Henry Åkervall

Henry "Hank" Åkervall (August 24, 1937 – February 18, 2000) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and Olympian.

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

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 Lakehead University to a hockey championship in 1967, was recreation director for Thunder Bay."[2][3][4]

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