George Owen (ice hockey) his playing career, Owen became head coach of the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team. He later coached football, baseball and hockey at Milton Academy. After retiring from Milton Academy, Owen worked as a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Owen was born in Hamilton, Ontario and moved to Massachusetts as a teenager, attending Newton High School in suburban Boston. He died of a stroke in Milton, Massachusetts in 1986. George Owen (ice hockey) Harvard George Owen Jr. (December 2, 1901 – March 4, 1986) was a professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
Ice hockey in the United States of the Miracle on Ice is believed to be influential in popularizing the sport from a fringe sport to a mainstream sport. Ice hockey in the United States Ice hockey, usually referred to in the U.S. simply as "hockey", is a popular sport in the United States. Hockey in the U.S. began in 1894 when the first artificial ice rink was built in Baltimore, Maryland. Now hockey is most popular in regions of the U.S. with cold winter climates, such as the northeast and the upper Midwest. However, since the 1990s, ice hockey has become increasingly popular in the Sun