Still Tiger Hockey's fourth leading scorer of all time, Bruce Aikens made a name for himself long before he ever arrived at Colorado College as a freshman in 1978.

And this week, his hometown of Rochester, Minn., ceremoniously recognized the 1982 CC graduate.

A crowd of 350 was on hand Monday at Rochester's Mayo Civic Center to honor Aikens and three other inductees as the newest members of the Rochester Quarterbacks Club Hall of Fame.

Aikens, whose family moved to the city when he was a toddler because his dad was playing hockey for the Rochester Mustangs semi-pro team, grew up to become a three-sport standout at John Marshall High School there. He helped lead John Marshall to the state hockey championship as a junior in 1977, and his 250 career points as a prep remain a school record to this day.

He is one of just five Colorado College players in history to amass 200 career points as a Tiger, and also one of only five to drill home 100 goals. He won the annual M.B. Hopper Award as CC's overall scoring leader in each of his final three seasons, collecting 217 points (100g,117a) altogether. Only Dave Delich (1975-79) with 285, Brian Swanson (1995-99) with 232 and Doug Palazzari (1970-74) with 228 have compiled more.

A resident of the Colorado Springs area for more than three decades since his college days, Aikens earned second-team All-WCHA honors as a junior in 1980-81, when the Tigers pulled off a stunning upset over national champion-to-be Wisconsin in the opening round of the league playoffs. In a two-game, total-goals format, Colorado College stunned the Badgers 11-4 in the series finale on a dreary Sunday afternoon after suffering an 8-2 loss the night before. That victory, historically referred to by CC fans as “The Miracle in Madison,” is remembered as “Black Sunday” by UW followers.