With the brilliance of the CCHA title run lingering, had to post this. In a nod to Michigan’s hot junior goalie Shawn Hunwick, check out this wire photo taken in March 1953 featuring Wolverine goaltender Willard “Ike” Ikloa. Like Hunwick, Ikola wasn’t exactly a towering presence in the crease as according to the back of the wire pic he checked in at 5’8”, 152 pounds. I believe this shot was taken just a few days before the 1953 version of the Frozen Four which in its early years was held at the supersized Broadmoor Hotel complex in Colorado Springs. (Sidenote: Grab a copy of Blue Ice if you want some awesome history on the NCAA tournament, the Broadmoor, and of course Michigan.) The Blue made the best of the trip, shelling Boston College 14-2 in the semis and smoking Minnesota 7-3 to claim one of coach Vic Heyliger’s six NCAA titles. Check out this photo of the 1953 team with the trophy, a beauty queen (I think this explains why these teams kept coming back each year), and Ikola flashing his killer smile: #4 is damn smooth! Photo: U-M Bentley Library Ikola’s story doesn’t end there—not even close. A few years later Ikola minded the nets for the US Olympic hockey team in the 1956 Games, leading the Americans to…