Grant Heffernan

Grant J. Heffernan is a Canadian retired ice hockey center and coach who was an All-American at Providence College. A star junior in both ice hockey and lacrosse, he was most valuable player for the Hastings Legionnaires when they won the Minto Cup in 1961, then took an ice hockey scholarship to Providence in 1962. In his second season he led the Friars in scoring as they won their first ECAC championship, scoring the title-game winner, and as co-captain in his senior season he finished third in the nation with 58 points. After graduating he studied at McMaster University, played one more hockey season, and kept playing senior lacrosse until 1972, recording 1,119 points in the OLA and NLA. He became an ice hockey and lacrosse coach, led the Scarborough Saints to the 1977 Canadian Junior B Championship, and is in the Providence Athletic Hall of Fame, both the Ontario and Canadian Lacrosse Halls of Fame and the Peterborough Sports Hall of Fame.