Date of Birth: 1956
Place of Birth: Petty Harbour, NL
Inducted: 2025 (Builder Category)
How do you summarize 35 years of hockey volunteerism in a few paragraphs? If you break it down, you will call it hockey development. Because over these years, hockey development is what comes to mind with Jack Lee and HNL. After his playing days, Jack slid seamlessly into the boardrooms in rinks around the province, working with minor hockey groups Saxons, and Trepassey and Mount Pearl leaving an imprint on the game across the province. His hockey involvement included 10 years as Hockey NL president; the introduction of the Breakaway Foundation to help people get involved with hockey. Jack’s contributions were recognized when he was awarded Hockey Canada Certificate for pivotal role in hockey development as well as the 2022 Hockey Canada Order of Merit for many years of faithful service, including time on the Hockey Canada Board. But as much as he has done in the boardroom, it is on the ice developing the next generation of hockey players that has kept Jack never too far from a hockey rink.
