Central Newfoundland
T.A. "Gus" Soper
retirement in 1973. Although working full time with the mining company, Gus spent countless hours working with, encouraging and counseling the youth of the community in all types of endeavours. Gus acted as the Buchans delegate to the N.A.H.A. from 1944 until 1970 and became an expert on the N.A.H.A. constitution. He was also Central vice-chairman for senior hockey a number of times. Gus made the motion to the N.A.H.A. that they should affiliate with the C.A.H.A. His most memorable moments included winning the Herder for the first time, and crashing in a Beaver aircraft with four members of the Buchans senior hockey team on a return trip from a hockey series in Corner Brook. Gus Soper will long be remembered by the people of Buchans for his work, honesty, dependability and straightforwardness, and especially his dedication to the community. The stadium in Buchans is named after this man who devoted himself to hockey.