Meet another member of Wall of Honour’s class of 2025

The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s second annual Wall of Honour induction dinner is scheduled for July 29 in Okotoks, Alta. . . . It’s being billed as A Night With the Sutters — there will be hot stove sessions involving the hockey-playing brothers — and will feature the induction of 29 past and present-day scouts into the Wall of Honour. Tickets for the dinner are available on the Foundation’s website. . . . As the big night draws closer, we are introducing the 2025 inductees right here on our website. . . . So, without further ado, meet Dennis McIvor.

DENNIS McIVOR

(Oct. 18, 1938 — )

Born in Carman, Man., he worked with four NHL teams before retiring in 2000. . . . Got his scouting start with the WHL’s Calgary Wranglers under Doug Sauter in 1977. Also was part-time with Buffalo until the Sabres hired him full-time in 1983. Left Buffalo in 1987 — he had been chief Western scout — and split two seasons with the San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators. . . . Moved to the Tampa Bay Lightning with Ottawa GM Rick Dudley for 1999-2000. . . . Health issues forced his retirement in 2000. . . . Joined the Calgary Fire Department on Aug. 14, 1967, and retired in March 1981 as a rescue and safety officer. . . . Has battled leukemia and once was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis. “I am in remission now,” he says of leukemia. “I am very careful with diet and exercise. Also, no thick books or green bananas.”