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  He was called Bullet Ben for his very hard and very accurate hockey shot during the UND playing days, which spanned 1952-55. Cherski was twice named to the All America team as a forward in 1953 and1954. He richly deserved those honors for he was a super hockey player and scorer of such great ability that none have come close to breaking his records, except a teammate, Hall of Famer Bill Reichard, who played 1954-57. Cherski, who will be a first to tell you that records are made to be broken, he fired goals at a pace unmatched my any Sioux hockey player since, even in the era of expanded played schedules. He owns these UND records: 40 goals in one season made in 1953-54 in 27 games; 131 goals in a four-year career in 1951-55 in 100 games; 188 total points in a four-year career; 7 three-goal hat-tricks in a season in 1953-54 in 27 games; 17 career three-goal hat-tricks; and consecutive games scoring a goal of 13 in 1951-52.