Mike Eaves

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Mike Eaves

Born	(1956-06-10) June 10, 1956 Denver, CO, USA
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Minnesota North Stars Calgary Flames
National team	United States
NHL Draft	113th overall, 1976 St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1978–1986

Michael Gordon Eaves (born June 10, 1956 in Denver, Colorado and raised in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian former NHL player and the current head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers Men's Ice Hockey team. Eaves appeared in 324 NHL regular season games between 1978 and 1985, and has coached since 1985. His father, Cecil Eaves, is a former Denver University ice hockey and football player who became a professor and hockey coach at Ohio State and the University of Windsor. Eaves is also the father of current Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves and current SM-Liiga Jokerit forward Ben Eaves and brother of former NHL player Murray Eaves.

Playing career

Amateur

Eaves grew up in Ontario where he played junior hockey for the Nepean Raiders.

From 1974 to 1978 he played for the University of Wisconsin–Madison hockey team, where he was a two-time All-American and a member of Coach Bob Johnson's 1977 NCAA championship team. Eaves remains the Badgers' all-time leading career scorer with 267 points (94 goals, 173 assists) in 160 games.^[1] He was also a member of the United States national team at the 1976 and 1978 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.

He was selected 113th overall in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft by St. Louis, who traded his rights to the Cleveland Barons for Len Frig in 1977. Eaves ended up on the Minnesota North Stars roster after the Barons and North Stars were merged in 1978.

NHL years

Eaves turned professional following the 1977–78 season, initially joining the CHL Oklahoma City Stars, and also played 3 games with the North Stars during the year. The following year he moved up to be an NHL regular for 56 games. He then played three more consecutive seasons with Minnesota (he was also a member of Team USA at the 1981 Canada Cup tournament), before being dealt to the Calgary Flames with Keith Hanson for Steve Christoff. Chronically injury prone, Eaves played for the Flames from 1983 to 1985, deciding to end his career at the age of 28 after sustaining a head injury at the hands of Quebec Nordiques defenseman Pat Price. Eaves was appointed to an assistant coach position with the Flames, joining Bob Johnson, his former head coach at the University of Wisconsin, behind the bench.

However, in the midst of the 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs Flames forward Carey Wilson sustained an injury, forcing him out of the lineup. Eaves was persuaded to end his retirement in order to shore up the Flames' player roster. With his family's permission he rejoined the Flames, playing 8 of their final 11 games in the playoffs. After the Flames lost in the Stanley Cup finals he ended his playing career permanently.

Coaching career

Eaves took a head coaching position at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1986, a position he held for one season. The following season he was an assistant coach with St. Cloud State University. He joined the Philadelphia Flyers as an assistant coach in 1988, and was named head coach of the Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate Hershey Bears in 1990. He held the position for three years until the 1993–94 season, when he rejoined the Flyers as an assistant coach.

He took the head coach position at HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga in 1996 and coached there for the following season. He quit and joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as an assistant coach from 1997 to 2000. The following year he was named head coach of the United States National Junior Team. In the 2002–2003 season Eaves joined his old college team, the Wisconsin Badgers, as their head coach. His first season at UW was full of hardship and controversy, including one of the worst records in the modern era. He had a physical confrontation with Alex Leavitt in November 2002 that led to the University reprimanding Eaves, and Leavitt suing Eaves and the University.^[2] The suit was settled by paying Leavitt the value of his lost scholarship, $55,000. However, in 2003-2004, Eaves brought the Badgers just short of the Frozen Four, falling in overtime to Maine. Eaves has improved the Badger's skill level, conditioning, and teamwork. He was the head coach of the 2004 United States National Junior Team which won the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. After the Badgers had a disappointing finish to the 2004–2005 season, the Badgers returned to national prominence by winning the 2006 NCAA championship by winning the Frozen Four held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Eaves' 2010 squad returned to the Frozen Four, Wisconsin's 11th Frozen Four appearance, losing in a bid for the Badgers' seventh NCAA title.

Career statistics

Regular season


Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1973–74	Nepean Raiders	CJHL	54	54	48	102
1974–75	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	38	17	37	54	12
1975–76	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	34	18	25	43	22
1976–77	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	45	28	53	81	18
1977–78	University of Wisconsin–Madison	WCHA	43	31	58	89	16
1978–79	Oklahoma City Stars	CHL	68	26	61	87	21
1978–79	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	3	0	0	0	0
1979–80	Oklahoma City Stars	CHL	12	9	8	17	2
1979–80	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	56	18	28	46	11
1980–81	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	48	10	24	34	18
1981–82	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	25	11	10	21	0
1982–83	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	75	16	16	32	21
1983–84	Calgary Flames	NHL	61	14	36	50	20
1984–85	Calgary Flames	NHL	56	14	29	43	10
1985–86	Calgary Flames	NHL	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			324	83	143	226	80

Playoffs


Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM
1979–80	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	15	5	2	7	4
1982–83	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	9	0	0	0	0
1983–84	Calgary Flames	NHL	11	4	4	8	2
1985–86	Calgary Flames	NHL	8	1	1	2	8
NHL Totals			43	7	10	17	14

Awards and honours

Award	Year
All-WCHA First Team	1977–78

WCHA Second All-Star Team (1977)
NCAA West First All-American Team (1977, 1978)
WCHA Most Valuable Player (1978)
Central Hockey League Second All-Star Team (1979)
Ken McKenzie Trophy (Rookie of the Year - CHL) (1979)

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Brian Walsh	WCHA Player of the Year 1977–78	Succeeded by Mark Johnson
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Preceded by Hannu Kapanen	Head Coach of HIFK 1996–1997	Succeeded by Erkka Westerlund

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Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

NHL players	Julian Baretta Adam Burish Jake Dowell Mike Eaves Brian Elliott Jake Gardiner Paul Houck Dany Heatley Mark Johnson Ryan McDonagh Craig Norwich Steven Reinprecht Craig Smith Derek Stepan Brad Winchester

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v t e Current men's ice hockey head coaches of the Big Ten Conference

Red Berenson (Michigan) Tom Anastos (Michigan State) Don Lucia (Minnesota) Steve Rohlik (Ohio State) Guy Gadowsky (Penn State) Mike Eaves (Wisconsin)

Persondata
Name	Eaves, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American ice hockey player
Date of birth	June 10, 1956
Place of birth	Denver, Colorado, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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