Terry Flanagan (ice hockey)

Terry Flanagan (October 17, 1956 - December 29, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach.

Terry Flanagan
Born (1956-10-17)October 17, 1956
Died December 29, 1991(1991-12-29) (aged 35)
Played for New Hampshire Wildcats
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1975–1979

Flanagan played four years with the New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey team, and was an assistant coach at Bowling Green State University for seven seasons before succumbing to cancer.[1]

Two major awards are named in Flanagan's honour: The Terry Flanagan Award is presented annually by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) to honour an assistant coach's career body of work;[2] and the Terry Flanagan Memorial Award was an annual award presented by the now defunct Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) to the player who best demonstrated perseverance, dedication and courage while overcoming severe adversity as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.[3]

References
  1. "Notre Dame Athletics | the Fighting Irish".
  2. "AHCA Awards".
  3. "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards".


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