Michigan Technological University's

Michigan Technological University

Michigan Technological University is a public research university located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Its main campus sits on on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake...

 sports teams are called the Huskies. The Huskies participate in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Michigan and Ohio, with affiliate...

, a member of the Central Collegiate Ski Association for men's and women's nordic skiing

Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....

, and NCAA Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association

Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....

 for men's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

.

Men's

• Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• Cross country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
  
• Football
  American football
  American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
  
  
• Ice hockey
  Ice hockey
  Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
  
  
• Nordic skiing
  Nordic skiing
  Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
  
  
• Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  
• Track and field
  Track and field
  Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
  
  

Women's

• Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• Cross country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
  
• Nordic skiing
  Nordic skiing
  Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
  
  
• Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  
• Track and field
  Track and field
  Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
  
  
• Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  
• Soccer

Men's ice hockey

The Men's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team is the only athletic program at MTU to compete in Division I athletics. The Huskies compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association

Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....

. Michigan Tech has had a storied history from its inception in 1919, producing three national championships. The program has played in five different home arenas including the Amphidrome, Calumet Colosseum, Dee Stadium

Dee Stadium

Dee Stadium is an arena for the playing of ice hockey, located in Houghton, Michigan; it replaces, and is on the same site as, the Amphidrome, which burned down in 1927. The stadium was the former home of the Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team, before the team moved to the John Macinnes Student Ice...

, and the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Husky hockey program is a charter member of the WCHA in 1951 and became a national powerhouse under the leadership of Coach John MacInnes

John MacInnes

John J. MacInnes was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and NCAA hockey head coach. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.-Playing career:...

 during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. The team has won three NCAA Division I championships (1962, 1965, and 1975) and seven Western Collegiate Hockey Association

Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....

 championships (1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, and 1976).

The Huskies host and compete in the annual Great Lakes Invitational

Great Lakes Invitational

The Great Lakes Invitational is a four-team NCAA men's ice hockey tournament held annually at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit between Christmas and New Year as part of College Hockey at The Joe....

 held in December of each year. The four-team tournament was played for the 44th year in 2008.

Football

The football program at Tech has been around for over 80 years. On March 18, 2003 the football program was eliminated due to budgets cuts made by the university, but through alumni funding, the program was brought back ten days later. The 2004 football season brought the Huskies into the spotlight with the winning of a GLIAC championship. The 2004 season was also a highlight for the football program due to the "Bash at the Big House," a football game played at Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Before playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field...

 in Ann Arbor against rival Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University is a public liberal arts university located in Allendale, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1960, and its main campus is situated on approximately west of Grand Rapids...

 attempted to set an all time attendance record. The team was the 2004 GLIAC Champions.

In 1981 Head Coach Jim Kapp retired after a six year record of 41-30-2. During Kapp's first three years as coach and Ted Kearly's last three years the Huskies racked up a record of 52-12-1. In 1981 Ron Marciel was hired as head coach and stayed for only two seasons.

The winner of the annual game against Northern Michigan University

Northern Michigan University

Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...

 is awarded the Miner's Cup

Miner's Cup

The Miner's Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between the and the . The rivalry has been around since 1920, but the tradition of a "traveling trophy" between the two schools has only been around since 2002; Tech has won the trophy for five out of a possible eight...

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Women's basketball

The Women’s Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team started off the 2009-2010 season at number one, and stayed in the top five for the entire season . They went on to win the GLIAC Tournament, moving them on to the Elite 8 for two years in a row, this time in Missouri. The team also was ranked at number one for a large part of the season nationally. Along with this successful season, there were many records broken for Michigan Tech. These include: best winning percentage, most wins, most home wins, longest home winning streak, longest road winning streak, and best free throw percentage .

From his start in 2003 coaching the Women’s Basketball team, head coach John Barnes lead the Huskies to success. Barnes won GLIAC coach of the year in 2005-2006 and again in 2008-2009. He was also named Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Region coach of the year. Barnes holds under his belt 1 NCAA Elite 8 berth, 4 NCAA Tournament berths, 2 GLIAC North Division Championships in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons, and 1 GLIAC Tournament Championships in the 2007-2008 season from his time with the Huskies .

Assistant coach Kim Cameron is finishing out her fifth year with the Women’s Basketball team after being appointed to the position in September 2005 . Cameron served as not only the recruitment and travel coordinator, but also coordinated the girls’ basketball summer camps. Kim Cameron will be taking over the position of head coach for the Michigan Tech Huskies for the 2010-2011 after John Barnes resigned to become assistant coach for the Badgers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison .

