Daniel Farrell (born 1937) is a former
ice hockey player and coach. He played for the
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team from 1957-1960 and was the head coach of the
Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team from 1973 to 1980. Farrell later had a career in the financial services and mineral resources industries. He is currently an officer and director of Copper Ridge Explorations, Inc.
Early years
Farrell was born and raised in
Barrie,
Ontario, Canada, graduating from Barrie's
St. Joseph's High School in 1954. He played hockey for the
Hamilton Tiger Cubs from 1955-1956.
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Michigan Tech
He attended Michigan Technological University
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, where he played forward
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for Coach John MacInnes' Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team from 1957-1960.[
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University of Michigan
In February 1973, Farrell was hired to replace Al Renfrew
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as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team.[ He was the head coach at Michigan for seven years from 1973 to 1980. At Michigan, Farrell compiled a record of 135-129-6. Farrell's 1973-1974 team was the first to play at the team's new home in Yost Ice Arena. His best season as the head coach at Michigan was 1976-1977 when the team compiled a record of 28-17-0 (.622) and advanced to the NCAA hockey tournament.][ Despite the rebound, Farrell resigned as Michigan's head coach in March 1980. He was replaced the following month by ]Wilf Martin
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, who played on Michigan's 1964 national championship team. Martin lasted less than eight months before he, too, resigned.
Business career
After resigning as the hockey coach in Michigan, Farrell had a career in business. He initially held positions in the financial services. As of 1993, Farrell was employed by the investment firm, IDS
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. He also held positions with Yorkton Securities and American Express Financial Services.[
Farrell later transitioned to the natural resources industry. In approximately August 2002, he was a co-founder of Quincy Energy Corp., a uranium exploration company in Hancock, Michigan. He remained with Quincy as chairman, chief executive officer and a substantial shareholder until July 2006, when the company was acquired by Energy Metals Corp.][
Farrell later founded Zacoro Metals Corp. where he served as president and chief executive officer from March 2006 to September 2008. After Zacoro was acquired by Aura Metals, Inc., Farrell served as the president and chief executive officer of Silver Predator Corp. from March 2009 to December 2009.][ In September 2009, he became vice president of corporate development and director of Copper Ridge Explorations, Inc., a company specializing in exploring mineral resource properties in western Canada and Alaska.][
As of 2010, Farrell was also a Michigan Tech Fund Life Trustee.]
Head coaching record
†Michigan played jointly in the Big Ten and WCHA from 1959 to 1981
References
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1937 births
Living people
Ice hockey people from Simcoe County
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players
Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey coaches
Sportspeople from Barrie
Canadian ice hockey forwards