A finalist for the Hobey Baker Award when he played for Michigan State, Indiana’s John-Michael Liles has provided solid blueline work everywhere he has played.  Offensively he had 10 Goals four times and Internationally played on both the 2004 World Cup and 2006 Olympic team for the United States.

From the Province of Quebec, Alexandre Burrows went from undrafted to alternate captain, and aren’t the Vancouver Canucks happy they signed him.  Burrows is known for being a pesky agitator by most fans, but he actually has three 50 Point seasons and is often the most entertaining player on the ice.  Although he has never finished in the top ten, six times he received votes for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.

From the baseball-rich nation of Mexico, Teddy Higuera made history as the first Mexican to win 20 Games in MLB, a season where he was the American League Cy Young runner up and the leader for bWAR by Pitchers.  Higuera’s career in MLB was not relatively long, but it was spent only with Milwaukee where he was named an All-Star in 1986.  Two years later he would lead the American League in WHIP with a 0.999 tally.

Higuera dealt with a litany of injuries, which shortened his career, but he still left the game with a career record of 94-64 and 1,061 Strikeouts.

Cecil Cooper was a really good baseball player though it seemed that only people in Milwaukee were aware of it!