Michigan Tech strongly supports their academic program. Each player on the team has at least a 3.0 grade point average. In 2009-2010, the MTU Women's Basketball team number one in the nation by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association for an overall team grade point average . The Michigan Tech Huskies had an outstanding 3.732 GPA. This was higher than any women’s basketball team in any division.

Nordic skiing

Like many schools in the Northernmost regions of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 MTU fields men's and women's nordic skiing. The Huskies ski teams compete in the Central Collegiate Ski Association, an NCAA ski-only athletic conference.
MTU has its own downhill ski

Skiing

Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

/snowboard

Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...

 hill, Mont Ripley

Mont Ripley

Mont Ripley is a ski hill in located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is owned by Michigan Technological University. It was founded in the early 1900s and has since grown to one of the premier ski hills in the American Midwest...

, just across Portage Lake from campus, and maintains extensive cross-country ski trails (used for mountain biking in summer).

Track and field

One of Michigan Technological University’s Division II sports is men and women’s outdoor track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

. The women’s team came about in 1984, as an addition to the men’s team. The school also funded an indoor track and field team until 1991 but had to cut its varsity status due to lack of funding for scholarship sports. Due to renovation of Sherman Field and high cost to repair, the outdoor track was partially tore up and is not usable for track meets as of summer 2008. This means the current track team travels mostly in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Lower Peninsula for meets, allowing them to continue a variety of competition.

Women's volleyball

The Women’s volleyball team at Michigan Tech first started in 1975. The very first coach was Cheryl Depuydt, who also coaches the women’s basketball team at the same time as well as taught a figure skating class. Football coach Ted Kearly was the one who found her and was in dire need for a women’s athletic coach. She was the first female instructor in the athletic department. Cheryl coached both teams without any pay and it was her donation to the athletic department to get the women’s athletics developed at Michigan Tech.

MTU volleyball has qualified for the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament

NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

The NCAA has contested team championships in women's volleyball since 1981. The following is a list of the champions of each division with their record for the year in which they won the championship, and the runner up, city, site and other final four participants for division I...

 seven times. The 2009 season was the last season the team qualified for the tournament. The volleyball team has had a reputation of having a great academic standing in the GLIAC conference. They have had 30 players over the past four years earn Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Honors.

The team is coached by Orlando Gonzalez, This will be Coach Orlando Gonzalez’s second season with the ladies and he is also the sixth volleyball coach at Michigan Tech. Previous to coaching at Tech he coached at Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

 from 2005-2007. He also spent almost 10 years at head coach to an elite high-level club, USA Michigan Volleyball.

The previous coach for the Huskies was Krista Mikesch, who was a former player at Tech. She was an outstanding athlete and was an All-American setter from 1993-1996. She started all four years that she attended MTU and her freshman year she helped the Huskies to a first ever NCAA tournament bid. She coached two seasons as an assistant at Michigan Tech starting in April 1999 and then spent seven seasons as the head coach. In 2006, under Mikesch, the team recorded an overall record of 15-15. This was their best season since 2001, in which had an overall record of 18-12. Krista Mikesch resigned as head volleyball coach after the 2008 season, in which the Huskies finished with a 19-11 record. Mikesch left Tech with an overall record of 137-165 in her 11 seasons.

Cheer team

The Tech cheer team is a Coed noncompetitive squad that stunts, dances, and cheers on the sidelines of home woman's and men's basketball games, and at Sherman Field for home football games.

Fight Tech Fight

Fight Tech, fight Engineers.

For banners bright Engineers.

From Northern hills, we’ll sound our cry,

We’ll ring your praises to the sky!



Fight Tech, fight Engineers.

For right with might Engineers.

We’ll win the game in the glorious name

of the Michigan Michigan Michigan Engineers!

National Hockey League players

• Lou Angotti
  Lou Angotti
  Louis Frederick Angotti is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues. He was the first ever captain of the Flyers in the NHL and coached for the Blues and the Penguins...
  
  
• Garry Bauman
  Garry Bauman
  Garry Glenwood Bauman was a professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League during the 1960s...
  
  
• Tom Bissett
  Tom Bissett
  Tom Bissett is a retired ice hockey left winger. In the 1990–91 season, he played in 5 NHL games for the Detroit Red Wings and he did not register a point.-External links:...
  
  
• Chris Cichocki
  Chris Cichocki
  Chris J. Cichocki [si-HOCK-ey] is a retired ice hockey right winger. He played a handful of games at the NHL level, but is mostly known for his high scoring in the American Hockey League...
  
  
• Steve Coates
  Steve Coates
  Stephen John Coates is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and is currently a broadcaster/color commentator with the Philadelphia Flyers...
  
