Beachcombers

Cast

Kirk Maclean, Jyrki Lumme, Dave Tiger Williams, Manon Rheaume, Jackson Davies, Cam Bancroft, Gary Nylund.

Hockey Players in “A Beachcombers Christmas”

Dave Tiger Williams drafted by Toronto: played for Toronto, Vancouver, Detroit, Los Angeles and Hartford.

Records:
Most penalty minutes career (3,966 PIM)
Most penalty minutes career, including playoffs (4,421 PIM)

Leafs alumni Dave "Tiger" Williams, along with Canadian gold medal Olympian Cassie Campbell and former Vancouver Canucks goalie Kirk McLean spread some Christmas cheer for Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan.
He averaged nearly 20 goals a year, and had his best year in 1980-81 with the Vancouver Canucks, when he netted 35 goals and 27 assists. That year he represented Vancouver in the mid-season All-Star game.

Tiger's final NHL statistics are as follows: 962 regular-season games played, 241 goals, 272 assists, 513 points and a record 3,966 minutes in penalties. He appeared in 83 playoff contests, scoring 12 goals and 23 assists.

Jyrki Lumme born in Finland, played over 1000 games in the NHL, with Montreal, Vancouver, Phoenix, Dallas and Toronto.

His celebrated years in Vancouver landed him the honour of being selected as one of the 30 greatest Canucks of all time
Won a silver medal with Finland at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

1993 Selected to the All Star Team in World Championships
With fellow “A Beachcombers Christmas” actor Kirk McLean, Led Vancouver to the Stanley Cup Finals playing in all 24 playoff games (1993-94).

At the 1998 Olympics at Nagano as he and his team stole the bronze medal from the Canadians. At St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2000, he again stymied the Canadians winning a bronze medal at the World Championships.

Gary Nylund became highest-drafted player in Toronto Maple Leaf history when he was picked third overall in 1982
Chicago Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1987-88 (208)
Chicago Playoffs Points and assist Leader: 1987
1982 won the first ever gold in world Junior Championships
Now a Fire Fighter Won Medal of bravery in 2004
Played 11 seasons in the NHL 608 games.

BJ MacDonald played on Edmonton's "GMC Line" with Brett Callighen and Wayne Gretzky in 1978-79 when he scored 46 goals. Was third-leading scorer in Edmonton WHA history with 242 points and the Oiler captain in 1980. He played 219 games in the NHL, scored 91 goals and 100 assists. Has been hockey coordinator on two movies.

Manon Rheaume the first female goaltender to appear in an NHL Perhaps the most famous female hockey player in the world, Manon Rheaume was the first woman to play with an NHL team when she saw action in a 1992 pre-season game for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Thereafter, she proceeded to play for a variety of men's minor pro teams. Rheaume first appeared with Canada's National Women's Team in 1992 and was named to the All-Star Team when Canada won the Women's World Championship that year. Rheaume was also an All-Star with Canada's winning entry at the 1994 event, and was on the National Team when they won the silver metal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano.

Kirk McLean was named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team in 1992, a season where he led the NHL in wins with 38, and shutouts, with five. In 1993-94, he led the Canucks to the Stanley Cup finals, but Vancouver was beaten by the New York Rangers in a memorable seven-game series. He played in 612 regular season games and 68 playoff games.

Dean Malkoc played with three NHL teams in the 90s played 116 games had 299 minutes in penalties and 1 goal. Is now playing hockey in Europe.

Randy Heath was drafted 33rd overall by the New York Rangers in 1983 after scoring 82 goals and helping his club win the Memorial Cup. Heath was a part of history since Portland was the first American-based club to win the most prestigious team honour in Canadian junior hockey.