Rocky Thompson
Rocky Lee Thompson is a Canadian former ice hockey right wing, who is currently an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. He was drafted in the third round, 72nd overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. This Cree forward/defenseman was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Whitecourt, Alberta. Along with hockey, he showed promise in boxing as a teenager, winning gold in the 1993 North American Indigenous Games as well as in provincial Golden Gloves tournament championships in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
8 August 1977
Born on the same birth date (8 August 1977): Darren Manzella • Lindsay Sloane • Mohammad Wasim (coach) • Nicolas Vogondy
Born on the same birth day (8 August): Aldo Calderón van Dyke • Bill Voce • Hannah Miley • Jack Baldwin (chemist) • Joe Bethancourt • John Ker • Kane Williamson • Meagan Good • Nigel Mansell • Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist • Paul Taylor (cricketer, born 1964) • Richard Anderson • Rinku Singh (baseball) • Ron Klain • Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine • Sara Teasdale • William Asher • Yūki Amami
Born in the same month (August 1977): Charlie Pickering • Craig Nicholls • Darnerien McCants • Deco • Dênio (footballer) • Félix Sánchez (hurdler) • Jonathan Togo • Justin Brooker • Jürgen Macho • Leandro Amaral • Manuel Contepomi • Martin Biron • Park Yong-ha • Roy Oswalt • Samantha Ronson