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1948 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1948 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1947–48 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 1st such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1948, and concluded with Michigan defeating Dartmouth 8-4. All games were played at the Broadmoor Ice Palace in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This inaugural tournament possesses two distinctions beyond being the first of its kind: it was the championship with the fewest games played (3) with all succeeding tournaments having a minimum of 4 games. Additionally, the overtime rules used were not sudden-death, allowing Michigan to score multiple times in the first overtime game in tournament history (the next overtime game would not happen until 1954). Qualifying teams Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The teams were selected by a committee based upon both their overall record and the strength of their opponents. Format The eastern and wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadmoor World Arena
The Broadmoor World Arena was a skating rink and hockey arena located at The Broadmoor Resort & Spa in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Originally an outdoor equestrian center and riding academy, the building was enclosed and converted into an ice arena which opened in January 1938. It was the original home of the Colorado College Tigers hockey team, as well as the Broadmoor Skating Club, a major force in the figure skating community. The building served as the first home of the NCAA Hockey Championships, hosting the first ten Final Fours (1948–1957) and once more, in 1969. The arena served as host to the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in 1962. It also hosted the World Figure Skating Championships five times between 1957 and 1975. With wooden seats, red aisle carpeting, and wildlife paintings on the walls, the arena had an intimate atmosphere that reflected its lakeside, resort hotel setting. The arena was the primary arena setting in the 1978 movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Threadgold
Giles may refer to: People * Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: ''Aegidius'') * Giles (surname), family name * Saint Giles (650–710), 7th–8th-century Christian hermit saint * Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Giles of Rome (1243–1316), 13th-century archbishop * Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist for the ''Daily Express'' known simply as "Giles" ** Giles family, a fictional family featured in cartoons by Giles * Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and sinologist, co-author of the Wade–Giles Chinese transliteration system Places ;United States * Giles, Utah, a US ghost town * Giles, West Virginia * Giles County, Tennessee, US * Giles County, Virginia, US ;Australia * Electoral district of Giles, a state electoral district in South Australia * Giles Weather Station near the Western Australian - South Australian border * Giles Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon McMillan
Gordon Warner "Gymie" McMillan (4 January 1927 – 18 May 2021) was a ice hockey player who was a member of the Michigan Wolverines team that won the first NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey championship in 1948. He played four years of hockey at Michigan from 1946-1949 and broke the school's scoring record with 210 career points. Moose Jaw Monarchs McMillan grew up in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where he played center for the Moose Jaw Monarchs. In April 1945, the Monarchs traveled to Lethbridge, Alberta to play the Lethbridge Native Sons for the western Canada juvenile hockey championship. McMillan, described as the team's "star centre" and a "starry redhead who is the mainspring of the Moose Jaw attack," was left behind in Moose Jaw because his father was seriously ill. However, he arrived in Lethbridge by plane on the morning of the first game, and scored four goals and an assist, as his heads-up hockey and "fast break-aways kept the crowd in a dither." The Monarchs won the series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Oss
Arnold Carl "Arnie" Oss, Jr. (born April 18, 1928) is an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Early life He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Arnold and Frances Oss. He attended Dartmouth College in the late 1940s. While at Dartmouth, he was a defenseman for the ice hockey team. He graduated in 1950. Awards and honors Olympics He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 .... References 1928 births Living people Ice hockey people from Minneapolis American men's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Crowley (ice Hockey)
Walter Charles Crowley (June 20, 1947 – September 21, 2007) was an American historian and activist from Washington state. He first entered the public sphere in Seattle through his involvement with the social and political movements of the 1960s, especially the underground press. He later became more widely known as a local television personality and for his pioneering work as a local historian, including co-creating the website HistoryLink.org, which he considered to be his crowning achievement. Life Born in Ferndale, Michigan, the only child of engineer and inventor Walter A. Crowley and Violet King (now Kilvinger), Walt lived in Royal Oak, Michigan, Flint, Michigan, the Washington, D.C. area and Connecticut until 1961, when his father was hired by Boeing and moved to Seattle. Crowley graduated from Seattle's Nathan Hale High School, winning state honors as an artist, and briefly worked at Boeing as an illustrator. Entering the University of Washington, he became active in local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Campbell
Crawford may refer to: Places Canada * Crawford Bay Airport, British Columbia * Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario United Kingdom * Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England * Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a village in Scotland ** Crawford Castle, a medieval fortification * Crawford Castle, an iron-age fortification, at Spetisbury, Dorset, England * Crawford Priory, a country house about 2 miles south west of Cupar, Fife, Scotland United States * Crawford, Alabama (other), several places * Crawford, Colorado * Crawford, Florida * Crawford, Georgia * Crawford, Maine * Crawford, Mississippi * Crawford, Missouri * Crawford, Nebraska * Crawford, New York * Crawford, Ohio * Crawford, Oklahoma * Crawford, Texas * Crawford Notch, a mountain pass in New Hampshire * Crawford County (other), several counties * Crawford Township (other), several townships Elsewhere * Crawford crater, Australia * Crawford, Cape Town, a suburb o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Riley (ice Hockey, Born 1921)
