Ed Zifcak is an American retired ice hockey

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who was an AHCA Second team all-american for

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Career

Zifcak was a star player for the Burrillville Broncos as a junior player and his scoring punch garnered him an athletic scholarship with St. Lawrence University. He started playing for the varsity team in 1952, just after the team made its first NCAA tournament appearance. The Saints were a decent team in his first year with the squad but it was in his second year that the team began to dominate their competition. The Saints finished the year with an 18–3–1 record and tied for the

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championship. However, a loss at the end of the year to co-champion Rensselaer proved costly and the Bachelors received a tournament bid instead of the Saints. Zifcak's scoring improved dramatically in his junior season and the Larries were again the class of the east, winning the league championship outright and earning an NCAA tournament appearance. The Saints faced

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in the semifinal and had a difficult time scoring. CC held the Larries at bay in the first two periods before Zifcak broke through in the third but his goal was the only one for St. Lawrence and the team headed to the consolation game once again. For his senior season Zifcak was named co-

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along with

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and led the team to another stellar season (17–4). The Saints made their third tournament appearance but because Zifcak was in his 4th year of varsity play (the NCAA limited players to 3 years of varsity play at the time) Zifcak was unable to play. Despite having to watch from the sidelines, Zifcak was named as an AHCA Second team all-american along with two other teammates. After graduating Zifcak joined the US national team. While the team boycotted the 1957 World Championships due to the

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's response to the

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, he remained with the team and played in the 1958 tournament. The team finished in 5th place with Zifcak being held scoreless in four games. Zifcak continued to play hockey, appearing in games as late as 1967. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zifcak, Ed 1934 births Living people American ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey players from Rhode Island People from Burrillville, Rhode Island St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans