Belak, George family among 2024 SJHL Hall of Fame inductees
Martin Smith and Kian Bell were completely unprepared when the moment came.
“I can’t even put it into words and I know that – how much the organization meant to my parents – especially my dad,” said the first family member to don the number 27.
“We know that Dad – his grandpa – is smiling down right now and it’s just such an honour.”
It came as a complete surprise to the uncle and nephew pair when, during the 2024 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Hall of Fame induction banquet that the Battlefords North Stars number 27 was officially retired.