Olav Kollevoll

Olav Kollevoll
Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Biographical details
Born	(1923-01-07)January 7, 1923 Kristiansand, Norway
Died	September 11, 2010(2010-09-11) (aged 87)
Playing career
1942–1944 1949–1950	Colgate Clinton Comets
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1955 1955–1965	St. Lawrence Colgate
Head coaching record
Overall	154-92-4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1952 Tri-State League Regular Season Champion 1954 Tri-State League Regular Season Champion 1955 Tri-State League Regular Season Champion

Olav "Ole" Bernt Kollevoll was an American ice hockey, baseball and football player and coach.

Career

Born in Kristiansand, Norway, Kollevoll emigrated to the United States with his parents and grew up in Brooklyn. Kollevoll began attending Colgate University in the fall of 1941, playing ice hockey, baseball, and football in his time there. After graduating from an accelerated program in 1945 Kollevoll joined the United States Navy towards the end of World War II. After his tour was over he began a short professional career in both baseball and hockey before retiring following an injury in 1948.^[1]

Kollevoll became the head coach at St. Lawrence in 1950 for both the baseball and hockey squads. During his time there he attained his master's degree] while leading the Saints to their first two appearances in the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship.^[2] In 1955 Kollevoll returned to his alma mater, taking over as head coach for the ice hockey and freshman football clubs. In 1957 Colgate's hockey program returned to varsity status and became a founding member of ECAC Hockey four years later.^[3]

Kollevoll left Colgate in 1965 to become the athletic director at Lafayette College, remaining there until his retirement in 1989.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Colgate Red Raiders (Tri-State League) (1950–51–1954–55)
1950-51	St. Lawrence	8-6-0	3-2-0	3rd
1951-52	St. Lawrence	15-5-0	6-1-0	1st	NCAA Consolation Game (Loss)
1952-53	St. Lawrence	12-6-0	3-2-0	2nd
1953-54	St. Lawrence	18-3-1	4-1-0	t-1st
1954-55	St. Lawrence	19-5-1	6-0-0	1st	NCAA Consolation Game (Loss)
St. Lawrence:		72-25-2	22-6-0
Colgate Red Raiders (Division I Independent) (1957-58–1960-61)
1957-58	Colgate	2-2-0
1958-59	Colgate	2-6-0
1959-60	Colgate	5-10-0
1960-61	Colgate	8-15-1
Colgate:		17-33-1
Colgate Red Raiders (ECAC Hockey) (1961-62–1964-65)
1961-62	Colgate	18-6-0	18-6-0	t-6th
1962-63	Colgate	17-5-1	11-4-1	7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1963-64	Colgate	19-8-0	15-6-0	t-3rd	ECAC Quarterfinals
1964-65	Colgate	11-15-0	4-10-0	13th
Colgate:		65-34-1	48-26-1
Total:		154-92-4
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References: ^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Olav Bernt Kollevoll". Lehigh Valley Live. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
↑ "St. Lawrence Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
↑ "Colgate Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
↑ "2014-15 St. Lawrence hockey Record Book" (PDF). St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
↑ "Colgate hockey Record Book" (PDF). Colgate Raiders. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

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St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Appleton Arena (1951–present)

Head coaches	D. F. McCarthy (1925–1926) Formoza Degre (1926–1928) James Mallon (1929–1930) Alfred Sheard (1938–1941) John Klemens (1946–1947) Paul Patten (1947–1950) Olav Kollevoll (1950–1955) George Menard (1955–1967) Bernie McKinnon (1967–1968) George Menard (1968–1971) Bernie McKinnon (1971–1976) Leon Abbott (1976–1980) Mike McShane (1980–1985) Joe Marsh (1985–2012) Greg Carvel (2012–present)

Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)

Rivalries	Clarkson Golden Knights

All-time leaders	Pete Lappin (187 Points) Brian McFarlane (101 Goals) Bill Sloan (65 Wins)

Frozen Four appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1988 2000

NCAA Tournament appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1983 1987 1988 1989 1992 1999 2000 2001 2007

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC: 1962 1988 1989 1992 2000 2001

St. Lawrence University Canton, NY

Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey

Formerly the Colgate Red Raiders

Playing venues	Starr Arena (1959–Present)

Head coaches	James Ballantine (1920–1922, 1927–1928) Ray Watkins (1928–1932) J. Howard Starr (1932–1941, 1945–1950) Gregory Batt (1942–1943) Albert Prettyman (1943–1944) Tom Dockrell (1950–1951) Olav Kollevoll (1957–1965) Ron Ryan (1965–1972) Brad Houston (1972–1975) Jim Higgins (1975–1977) Terry Slater (1977–1991) Brian Durocher (1991–1992) Don Vaughan (1992–2003, 2004–Present) Stan Moore (2003–2004)

Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1951) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)

All-time leaders	Mike Harder (214 Points) Dan Fridgen (114 Goals) Dan Brenzavich/Steve Silverthorn (55 Wins)

Frozen Four appearances	1990

NCAA Tournament appearances	1981 1990 2000 2005 2014

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC Hockey: 1990

Colgate University Hamilton, NY

Lafayette Leopards athletic directors

Henry W. Clark (1935–?) Bill Anderson (1945–1960) Art Winters (1960–1965) Olav Kollevoll (1965–1989) Eve Atkinson (1990–2001) Bruce McCutcheon (2001– )