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 ...

Willard Ikola, the former Edina boys hockey coach who led the program to eight state championships and 19 state tournament appearances, died Monday evening, according to school officials.

Minnesota hockey legend Willard Ikola — who won three state high school titles as a player with Eveleth, then coached Edina to eight more — has died. Edina High School officials announced that ...

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 ...