born player to reach the major leagues. Had a nine-year career in the majors, suiting up for the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers as a third basemen.
Stephen Patrick (football): Two-time CFL all-star played was an offensive lineman for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1952-1964. Born in Glenella, Patrick died in 2014 at the age of 81. Inducted in the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
Ed Werenich (curling): Nicknamed the Wrench, the Benito-born Werenich represented Ontario and won gold at the 1983 and 1990 Briers, silver in 1973, 1977 and 1984 and bronze in 1988; captured gold at 1983 and 1990 world championships; named to Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1988.
Evelyn Wawryshyn Moroz (baseball): Played in the All-American Girls Baseball League from 1946 to 1951. Three-time all-star. She was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988 and is a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
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