![]() Paul City schools - Eveleth, International Falls, Roseau & St. In 1957, the NHL had but six teams, all east of Minnesota, and hockey as an organized high school sport was mainly played in the northern Minnesota Iron Range region plus a few St. We could not have imagined the spectacle that the Minnesota State Hockey Tournament would become. And the goalie screaming “No Raising!” (We had to take turns at goalie as it was the rare kid who would willingly stop a puck off the ice). Some sliding around in boots some in figure skates a few in hockey skates and a couple with speed skates some with a stick without a blade in lieu of a real hockey stick. We were essentially playing basketball rules. ![]() Offside was a football term icing was on a cake. Of course, we knew next to nothing about hockey rules. There were some pretty good deals for some families with a bunch of kids. There was not much profit margin since Uncle Dave didn’t want to deny kids the opportunity to skate. I loved ice skating there during the late 40s and early 50s. Back Alley: Card game of trump played by 2 to 4 players (mostly snipes). Each fall the hardware store would lay in a stock of ice skates, hockey sticks and pucks. If the first partial day is counted, its referred to as the 8 Day Skate.
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