Taras Foremsky Taras Foremsky ( born February 15 , 1980 ) is a former Canadian ice hockey forward from Calgary , Alberta . Junior and college . Calgary born Foremsky began his hockey career in his local league , the Alberta Junior Hockey League ( AJHL ) , where he spent three seasons plying his trade with four different teams putting up 212 points . The 2001 - 02 season was a bleak one for Foremsky only playing 10 games for Merrimack College of the NCAA . One year on and Foremsky had joined up with the Mount Royal College Cougars of the Alberta College ' s Athletic Hockey Conference ( ACAC ) posting 70 points in 28 games for the Cougars , leading the league in points , being picked for the first all - star team , receiving League MVP and setting a new league record for goals in a season . Going pro . At the end of the successful 2002 - 03 season Foremsky was given a short - term contract with the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL grabbing 1 + 3 from 6 regular season games . The following years would hold uncertainty for Foremsky , who would represent 7 teams in 3 seasons , starting with Hassfurt in Germany before moving back to North America and the CHL with San Angelo and Fort Worth . The 2004 / 05 season would be more successful than those that it had proceeded , with Foremsky suiting up for the Torino Bulls of the Serie A , for whom he finished 2nd in goals , assists , points and penalty minutes for the team . The 2005 / 06 season would again be unsettled , with Foremsky playing in the UHL ( Flint Generals ) , SPHL ( Jacksonville Barracudas ) and CHL ( Memphis Riverkings ) . Move to the U . K . . In 2006 Foremsky arrived in Peterborough to play for the Phantoms where he would set the league alight scoring 136 Pts . in 48 games , somehow finding time to rack up 102 penalty minutes . Foremsky also dominated the play - offs scoring 17 points in 7 games . His end of season plaudits included , top points scorer in EPL , top points scorer in League , Cup and Play - offs for Peterborough and selected for the EPL All - Star 1st Line 2006 / 07 . It seemed as though the good times were going to keep on rolling for Taras and the Phantoms with Foremsky scoring 34 points in the first 14 games . But after a mid - game , dressing room dispute with head coach Phil David , Foremsky left through ' mutual consent ' . Although it did not take long for Foremsky to attract interest from other clubs and was snapped up by eventual regular season champions Guildford Flames on November 10 . . Foremsky got off to a slow start at the Flames , finding it hard to gel with line mates , but once he found his mark he quickly established himself as a fan - favourite and was instrumental in the Flames regular season championship title . He scored 22 + 33 in 34 regular season games , being voted Supporters Club Player of the Year , an extrodinary achievement considering he missed over 2 months of the Flames season . Foremsky then re - signed for another year with Guildford in early May . After another slow start to the season Foremsky ' s production picked up as the months progressed but missed out on games due to the Flames carrying an extra import . Despite this Foremsky finished the season as the teams highest goal scorer on 33 goals . This was enough to earn him a second supporters club player of the year award from the fans . With major changes on the way in the summer the Flames were going to rebuild , where at this point led Foremsky to the decision to retire to run his family ' s butcher shop in Canada . Playing record . Year by Year Record Includes Play - Offs " Note : GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; PIM = Penalty Minutes . All Stats from either Peterborough Phantoms ' or Guildford Flames ' websites "