An underdog Johnson team? Hard to say they were the underdogs since they split with Hill during the regular season (Johnson won the first game 4-1 and Hill took the re-match 5-2) and Johnson entered the State Tournament with a 22-3-0 record while Hill came in at 22-2-0. They also tied for the St. Paul City Conference title that year.chester1991 wrote:What really hooked me was the Hill-Murray vs Johnson '84 quarterfinal game. The defending state champs getting beat late in the third period by a underdog Johnson team.
Your first memories of high school hockey
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First Memory?
About 1963.
Watching my older brother's team "almost" beat the mighty Rams in EGF.
The EGF program was only about 3 years old and the team was "less than average"
But almost beat the Rams that day.
My brother was a defenseman and was hitting people as much as he could, but, in the end, to no avail.
Was fun to watch, and of course, I had to follow Roseau all the way to state.
I believe they took 3rd place.
About 1963.
Watching my older brother's team "almost" beat the mighty Rams in EGF.
The EGF program was only about 3 years old and the team was "less than average"
But almost beat the Rams that day.
My brother was a defenseman and was hitting people as much as he could, but, in the end, to no avail.
Was fun to watch, and of course, I had to follow Roseau all the way to state.
I believe they took 3rd place.
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1972 Bemidji Lumberjacks first state tournament. The town shut down and as I think about it we must have been let out of school early because I remember watching them play the Falls and it was one of the afternoon games. The 'Jacks got the first goal when the Broncos' goalie, Peter Waselovich skated over to the bench thinking a penalty was called when the ref had raised his arm for something else. The Falls stormed back to crush Bemidji though, 8-3.
My dad wasn't a sports fan but I badgered him into taking me to as many games in 1973 and 1974 as I could, the best game being a matchup with Grand Rapids at the end of the season in 1974 which Bemidji lost. They got the Indians back in the state tourney, only to get shut out by Edina East in the final. Those teams were to me what the North Stars were to kids in the Cities. Nostalgic Nerd, this was pre-Star Wars so I had to make my hockey players out Lego too.
Then I moved to Little Falls, which was a basketball town and didn't even have a hockey program at that point. So I lost the intensity I had for high school hockey in Bemidji only to find it again in 2002 when I dragged my kids to a game just looking for something to do on a cold winter night.
My dad wasn't a sports fan but I badgered him into taking me to as many games in 1973 and 1974 as I could, the best game being a matchup with Grand Rapids at the end of the season in 1974 which Bemidji lost. They got the Indians back in the state tourney, only to get shut out by Edina East in the final. Those teams were to me what the North Stars were to kids in the Cities. Nostalgic Nerd, this was pre-Star Wars so I had to make my hockey players out Lego too.
Then I moved to Little Falls, which was a basketball town and didn't even have a hockey program at that point. So I lost the intensity I had for high school hockey in Bemidji only to find it again in 2002 when I dragged my kids to a game just looking for something to do on a cold winter night.
It's hard to win when you always lose.
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And you be like thisMite-dad wrote:You mean $$$$$$?Neutron 14 wrote:Ca-CHING!!!Mite-dad wrote:My first experience with HS hockey was the state quarterfinals in the Dave Spehar years. Hooked me bad and I hoped someday I'd have a son that would play hockey. Now I have 3 sons. WooooooHooooo!

