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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

John Mitchell

Hockey, Class of 1984

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John Mitchell
John Mitchell, left, and hockey legend Gordie Howe at hall of fame banquet.
John Mitchell in his Cambria County War Memorial Arena office.

Accomplishments

  • Built the Johnstown Jets into a championship team in the former Eastern Hockey League in the 1960s.
  • Spent 12 seasons as coach-general manager of the Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League.
  • Joined Johnstown Jets as general manager in 1959-60 and forged a dynasty that won EHL playoff championships in 1960, 1961 and 1962.
  • Advanced to the National Hockey League (NHL) as chief scout-assistant general manager of the Detroit Red Wings from 1962 to 1966.
  •   Returned to Johnstown in 1967, and as executive director/GM of the Jets.
  • His 1974-75 Jets team won the North American Hockey League championship and served as the inspiration to the Paul Newman motion picture “Slap Shot.”
  • Was instrumental in “Slap Shot” filming in Johnstown, allowing his players to participate in the picture.
  • Helped revive hockey after the 1977 Johnstown Flood damaged the Cambria County War Memorial Arena so badly that there was no hockey during the 1977-78 season.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2020

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  • Golf
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Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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