Michigan Tech and Colorado College Go Head-To-Head in 1960’S Western Collegiate Hockey Association Action
2009-10 WCHA MEN’S YEARBOOK WCHA HISTORY MICHIGAN TECH AND COLORADO COLLEGE GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN 1960’S WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ACTION 97 2009-10 WCHA MEN’S YEARBOOK THE WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION STORY CELEBRATING 57 YEARS OF HISTORY, TRADITION & SUCCESS percentage. Michigan, however, under the redoubt- THE FIRST 50 YEARS able Heyliger, captured the national title for the third straight time and fourth in the event’s first six years by John Gilbert by beating Minnesota 7-3 in the NCAA final. For Year Three in 1953-54, the fledgling league look back through the history of the Western changed its name to the Western Intercollegiate Collegiate Hockey Association is filled with Hockey League (WIHL), and Minnesota won the A spectacular achievements and stunning title again, with a 16-3-1 record (22-5-1 overall), as surprises. It is a league that produced so many Mayasich won his second straight league scoring highlights that it took 51 years for the WCHA to title with 29-49–78, matching his sophomore points. celebrate its first 50 years. Again, however, the Gophers came up short in the The answer to that trivia quiz-level puzzle is that national tournament, this time beating Boston the league didn’t play as a league for the 1958-59 College 14-1 in the semifinals, only to lose 5-4 in season, so it took 51 years to play 50 seasons. And, the overtime to RPI in the 1954 title match. WCHA celebrated its 50th anniversary throughout As a senior in 1954-55, Mayasich scored 41-39–80 the 2002-03 season, which was the 50th year since the for his third straight league scoring title, giving him original Midwest Collegiate Hockey League was first a four-year total of 144 goals, 154 assists and 298 transformed into the Western Intercollegiate Hockey points, a mark that still stands in the Gopher record League (WIHL) and then re-named the WCHA.
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