Cody Hodgson

Cody Hodgson

Cody Hodgson was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in May, 2009, five months aftergaining international recognition for leading Canada to the 2009 World Junior Hockey Championshipat Ottawa, where he was the tournament’s leading scorer and acclaimed by numerous hockey expertsas Canada’s most valuable player.

Hodgson started playing hockey at age four in Haliburton, Ont., and when his family moved toMarkham in 1997, he joined the Markham Minor Hockey Association. He competed in three all-Ontariochampionships during his minor hockey career and won numerous “Most Valuable Player” awards.

Hodgson was the Brampton Battalion’s first-round choice in the 2006 OHL Priority Selection and started his prolifictenure with the Troops in 2006-07.

He was one of the OHL’s top rookie scorers in 2006-07 with 23 goals and 46 points, and tied Steven Stamkos asCanada’s leading scorer at the 2007 under-18 Hockey World Cup tournament in the Czech Republic.

Hodgson scored 40 goals in his second season with the Troops and was their leading scorer in the playoffs. Hecapped his outstanding campaign in April 2008, by leading the World Under-18 Championship Tournament inscoring and captaining Canada’s team to the world title.

Hodgson, a two-time Battalion scholastic player of the year, was the Vancouver Canucks’ first-round choice in the2008 NHL Entry Draft, and after returning to the Battalion ranks in October, 2008, was named team captain andled the Troops to a record-breaking season. He was the club’s leading scorer and became the firstBattalion player to twice reach the 40-goal plateau.

Inducted May 27, 2009