Vic Heyliger
Victor " Vic" Heyliger ( born September 26, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, † October 4, 2006 in Colorado Springs, Colorado ) was an American professional ice hockey player ( center ) and coach and member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Career
After three seasons at the University of Michigan in the National Collegiate Athletic Association completed Heyliger in the season 1937/38, his first professional season with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, the American in seven NHL games point and impunity remained. In the same season he also stood for the St. Paul Saints in the Amateur Hockey Association on the ice. The following season, spent the striker at the Detroit Holzbaugh Ford in the Michigan - Ontario Hockey League. Then Heyliger was working as a hockey coach and oversaw until 1943 in the role of head coach the hockey team of the University of Illinois.
In October 1943, the attackers returned as a free agent for the season 1943/44, the Chicago Blackhawks. Overall, the center-forward played 26 NHL games for the Hawks, where he recorded two goals and three assists. During this time Heyliger acted mostly on the side of Fido purple and Johnny God Blessed. For the following season, the Center ended his active career final and took a long-term commitment as head coach of the University of Michigan in the NCAA.
1961, the American was appointed as successor to Karl Wild for national coach of the German national team, he was responsible to the World Cup 1963. Here, the qualification for the Olympic Winter Games in 1964 succeeded by a seventh place in the A group. As head coach of the U.S. national Heyliger was also at the 1966 World Cup to the gang. Later the Americans was responsible in the same function for the ice hockey team in the United States Air Force Academy in the NCAA.
1974 Heyliger was honored with induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.