Ice hockey player
| Henry Åkervall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1937-08-24)August 24, 1937 Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
February 18, 2000(2000-02-18) (aged 62) Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Played for |
Tappara Tampere (Finland) Warroad Lakers Port Arthur Bearcats Marquette Iron Rangers Michigan Tech Huskies | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| Playing career | 1959–1970 | ||
Henry "Hank" Åkervall (August 24, 1937 – February 18, 2000) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and Olympian.
Åkervall won a national title in 1962 with Michigan Tech. After graduating he played with Team Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria.
After his hockey career he coached the Lakehead Nor'Westers to an International Collegiate Hockey Association championship in 1967, was recreation director for Thunder Bay.
Awards and honors
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-WCHA First Team | 1959–60 | |
| NCAA All-Tournament Second Team | 1960 | |
| All-WCHA Second Team | 1960–61 | |
| All-WCHA First Team | 1961–62 | |
| AHCA West All-American | 1961–62 | |
| NCAA All-Tournament First Team | 1962 |
References
- Hank Akervall Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Archived September 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Injustice is finally corrected, TOM HAWTHORN, Globe and Mail, May 2, 2005
- Glory Once Eluded Them, but Life Has Still Been Kind, The Tyee
- LAKEHEAD HOCKEY LEGEND TO RECEIVE WORLD BRONZE MEDAL
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1937 births
- 2000 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Hamilton Tiger Cubs players
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay
- Tappara players
- NCAA men's ice hockey national champions
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1930s births stubs