Ben Cherski (October 29, 1929 – May 19, 2017) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played from 1951 to 1955 at the
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of N ...
. He was three times an
All-American in ice hockey and holds a record of seven
hat trick
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s in one season (1953–54 season) and 17 all-time. He has 188 points all-time in his career. In 1978, he was inducted into the University of North Dakota Letterwinners Association Hall of Fame. He died in
California
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in 2017.
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1929 births
2017 deaths
North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Edmonton
Canadian ice hockey centres
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans