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Bill Horn

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Bill Horn
Born (1967-04-16) April 16, 1967 (age 57)
Whitewood, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Western Michigan
New Haven Nighthawks
Roanoke Valley Rebels
Detroit Falcons
Rochester Americans
San Diego Gulls
Greensboro Monarchs
Wheeling Thunderbirds
Raleigh Icecaps
Columbus Cottonmouths
Winston-Salem IceHawks
St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots
NHL draft 95th, 1986
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 1985–2003

William Horn (born April 16, 1967) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired goaltender who was an All-American for Western Michigan.[1]

Career

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Horn had a 3 successful years at ND. He was voted Top Goaltender: Bill Horn (Notre Dame)at the 1984 Air Canada Cup. He won 3 consecutive starts during the round robin play including 10 periods without surrendering a goal. Horn graduated from Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in 1985 and was recruited by Bill Wilkinson to play for Western Michigan. He became the team's starter as a freshman, taking over after the graduation of Glenn Healy, and backstopped the team to their best season in history.[2] Horn set a program record and led the nation with 25 wins, helping WMU win 32 games that year (the only 30-win season for the program as of 2021). Horn played well during the regular season, helping the team finish in a second place tie in the CCHA, but it was in the playoffs where he became a star. While WMU had been led by their powerful offense, Horn kept his team in the semifinal against Bowling Green, winning the game in overtime. He then held top-seeded Michigan State to a single goal to claim the team's first conference championship (the Broncos would not win another for 26 years). Horn was named the Tournament MVP and led his team to their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. While the team was swept out of the quarterfinals, Horn received a fair bit of notoriety from his performance and was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the succeeding NHL Draft.

Western Michigan dropped back to the middle of the pack the following year but Horn played well enough to make the All-conference second team. Both he and the team saw moderate gains in his junior season but the Broncos were unable to recapture the magic of his freshman year and the team finished with a losing record in Horn's final season. The diminishing returns after the stellar freshman season left a bit of a damper on Horn's prospects, but he still was able to carve out a decent tenure as a minor league goaltender. After a year off, he made his first appearance for the Roanoke Valley Rebels in 1990 and would find himself returning to the region many times over the succeeding decade. He joined the Michigan Falcons for their inaugural season the following year and helped the team win the inaugural Colonial Hockey League regular season title. he bounced between several leagues over the next three years, never staying in one place for too long. He retired after helping the Greensboro Monarchs make an improbable run to the Riley Cup finals in 1995.

Horn won 2 Championships in Roller Hockey International in 1993 with the Anaheim Bullfrogs and 1996 with the Orlando Jackals.

Horn returned as a player two years later, playing for three teams in the area in parts of two seasons before hanging up his pads. After several years off, he appeared in two games during the 2002–03 season for the St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots in their only year of existence.

After his graduation from Western Michigan Horn had started coaching the goaltending position, founding Horn Goaltending, but he began to make it a full-time position at the tail end of his professional career. In 1998 he served as a player-coach for the Winston-Salem IceHawks and continues to instruct as of 2021.[3] Horn's sons also played hockey; Brett reaching the college ranks with SUNY Potsdam and Zac last appearing for the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes of the USPHL Premier league. In 2020–21, Horn served as the goaltending coach for the Jr. Canes.[4]

He was inducted into the Western Michigan Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.[5]

Statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1985–86 Western Michigan CCHA 30 25 5 0 0
1986–87 Western Michigan CCHA 36 19 16 0 2066 136 2 3.95 .890
1987–88 Western Michigan CCHA 33 15 13 2 1
1988–89 Western Michigan CCHA 37 12 19 6 2181 153 1 4.21 .867
1990–91 Roanoke Valley Rebels ECHL 51 18 21 6 2719 194 1 4.28 .900
1990–91 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 1 1 0 0 60 5 0 5.00 .833
1991–92 Michigan Falcons CoHL 43 20 13 3 2179 147 1 4.05 4
1992–93 Detroit Falcons CoHL 8 5 2 1 484 34 0 4.21 .816
1992–93 Greensboro Monarchs ECHL 27 16 9 0 1465 81 3 3.32 .899
1992–93 San Diego Gulls IHL 2 1 1 0 120 5 0 2.50 .911
1992–93 Rochester Americans AHL 6 3 1 1 304 22 0 4.34 .868 1
1993–94 Wheeling Thunderbirds ECHL 4 2 0 0 107 5 0 2.80 .911
1993–94 Rochester Americans AHL 25 9 9 5 1394 81 0 3.49 .873 1
1994–95 San Diego Gulls IHL 8 2 1 1 288 15 0 3.12 .889
1994–95 Greensboro Monarchs ECHL 20 13 5 1 1134 58 0 3.07 .902 13
1996–97 Raleigh Icecaps ECHL 29 7 16 2 1512 101 0 4.01 .889
1996–97 Columbus Cottonmouths CHL 3 2 1 0 158 17 0 6.43 .819 2
1997–98 Winston-Salem IceHawks UHL 24 12 12 0 1358 87 1 3.84 .876
2002–03 St. Pete/Winston-Salem Parrots ACHL 2 0 1 0 79 6 0 4.55 .813
NCAA totals 136 71 53 8 7933 542 4 4.10 .876
CoHL/UHL totals 75 37 27 4 4021 268 2 4.00 4
ECHL totals 131 56 51 9 6937 439 4 3.80 .898 13
IHL totals 10 3 2 1 408 20 0 2.94 .895
AHL totals 32 13 10 6 1758 108 0 3.69 .871 2

Awards and honors

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Award Year
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1985–86 [1]
CCHA All-Tournament Team 1986 [6]
All-CCHA Second Team 1985–86 [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "2015-16 WMU HOCKEY RECORD BOOK" (PDF). Western Michigan Broncos. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Bill Horn". Linked In. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Bill Horn, Goaltending Coach". Carolina Jr. Hurricanes. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "2019 Hall of Fame Spotlight: Bill Horn - Ice Hockey". Western Michigan Broncos. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. ^ "All-CCHA Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by CCHA Most Valuable Player in Tournament
1986
Succeeded by