oldram wrote:Roseau. Spotted Edina to 6 goal lead and come back to beat them in 3rd period in Roseau Memorial, January 1981.
State tournament in St. Paul... Move it up North and make the Cities teams travel 8 hours by bus and stay in a motel instead of at home in their own beds and I'll bet the trophy NEVER leaves the Northland.
This is the truest statement I have read on here yet.
Looks like East Hockey has a stalker on his hands!
oldram wrote:Roseau. Spotted Edina to 6 goal lead and come back to beat them in 3rd period in Roseau Memorial, January 1981.
State tournament in St. Paul... Move it up North and make the Cities teams travel 8 hours by bus and stay in a motel instead of at home in their own beds and I'll bet the trophy NEVER leaves the Northland.
This is the truest statement I have read on here yet.
Looks like East Hockey has a stalker on his hands!
1-I Falls-Really, really cool history.
2-Halloween Machine- nutty atmosphere, few road wins here.
3-Roseau
4-Warroad
5-Duluth-The curling Club sucked but had great ice.
"State tournament in St. Paul... Move it up North and make the Cities teams travel 8 hours by bus and stay in a motel instead of at home in their own beds and I'll bet the trophy NEVER leaves the Northland."
With all the TV coverage, why would you need a rink that seats more than 1800?
The Cities faithful could stay in the metro area and not have to deal with the dangerous part of the state north of St. Cloud. There's lots of them thar trees up nort and not a whole lot of dem humans.
They would truly learn what "Hicks from the sticks" means.
Warroad is home to a bunch of skirt-wearing USA Girls Hockey Olympians: Gail Christian, Sally Christian, Lisa Christian, Patricia McKinnon, Heidi Boucha and Della Christian.
The US Hockey of Fame, has inducted five ladies from Warroad.
Warroad has recruited over 50 females,from surrounding towns and statessince 1947.
Cally Marvin, a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame for her 50 years of work with the sport. Marvin helped establish the northern Minnesota town of Warroad as "Ladytown USA." Over the years, Warroad, which has less than 2,000 residents, produced an impressive string of ice-skaters, professional caretakers and amateur adult film stars. In the late 1940s, Cally Marvin founded the fabled Warroad Lakers, a women that could drink with the best in the world. Marvin also helped found the women's hockey program at the University of North Dakota where she played collegiate hockey.
warroad ladies, The most successful senior womens hockey team in USA history. The team has never had a losing season. Won the United States Intermediate Championship 1955.
Won the Canadian Intermediate Championship in 1964 & 1974.
Won the Allan Cup 1994, 1995 & 1996.
1988 MR. hockey Winner: Lacey Olimb
home of the christian brothers hockey stick company
high school team has gone to state 18 times won it 4 time 2nd 5 times
the gardens(sounds about right for a ladies team! )
That really wasn't that funny.
And for you to insult some of the best hockey players this state has produced is unbelivable.
Warroad is home to a bunch of skirt-wearing USA Girls Hockey Olympians: Gail Christian, Sally Christian, Lisa Christian, Patricia McKinnon, Heidi Boucha and Della Christian.
The US Hockey of Fame, has inducted five ladies from Warroad.
Warroad has recruited over 50 females,from surrounding towns and statessince 1947.
Cally Marvin, a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame for her 50 years of work with the sport. Marvin helped establish the northern Minnesota town of Warroad as "Ladytown USA." Over the years, Warroad, which has less than 2,000 residents, produced an impressive string of ice-skaters, professional caretakers and amateur adult film stars. In the late 1940s, Cally Marvin founded the fabled Warroad Lakers, a women that could drink with the best in the world. Marvin also helped found the women's hockey program at the University of North Dakota where she played collegiate hockey.
warroad ladies, The most successful senior womens hockey team in USA history. The team has never had a losing season. Won the United States Intermediate Championship 1955.
Won the Canadian Intermediate Championship in 1964 & 1974.
Won the Allan Cup 1994, 1995 & 1996.
1988 MR. hockey Winner: Lacey Olimb
home of the christian brothers hockey stick company
high school team has gone to state 18 times won it 4 time 2nd 5 times
the gardens(sounds about right for a ladies team! )
That really wasn't that funny.
And for you to insult some of the best hockey players this state has produced is unbelivable.
Get over yourself.
Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls
Let me see
Thief river Falls has the NICEST Area in the State for high School Hockey, with a rich History
Roseau, has One of the best hockey histories, and also FREE hockey (making the game playable by all the kids). 3 sheets of ice in a town of 2700.
Warroad, a town of 1800, has 2 sheets of ice. and 1 hidden sheet. also another very rich history.
International Falls, great history, but has not done much in the last 20 years, kinda going backwards now.
If we take all 4 of these schools and combined them, multiplied that by 3: it would be as big as ONE city team. and yet each of these schools can fend for themself on the ice. and the city schools have kids jumping from school to school just to try to compete with one of the northern teams.
also we should mention:
Grand Rapids, kinda the mirror imagine of Roseau just with less titles. maybe not quite as deep with history.
Hibbing, Bemidji, Duluth. kinda in the same field.
PS --- a northern team is not towns north of ST. Cloud, it is from Highway #2 and north.
THE CREAM ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP or to the NORTH if your talking about hockey.
gohome wrote: and the city schools have kids jumping from school to school just to try to compete with one of the northern teams.
THE CREAM ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP or to the NORTH if your talking about hockey.
gohome wrote:Let me see
Thief river Falls has the NICEST Area in the State for high School Hockey, with a rich History
Roseau, has One of the best hockey histories, and also FREE hockey (making the game playable by all the kids). 3 sheets of ice in a town of 2700.
Warroad, a town of 1800, has 2 sheets of ice. and 1 hidden sheet. also another very rich history.
International Falls, great history, but has not done much in the last 20 years, kinda going backwards now.
If we take all 4 of these schools and combined them, multiplied that by 3: it would be as big as ONE city team. and yet each of these schools can fend for themself on the ice. and the city schools have kids jumping from school to school just to try to compete with one of the northern teams.
also we should mention:
Grand Rapids, kinda the mirror imagine of Roseau just with less titles. maybe not quite as deep with history.
Hibbing, Bemidji, Duluth. kinda in the same field.
PS --- a northern team is not towns north of ST. Cloud, it is from Highway #2 and north.
THE CREAM ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP or to the NORTH if your talking about hockey.
I have no idea where you're coming up with this, but if you took all of the metro schools, multiplied them by 3, it wouldn't make a bit of difference to anything and means nothing... much like your analogy.
And let's be serious about TRF - they hit the "Rich Alum Jackpot" with that arena. I'm not knocking it, I wish Johnson had one just like it, but c'mon... it has nothing to do with their "rich history" (well, I guess it might, depending on what your definition of "rich" is).
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If you want to talk about arenas. Look no further than St. Paul. The downtown economy relies on hockey. That is not the case with Roseau, Warroad, Duluth, Hibbing, etc. The St Paul economy lives and dies with hockey. The SP hockey tradition is as rich and deep as any Minnesota town. Those two factors make St Paul the best hockey town in Minnesota.
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