Editing Wendell R. Anderson (section)

==Hockey career==
From 1951 to 1954, Anderson played defense for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|University of Minnesota]], where he made two [[NCAA Frozen Four]] runs in his final two seasons (the Gophers were defeated in back-to-back championship finals by the [[1952–53 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season|Michigan Wolverines]] and the [[1953–54 RPI Bachelors men's ice hockey season|RPI Bachelors]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gophersports.com/news/2016/7/17/Remembering_Former_Gov_Wendell_Anderson|title=Remembering Former Gov. Wendell Anderson|website=gophersports.com|date=July 17, 2017|access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>). He was a member of the U.S. hockey team that won a silver medal at the [[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956 Winter Olympics]]. Long after his on-ice career ended, he was drafted in 1972 by the [[Minnesota Fighting Saints]] in the inaugural [[World Hockey Association]] draft, in what was seen as a publicity stunt. (Not to be outdone, another WHA team selected Soviet Premier [[Alexei Kosygin]].) Anderson chose to remain governor.

===Career statistics===
====Regular season and playoffs====
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]] 
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]] 
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! [[Season (sports)|Season]] 
! Team 
! League 
! GP 
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] 
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] 
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] 
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]] 
! GP
! G 
! A 
! Pts 
! PIM 
|-
| 1950–51
| [[St. Paul Johnson High School]]
| [[Minnesota State High School League|USHS]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1951–52
| [[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|University of Minnesota]]
| [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|MCHL]]
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
| 1952–53
| University of Minnesota
| MCHL
| 32 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 26
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1953–54
| University of Minnesota
| WIHL
| 28 || 4 || 11 || 15 || 18
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1954–55
| Minneapolis Bungalows
| MNHL
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1961–62
| Minneapolis Rebels
| [[United States Hockey League|USHL Sr.]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | College totals
! 63 !! 7 !! 19 !! 25 !! 46
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

====International====
{{MedalTop}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo]] |[[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|- 
| [[1955 Ice Hockey World Championships|1955]]
| [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 4th
| 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 5
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]]
| United States
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympics|OLY]]
| {{silver2}}
| 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="4"|Totals 
! 15 !! 2 !! 3 !! 5 !! 7
|}