Eight decades of big names and memorable games--chronicling the highs and lows, the memories, and the legends from the Minnesota boys' state high school tournament--fully revised and updated with all the action through the 2023 tournament. Every spring, the state of Minnesota--from urban metropolises to remote border towns--is riveted by the spectacle of the boys' high school hockey tournament. Going back to the inaugural competition in 1945, the state tournament has produced incredible drama on and off the ice, featured legendary players, invigorated communities--and showcased some of the…mehr
Eight decades of big names and memorable games--chronicling the highs and lows, the memories, and the legends from the Minnesota boys' state high school tournament--fully revised and updated with all the action through the 2023 tournament. Every spring, the state of Minnesota--from urban metropolises to remote border towns--is riveted by the spectacle of the boys' high school hockey tournament. Going back to the inaugural competition in 1945, the state tournament has produced incredible drama on and off the ice, featured legendary players, invigorated communities--and showcased some of the best hockey hair the world has ever seen. The tournament draws thousands to St. Paul, and countless more tune in on television screens around the state. In Tourney Time, longtime sports journalists David La Vaque and L. R. Nelson take readers year by year through the tournament, highlighting the key games, the backstories, and the players that made each one shine. Interviews with players, coaches, and fans bring firsthand perspectives and insights to the games and tournaments, while in-depth statistics and results reveal the numbers behind the memories. In addition, the authors share their rankings of the most memorable moments, performances, characters, nicknames, upsets, and more from eighty years of tournament play. Combining archival research, personal recollections, and vivid imagery, Tourney Time offers a detailed and insightful history of the nation's greatest high school sports event and one of Minnesota's most cherished institutions. "It is the Stanley Cup, the World Series, and the Super Bowl, all rolled into one. You young men will go on from here and play in many other sports events, but you'll always remember the Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament as the best." --Herb Brooks
David La Vaque is a reporter for the Star Tribune and has been the newspaper's point person for high school hockey since 2010. He has covered the state tournament in its entirety each year, writing enterprise pieces on the sport and selecting the paper's All-Metro teams and Metro Player of the Year. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, he covered sports for the Minnesota Daily and his work has also appeared in such media as Athlon Sports Magazine, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CSN-Chicago, Duluth News Tribune, Miami Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, USA Junior Hockey Magazine, and US College Hockey Online Magazine, among others. He lives in Woodbury, Minnesota.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword Introduction The Early Years 1945: Fighting for Every Step 1946: The Masked Marvel 1947: Pride of the East Side 1948: The Iron Throne 1949: Mean Streak 1950: 'The Best Goalie We've Ever Had' 1951: Iron Range Idol 1952: From Fears to Cheers 1953: A Place Among Northern Stars 1954: Renaissance Men 1955: Greater Than Gold 1956: Walking Wounded 1957: Larger Than Life 1958: Border Crossing 1959: Sleeping Giant 1960: 'Hounds at the Door 1961: Forgotten Rams 1962: Escape Artist 1963: Fond Farewell 1964: 'A Real Scrapper' 1965: Internal Combustion 1966: No Stranger to Danger 1967: Teammate Turmoil 1968: Sluggo Star and Stinky The Golden Era: 1969: Collision Course 1970: Battle of 50th & France 1971: Promises Promises 1972: Living the Dream 1973: The Graduate 1974: The Final Countdown 1975: Chocolate Makes Everything Better 1976: Unbridled Success 1977: The Clown Prince 1978: 'You're Starting Kid' 1979: Every Day I Need Attention 1980: Comedy Central 1981: Sats and the Pylon 1982: Superteam 1983: Pursuit of Perfection 1984: Hurting Hornet 1985: Fight of Their Lives 1986: Eye of the Tiger 1987: Revenge in St. Paul 1988: Attack of the Clones 1989: Finishing Touch 1990: Iron Fist 1991: Twin Engines Modern Day: 1992: Defense Rests 1993: Single Digit Salute 1994: From the Mouths of Jags 1995: Once Twice Three Times a Legend 1996: The Game 1997: Tradition! 1998: Ode to the 218 1999: Chain Gang 2000: Mind Games 2001: Team of Destiny 2002: Angels and Demons 2003: Band of Brothers 2004: Mr. Zero 2005: BOOM! 2006: Captain Confidence 2007: Oliver's Twist 2008: Cliques Finally Click 2009: All for One 2010: Horse Manure 2011: To Stay Or Not To Stay 2012: Bel13ve 2013: 'The Nothing Move' 2014: E-dynasty Reborn 2015: Vision Quest 2016: Hammer Time 2017: Opportunity Lost And Found 2018: Glue Guy 2019: Going the Distance
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword Introduction The Early Years 1945: Fighting for Every Step 1946: The Masked Marvel 1947: Pride of the East Side 1948: The Iron Throne 1949: Mean Streak 1950: 'The Best Goalie We've Ever Had' 1951: Iron Range Idol 1952: From Fears to Cheers 1953: A Place Among Northern Stars 1954: Renaissance Men 1955: Greater Than Gold 1956: Walking Wounded 1957: Larger Than Life 1958: Border Crossing 1959: Sleeping Giant 1960: 'Hounds at the Door 1961: Forgotten Rams 1962: Escape Artist 1963: Fond Farewell 1964: 'A Real Scrapper' 1965: Internal Combustion 1966: No Stranger to Danger 1967: Teammate Turmoil 1968: Sluggo Star and Stinky The Golden Era: 1969: Collision Course 1970: Battle of 50th & France 1971: Promises Promises 1972: Living the Dream 1973: The Graduate 1974: The Final Countdown 1975: Chocolate Makes Everything Better 1976: Unbridled Success 1977: The Clown Prince 1978: 'You're Starting Kid' 1979: Every Day I Need Attention 1980: Comedy Central 1981: Sats and the Pylon 1982: Superteam 1983: Pursuit of Perfection 1984: Hurting Hornet 1985: Fight of Their Lives 1986: Eye of the Tiger 1987: Revenge in St. Paul 1988: Attack of the Clones 1989: Finishing Touch 1990: Iron Fist 1991: Twin Engines Modern Day: 1992: Defense Rests 1993: Single Digit Salute 1994: From the Mouths of Jags 1995: Once Twice Three Times a Legend 1996: The Game 1997: Tradition! 1998: Ode to the 218 1999: Chain Gang 2000: Mind Games 2001: Team of Destiny 2002: Angels and Demons 2003: Band of Brothers 2004: Mr. Zero 2005: BOOM! 2006: Captain Confidence 2007: Oliver's Twist 2008: Cliques Finally Click 2009: All for One 2010: Horse Manure 2011: To Stay Or Not To Stay 2012: Bel13ve 2013: 'The Nothing Move' 2014: E-dynasty Reborn 2015: Vision Quest 2016: Hammer Time 2017: Opportunity Lost And Found 2018: Glue Guy 2019: Going the Distance
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