Grant Heffernan
Canadian ice hockey player
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Grant J. Heffernan is a Canadian retired ice hockey Center and coach who was an All-American for Providence. Career Heffernan was a star junior ice hockey and lacrosse player and was the MVP for the Hastings Legionnaires when the team won the Minto Cup in 1961. While continuing to play senior lacrosse in the OLA, Heffernan received an ice hockey scholarship to Providence College. he was surprised by the offer but accepted nonetheless and began playing with the varsity team in 1962. In his first season the Friars finished with a good record and were seeded 5th in the ECAC Tournament but lost their quarterfinal match. The following season Heffernantook on a more prominent role with the team and led the team in scoring with 48 points. Providence won the program's first regular season title that year and were the #1 seed in the conference tournament. After narrowly escaping an ignominious finish in the quarterfinal, the Friars marched to the title game and won their first ECAC Championship as well. Heffernan scored the game-winning goal in the title match and was selected for the ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Second Team. In the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance, the team performed well and had opportunities to win both of their games, but Providence finished 4th. For his senior season, Heffernan was named team co-Captain and again led the Friars in scoring. He finished 3rd in the nation with 58 points and was named an All-American but the team didn't have nearly the same success as it did the year before. Providence squeaked into the ECAC tournament in 8th place and lost their first game to end Heffernan's college career with a loss.
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