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being a 71 grad of johnson and it also being the high school of my father..i am well aware of our storied history..lou.. held out his best plyrs..for many non conference games..i was alluding to the game ..yet not decided on but yet to come...i had friends..close friends on both hill teams and lifel...

1965..as long as there was ice..m-f after dinner walk to the rink..skate till they shut off the lights..then walk home..it was safe in those days to walk the streets skates slung on stick over shoulder..if friday or saturday..there b4 warming house opened ..sat in the snow laced em up and dropped th...

and that game in 1970,i believe but i will have to make a few calls did not include the finest prep goalie ever in mn doug long..in the early days of johnson hockey and sports our team colors were pink and olive green..lol i have seen one of the hand knit jerseys from the tweenties ..love all minnes...

quanity yes quality no..big diff and i was at that game in 1970 and we did not start our top two lines ..getting ready i guess to play one of the greatest tourney games ever against the hornets.in quarter finals and the nhl is not as good as it once was..the talent pool is to thin many players out t...

the old st paul auditorium drew largest crowd ever to watch a hs game govies vs knights..it was carried on national tv..remember a close friend of mine getting his stick caught in the chicken wire ..i am sure the record was broke a long time..it was just a regular game ..most pro's of the day will t...

the old st paul auditorium drew largest crowd ever to watch a hs game govies vs knights..it was carried on national tv ..i am sure the record was broke a long time..it was just a regular game ..most pro's of the day will tell you the met had the best ice in all the nhl..cept the night bill Masterson...

herb also grabbed two back to back ncaa I titles with only homegrown talent..oh yeah he got to wear a silver medal as a plyr from olympic squad and won a gold as a coach and a stanley cup i think..he sent more "mn" plyrs to the pro's than you can omagine..yes sorry it was a bit off topic//...

Paul Holmgren...flyers you remember player and coach


Paul Holmgren 500 138 171 309 1600 1975-1984 9 F 12/2/1955 St. Paul, MN


the 500 is games..1600 pim


won a few cups on the ice and behind the bench


oh yeah herb should count too

i will spell it for you Paul Holmgren

are we talking just this season..or are we getting in the time machine when half the schools mentioned like little falls never fielded a hockey team..tome to do some research

hill and cretin cannot seriously be considered old school hockey in mn..was a time when our pee wee team could whup up on either

lol..edina is and always will be a great hockey area..bny your really off base calling the old timey

wimps...in the day as they say all of our jv game were played outside mostly on the Phelan "a " rink...several theories have been put forth over the quality of Mn hockey youth not as good as it once was..attributed to games being all indoor now...kids just as not as tough..hardly see any r...

yeah i remember playing greenway of coleraine and watched them heat up dimes and throw them in the crease of our goal never saw that till we went north,,still couldn't beat the best goalie ever in Mn doug long :lol: