June 13, 2006
Twelve Father-Son College Hockey Combinations

• The Heatleys – Murray scored 137 points for Wisconsin from 1968-71. Dany, the 2001 NHL Rookie of the Year, scored 113 points in two seasons with the Badgers, while little bro, Mark, played in 33 games for Bucky, scoring eight points over two seasons.

• The Chiarellis – Frank averaged more than three goals per game at Rensselaer in 1951-52. His son, Peter, captained Harvard and has been named the next general manager of the Boston Bruins, where he’ll be hard-pressed to sign any players with numbers as impressive as his dad’s.

• The Sons of '80 – Chris Harrington (Minnesota), Ryan Suter (Wisconsin) and Danny Brooks (Denver) all have bloodlines that trace back to the Miracle on Ice, where Danny’s father Herb, a Minnesota alum, guided John Harrington (Minnesota Duluth) and Bob Suter (Wisconsin) to gold.

• The Eaves – Mike won NCAA titles as a player and coach. Eldest son Ben picked up a national championship at Boston College. Patrick Eaves didn't bring BC an NCAA championship, but he did help the U.S. team coached by his dad to a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championship.

• The Grahames – Ron was a 1973 All-American at Denver and won two WHA titles. John, who played at Lake Superior State in the mid ‘90s, won a Calder Cup in 1999 with the AHL’s Providence Bruins and a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay two years ago. Jason, a defenseman, played 65 games over four seasons at DU.

• The Millers – Lyle followed older brother Butch to East Lansing in the early ‘60s. His son, Dean, also played for the Spartans. Dean’s oldest son, Ryan, gave MSU three stellar seasons in goal and won the Hobey Baker Award in 2001. Drew, meanwhile, just capped a three-year career with 86 points in 125 games.

• The Kelleys – Jack was a three-year letterwinner at Boston University but is best known for leading the Terriers to back-to-back NCAA titles and being the first coach of the New England Whalers. Son David won four letters at Princeton and captained the Tigers in 1978-79, but he’s better known as the creative mind behind “L.A. Law,” “Ally McBeal,” “The Practice”, and an INCH movie fave, “Mystery, Alaska.”

• The Johnsons – Bob played at Minnesota under John Mariucci, but earned the nickname “Badger Bob” while leading Wisconsin to three national titles. Mark was on one of those championship teams, in 1976-77, and went on to even greater fame on the ice in Lake Placid and the NHL. He’s now coaching the Wisconsin women’s team and won the national title this winter.

• The Goodenows – Bob skated for Harvard before embarking on a short pro career and a more noteworthy tenure as the head of the NHL Players Association. His son, Joe, was a teammate of Ryan Miller’s at Michigan State, scoring 20 goals in his four seasons in East Lansing.

• The Laughlins – Craig’s No. 22 is retired at Clarkson, where he captained the Knights before embarking on a 10-year pro career. His son, Kyle, was a late addition to Tim Army’s first recruiting class at Providence, but was named the Friars’ Unsung Hero after a nine-goal freshman season.