| John Mayasich | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 22, 1933 Eveleth, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1951–1971 | ||||||||||||||||
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John Edward Mayasich (Croatian: Meašić; born May 22, 1933) is an American former ice hockey player of Croatian descent.[1] He was a member of the U.S. ice hockey team that won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He also played for Team USA at the IIHF World Championships in 1958, 1961, 1962 (when he was voted best defenseman), 1966 and 1969. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997.
While attending the University of Minnesota, Mayasich set the NCAA tournament record for most points scored in a game with eight against Michigan in 1954. Mayasich won the Western Collegiate Hockey Association scoring title in 1954 and 1955 and was an All-American three years in a row at his university.[2]
Mayasich was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989. Number 8 has been retired in his honor by the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey program, the only former Golden Gopher to be so honored. In 2011, Mayasich was ranked No 1 on the Minneapolis Star Tribune's list of "Minnesota's 100 Greatest Players in High School Hockey History".[3]
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- ^ "Simply the best". November 22, 2011.