Glenn Stanford (born 1957) is a Canadian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

executive. He is currently serving as the president of the

Newfoundland Regiment (ice hockey) The Newfoundland Regiment are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League who play at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Background The franchise was granted in 1969–70 as the ...

in the

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. He has served as governor and chief operating officer of the

St. John's IceCaps The St. John's IceCaps were a professional ice hockey team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. They were members of the North Division of the Eastern Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team was originally aff ...

of the

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and the

Newfoundland Growlers The Newfoundland Growlers were a professional minor league ice hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League, ECHL based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The team began play in the 2018–19 ECHL season, 2018–19 season with home games ...

of the

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. Stanford is a two-time winner of the James C. Hendy Memorial Award, awarded to the AHL executive of the year. In June 2011, Stanford stepped away from his position as president of the

Hamilton Bulldogs The Hamilton Bulldogs were a Canadian major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) that began to play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the Bulldogs played home games at FirstOntario Centre. They were purc ...

to accept the role of chief operating officer with the

. After the Ice Caps moved to

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to become the

Laval Rocket The Laval Rocket () are a professional ice hockey team based in Laval, Quebec. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Trois-Rivières Lions of the ECHL. The Rocket play ...

, Stanford formed a group that brought the ECHL to St. John's.

Awards and honours

References

External links

Glenn Stanford's staff profile at Eliteprospects.com
1957 births Living people American Hockey League Ice hockey people from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador {{Canada-icehockey-bio-stub