Tony Frasca
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 30, 1927 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 1, 1999 (aged 71) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1949–1952 | Colorado College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1958–1963 | Colorado College |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 30–85–4 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1950 NCAA National Championship | |
| Awards | |
| 1963 Spencer Penrose Award 2000 Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame |
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| Records | |
| Lowest winning percentage one season: (.000) | |
Anthony J. "Tony" Frasca was an American ice hockey player and coach for the varsity programs at Colorado College. He helped CC win its first national title in 1950.
Tony Frasca began attending Colorado College in the fall of 1948, joining a team that had made the first NCAA tournament the year before. Frasca began playing with the Tigers after sitting out his freshman year (as was common) and for the third consecutive year Colorado College made the tournament. In the first game Frasca and Tigers knocked off defending champion Boston College 10–3, moving onto their first national title game. Against Boston University the Tigers got down early before rebounding in the second period to take a 3–1 lead into the third. Once in the final frame CC produced the greatest offensive period the championship match has ever seen, scoring 10 times (2 by Frasca) to demolish the Terriers 13–4 and claim the school's first national title. One of his two goals in the third came 8 seconds after BU had scored, setting a team record for the fastest response goal that still stands.(as of 2014)
The next year the tigers returned to the tournament but couldn't overcome Brown in the semifinals. The following year the Tigers became a founding member of the MCHL (a predecessor to the WCHA) and in Frasca's senior season won the inaugural conference title. The Tigers were invited to their fifth straight NCAA tournament and defeated Yale 4–3 to make the 1952 title game, but couldn't top defending champion Michigan. Frasca was an inaugural member of the All-MCHL First Team and finished his playing career as the third leading scorer in CC history (#5 in career goals, #1 in career assists) and third in points-per-game (as of 2014 Frasca is still 5th all-time in PPG).
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