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- WARROAD, MN Hockeytown USA® BORN TO skate As home to several Olympic, NHL, collegiate hockey players and the famous Warroad Lakers and boasting multiple high school boys and girls hockey state championships, Warroad truly lives up to its reputation as “Hockeytown USA.”
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skate. As home to several Olympic, NHL, collegiate hockey players and the famous Warroad Lakers and boasting multiple high school boys and girls hockey state championships, Warroad truly lives up to its reputation as “Hockeytown USA.”
- “There’s only one Hockeytown USA, and it’s not in Michigan”
Nobody thought much about the nickname “Hockeytown USA”...
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Together Roger and Bill Christian founded Christian...
- “There’s only one Hockeytown USA, and it’s not in Michigan”
Feb 19, 2017 · This small town has become such a hockey factory and developed such a rich history within the sport — at all levels — that it has been dubbed “Hockeytown, USA.” And with all apologies to the folks in Detroit, it is not a moniker that is out of place.
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Nobody thought much about the nickname “Hockeytown USA” which was bestowed upon Warroad in the 1950s, when boys from our town first began winning Olympic hockey medals. It fit. It made sense.
Together Roger and Bill Christian founded Christian Brothers, Inc., which was a leading hockey stick manufacturing company in Warroad, MN for many years. Roger Christian was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on October 7, 1989, and is a member of the Warroad Athletic Hall of Fame.
Warroad is also called "Hockeytown USA" [1] for its strong hockey tradition. The Warroad High School program has earned four men's state championship titles (1994, 1996, 2003, 2005) and four women's (2010, 2011, 2022, 2023) over 20 years, and has produced NHL and Olympic players.
Feb 22, 2022 · How did Warroad earn the iconic moniker of Hockeytown USA®? Learn about the origin of the nickname and the ongoing hockey legacy that supports it.
How many towns in America can claim eight hockey Olympians, five Hockey Hall of Famers, 10 current and past professional hockey players as well as a Stanley Cup Champion? The answer is one: Warroad, population 1,800. We are the real Hockeytown USA® and our history backs that up!