Paul Fendley’s number 18 jersey has been unofficially retired by junior hockey teams in Guelph since his death in May of 1972, but it finally became official at a ceremony on Saturday night.
The 19-year-old Norval native died  three days after an on-ice collision that fractured his skull during the final minutes of the Guelph CMCs’ series-clinching victory over the visiting Red Deer Rebels for the Centennial Cup Tier II Jr. A hockey national championship.
A banner with Fendley’s picture and number were raised to the rafters of the Sleeman Centre Saturday prior to the Ontario Hockey League contest between the Guelph Storm and the Kitchener Rangers in an emotional ceremony. The banner was slowly raised to the rafters as the Highland Creek Pipes and Drum band played Amazing Grace.
“You know, people ask me if I’m upset that it took so long,” said Paul’s brother Tom Fendley, his lone surviving family member, after Saturday’s ceremony. “But I’m not upset. The important thing is it was done and he is being remembered.”
About a dozen CMC teammates were on hand for the event, along with many fans who were in the packed Memorial Gardens’ crowd on that fateful evening.
“Paul was not only a good hockey player, he was a good guy and a good teammate,” said Guelph native Doug Riseborough, a member of the CMCs and current general manager of the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild.
“Paul was confident, positive and friendly. The players on that team all...

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