| Pat Finnegan | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 18, 1927, Eveleth, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | February 2, 1989 (aged 61), Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
| Position | Center |
| Pro clubs | Minnesota California Rochester Mustangs Sioux City Sunhawks |
| Playing career | 1945–1952 |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Men's ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  United States
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| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1949 Stockholm | Team |
Patrick Henry Finnegan 91927-1989) was an American ice hockey center who won a bronze medal at the 1949 World Championships.
Career[]
After winning the first State Championship for Eveleth High School[1] Finnegan joined the program at Minnesota. After only a year with the Gophers, Finnegan transferred to California and performed remarkably for the Golden Bears, earning AHCA First Team All-American honors.[2]
Finnegan would move on swiftly once more, leaving the team after 1948 to prepare for the 1949 World Championships. He played for the US National Team with legends like Charlie Holt, Jack Riley, Jack Kelley and Bruce Mather.[3] The team swept through the preliminary round with ease, scoring 12 goals in all three games. In the first game of the final round they suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of Switzerland, whom they had defeated three days before by a score of 12–5. The team could ill afford another loss but their next opponent was Canada and the US's gold medal hopes were ended with a 7–2 loss. The team recovered with three consecutive wins, including over gold-medalist Czechoslovakia, to earn a bronze medal.
Awards and honors[]
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHCA First Team All-American | 1947–48 | [2] |
References[]
- ↑ "Wally Grant", Minnesota Hockey Hub. Retrieved on April 28, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1947-1948 All-American Team", The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved on 2017-06-21.
- ↑ "United States Men's National Ice Hockey Team 1949", Hockey Gods. Retrieved on April 28, 2020.
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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