Career
Following a successful junior career with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League, Landon was selected in the fourth round of the 1969 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. In 1973, Landon signed with the upstart World Hockey Association"s New England Whalers and was the team"s backup goaltender for five seasons. His best season was 1976, where despite a losing record provoked by the Whalers" anemic offense, he had a goals against average of 3.47, good for 9th place in the high scoring WHA. He had a second stint with Springfield at the start of the 1977-1978 AHL season, but suffered a career-ending knee injury in practice and retired at age 28.
Landon finished his WHA career with 50 wins, 50 losses and 9 ties in 122 games, recording two shutouts and a 3.46 goals against average.
When the Indians were sold to out-of-town interests in 1994 and moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, Landon put together an investment group to secure an expansion franchise from the AHL, the Springfield Falcons. The league, which is based in nearby West Springfield, was keen to maintain a presence in a city that has been hosted a team in the AHL and its predecessors for all but seven years since 1926.
Landon has been the president and general manager of the Falcons since then On November 3, 2007, the American Hockey League, in recognition of his years of service to hockey, held a "Bruce Landon Night" in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center.
On February 4, 2014, Landon ended an era, stepping down as President, General Manager and co-owner of the Springfield Falcons.