Trinity Western University

YEARS ACTIVE: 1981-1982
TWU SPARTANS HALL OF FAME 2025

HIGHLIGHTS:

• First TWU men's hockey championship team
• 1982 Pacific Northwest Collegiate Hockey Association Champion
• Record: 23-2-1
• Set single-game record for goals with 16.
• Teams: TJC, Malaspina (Nanaimo), New Caledonia (PG), Royal Roads (Victoria), Selkirk (Castlegar), VCC
• Members: Fabien Alexis, Ralph Archibald, Dave Baturin, Ted Borley, Jeff Dyck, Gary Edwards, Dave Foley, George Friesen, Grant Fritzke, Glen Hildebrand, Marlin Kroeker, Craig Luciak, Chuck Macknee (C), Paul Magnusson, Doug Meyerhoff, Darrell Regehr, Ross Reimer, Chad Reimer, Peter Sherstan, Jeff Vanderwoerd, Don Westman, Coach – Allan Kotanen, Trainer/Manager – John Ruggles.

In just their first year in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Hockey Association, Trinity Western's men's hockey team made history. The Spartans put together a record of 23-2-1 on route to winning the TWU's first-ever league championship in men's hockey.
 
Individually, Chuck Macknee led the way by setting the single-season scoring record with 28 goals and, in doing so, became the then all-time record holder for career points at TWU, with 77 goals and 62 assists. That year, Glen Hildebrand also set a record for assists by a left winger, with 19. 
 
As a team, TWU also set a single-game record for goals with a whopping 16. 
 
Led by head coach Allan Kotanen, the Spartans 1981-82 team was the first men's hockey team to capture a league title and, as they did back then, they make history now, becoming the first representatives of the men's hockey program to enter the Trinity Western University Spartans Hall of Fame.