Steve Cruickshank is a Canadian retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Clarkson.[1]

Steve Cruickshank
Born (1959-09-30) September 30, 1959 (age 65)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Clarkson
Playing career 1978–1982

Career

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Cruickshank was a member of the final recruiting class at Clarkson for Jerry York. In his freshman season, Cruickshank posted decent numbers and the team finished 5th in the conference standings but it was when Bill O'Flaherty took over as coach in 1979 that he Cruickshank made a name for himself. In 1980 he nearly doubled his goal production and was named to the All-conference second team. Clarkson won its first playoff game in three years and tings only got better from there. Cruickshank nearly hit the 30-goal mark as a junior and was again an ECAC Hockey all-star while the team finished atop the conference and made their first NCAA tournament appearance in eleven years.[2]

As a senior, Cruickshank was a greater part of the offense and led the team in scoring as it had another first-place finish. Cruickshank was an All-American and awarded the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year but, unfortunately, wasn't able to get the Golden Knights out of they playoff rut. The team won one of five postseason games that year and fell to eventual champion North Dakota in the NCAA tournament. Cruickshank retired from playing on graduation and was later named to the ECAC all-decade team.[3]

Statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1978–79 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 30 12 20 32 10
1979–80 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 29 21 26 47 28
1980–81 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 37 29 25 54 60
1981–82 Clarkson ECAC Hockey 33 25 32 57 47
NCAA totals 129 87 103 190 145

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1979–80 [4]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1980–81 [4]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1981–82 [4]
AHCA East All-American 1981–82 [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Clarkson Men's Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide". Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. ^ "Huskins Named to All-Decade Team". ECAC Hockey. March 26, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
1981–82
Succeeded by