Kevin Ahearn
Encyclopedia
Kevin Joseph Ahearn is a retired professional ice hockey
player who played 78 games in the World Hockey Association
with the New England Whalers in 1972–73. As an amateur, he played for the Boston College
men's ice hockey as well as the US national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics
and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament.
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 78 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...
with the New England Whalers in 1972–73. As an amateur, he played for the Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
men's ice hockey as well as the US national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...
and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament.