University of St Thomas - Aquinas Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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RESULTS St. Thomas Opponents A 5 ST. John's O 9 Carleton 3 ' 7 Gusiavus 5 8 ST. Cloud T.C. 2 6 Macalesfer 4 8 , Hamline O 8 Hamline 2 3 Duluih 4 4 Duluih 2 2 Macalesier 3 Denny Monahan waiis for a pass from John McCormick whose dash for a goal is blocked by The Macalester goalie. .--Sf,-, John O'Phalen's 'brilliant sfick work has drawn The Duluih The goalward-bound charge of Dick Rousseau is broughf To a half goalie out of The nel. The resulf is another Tommy goal. when he loses control of The puck in his preparation To shooT. Page One I-lzmdfcd Forty-one

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T221 N . '15, - ' :cv vi , :L an FE! 1. 2:13. W. 1' f-Lf ri Back row: Coach Bill Funk, Terry Dunn, Jim Bloom, Jake Healy, Jack Lannon, Roy Bredahl, Bill Fitzgerald, Dick McKenna, Denny Monahan, Larry McGough, Warm Winter Mel Everybody enioyed The mild winTer, buT iT can be blamed for The failure of The ST. Thomas hockey Team To bring home Their flffh TiTle in six years. The Tommies sTarTed sfrong, winning Their first seven games againsf ST. John's, Carlefon, Gusfavus, ST. Cloud, MacalesTer, and l-larnline. Then 'Old Sol sfruck The crippling blow, melTing The ice which necessiTaTed The posfponemenf of games againsT Dulufh, Gusfavus, and MacalesTer. The Dulufh game was re-scheduled aT DuluTh's indoor arena for The day before The regularly scheduled game. BUT The Toms were sTill wiThouT a place in which To prac- Tice. They played The games aT DuluTh afTer Two weeks Page One Hmzdred Forly Y T' J and Monty Carlson. Front row: Mike Mullin, Tom STeFFen, John O'Phalen, Mark Brown, Bob GarreTT, Jim Goodwillie, Dick Rousseau, and John McCormick. ts Tommy Sextet of no pracfice, and surprised The mosT rabid fans wiTh a spliT, losing The firsT game 4-3, and winning The sec- ond 4-2. The MacalesTer game was scheduled aT Williams Arena. The Toms, afTer a Two week layoff, losT by The score of 3-2. This hearfbreaking loss gave The Bulldogs of DuluTh The ouTrighT championship. The Toms were paced by Johnny O'Phalen, Denny Monahan, and Mike. Mullin. O'Phalen and Monahan were The one-Two scorers on The Team and Mullin was a sTandouT defensively. Mike and John were honored by being named To honorable menfion posifions on The T954 All-American hockey Team.

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The critical eye of The iudge means liTTle To Bob Doane, The conference diving champ, as he execuTes a backward somersaulf. Tankmen Win Again ' The i954 ST., Thomas swimming Team, under STan lVlarTinka, rolled over all opposiTion To capTure Their sevenTh conference championship in The pasT eighT sea- sons. Gone were such names as Bob Anderson, John BeTlach, Bill STrub, and Coach Don Adee, buT The Team had goTTen inTo a winning ruT and could noT.be wresTed from iT. Led by co-capTains Danny Schneeman and Tom Jones, The Team compiled a record of seven wins and Two losses in dual meeTs, Their only losses being aT The hands ol The UniversiTy oT Illinois and Michigan Tech. ln The sTaTe meeT, in which The Toms emerged The champions, They were led by The incomparable Danny Schneeman, who was The only Triple winner in The evenT, winning The T500 meTers in record Time and The 220 and 440 yard Tree sTyle races. OTher sTandouTs in The sTaTe meeT were Treshman Dan Reaume, who won The T200 yard backsTroke, Tom Jones, who won The 200 yard breasTsTroke and Bobby Doane, who won The diving evenT, The 400 yard Tree sTyle relay Team com- posed oT Dan Reaume, Tom Greene, Mike Wehlan, and Dave Hancock Took The championship in ThaT evenT, ATTer winning The conference meeT, The Team Traveled To The MidwesT lnviTaTional MeeT where They came in Third behind such powers as Loyola of Chicago and BeloiT. Coecapfain Dan Schneeman glides eTTorTlessly Through The warer, always increasing The disTance over his pursuers. Page One H Il7ZdI'EZZ1 Forty-two Al Stearns is Touched off by Dan Reaume as The medley relay Team pours iT on To The already swamped ScoTs in a dual meeT aT Mac.