David Bauer David William Bauer , Order of Canada , CSB ( November 2 , 1924 – November 9 , 1988 ) , a native of the Kitchener , Ontario , was an ice hockey player , builder , and hockey pioneer who was later ordained as a Catholic priest in the Congregation of St . Basil . Hockey career . Bauer was the younger brother of hockey player Bobby Bauer . A noted sportsman in his own right , Bauer turned down an offer to play for the Boston Olympics at the age of 16 , so that he could attend St Michaels College in Toronto , where he played for various school teams from 1941 to 1945 , and later the University of Toronto . In 1944 , after St . Michael ' s was eliminated by the Oshawa Generals in the playoffs , Oshawa was able to add three players to their roster for the 1944 Memorial Cup championship series , and chose Bauer , as well as Ted Lindsay and Gus Mortson . He returned to the St . Michaels College Majors for a single game in the 1944 – 45 campaign , choosing to enlist in the military instead as St . Michael ' s won the 1945 Memorial Cup championship that spring . Following the end of the war , he decided against playing professional hockey , instead , choosing to enter the priesthood . Coaching and team building . In 1953 after his ordination as a priest , Bauer returned to St . Michael ' s College as a teacher and became coach of the school ' s junior team . He helped lead the team to the 1961 Memorial Cup , and helped introduce such future hockey stars as Dave Keon of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Gerry Cheevers of the Boston Bruins . In 1962 , Bauer took a position at the St . Mark ' s College and the University of British Columbia , where he came up with the idea to establish a national team of top amateurs from across Canada . The idea was presented to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ( CAHA ) and by the end of 1962 , Bauer ' s idea was accepted . Bauer made up his team of several top amateur players who became UBC students including Brian Conacher , Roger Bourbonnais and Marshall Johnston , and in 1964 they participated in the Olympics in Innsbruck , Austria . The team put up a good fight , losing 3 – 2 in a gold medal game opportunity with the the Soviet Union , but only came out in fourth place on goal difference . However , because of different rules for eliminating ties for Olympics and World Championships , the Canadian team was awarded a " world championship " bronze medal . Bauer was later coach and general manager for Canada in the 1968 Olympics , general manager in the 1965 , 1966 , 1967 and 1969 world championships . He managed the Canadian 1980 Olympics team as well . Awards and legacy . Among Bauer ' s many awards and honours are , winning the Olympic bronze in 1968 as General Manager , World Championship bronze in 1964 , 1966 and 1967 as general manager , the Memorial Cup in 1944 as a player and in 1961 as a trainer ( coach ) , being elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a Builder in 1989 , and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997 , both posthumously . Bauer was also named Vice - President of Hockey Canada in 1981 , Chairman of Canada ' s Olympic hockey program also in 1981 , named to the Order of Canada in 1967 . Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary , Alberta , is named for him , as is the roadway Father David Bauer Drive in Waterloo , Ontario . A bursary from St . Mark ' s College ( affiliated with the University of British Columbia ) was also named for him in 1987 . The University of British Columbia hockey alumni group has hockey bursaries in Father David Bauer ' s name for student athletes who make the varsity hockey team . Bauer died in November 1988 , at the age of 64 in Goderich , Ontario . He was buried in his family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener , Ontario .