Memorial Cup Flashback: Jeff Larmer sets tournament points record with powerhouse Kitchener
Most players would be disappointed to return to junior after starting a career in the NHL.
But Jeff Larmer considered it the best demotion of his life.
Larmer, from Peterborough, Ont., was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 1981 and began the following season with them but was sent back to the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers after eight games. Kitchener would go on to win the 1982 Memorial Cup while Larmer put himself in the tournament record book with numbers still standing 35 years later.
“I know sometimes you’ll hear stories of guys being sent back and being unhappy but that wasn’t the case,” said Larmer. “I was going back to a really good team and we knew we had a great opportunity in front of us.