Terry Abram

Terry Abram
Terry Abram
Born	February 14, 1947 (age 77); South St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position	Defenseman
Played for	North Dakota
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1966–1969
	Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma mater	North Dakota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1977	Roseau High School
1977–1979	Anoka High School
1982–1987	St. Thomas
Head coaching record
Overall	105–45–2 (.697) [college]
Tournaments	1–4–1 (.250)

Terry Abram is an American retired ice hockey defenseman and coach who was an All-American for North Dakota.^[1]

Career

Abram was a standout defenseman at South St. Paul HS helping the team reach the state semifinal as a senior.^[2] He was one of the few American players recruited to North Dakota during the 1960s and began playing for the varsity club in the fall of 1966. In his first two seasons, Abram helped UND win back-to-back conference co-championships and reach the NCAA tournament twice. Abram was named an All-American in 1968 and hoped to lead his team into the national championship for a third consecutive season the following year. Unfortunately, North Dakota was upset in the first round of the WCHA tournament and Abram's college career ended with the loss.

After graduating, Abram turned down a chance to play in the Chicago Blackhawks organization and instead turned to coaching. He spent the rest of the decade behind the bench for two different high schools in Minnesota, Roseau and Anoka. While at Roseau, Abram coached future NHLer Neal Broten. In 1982 Abram became the head coach for St. Thomas and he immediately turned around the program. While he was with the program for only five years, Abram provided several first for the Tommies: he was the first coach to win 20 games in a season, recording 25 wins in both 1985 and '86. He led the team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 1984. Two years later he guided St. Thomas to the inaugural MIAC tournament championship. Abram resigned in 1987, never having a losing season in college hockey.^[3]

In 2007 Abram was in the inaugural class of the South St. Paul Athletic Hall of fame.^[4]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1961–62	South St. Paul	MN-HS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1962–63	South St. Paul	MN-HS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	South St. Paul	MN-HS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1964–65	South St. Paul	MN-HS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	North Dakota	WCHA	28	1	14	15	52	—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	North Dakota	WCHA	33	6	14	20	48	—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	North Dakota	WCHA	29	3	26	39	39	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA Totals			90	10	54	64	139	—	—	—	—	—

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Thomas Tommies (MIAC) (1982–1987)
1982–83	St. Thomas	19–9–0	14–2–0	1st
1983–84	St. Thomas	20–10–1	13–3–0	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1984–85	St. Thomas	25–7–0	14–2–0	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
1985–86	St. Thomas	25–6–1	15–1–0	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
1986–87	St. Thomas	16–13–0	10–6–0	3rd	MIAC Runner-Up
St. Thomas:		105–45–2	66–14–0
Total:		105–45–2
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WCHA First Team	1967–68 1968–69	^[5]
AHCA West All-American	1967–68	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "1967-1968 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
^ "Terry Abram". Minnesota Hockey hub. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
^ "St. Thomas Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "UND's Jim LeClair, Terry Abram Named to inaugural class of South St. Paul High School Athletic Hall of Fame". North Dakota Fighting Hawks. September 7, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[AHCA-1] "1967-1968 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2017-06-21.

[2] "Terry Abram". Minnesota Hockey hub. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

[rec-3] "St. Thomas Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[4] "UND's Jim LeClair, Terry Abram Named to inaugural class of South St. Paul High School Athletic Hall of Fame". North Dakota Fighting Hawks. September 7, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

[WCHA-5] "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

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v t e St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey
Playing venues	State Fair Coliseum (1976–2003) St. Thomas Ice Arena (2003–2025) Lee and Penny Anderson Arena (2025–future)
Head Coaches	Harold Dudley (1920–21) Joe Brandy (1921–23, 1925–26) Dave Hayes (1923–24) Bill Houle (1924–25) Willard Faulk (1926–27) John O'Halloran (1927–28) Matt Coogan (1928–30) Frank Penas (1930–32) Joe Boland (1932–33) Frank Halder (1933–35) Frank Klingberg (1935–37) Leo McGuire (1937–39) Wee Walsh (1939–42) Tom Cunningham (1946–48) Bill Funk (1948–51, 1952–55) Norm Robertson (1951–52) Ken Staples (1955–59) Don Saatzer (1959–62) Tom Martinson (1962–63) Joe Flood (1963–70) Gus Schwartz (1970–82) Terry Abram (1982–87) Terry Skrypek (1987–2010) Jeff Boeser (2010–2021) Enrico Blasi (2021–present)
Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	MIAC (1920–2021) CCHA (2021–2026) NCHC (2026–Future)
Frozen Four appearances	2000 2005
NCAA Tournament appearances	1984 1985 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1999 2000 2002 2004 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 2020
Conference Tournament titles	MIAC: 1986 1988 1992 1994 1999 2002 2004 2005 2008 2010 2014 2020
University of St. Thomas Saint Paul, MN