  
• Chris Conner
  Chris Conner
  Chris Ryan Conner is an American professional ice hockey winger, currently with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. He has also played professionally with the Dallas Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins. He grew up in Westland, MI and attended Churchill High School in Livonia, MI...
  
  
• Chris Durno
  Chris Durno
  Christopher Scott Durno is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League while under contract to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League ....
  
  
• Tony Esposito
  Tony Esposito
  For the Italian musician, please see Tony Esposito .Anthony James "Tony O" Esposito is a retired Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender, who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Chicago Black Hawks. He was one of the pioneers of the now popular butterfly style....
  
  
• John Grisdale
  John Grisdale
  John Russell Grisdale is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 250 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks. He is currently the commissioner of the BCHL, and resides in the city of Coquitlam.-External links:...
  
  
• Steve Jensen
  Steve Jensen
  Steven Allan Jensen is a former professional ice hockey player and Owner and Director of Heartland Hockey Camps. Jensen was an offensive player who appeared in 438 games in the National Hockey League from 1976-82...
  
  
• Al Karlander
  Al Karlander
  Allan David Karlander is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 212 games in the National Hockey League and 269 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, New England Whalers, and Indianapolis Racers...
  
  
• Geoff Kinrade
  Geoff Kinrade
  Geoffrey "Geoff" Kenneth Kinrade is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is a member of the HC Plzen 1929 team. He previously played in the organizations of the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . Kinrade has played one game in the NHL...
  
  
• Michel Lauen
  Michel Lauen
  Michel Lauen was a professional ice hockey player who played three games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets.- External links :*...
  
  
• Bob Lorimer
  Bob Lorimer
  Robert Roy Lorimer is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.Lorimer started his National Hockey League career with the New York Islanders in 1976. He also played for the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Rockies. He retired after the 1986 season. He won 2 Stanley Cups with New York in 1980 and...
  
  
• George Lyle
• Darcy Martini
  Darcy Martini
  Darcy R. Martini is a retired ice hockey player. He played two NHL games for the Edmonton Oilers.Martini was drafted 162nd overall by Edmonton in 1989 from Michigan Tech...
  
  
• Jim Mayer
  Jim Mayer
  James Patrick Mayer was a professional ice hockey player who played four games in the National Hockey League and 74 in the World Hockey Association. He played with the Hartford Whalers, Calgary Cowboys, Edmonton Oilers, and New York Rangers.- References :...
  
  
• Randy McKay
• Al McLeod
  Al McLeod
  Allan Sidney McLeod is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 342 games in the World Hockey Association and 26 games in the National Hockey League....
  
  
• Gord McRae
  Gord McRae
  Gordon Alexander McRae is a retired professional hockey goaltender. He played in 71 regular season and 8 playoff games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League during the 1970s...
  
  
• Glenn Merkosky
  Glenn Merkosky
  Glenn Merkosky is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 66 games in the National Hockey League...
  
  
• Lyle Moffat
  Lyle Moffat
  Lyle Gordon Moffat is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 96 games in the National Hockey League and 276 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Cleveland Crusaders, and Winnipeg Jets.- External links :...
  
  
• Rob Murray
  Rob Murray
  Rob Murray is a former ice hockey player and former head coach of the Providence Bruins from 2008-2011. He is currently the head coach of the Alaska Aces. He played most of his career as captain of the American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons...
  
  
• Jim Nahrgang
  Jim Nahrgang
  James Herbert Nahrgang is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 57 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings.- References :...
  
  
• Davis Payne
  Davis Payne
  Davis Payne is a retired Canadian ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and is the former head coach of the St. Louis Blues.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Brent Peterson
• Jamie Ram
  Jamie Ram
  Jamie Ram is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the tenth round, 213th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He played one NHL game with the Rangers, in the 1995–96 season, replacing Glenn Healy and playing the last 29 minutes of a game...
  
  
• Dave Reierson
  Dave Reierson
  David Reierson is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames in 1988–89...
  
  
• Damian Rhodes
  Damian Rhodes
  Damian "Dusty" Rhodes is an American former professional ice hockey player. Rhodes played from 1993 until 2002 in the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
  
• Jarkko Ruutu
  Jarkko Ruutu
  Jarkko Ruutu ; born August 23, 1975) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. Ruutu is currently playing for SM-Liiga team Jokerit. He is the brother of Tuomo Ruutu, currently playing in the NHL on the Carolina Hurricanes, and retired player Mikko Ruutu....
  
  
• Geoff Sarjeant
  Geoff Sarjeant
  Geoff Ian Sarjeant is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted out of Michigan Tech by the St. Louis Blues in the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft...
  
