Ben Cherski

Ben Cherski (October 29, 1929 – May 19, 2017) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played from 1951 to 1955 at the University of North Dakota."Ben Cherski", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed 8 Apr 2015 He was three times an All-American in ice hockey and holds a record of seven hat tricks in one season (1953–54 season) and 17 all-time.http://siouxsports.com/hockey/history/individual.htm He has 188 points all-time in his career. In 1978, he was inducted into the University of North Dakota Letterwinners Association Hall of Fame.http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204763219 He died in California in 2017.http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=211619790
==Awards and honors==
Award 	Year 	Notes
All-MCHL First Team 	1952–53	
AHCA First Team All-American	1952–53	
All-WIHL First Team 	1953–54	
AHCA First Team All-American	1953–54	
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Category:1929 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta
Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey players
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