Senior hockey league honours 90-year-old Sask. hockey player [Video]

It was an unusual sight to see, row upon row of cars filling the parking lot of the Schroh Arena in Saskatoon for a noon-hour rec hockey game. But it was a special day as the only remaining member of the original Saskatoon Sixty Plus Hockey League was celebrating his 90th birthday.

“They started with 26 guys at the old barn,” said Ken Crump, president of the Saskatoon Sixty Plus Hockey League. “It grew to four teams, and now look what it’s gone to. 350 [players] and we’re turning guys away.”

Stan Halliwell and Reg Morrison met while playing in a 50-plus hockey league, but they realized they didn’t like playing late at night, and the game was getting a little fast.

“Ice is available in the morning, our guys are all retired, so let’s play hockey during the day,” said Halliwell, who grew up in view of the outdoor …