Craig Falkman
Encyclopedia
Craig Dean Falkman is a retired professional ice hockey
player who played 45 regular season games in the World Hockey Association
for the Minnesota Fighting Saints
in 1972-73. As an amateur, he played for the University of Minnesota
men's hockey team as well as the United States national team at the 1968 Winter Olympics
and also the 1967 and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments. He now resides in Gillette, Wyoming, practicing psychology
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played 45 regular season games in the World Hockey Association
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
for the Minnesota Fighting Saints
Minnesota Fighting Saints
The Minnesota Fighting Saints was the name of two professional ice hockey teams based in Saint Paul, Minnesota that played in the World Hockey Association. The first team was one of the WHA's original twelve franchises, playing from 1972–76. The second team was relocated from Cleveland, Ohio, and...
in 1972-73. As an amateur, he played for the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
men's hockey team as well as the United States national team at the 1968 Winter Olympics
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...
and also the 1967 and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments. He now resides in Gillette, Wyoming, practicing psychology