2008 UW Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee: Craig Norwich
August 21, 2008 | General News
Nine individuals will be inducted into the UW Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 29. The festivities outside the Shell (adjacent to Camp Randall Stadium) start at 5:30 p.m. UWBadgers.com is counting down to the big evening by featuring one inductee per day leading up to the 29th. Today we look at the career of Craig Norwich, an All-America defenseman with the Badger hockey team.
- 1975, 1977 two-time, first-team All-American
- School record by a defenseman for most goals in career (42) and most assists in season (65)
- 1976 second-team All-WCHA
- 1977 first-team All-WCHA
- 1977 signed with Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA
- 1977, 78, 81, 83 Team USA world championships
- 1979 top scoring defenseman in WHA
- 1979-81 played professionally for Winnipeg, St. Louis and Colorado
- 1983 all-world team selection in Tokyo, Japan ' team won gold medal
- Career stats: 114 games played; 42 goals; 126 assists; 168 points; 76-160 penalty-minutes
1977 1st for points (season) 83
1977 1st for points (season) 63, league games only
1977 1st for assists (season) 65
1977 1st for assists (season) 49, league games only
UW records by defensemen
1974-77 1st in goals (career)
1977 2nd (tie) in goals (season) 18
1974-77 2nd in assists (career) 126
1977 1st in assists (season) 65
1974-77 2nd in points (career) 168
1977 1st in points (season) 83
UW individual assist records
1977 1st (all games in a season) 65 assists in 44 games played
1977 1st (WCHA games in a season) 49 assists in 31 games
1976 led the team in assists with 27 in 32 games played
1977 led the team in assists with 65 in 44 games played (team record)
UW individual points records
1977 led the team in points with 83; 44(g), 18(g), 65(a), 83(pts)
