A prominent name in local hockey circles has passed away.
Jim Nixon, a member of the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame died on Monday at age 91.
As a player, he played for the Collingwood Shipbuilders and won the league’s scoring championship a number of times.
As a player/coach he won an Ontario Championship with the Durham Huskies and later was the coach of the Hanover Barons, a longtime Jr C powerhouse, who beat Orangeville to win the Schmalz Cup in 1991.
Fred Wallace spoke with Bruce Angel who played for Coach Jim Nixon at Hanover with the Barons in the late 1980’sm early 1990’s.