He was the 12th overall pick in the 2001 NHL draft going to the Nashville Predators.
A tenacious defenceman, when he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks, he helped them go to the Stanley Cup in 2010-2011.
In 2014, he helped Team Canada to gold at the Sochi Olympics. He also possesses two gold and two silver medals from the IIHF World Championships and a silver and a bronze at the junior internationals.
Before retiring to a beautiful home on Tyhee Lake in Telkwa in 2020, he played 1,148 career regular season games and 68 playoff games with the Predators, Canucks and Dallas Stars over 15 seasons.
If that sounds like a hall of fame career, it will be officially on Saturday.
Originally announced in February of this year, Smithers' own Dan Hamhuis, will be inducted into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame in Penticton on July 12.
Hamhuis, of course, got his start in elite hockey in Smithers before graduating to the Prince George Cougars, of which he is now a part-owner.
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On Saturday, Hamhuis will be joined by Shawn Horcoff (also in the player category), Mike Penny, (in the builder category), Larry Kwong (as a pioneer, player and builder), Ted Hargreaves (builder).
The 1987 Centennial Cup champion Richmond Sockeyes and the 1978 Allan Cup champion Kimberley Dynamiters will also entered the hall on July 12.
