Frank Stephenson (ice hockey)

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Frank Stephenson
Born 1940
Plymouth, NH, USA
Position Goaltender
Played for Colby
Playing career 19591962

Frank Stephenson is an American retired ice hockey goaltender who was one of the first two All-Americans for Colby College in 1962. [1]

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Career

Stephenson was a three-year varsity player for Colby. Entering his senior season, Colby joined with 27 other eastern schools to form ECAC Hockey. While the Mules weren't considered a threat by many of the traditional eastern powers, Colby ended up winning the inaugural regular season championship by going 17–1–1 in conference play. The shocking finish earned Stephenson a place on the All-ECAC First Team as well as a nod as an All-American. Colby was seeded third in the ECAC Tournament (seedings were arranged based upon rankings and not conference standings) and they won their opening match against Rensselaer. The team's offense faltered in the semifinal against Clarkson and remained dormant in the third place game, preventing Colby from making an almost unthinkable appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1961–62 [2]
AHCA East All-American 1961–62 [1]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament First Team 1962 [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "1961-1962 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.