OTTAWA, ON – On Tuesday, May 28th at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is inducting five new members to our local sports shrine – Dr. Mark Aubry (Builder – Medical), Mike Bullard (Athlete – Hockey), James Duthie (Builder – Media), Lyndon Hooper (Athlete – Soccer) and Luke Richardson (Athlete – Hockey), while a pair of teams will be honoured for their milestone national championship victories – the 1974 Ottawa Sooners and 1999 Ottawa 67’s. Each Tuesday and Thursday until the event, the Sport Hall will post an article on an aspect of the event. Today’s article is on 2024 Inductee, Mike Bullard.

2024 SPORT HALL INDUCTEE – MIKE BULLARD:

Fifty goals and 100 points – they are magical marks very few players have hit, but Mike Bullard reached both of those totals during his National Hockey League career.

Much earlier, Bullard’s talents were first on display as a member of the East Ottawa Vanier Voyageurs minor hockey team, which played in the 1974 edition of the famed Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.

He went on to score 150 points with the Brantford Alexanders in junior hockey and was selected ninth overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1980 NHL draft.

Though he did average two fights per year, the man nicknamed Bully was known more for his scoring prowess during 11 NHL seasons.

Bullard owns the distinction of being the only player to score 50 goals with a last-place team. The league all-star was a bright spot for the Penguins in 1983-84, while serving as team captain in just his third full NHL season.

In 1987-1988, Bullard hit the 100-point plateau with 103 for the Calgary Flames, to finish 11th overall in the league scoring race.

He went to play for the St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs before closing his NHL career in 1992, with a total of 336 goals and 694 points in 727 games.

Bullard went on to play another 10 years in Europe, mostly in Germany, and he then began his coaching career overseas. Bullard has since returned to Canada and is currently the Head Coach and Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Caledonia Corvairs in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

A 50-goal and 100-point scorer, and now you can add one more title to Mike Bullard’s resumé – a Hall of Famer.

MAY 28 OTTAWA SPORT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION EVENING

Tickets for the Tuesday, May 28th Induction Ceremony are available for purchase now!

In the lead-up to the banquet, full-length features on each of the inductees will be posted on the Hall’s website at OttawaSportHall.ca and shared through the Ottawa Sports Pages.

Event tickets are $125 per person or $1,200 for a table of 10, while premium tables go for $2,000 and additional sponsorship opportunities are available. See OttawaSportHall.ca for more details.

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Contacts:

Dave Best
Chair, Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame
Chair@OttawaSportHall.ca

About the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame:

The Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization, which documents, curates and celebrates outstanding achievement in local sport heritage. The Sport Hall is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors to maintain and preserve our rich sporting legacies. Each year, the Hall of Fame Board receives nominations from the public and selects new inductees to be honoured in the Hall.