via MichaelCaples of MiHockeyNow,

The college hockey world lost one of its best coaches during the night.

Ron Mason, once the record-holder for most NCAA hockey wins as a head coach, has passed away at age 76.

He won 924 men’s college hockey games over 36 seasons at Lake Superior State (1966-73), Bowling Green State University (1973-79) and Michigan State University (1979-2002).

Mason guided two of those teams to national championships – winning a NAIA national title with LSSU in 1972 and a NCAA national title with MSU in 1986.

One of the creators of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association in 1972, Mason captured 10 CCHA regular-season titles – three with Bowling Green and seven with the Spartans – and 13 postseason crowns.

He was named the American Hockey Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 1992, and CCHA coach of the year on seven different occasions.

added 9:05am, from Tyler Haward of isportsweb,

Sources close to the Michigan State hockey program have confirmed former coach Ron Mason passed away at the age of 76.

Mason coached the MSU hockey program from 1979 to 2002 before becoming the athletic director at the university from then until 2008.

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