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John Byce

  • Class
  • Induction
    2020
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Men's Hockey
  • Wisconsin Hockey 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
  • Wisconsin Baseball 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
  • Member of Wisconsin hockey’s 1990 NCAA Championship team
  • Named to the 1990 NCAA All-Tournament Team with hat trick in championship game
  • 1990 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient
  • Served as an alternate captain for the Badgers in 1989 and 1990
  • Member of the WCHA champion teams in 1988 and 1990
  • Recorded 27 goals and 44 assists for 71 points in 46 games during his senior season
  • Totals 77 goals, assists 88, and 165 points in 169 during four seasons with Wisconsin
  • Appeared in three NHL seasons with the Boston Bruins, five AHL seasons with the Maine Mariners, Baltimore Skipjacks, Milwaukee Admirals, San Diego Gulls, and Portland Pirates, and eight seasons in the International Hockey League
  • Only person in history to win NCAA title, then play in Stanley Cup Final in the same season (1990).
  • Represented Team USA in the 1992 World Championship
  • Played internationally in the Swedish Hockey League and in the British Ice Hockey Superleague
  • Named All-Big Ten designated hitter in baseball in 1987
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