Ken Yackel

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United StatesUnited States  Ken Yackel Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 5, 1930
place of birth Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
date of death July 12, 1991
Place of death South St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1952-1956 University of Minnesota
1956-1957 Minneapolis bungalows
1957-1958 Saskatoon Regals / St. Paul Saints
1958-1960 Providence Reds
1960-1963 Minneapolis Millers
1963-1964 Muskegon Zephyrs

Kenneth James "Ken" Yackel (born March 5, 1930 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ; † July 12, 1991 in South St. Paul , Minnesota) was an American ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League has played.

Career

Ken Yackel attended from 1952 to 1956 the University of Minnesota , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . Towards the end of the 1955/56 season , the winger made his professional ice hockey debut for the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League , for whom he was on the ice in three games. He spent the 1956/57 season in the amateur field. The season 1957/58 he spent in Saskatoon shelf / St. Paul Saints in the Western Hockey League .

For the 1958/59 season Yackel was obliged by the Boston Bruins , for which he only played a total of eight games in the National Hockey League . Instead, he played from 1958 to 1960 mainly for their farm team Providence Reds from the American Hockey League. From 1960 to 1963 he played for the Minneapolis Millers in the International Hockey League . In the 1960/61 season he received the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy as the top scorer of the regular season. Most recently he was on the ice for the Muskegon Zephyrs from the IHL in the 1963/64 season . In 1971 he was the interim coach of the University of Minnesota ice hockey team.

In 1986, Yackel was honored with induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame . The Ken Yackel Westside Arena in his hometown of St. Paul was named after him in 1993 .

International

For the USA Yackel took part in the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952 , where he and his team won the silver medal. At the World Cup in 1965 he was the head coach of the US national team.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1954 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1954 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1954 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 1955 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1956 WCHA First All-Star Team

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personal data
SURNAME Yackel, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yackel, Kenneth James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1991
Place of death South St. Paul , Minnesota , USA