Dennis Hanks

Inducted October 12, 2018

Dennis Hanks was Michigan Tech's Sports Information Director from 1969-84, coming from Eastern Michigan University.

Hanks served as the color commentator for hockey radio broadcasts, working with Glen Weller for his first two seasons and continuing with Bob Olson after WMPL took over.

During his tenure, Tech was the first school to distribute hockey depth charts to the press box media and the first to display game notes on a screen hanging in front of the press box. Hanks also worked with WCHA statistician Ralph Turtinen to introduce the save percentage statistic for goalies, which is used throughout the hockey world now.

Hanks served on the first-ever Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Council and received Michigan Tech's Clair M. Donovan Award for outstanding service to the University in 1982.