UMD Athletics

Hockey Center
(1976-80)

Occupies the No. 1 spot on UMD’s all-time scoring list with 222 points on 79 goals and 143 assists in 149 outings ... was a two-time All-Western Collegiate Hockey Association second team honoree (1976-77 and 1979-80) ... set UMD marks -- which still stand -- for points (64) and assists (40) by a rookie in 1976-77 … placed second among all WCHA newcomers (and was seventh overall) in scoring that winter (54 points) ... was chosen the WDAZ-TV WCHA Rookie of the Year in a vote of league players … reigned as the Bulldogs’ leading point-getter as both a freshman (becoming only the second UMD player to accomplish that feat) and as a sophomore ... remains the only Bulldog to surpass the 40-point plateau for four straight seasons … participated in the 1978 and 1979 U.S. Olympic Festivals and skated with the U.S. National Team in 1983 ... was selected by the Colorado Rockies (now the New Jersey Devils) in the 1977 National Hockey League draft ... spent parts of four seasons in the professional ranks after departing UMD ... played with the Central Hockey League's Fort Worth Texans in 1980-81 and 1981-82 before heading overseas for a 17-game pro hockey stint in West Germany (Fuessen EV) the ensuing winter ... closed the book on his hockey playing days by taking part in four outings as a member of the 1983-84 International Hockey League regular season champion Fort Wayne Komets ... is a native of Grand Rapids, Minn.