Ken Yackel
Ken Yackel | |||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | March 5, 1930||||||||||||||||
Died | July 12, 1991 | (aged 61)||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Position | Right Wing | ||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||
Played for | Boston Bruins | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1950–1964 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biographical details | |
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Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Playing career | |
1952–1956 | Minnesota |
Position(s) | Right Wing |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1960–1963 | Minneapolis Millers |
1971–1972 | Minnesota |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–17–0 (.292) |
Kenneth James Yackel (March 5, 1930 – July 12, 1991) was an American ice hockey player. Yackel was a member of the American 1952 Winter Olympics team. He briefly played professionally in the National Hockey League, appearing in six games with the Boston Bruins in 1959, becoming only the second American-developed player to appear in the NHL during the 1950s. He was briefly the head coach for Minnesota Gophers during the 1971–72 season, serving in an interim capacity after Glen Sonmor resigned mid-year. Yackel was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986.[1]
Head coaching record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Minnesota North Stars (National Hockey League / Big Ten) (1971–1972) | |||||||||
1971–72 | Minnesota | 7–17–0† | 6–14–0 / 3–5–0† | 10th / 4th | |||||
Minnesota: | 7–17–0 | 6–14–0 / 3–5–0 | |||||||
Total: | 7–17–0 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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†Yackel replaced Glen Sonmor in December 1971
Awards and honors
References
- ^ "KEN YACKEL". ushockeyhalloffame.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1930 births
- 1991 deaths
- American men's ice hockey right wingers
- Boston Bruins players
- Ice hockey people from Minnesota
- Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey coaches
- Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players
- Muskegon Zephyrs players
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- American ice hockey winger stubs