John Mayasich

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United StatesUnited States  John Mayasich Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 1997
Date of birth May 22, 1933
place of birth Eveleth , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Defender / Center
number #8th
Career stations
1952-1955 University of Minnesota
1956-1969 USA hockey
1958-1971 Green Bay Bobcats

John Edward Mayasich (born May 22, 1933 in Eveleth , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player and coach . As a high school and college player , he is one of the best players of all time in Minnesota, and won the gold medal with the US national team at the 1960 Winter Olympics . From 1959 to 1971 he was a player and coach with the Green Bay Bobcats.

Career

Maya grew up in Eveleth and played on the Eveleth High School ice hockey team as a student . He led his team to four State Tournaments titles between 1948 and 1951 and won all 69 games of his high school career. He also holds various records for the best single player in high school ice hockey in Minnesota. He was also successful as a football player and received a scholarship to the University of Minnesota after graduating from high school . There he played only in the ice hockey team. In 111 games with the Golden Gophers, he scored 144 goals and gave 154 assists. He was appointed to the All-American team twice. In 1954 the team was in the NCAA Final Four, but in the final the Gophers lost 4: 5 in overtime against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . After graduating in 1955, Maya completed his military service. He was appointed to the US national team and won the silver medal with the US team at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . Mayasich achieved his greatest success in 1960 when he won the Olympic gold medal for the first time with the US team at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley . In 14 games at the Olympics, he scored 13 goals and nine assists . In addition, he belonged to the national team at the World Championships in 1958 , 1961 , 1962 (3rd place), 1966 and most recently in 1969 , when the US team took last place and was relegated to Group B.

Maya turned down a career as a professional player. In 1958 he went to the Green Bay Bobcats, a team that was part of the Central Hockey League and later the United States Hockey League . For this he played until 1971, sometimes in a double function as a coach. He also worked for a television company in Green Bay . In addition, he was player-coach for the Bobcats from 1959 to 1966 and then worked as the team's general manager. In January 1971 he took over again as a coach until the end of the season. As a player, he scored over 200 goals and more than 300 assists for the Bobcats.

After retiring, Maya worked for a media company in Minnesota. In 1976 he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and 1997 into the IIHF Hall of Fame . In 1998 he received the Lester Patrick Trophy . His jersey number 8 has not been awarded by the Gophers since 1998.

literature

  • Ross Bernstein: More ... Frozen Memories: Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Hockey . Nodin Pr, 2007, ISBN 1-932472-49-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gopherhockeyhistory.com - Player Details Mayasich, John
  2. ^ History of Green Bay Hockey and the Bobcats, Green Bay's first Professional Hockey Team

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personal data
SURNAME Mayan myself, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayan myself, John Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Eveleth , Minnesota