12 Facts About Ed Chynoweth

Edward Chynoweth was a Canadian ice hockey executive.

Ed Chynoweth served as president of the Western Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League for over 20 years each.

Ed Chynoweth was a league director, team owner, and reported by The Canadian Press to have been one of the most influential men in junior ice hockey in Canada.

Ed Chynoweth helped to form the CHL in 1972, bringing Canada's three major junior leagues under one banner, and served as its president from 1975 until 1995.

Ed Chynoweth remained the team's president and governor after it became the Kootenay Ice, as well as the WHL's chairman of the board, at the time of his death.

Dean Ed Chynoweth was a National Hockey League player and coach of the Lake Erie Monsters.

Jeff Ed Chynoweth was a general manager of the Calgary Hitmen.

Ed Chynoweth died of kidney cancer in Calgary at the age of 66.

Ed Chynoweth was elected to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

The Ed Chynoweth Trophy, awarded to the top scorer at the Memorial Cup tournament is named after him.

Ed Chynoweth was a member of the selection committee at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Ed Chynoweth was posthumously inducted as a builder into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on November 10,2008.