Ken Yackel

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Ken Yackel (born March 5, 1932 in St. Paul, Minnesota - July 12, 1998) was an 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. Yackel was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986.

[edit] External links

• Ken Yackel's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Ken Yackel's biography at Legends of Hockey