UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Mike Eaves

  • Class
  • Induction
    1992
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Hockey
Mike Eaves
  • Two-time (1977 and 1978) first-team All-American
  • All-time career scoring leader in UW history with 267 points in 160 games
  • Helped the Badgers to the 1977 NCAA championship with 28 goals and 53 assists
  • Three-year team captain (1976-78) and two-time Badger MVP (1976 and 1978)
  • WCHA Most Valuable Player in 1978, the year he tied (with teammate Mark Johnson) for the league scoring title
  • Named one of the WCHA's "Top 50 Players" as part of the league's 50th anniversary celebration in 2002
  • Awarded the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor in 1977-78
  • Played in the National Hockey League for Minnesota and Calgary and was the North Stars' Rookie of the Year in 1980 and the Flames' nominee for the Bill Masterton Award in 1985
  • Named Wisconsin's head men's hockey coach in the spring of 2002
Mike Eaves
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