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Henry Åkervall

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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.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 1959–60
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team 1960 [5]
All-WCHA Second Team 1960–61
All-WCHA First Team 1961–62
AHCA West All-American 1961–62
NCAA All-Tournament First Team 1962 [5]

References

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  1. ^ Hank Akervall Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Archived September 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [1] Injustice is finally corrected, TOM HAWTHORN, Globe and Mail, May 2, 2005
  3. ^ [2] Glory Once Eluded Them, but Life Has Still Been Kind, The Tyee
  4. ^ [3] LAKEHEAD HOCKEY LEGEND TO RECEIVE WORLD BRONZE MEDAL
  5. ^ a b "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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