Hank_Akervall

Henry Åkervall

Henry Åkervall

Canadian ice hockey player

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

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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]

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References

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