John Mariucci

John Mariucci
Born	(1916-05-08)May 8, 1916 Eveleth, MN, USA
Died	March 23, 1987(1987-03-23) (aged 70)
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career	1940–1952

John Mariucci - Coaches Section in a team program.

John Mariucci (May 8, 1916 – March 23, 1987) was an American ice hockey player, administrator and coach. Mariucci was born in Eveleth, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota where he played for both the hockey and football teams. He was named an All-American in hockey in 1940. Mariucci was inducted into the inaugural 1973 class of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 1985.

Playing career

After starring for the Eveleth hockey and football teams, Mariucci would go on to college at the University of Minnesota where he would play both sports - leading his hockey squad to an undefeated AAU championship in 1940.^[1] Mariucci played for the Chicago Black Hawks for five seasons and would be the team captain in 1945-46 and 1947-48. Mariucci would be known primarily as a defensive-minded bruiser, finishing with only 11 goals and 34 assists in 223 games, but would total 308 penalty minutes. He would lose three seasons to the war (1942-43 through 1944-45), but would play two seasons for the United States Coast Guard in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League.^[1] Mariucci's best season with the Black Hawks would come in 1946-47 when he would play in 52 of the team's 60 games and finish with 9 goals and 11 assists and his 110 penalty minutes would be second in the league to Gus Mortson.

On October 28, 1948, Chicago would trade Mariucci to the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey League for cash. After one season in St. Louis, on September 4, 1949, Mariucci would be traded to the Minneapolis Millers in the United States Hockey League (USHL), again for cash. He would spend the 1950-51 season with the USHL St. Paul Saints and would then return to the Millers (this time in the All-American Hockey League) for the 1951-52 season before retiring.

Mariucci's 1961 Gopher Hockey Team with Lou Nanne and Larry Smith

Coaching career

After his professional playing career ended, Mariucci became the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey team. He was noted for not attempting to sign Canadian players for his hockey teams, but instead relying on home-grown talent from Minnesota. This helped to grow youth and high school hockey programs in the state of Minnesota. He was coach at the university from the 1952–53 season until the 1965–66 season, except for the 1955–56 season in which he was the head coach of the US Olympic team that won a silver medal. Mariucci's best Gopher team would come in 1954-55 when Minnesota would advance all the way to the NCAA finals before losing to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 5-4 in overtime.

In 1967, he was named the assistant to general manager for the Minnesota North Stars with Glen Sonmor becoming the Gophers' coach. He eventually would work for Lou Nanne, one of his Gopher Hockey players, and held the position with the North Stars until his death in 1987. He returned to the international scene as the head coach of the United States team at the 1976 and 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships.

He was involved in a bizarre confrontation with Nanne during the 1977^[2] championships. After loudly criticising Nanne during the game against the Soviet Union, Nanne responded by charging his coach, which led to a fist fight while the game continued. After the game finished, the fight continued until both men were separated by players and officials.^[3]

The University of Minnesota honored him by first renaming the hockey arena in Williams Arena after him and later when a new hockey arena was opened in 1993, the school transferred his name to that one as well, Mariucci Arena.

In 1983, the John Mariucci Award, began to be awarded to the Minnesota High school coach of the year, as selected by the state's hockey coaches, as Mariucci is immortalized as the "Godfather of Minnesota Hockey".^[1]

Upon his death, the Minnesota North Stars wore a memorial round patch, with initials JM within, for parts of the 1987-1988 season.

Career Statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1939–40	University of Minnesota	AAU	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1940–41	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	23	0	5	5	33	5	0	2	2	16
1940–41	Providence Reds	AHL	17	3	3	6	15	—	—	—	—	—
1941–42	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	47	5	8	13	44	3	0	0	0	0
1942–43	Coast Guard Clippers	EAHL	45	23	23	46	67	12	4	8	12	14
1943–44	Coast Guard Clippers	EAHL	34	11	16	27	29	12	3	8	11	18
1945–46	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	50	3	8	11	58	4	0	1	1	10
1946–47	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	52	2	9	11	110	—	—	—	—	—
1947–48	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	51	1	4	5	63	—	—	—	—	—
1948–49	St. Louis Flyers	AHL	68	12	30	42	74	7	0	1	1	12
1949–50	Minneapolis Millers	USHL	67	8	24	32	87	7	0	2	2	23
1950–51	St. Paul Saints	USHL	59	2	28	30	85	4	0	0	0	0
1951–52	Minneapolis Millers	AAHL	39	18	31	49	45	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			223	11	34	45	308	12	0	3	3	26

References

1 2 3 "USA Hockey". USA Hockey. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
↑ http://northstarslegends.blogspot.de/2011/03/lou-nanne.html
↑ Stamp, Phil. "The Unusual - funny or strange hockey anecdotes". A-ZHockey.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
Gopher Hockey History Coaches Info
http://www.mshsca.org/hockey/mariucciaward.html

Sporting positions
Preceded by Clint Smith	Chicago Black Hawks captain 1945–46	Succeeded by Red Hamill
Preceded by Red Hamill	Chicago Black Hawks captain 1947–48	Succeeded by Gaye Stewart
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Cheddy Thompson	Spencer Penrose Award 1952–53	Succeeded by Vic Heyliger

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Williams Arena (1950–93) Mariucci Arena (1993–present)

Head coaches	I. D. MacDonald (1921–22) Emil Iverson (1922–30) Frank Pond (1930–35) Larry Armstrong (1935–47) Doc Romnes (1947–52) John Mariucci (1952–55, 1956–66) Marsh Ryman (1955–56) Glen Sonmor (1966–71) Ken Yackel (1971–72) Herb Brooks (1972–79) Brad Buetow (1979–85) Doug Woog (1985–99) Mike Guentzel (1996) Don Lucia (1999–present)

Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951-2013) Big Ten (2013-present)

Rivalries and trophy games	North Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Mariucci-Bessone Trophy with Michigan State Mariucci-Renfrew Coaches Trophy with Michigan

Culture & lore	Mariucci Classic North Star College Cup

All-time leaders	John Mayasich (298 Points) John Mayasich (144 Goals) Kellen Briggs (84 Wins)

National championships	1974 1976 1979 2002 2003

Runner-Up Finishes	1953 1954 1971 1975 1981 1989 2014

Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 2002 2003 2005 2012 2014

NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014

Conference Championships	WCHA 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1993 1994 1996 2003 2004 2007

Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Kellen Briggs Mike Crowley Tim Harrer Jordan Leopold John Mayasich Pat Micheletti Todd Richards Robb Stauber

Hobey Baker Award winners	Neal Broten (1981) Robb Stauber (1988) Brian Bonin (1996) Jordan Leopold (2002)

University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

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