William J. Riley (October 6, 1921 in Medford, Massachusetts – February 16, 2000) was an ice hockey player. Riley helped lead Dartmouth College to two Frozen Fours during his career. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977. His brothers John and Joe Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ... are also in the USHOF. Awards and honors References External links United States Hockey Hall of Fame bioGenealogy Bank 1921 births 2000 deaths American men's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Sportspeople from Medford, Massachusetts United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans {{US-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Grant (ice Hockey)
Wallace Daniel Grant (December 8, 1927 – November 5, 2014) was an American ice hockey player. Grant helped the University of Michigan win the first NCAA National Championship in 1948. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1987 and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994. Minnesota state championship Grant was born and raised in Leonidas, Minnesota. He was the son of an immigrant father who had worked in an open-pit ore mine since he was a young man, and had become a superintendent for U.S. Steel. Grant learned to skate on an ice rink that his father made by flooding a small grassy area near their home. Nicknamed "Cedar Legs" because of his bowed legs, Grant attended nearby Eveleth High School, where he was the left wing and captain of the hockey team that won the first Minnesota state hockey championship in 1945. Eveleth outscored the competition 30-3 in the inaugural tournament. Grant played most of the game in the finals against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Burke
Bernard M. Burke Jr. was an American ice hockey goaltender who won a silver medal at the 1950 World Championships and captained the Boston College to the national championship in 1949. Career Burke first began attending Boston College in 1942, joining the ice hockey team under John Kelley. After his freshman year, however, the university, along with many of its contemporaries, suspended its ice hockey program due to the United States' involvement with World War II. Burke left college and joined the Navy, spending approximately three years in the service. After leaving the Navy Burke returned to BC for the 1946–47 school year and rejoined the hockey team. He eventually became the starter and helped the Eagles reach the inaugural NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament in 1948. Burke was selected as team captain for his senior season. He led the Eagles to their best record in team history, finishing their regular season with a 17–1 record. Burke held the fort in two toug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McDonald (ice Hockey Goaltender)
John A. "Black Jack" McDonald is an American retired ice hockey goaltender who played in the 1948 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament. Career McDonald served as in the United States Naval Air Corps for four years during World War II. After the war, he resumed his studies and began attending the University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ..., where he joined the ice hockey team for the second half of the 1945–46 season. He established himself as the starting goaltender the following year and was instrumental in the success of the Michigan program immediately after the war. In 1947, the NCAA formed a national tournament for the upcoming ice hockey season. Michigan was expected to vie for one of the two western spots but, with McDonald between the pipes, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Gacek
Walter Frank Gacek (June 26, 1926 – May 27, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey player who was a member of the Michigan Wolverines team that won the first NCAA ice hockey championship in 1948. He played four years of hockey at Michigan from 1946 to 1949. Junior Hockey Gacek grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and played for the St. James Canadians, a Winnipeg team that played in the 1944 western Canada junior hockey championship. University of Michigan Gacek later enrolled at the University of Michigan. As a freshman in 1946, Gacek helped Michigan win the Big Ten Conference hockey championship by scoring the tying goal against the University of Minnesota in the season's final game. In 1948, he played for the Michigan team that won the first ever NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey championship. Four teams were selected to play in the first Frozen Four tournament, held at The Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The four teams were Michigan, Boston College, Dartmouth Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fitzgerald (ice Hockey)
James FitzGerald or James Fitzgerald may refer to: Irish nobility and politicians *James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald (died 1589), hereditary Seneschal of Imokilly *James FitzMaurice FitzGerald (died 1579), member of the 16th century ruling Geraldine dynasty * James FitzGerald (Ratoath MP) (1689), Irish politician, MP for Ratoath 1689 * James FitzGerald (Inistioge MP) (1689), Irish politician, MP for Inistioge 1689 *James Fitzgerald (1742–1835), Irish politician *James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster (1722–1773), Irish nobleman and politician *James FitzGerald-Kenney (1878–1956), Irish politician *James Gubbins Fitzgerald (1852–1926), medical practitioner and an Irish nationalist politician Earls *James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond (1570–1601), Irish nobleman *James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond (died 1463) *James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond (1459–1487) *James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond (died 1529), Earl of Desmond *James FitzGerald, de jure 12th Earl of Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |