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Bill Watson

Bill Watson

  • Class
  • Induction
    1997
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Hockey

Men's Hockey Winger
(1982-85)

Won the 1985 Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the most outstanding player in college hockey...was a two-time All-American and All-WCHA first team honoree (1983-85) and was selected the WCHA's player of the Year in 1984-85 after leading that circuit in scoring for a second straight season -- a Bulldog first...racked up 210 points in 108 career outings for a school record 1.94 points per game average...set Bulldog single season marks in 1984-85 for points (109, a then NCAA record), assists (60), multiple-point games (36) and longest overall scoring streak (33 games)...passed up his final season of collegiate competition to skate with the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks--played for 4 years and in 115 NHL regular season games as a Blackhawk...received the Emery Edge Award for having the best plus-minus rating of any Chicago player in 1986-87...served as an assistant coach at UMD (1989-90) and as the head coach with the (Junior B) Northlands Voyageurs (1990-91) and at St. Scholastica (1991-95) before assuming the assistant coaching post at Western Michigan University in 1995...earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communication from UMD in 1990 ... native of Powerview, Manitoba.

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