Bill Butters
William Joseph Butters is an American former professional ice hockey player.
Butters was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and played high school hockey at White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He played for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1971–73, coached by Glen Sonmor and Herb Brooks, and he served as team captain in 1972-73. Butters went on to play 217 games in the World Hockey Association for the Minnesota Fighting Saints, Houston Aeros, Edmonton Oilers and New England Whalers, followed by 72 games in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars.
In 1980, after retiring as a player, Butters became involved the Christian Hockey Camps International, run by Hockey Ministries International.
From 2010 to 2012, Butters was an assistant coach with the University of Wisconsin Badgers. Butters stepped down from this position in order to return to work with the Ministries.