  
• Andre Savage
  Andre Savage
  Andre Ronald Savage is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who last played for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...
  
  
• John Scott
  John Scott (ice hockey)
  John Howard Scott is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
  
• Lorne Stamler
  Lorne Stamler
  Lorne Alexander Joseph Stamler is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 116 games in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Winnipeg Jets....
  
  
• Tony Stiles
  Tony Stiles
  Tony Stiles is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 30 National Hockey League games for the Calgary Flames in the 1983–84 season, recording two goals and seven assists. Stiles signed as a free agent with the Flames in 1982...
  
  
• Jim Storm
  Jim Storm (ice hockey)
  James David Storm was a professional ice hockey player who played 84 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Dallas Stars and Hartford Whalers.- External links :...
  
  
• Andy Sutton
  Andy Sutton
  Andrew Cameron "Andy" Sutton is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers. He has previously played with the San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks.-Playing career:Sutton was born in...
  
  
• Bill Terry
  Bill Terry (ice hockey)
  Bill Terry was a professional ice hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Minnesota North Stars.- References :...
  
  
• Tim Watters
  Tim Watters
  Timothy John Watters is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.Tim Watters was a rarity in the National Hockey League , a physical defenceman who stood under 6 feet tall and under 200 pounds...
  
  
• Brian Watts
  Brian Watts (ice hockey)
  Brian Alan Watts was a professional ice hockey player who played four games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Detroit Red Wings.- References :...
  
  
• Clay Wilson
  Clay Wilson
  Clay Daniel Wilson is a professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Warren Young
  Warren Young
  Warren Howard Young is a retired Canadian Professional Hockey Left Winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings....
  
  
• Mike Zuke
  Mike Zuke
  Michael Zuke is a retired professional ice hockey centreman who played eight seasons in the NHL between 1978 and 1986....
  
  

Other hockey players

• Greg Amadio
  Greg Amadio
  Greg Amadio is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League .-External links:...
  
   – American Hockey League
  American Hockey League
  The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
  
  
• Herb Boxer
  Herb Boxer
  Herb Boxer is a retired ice hockey winger. Boxer was the first ever American born player drafted to the NHL when he was drafted in the 2nd round by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1968 NHL draft.-College hockey:...
  
   – International Hockey League
• Paul Coppo
  Paul Coppo
  Paul "Racket" Coppo is a retired ice hockey player. He was a member of the United States's 1964 Winter Olympics team. He would go on to play with the Green Bay Bobcats of the United States Hockey League. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004.-External links:*...
  
   – 1964 United States Olympic team
• Ken Desjardine
  Ken Desjardine
  Ken Desjardine is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 154 games in the World Hockey Association for the Indianapolis Racers, Calgary Cowboys, and Quebec Nordiques.-External links:...
  
   – World Hockey Association
  World Hockey Association
  The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
  
  
• Brett Engelhardt
  Brett Engelhardt
  Brett Engelhardt is an American ice hockey Forward who currently plays for the Hamburg Freezers of the DEL.-Playing career:...
  
   – American Hockey League
• Lars Helminen
  Lars Helminen
  Lars Helminen is an American professional ice hockey defenceman currently with EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Hockey League. His brother, Dwight, currently plays in the Lahden Pelicans organization of the SM-Liiga.-Playing career:Lars played for the Compuware Ambassadors in the NAHL during...
  
   – SM-liiga
  SM-liiga
  The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...
  
  
• Colin Murphy – American Hockey League
• Riley Nelson
  Riley Nelson
  Riley Nelson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Colorado Eagles in the Central Hockey League .-Career statistics:-External links:...
  
   – American Hockey League
• Rob Nolan
  Rob Nolan
  -External links:...
  
   – ECHL
  ECHL
  The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
  
  
• Bill Prentice
  Bill Prentice
  Bill Prentice is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 158 games in the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Houston Aeros, and Indianapolis Racers....
  
   – World Hockey Association
• Ron Rolston
  Ron Rolston
  Ron Rolston is an American ice hockey coach and head coach of the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.-Career:...
  
   – ECHL
• Jimmy Roy
  Jimmy Roy
  Jimmy Roy was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Manitoba Moose of the International Hockey League and American Hockey League from 1997 to 2006. Later in his career he played for Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 2006-2011...
  
   – International Hockey League
• Tyler Shelast
  Tyler Shelast
  Tyler Shelast is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Greenville Road Warriors in the ECHL .-External links:...
  
   – American Hockey League
• Michael Teslak
  Michael Teslak
  Michael-Lee Teslak is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who most recently played for the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
  – American Hockey League