Mike Yaschuk
Mike Yaschuk | |||
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Born |
Ituna, Saskatchewan, Canada | November 5, 1922||
Died | August 7, 2020 | (aged 97)||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
Weight | 162 lb (73 kg; 11 st 8 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shot | right | ||
Played for |
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Playing career | 1946–1951 |
Mike Yaschuk (November 5, 1922 – August 7, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. He played professionally in senior leagues in Canada and in the English League. After playing, he coached in Manitoba. He was a member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.
Yaschuk was born in Ituna, Saskatchewan. He played junior with the St. Boniface Athletics and was the MJHL leading scorer in 1942–43. He enlisted in the Canadian Navy for World War II. When he returned, Yaschuk played senior ice hockey with the from 1946-48. He played one season with the Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League in 1948-49, then moved to England. In England, he played one season with the Streatham Redhawks, the English National League champions of 1950. He returned to Canada and played one further season of senior, playing some games for the before retiring.
After his playing career, Yaschuk coached midget and juvenile teams at Norwood Falcon C.C. for 12 years and co-founded and coached the St. Boniface Mohawks in the Manitoba Senior League.
Yaschuk died on August 7, 2020, aged 97.[1]
Awards and achievements[]
- MJHL Scoring Champion (1943)
- "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
References[]
External links[]
- Mike Yaschuk career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Mike Yaschuk's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
- 1922 births
- People from Ituna
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- St. Boniface Athletics players
- Streatham Royals players
- 2020 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Royal Canadian Navy personnel of World War II
- Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1920s births stubs