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MHKY Ring of Honor




Adam Oates '85
Inducted in November 2004











• Had 66 goals and 150 assists for 216 points in 98 career games

• Set school single season records for points (91 in 1984-85)

 and assists (60 in 1984-85)

• First in school history with 150 career assists

• Third in school history with 216 career points

• Two-time All-ECAC
• Two-time National All-American
• Hobey Baker Award Finalist in 1985
• NCAA All-Tournament Team in 1985
• ECAC Team of the Decade (1980s)
• Team had overall record of 85-19-1 (.814)
• Team won two ECAC Championships
• Team played in two NCAA Tournaments
• Team won 1985 NCAA National Championship

• Had 341 goals with 1,079 assists for 1,420 points in 1,337 games for seven NHL teams

• Five-time All-Star Game participant 
• NHL All-Star Second Team in 1990-91

• Retired ranked fifth all-time in NHL history in assists and 13th in points

 
Joe Juneau '91
Inducted in November 2005











• Had 69 goals and 144 assists for 213 points in 124 career games

• Third in school history for assists in a single season (52 in 1990-91)

• Second in school history with 144 career assists

• Fifth in school history with 213 career points

• Captain in 1990-91
• ECAC All-Rookie Team
• Two-time All-ECAC
• Two-time National All-American

• Hobey Baker Award Finalist in 1990 & 1991

• ECAC Team of the Decade (1990s)

• Rensselaer’s Male Freshman Athlete of the Year in 1988

• School’s Male Career Athlete in 1990

• Represented Canada in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

• Had 156 goals with 416 assists for 572 points in 828 games for six NHL teams

• Set NHL record for assists in a season by a left wing (70 in 1992-93)

• NHL All-Rookie Team in 1992-93

Ned Harkness
Inducted in February 2007


Ned Harkness
















• Re-started the Rensselaer hockey program in 1949-50

• Compiled a career record of 176-96-7 (.643) from 1949-63

• Established school records for wins and percentage

• Currently ranks third in school history in wins and second in percentage

• Recruited and coached 10 National All-Americans

• Teams played in three NCAA Tournaments
• Team won 1954 NCAA National Championship

• First coach to win National Championships in two sports

• Coached Rensselaer’s men’s lacrosse team

• School record holder for career wins (109)

• Led team to 1952 National Championship
• Member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame
• Member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

• School record holder for career wins (109)

• Led team to 1952 National Championship

• Coached Cornell’s hockey team to 163-27-2 record (1963-70) and four NCAA Tournaments

• Team won 1967 and 1970 National Championships

• 1970 team was 29-0-0 record, the only unbeaten, untied National Championship team in NCAA history

• Coached and was General Manager of Detroit Red Wings

• Member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame

• Member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame


Frank Chiarelli '55
Inducted in November of 2008











• Had 155 goals and 110 assists for 265 points in 80 career games

• School record holder for goals in a game (7 twice)

• First in school history for goals in a season (55 in 1951-52)

Third in school history for points in a season (79 in 1951-52)

• School record holder with 155 career goals and 265 career points

• School record holder with 23 career hat tricks

• NCAA Division I record holder for goals per game in a season (3.06 in 1951-52), points per game in a season (4.39 in 1951-52) and goals per game in a career (1.94)

• Two-time captain
• Four-time National All-American
• Two-time NCAA All-Tournament Team
• Team had overall record of 57-23-3 (.705)
• Team played in two NCAA Tournaments

• Team played in 1953 NCAA National Semifinals

• Team won 1954 NCAA National Championship