Jay Gearan -- Worcester telegram and Gazette
Former Hartford Whaler Tim Sheehy doesn’t play hockey anymore, but he’s still always around
rinks, some nights watching his son, Dan, play for Algonquin Regional,
other nights scouting potential college and professional players.
In 1972, with the country embroiled in social unrest and the war in Vietnam, Olympic athletes did not command the media attention that exploded eight years later at Lake Placid.
“We’ve been called ‘The Forgotten Team,’ ” said Sheehy, who co-captained the all-amateur squad. “Russia won it all, and that was probably the greatest hockey team ever assembled with someone who many of us thought was the best player in the world, Valeri Kharlamov.”
Sheehy, was a star high school hockey player from International Falls, Minn., and led his team to 59 consecutive wins and three straight state championships. He turned down NHL draft opportunities and chose a full athletic scholarship to Boston College in 1966.



