Pleban was a graduate of Eveleth High School in 1932 and continued his education at Eveleth Junior College. While there, Pleban was a member of the 1934 team that won an intercollegiate championship.[2] After graduating, he became the player/coach for several teams and continued working in that capacity until 1942. After the United States entered World War II, Pleban entered the military and served until the end of the war.[3]
In 1950, Pleban joined the US National Team as a player, coach and manager for the 1950 World Championships, and led the team to a silver medal. He retired as a player following the tournament but repeated the coaching feat two years later at the 1952 Winter Olympics. In 1955, Pleban was named head coach at Minnesota–Duluth and helped the program begin to transition to the top level of college hockey. He led the Bulldogs to the MIAC championship in each of his 4 years with the program, never losing a single conference game.[4]
Pleban returned to Team USA in 1961 but couldn't get the defending Olympic gold medalists to find much success. Finishing with a 1–5–1 record, it was one of the program's poorest records, but Pleban was allowed to remain as coach and produced a far better result the following year. The US went 5–2 and ended up with the bronze medal. Afterwards, Pleban continued to work in the Duluth area, organizing amateur hockey throughout the 1960s and 70's.
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion
connie, pleban, john, connie, pleban, hockey, player, head, coach, team, three, medal, finishes, international, competitions, biographical, detailsborn, 1914, april, 1914eveleth, minnesotadiedoctober, 2001, 2001, aged, duluth, minnesotaalma, matereveleth, juni. John E Connie Pleban was an ice hockey player and head coach who led Team USA to three medal finishes at international competitions 1 Connie PlebanBiographical detailsBorn 1914 04 24 April 24 1914Eveleth MinnesotaDiedOctober 24 2001 2001 10 24 aged 87 Duluth MinnesotaAlma materEveleth Junior CollegePlaying career1932 1934Eveleth Junior College1934 1938Eagle River Falcons1938 1941Eveleth Rangers1941 1942Marquette Sentinels1947 1948Eveleth Rangers1950Team USACoaching career HC unless noted 1934 1938Eagle River Falcons1938 1941Eveleth Rangers1941 1942Marquette Sentinels1947 1948Eveleth Rangers1950Team USA1952Team USA1955 1959Minnesota Duluth1961 1962Team USAAdministrative career AD unless noted 1950Team USA Manager Head coaching recordOverall56 25 5 680 Accomplishments and honorsChampionships1956 MIAC Champion1957 MIAC Champion1958 MIAC Champion1959 MIAC ChampionAwards1990 United States Hockey Hall of Fame1992 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey AwardMedal record Men s ice hockeyRepresenting the United StatesOlympic Games1952 OsloWorld Championships1950 London1962 Colorado Springs Contents 1 Career 2 Head coaching record 2 1 International 2 2 College 3 References 4 External linksCareer editPleban was a graduate of Eveleth High School in 1932 and continued his education at Eveleth Junior College While there Pleban was a member of the 1934 team that won an intercollegiate championship 2 After graduating he became the player coach for several teams and continued working in that capacity until 1942 After the United States entered World War II Pleban entered the military and served until the end of the war 3 In 1950 Pleban joined the US National Team as a player coach and manager for the 1950 World Championships and led the team to a silver medal He retired as a player following the tournament but repeated the coaching feat two years later at the 1952 Winter Olympics In 1955 Pleban was named head coach at Minnesota Duluth and helped the program begin to transition to the top level of college hockey He led the Bulldogs to the MIAC championship in each of his 4 years with the program never losing a single conference game 4 Pleban returned to Team USA in 1961 but couldn t get the defending Olympic gold medalists to find much success Finishing with a 1 5 1 record it was one of the program s poorest records but Pleban was allowed to remain as coach and produced a far better result the following year The US went 5 2 and ended up with the bronze medal Afterwards Pleban continued to work in the Duluth area organizing amateur hockey throughout the 1960s and 70 s He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990 and was the recipient of the Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award in 1992 Head coaching record editInternational edit Note GC Games coached W Wins L Losses T Ties GF Goals For GA Goals Against Year Team Competition Finish GC W L T GF GA1950 nbsp US National Team WC nbsp Silver 5 4 1 0 29 201952 nbsp US National Team OG nbsp Silver 8 6 1 1 43 211961 nbsp US National Team WC 6th 7 1 5 1 24 431962 nbsp US National Team WC nbsp Bronze 7 5 2 0 54 23College edit Statistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing PostseasonMinnesota Duluth Bulldogs MIAC 1955 1959 1955 56 Minnesota Duluth 17 6 0 12 0 0 1st1956 57 Minnesota Duluth 16 4 3 12 0 0 1st1957 58 Minnesota Duluth 13 6 1 10 0 0 1st1958 59 Minnesota Duluth 10 9 1 7 0 0 1stTotal 56 25 5 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion 5 References edit John Connie Pleban US Hockey Hall of Fame Retrieved January 31 2022 Eveleth Junior College Vintage Minnesota Hockey Retrieved January 31 2022 John E Connie Pleban Hobey Baker Awards Retrieved January 31 2022 Minnesota Duluth Hockey 2018 19 Media Guide Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Retrieved April 29 2019 2015 16 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Hockey Media Guide Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Retrieved 2017 06 03 External links editBiographical information and career statistics fromAwards and achievementsPreceded byJack Riley Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award1992 Succeeded byBill Cleary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Connie Pleban amp oldid 1201910130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
