2011 Celebrity Team

One of the favourite parts of East Coast Classic each year is our celebrity guest group. All 34 teams who register get to play with a different celebrity host each day and these individuals are high profile athletes, entertainers and broadcasters. The ECC has been fortunate enough to have a number of great celebrities over the years highlighted by hockey greats like Vladisav Tretiak, Gordie Howe, Doug Gilmour and Joe Sakic and entertainers like Al “King of Kensington” Waxman and Hagood Hardy.  We are very grateful to those people who give their time and talents each year to help support the East Coast Classic and our beneficiaries.

  • Bruce Guthro, 9 Time ECMA Award Winning Singer/Songwriter
  • Liz Rigney, CTV personality
  • Matt Minglewood, Canadian Music Legend
  • Dennis Bonvie, Former NHL’er and most penalized pro hockey player
  • Johnny Reid, Multi-Award Winning Songwriter & Entertainer
  • Kelly Gruber, 1992 World Series Champion, Toronto Blue Jays
  • Tessa Bonhomme, Olympic Gold Medallist & Hockey World Champion
  • Steven Cousins, British Figure Skating Champ & Olympian
  • Dave Andrews, President of AHL & BC & NS Sport Hall of Fame
  • Jesse Lumsden, Olympic Bobsledder & CFL Running Back
  • Gord Dwyer, NHL Referee
  • Tania Vicent, Olympic Speed Skater
  • Warren Shouldice, Olympic Freestyle (Aerials) Skier
  • Sarah Conrad, Olympic Freestyle Snowboarder
  • Mark Flood, Winnipeg Jets
  • Cam Russell, Former NHL’er
  • Tony Gabriel, CFL, Canadian Hall of Famer
  • Craig MacDonald, Former Harvard Player & NHL’er
  • Ben Rutz, World-renowned fiddler for Johnny Reid band
  • Emily Brydon, Olympic & World Cup Alpine Skier
  • Michelle Kelly, Olympian & World Cup Champion – Skeleton
  • Joan Kennedy, multi-award winner, Country Music Television
  • Al Woods, Original Blue Jay
  • Liisa Savajarvi, Olympic Downhill Skier
  • Helen Upperton, World Cup Champion Bobsledder & Olympian
  • David Clarkson, NHL’er – New Jersey Devil
  • Troy Crowder, Former NHL Tough Guy
  • Karen Stemmle, Olympian & World Cup Alpine Skier
  • Gordie Smith, Canadian PGA Member, and NS Hall of Famer
  • Jay Triano, Former Toronto Raptors Head Coach
  • Gordie Dwyer, ex-NHL’er and head coach of PEI Rocket
  • Ray Mariuz, CFL, Grey Cup Winner
  • Rick Bowness, Vancouver Canucks Assistant Coach
  • Paul Lamb, Canadian Entertainer