Mel Angelstad
Melvin "Mangler " Angelstad is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 NHL season to become the first player to wear #69 in a regular season game. He would later be joined in this distinction by Andrew Desjardins, who donned the number while skating for the San Jose Sharks.
For Angelstad, the road to the NHL was a long one. He played five Colonial Hockey League seasons in Thunder Bay before becoming an IHL regular and then AHL regular.
While in Thunder Bay he played for the Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks, wearing number 27, and spawning several bootlegged video collections of his fights.
During the 2003–04 NHL season Angelstad appeared in two games with the Washington Capitals, registering a total of zero points and two penalty minutes. Angelstad has the distinction of being the first player in NHL history to wear sweater #69 in a regular season game.
He now works as a firefighter in the Fort McMurray, Alberta area. He made a cameo appearance in the film, in which he fights main character Doug Glatt.
