John Mariucci

John Mariucci ( born May 8, 1916 in Eveleth, Minnesota, † March 23, 1987 in Minneapolis ) was an American professional ice hockey defender, coach and manager of Italian descent.

Career

The Italian -born Mariucci grew up in Eveleth in northern Minnesota. For the season 1938/39, he came to the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. In addition to hockey, he also played on the football team. In 1940 he won after an undefeated season with the hockey team the national championship of the Amateur Athletic Union. In addition, Mariucci was elected to the All-American team.

In 1940 he started his professional career in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks. After he was drafted into the Coast Guard in 1942, where he had played two seasons with the Clippers Coast Guard, he returned in 1945 back to the Blackhawks. In a total of five years Mariucci products obtained in 223 games eleven goals and gave 34 assists. On October 28, 1948, he was transferred to St. Louis Flyers in the American Hockey League. There he completed 68 games ( 12 goals, 30 assists). He then played three years in the minor league Minneapolis Millers and the St. Paul Saints.

After the end of his career as a player in 1952 Mariucci took over the Minnesota Golden Gophers the office of the head coach. He avoided the commitment of Canadian players, but sat on the promotion of young talents from Minnesota. He was also involved in the creation of funding programs at the high schools. Until the 1965/66 season, with the exception of the year 1955/56, where he worked as a coach of the U.S. national team and won the silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d' Ampezzo, he worked for the Gophers. At the World Championships in 1976 and 1977, he was again coach of the U.S. national hockey team.

From 1967 until his death in 1987, he was deputy general manager of the Minnesota North Stars.

Mariucci was recorded both in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, as well as in the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is considered the "Godfather " of hockey of Minnesota. Lester Patrick Trophy in 1977, he was awarded. He named in honor of the University of Minnesota in 1985, the Williams Arena Mariucci Arena to 1993 was the newly opened ice hockey arena that name.

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