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HISTORY. BILL CHRISTIAN. Bill was born in Warroad, MN on January 28, 1938. As a freshman in high school, Bill helped the Warroad Warriors take home a 2 nd place trophy in the 1953 Minnesota State High School Tournament playing alongside his older brother, Roger.
Jan 21, 2024 · The history and heritage of hockey in Warroad is a matter of town pride. Its biggest booster was Calvin Coolidge “Cal” Marvin (1924-2004), who coached hockey for nearly 50 years. Cal Marvin grew up skating on the river and dreamed of an indoor rink.
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Feb 19, 2017 · Warroad’s NHL legacy began in 1971 with the debut of Henry Boucha, a silver medalist at the 1972 Olympics, and another member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Hockey in Warroad dates back more than 100 years and has been a staple of this small Minnesota town since the early 1900s. Legend has it, in 1904 when George Marvin hopped off a train in Warroad, the first question he asked was, ‘You don’t happen to play hockey, do you?”
Bill was born in Warroad, MN on January 28, 1938. As a freshman in high school, Bill helped the Warroad Warriors take home a 2 nd place trophy in the 1953 Minnesota State High School Tournament playing alongside his older brother, Roger.
Throughout history the Warroad was the road the warriors knowingly took into the next battle. Modern day Warroad, Minnesota has embodied the true culture of hockey in its purest form for decades.
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But in all of that hype and happiness, someone decided to take it a step too far. Signs proclaiming Detroit as “Hockeytown” started to appear in the late 1990s – a full 40 years after the name had rightfully landed in eastern Roseau County. They put the name at center ice of Joe Louis Arena.
