Robert V. "Happy" Heathcott is a Canadian retired ice hockey Defenceman who played for Michigan in the early 1950s.
[1] Heathcott played several years of junior A ice hockey in Canada before he began attending the University of Michigan in the fall of 1948.
He helped Michigan reach their third consecutive tournament but the team had to settle for winning the consolation game.
[2] His play and scoring increased for the 1950–51 season and Heathcott was selected as an AHCA First Team All-American[3] while again helping the Wolverines reach the tournament.
Heathcott's final goal that season proved to be the game-winning goal in Michigan's 8-2 drubbing of Boston University (the team that had defeated them the previous season) and after dominating Brown in the following game, Michigan claimed the 1951 National Championship.