It was June and the Hockey Hall of Fame was trying to reach Jerry York with some big news: He had just become only the fifth college hockey coach to be elected to the hall. Now if only he would pick up the phone so they could tell him.

"With the advent of these robocalls, I never answer,” York ’57 said. “Every time I’ve been foolish enough to answer it’s ‘Oh, you owe back taxes’ or ‘The federal government is investigating you and your son has been captured.’ So, I just let it ring. And then five minutes later it rang again.”

When York finally did pick up, he learned of his election to the hall of fame. “It set me back a little bit,” he recalled. “I wasn’t expecting it. I never thought of it.” York was an All-American hockey player at Boston College before spending more than two decades coaching at Bowling Green State University and Clarkson University. He took over as coach at BC in 1994 and, with 1,067 regular-season victories to date, is the winningest college hockey coach in history. He’s also the all-time leader in NCAA Tournament wins with forty-one, has coached five national championship teams, and has sent fifty-seven players to the NHL.

Add it all up, and it’s a hall of fame résumé. “I started thinking of all of the assistant coaches I’ve had,” he said, “all the players that played for me…this is kind of a shout-out to all of them that helped the process.” Still, York said he prefers to continue to focus on the same two goals he always has: chasing trophies and graduating players. He’s led BC to four titles, but the last one was in 2012. “It’s been too long,” he said, smiling. “We have to win another one.”