Ken Yackel

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

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Career

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

For the season 1958/59 Yackel was engaged by the Boston Bruins, for which he only played eight games in the National Hockey League. Instead, he played from 1958 to 1960 mainly for their farm team Providence Reds of the American Hockey League. From 1960 to 1963 he joined 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 in season 1963/64, for the Muskegon Zephyrs from the IHL on the ice. In 1971, he was caretaker manager of the hockey team at the University of Minnesota.

In 1986, Yackel was honored with induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. According to him, Ken Yackel West Side Arena in 1993 also named in his hometown of St. Paul.

Internationally

For the U.S., Yackel participated in the Olympic Winter Games in 1952 in part in Oslo, where he won the silver medal with his team. At the World Championships in 1965, he managed the U.S. national team as head coach.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

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