Boxer Named to UP Sports Hall of Fame

HOUGHTON, Mich. — Former Michigan Tech hockey player and coach Herb Boxer has been named to the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame's 2016 induction class it was announced over the weekend. 

Boxer turned in a stellar career as a Huskies hockey player from 1967-70 and returned as the program's head coach from 1985-90.

The Hancock, Mich., native recorded 37 goals and 36 assists in 97 games, helping the Huskies to one Western Collegiate Hockey Association title and two NCAA Tournament appearances.

In 1968, he became the first American-born player taken in the National Hockey League Draft.

Boxer was named Tech's head coach in 1985. His most successful season came in 1987-88, when the Huskies placed fourth in the WCHA and he was named WCHA Coach of the Year.

Boxer joined the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. He is scheduled to be back on campus for this weekend's hockey alumni reunion.