Former Hockey Coach Bartley Joining Hall of Fame Ranks

J. Michael Bartley, Head Coach of the Shaker Heights High School varsity hockey team from 1976-2013, will be inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 15.

Coach Bartley holds the title of State of Ohio Winningest High School Head Hockey Coach and has received numerous awards from the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League, Lake Erie High School Hockey League and the Plain Dealer High School Coach of the Year Awards. He also received the 2001 OHSAA Sportsmanship, Ethics & Integrity Coaches Award and the 2013 National Federation of State High School Associations Hockey Coach of the Year Award (Ohio).

In addition, Coach Bartley was a coach, instructor and consultant for the Shaker Youth Hockey Program, and he started the city's Mighty Mite hockey program and the Shaker Spring Hockey Clinics. He also directed and taught at the Thornton Park Hockey Schools.

Thornton Park's skating rink has been named for Coach Bartley, and he has previously been inducted into the Shaker Heights High School Hockey Alumni Hall of Fame and the Sarnia Lambton Sports Hall of Fame in Canada where he grew up.

Coach Bartley's record with the Shaker Heights High School hockey team included:

Games As Head Coach	1028		OHSAA District Championships	11
Record	640-352-36		OHSAA District Finalists	14
OHSAA State Championships	4		Baron Cup (City) Tournament Championships	9
OHSAA State Finalist	7		Baron Cup (City) Tournament Finalists	12
OHSAA Final Four	11		Thornton Park Tournament Championships	7

More information on his induction and the induction class can be found at http://www.clevelandsportshall.com