Ken Yackel

Kenneth James Yackel (b. March 5, 1930 in Saint Paul, Minnesota - d. 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. Yackel was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WIHL First Team	1953–54
AHCA All-American	1953–54
All-NCAA All-Tournament First Team	1954	^[1]
All-WIHL First Team	1954–55
All-WIHL First Team	1955–56

References

↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

External links

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Williams Arena (1950–93) Mariucci Arena (1993–present)

Head coaches	I. D. MacDonald (1921–22) Emil Iverson (1922–30) Frank Pond (1930–35) Larry Armstrong (1935–47) Doc Romnes (1947–52) John Mariucci (1952–55, 1956–66) Marsh Ryman (1955–56) Glen Sonmor (1966–71) Ken Yackel (1971–72) Herb Brooks (1972–79) Brad Buetow (1979–85) Doug Woog (1985–99) Mike Guentzel (1996) Don Lucia (1999–present)

Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951-2013) Big Ten (2013-present)

Rivalries and trophy games	North Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Mariucci-Bessone Trophy with Michigan State Mariucci-Renfrew Coaches Trophy with Michigan

Culture & lore	Mariucci Classic North Star College Cup

All-time leaders	John Mayasich (298 Points) John Mayasich (144 Goals) Kellen Briggs (84 Wins)

National championships	1974 1976 1979 2002 2003

Runner-Up Finishes	1953 1954 1971 1975 1981 1989 2014

Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 2002 2003 2005 2012 2014

NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014

Conference Championships	WCHA 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1993 1994 1996 2003 2004 2007

Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Kellen Briggs Mike Crowley Tim Harrer Jordan Leopold John Mayasich Pat Micheletti Todd Richards Robb Stauber

Hobey Baker Award winners	Neal Broten (1981) Robb Stauber (1988) Brian Bonin (1996) Jordan Leopold (2002)

University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

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