Ikola was the goalie for three Eveleth state hockey champions (1948-50), an All-America at Michigan, the goalie for the U.S. Olympic silver medalists in 1956 in Cortina, Italy, and in 1958 as an ...

Each ride started with the Hornets all trudging onto the bus. Legendary coach Willard Ikola was the last one on, and he’d utter the same words nearly every time: “Everybody got their blades ...

An all-time great goaltender who somehow went on to have an even more iconic coaching career, Willard Ikola — a titan of Minnesota high school hockey — died Monday. He was 92. The coach known ...