Elov Seger | |
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Born | June 6, 1940 Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada | ,
Died | March 8, 1968 | (aged 27),
Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
Position | Defenseman |
Pro clubs | Michigan Tech Waterloo Black Hawks Rochester Mustangs |
Playing career | 1959–1966 |
Elov Seger was a Canadian ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American[1] and helped Michigan Tech win its first National Championship in 1962.
Career[]
Seger was a three-year player for the Huskies under head coach John MacInnes, helping the team reach the national championship game as a sophomore. After a down season, the Huskies roared to the top of their conference in 1962, winning 29 of their final 30 games, capturing both the conference and national championships. Seger was named to the All-WCHA Second Team and was selected as an All-American. The last goal he scored for the Huskies tied the game in the WCHA championship and began a 4-goal barrage in the third period.[2]
After graduating, Seger continued his playing career, spending the next four seasons playing in the USHL (then a senior league), but his playing career was cut short when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Seger eventually succumbed to the disease in March of 1968 but he was not forgotten by Michigan Tech.[3] The program confers the Elov Seger Memorial Award to the player who has shown the greatest improvement.[4] Seger was also inducted into the Michigan Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.[5]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1959–60 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1960–61 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1961–62 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 32 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1962–63 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | — | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1963–64 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1964–65 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1965–66 | Rochester Mustangs | USHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NCAA Totals | 72 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and honors[]
Award | Year | |
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All-WCHA Second Team | 1961–62 | [6] |
AHCA West All-American | 1961–62 | [1] |
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team | 1962 | [7] |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "1961-1962 All-American Team", The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved on 2017-06-21.
- ↑ "Tech Beats Wolverines in Playoffs", The Michigan Daily, March 4, 1962. Retrieved on February 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Elov Seger (1940 - 1968)", Ancient Faces. Retrieved on January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Hockey announces 2018-19 team awards", Michigan Tech huskies. Retrieved on January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Elov Seger", Michigan Tech huskies. Retrieved on January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "WCHA All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records", NCAA.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-19.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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