Private
[Catholic] schools co-existed with the public schools
.
They played each other
during the regular season. But only public
schools participated in the state tournament.
In 1965, the first State
Independent H.S. Hockey Tournament took place. The
tournament site alternated between Duluth and the St. Paul
Auditorium.
Crookston Cathedral represented northwestern Minnesota
and Duluth Cathedral represented northeast.
Completing the field were a slew of Twin City Metro
area teams like St. Paul Hill, Benilde, Blake, Breck, St.
Thomas Academy, and St. Paul
Cretin. Every now and then the
tournament would allow a catholic school from Michigan to
compete; usually the team was from Marquette.
During the period of
late-sixties and early-seventies, the private schools
[particularly Duluth Cathedral] held bragging rights over
the public schools.
Cathedral would beat up on all the public school teams, including
Duluth East, Greenway, and
Hibbing.
The Duluth Cathedral Hill-Toppers even ended International Falls'
three-year winning streak at 58
games. Then the Hilltoppers would go off
to a very good
private school tournament, while one of the Range teams they had
beaten would win the "big" tournament.
Those [Duluth] Cathedral
teams were some of the best to ever play the game in this
state. It was a fore gone conclusion
that they would have had a couple of public school titles if
eligible. The private
schools played by a different set of rules back then and had
to adapt to the eligibility rules of the MSHSL to join the
rest of the schools. |
In the 1970's,
Blake and St. Paul Hill were the dominant teams. Hill
was the champion in 1970 and '72. They were undefeated
in '71, but lost the championship game to Blake
Blake won
their second title in '73.
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1965 |
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Q |
Duluth
Cath 4 , St. Paul Cretin
0 |
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Q |
St.
Thomas Academy 5 , Benilde
2 |
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Q |
St.
Paul Hill 4 , St. Bernard's
1 |
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Q |
St.
Agnes over Crookston
Cath |
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S |
Duluth Cathedral 5 ,
St. Agnes 3 |
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S |
St.
Paul Hill 9 , St. Thomas
Acad 2 |
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F |
Duluth
Cath 3 , St. Paul Hill
2 |
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3rd |
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Conc |
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1965 All-Tournament Team |
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Phil Hoene, Duluth
Cathedral, F |
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Dan Sivertson,
Duluth Cathedral, F |
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Dan Wright, Duluth
Cathedral, G |
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1966 |
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Q |
Duluth Cathedral 5 ,
St. Agnes 1 |
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Q |
Benilde 9 ,
St. Paul Hill 4 |
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Q |
St. Bernard's 4 ,
Crookston Cath 0 |
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Q |
Cretin 6 ,
De La Salle 1 |
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S |
Duluth Cathedral 5 ,
Benilde 3 |
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S |
St. Bernard's 4 ,
Cretin 3 |
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F |
Duluth Cath 9 ,
St. Bernard's 0 |
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3rd |
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Conc |
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1966 All-Tournament Team |
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Phil Hoene, Duluth
Cathedral, F |
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Dan Sivertson,
Duluth Cathedral, F |
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Dan Wright, Duluth
Cathedral, G |
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1967 |
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Q |
Duluth Cathedral 7 ,
De LaSalle 0 |
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Q |
St. Paul Cretin 3 ,
St. Paul Hill 0 |
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Q |
Benilde 4 ,
Crookston Cathedral 0 |
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Q |
St. Agnes 8 ,
St. Bernard's 3 |
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S |
Duluth Cath 8 ,
St. Paul Cretin 1 |
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S |
Benilde 6 ,
St. Agnes 4 |
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F |
Duluth Cathedral 4 ,
Benilde 2 |
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3rd |
St. Agnes 3 ,
St. Paul Cretin 1 |
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Conc |
St. Bernard's 3 ,
St. Paul Hill 1 |
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1967 All-Tournament Team |
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Phil Hoene, Duluth
Cathedral, F |
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Dan Sivertson,
Duluth Cathedral, F |
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Larry Trachsel,
Duluth Cathedral, F |
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Pokey Trachsel,
Duluth Cathedral, D |
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Dan Wright, Duluth
Cathedral, G |
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Bob Finke, Benilde,
D |
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Bob Elsen, Benilde,
F |
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Ken Gese, St. Agnes |
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Jerry
O'Conner, St. Agnes |
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Steve Romanchuk,
Hill |
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Tom Colaizy, Cretin |
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Tom McNamara, St.
Bernard's |
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1968 |
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Q |
Duluth Cath 9 ,
St. Thomas Acad 1 |
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Q |
St. Paul Brady 4 ,
St. Paul Cretin 2 |
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Q |
St. Agnes 6 ,
St. Paul Hill 3 |
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Q |
St. Bernard's 4 ,
Crookston Cath 2 |
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S |
Duluth Cathedral 6 ,
Brady 1 |
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S |
St. Agnes 7 ,
St. Bernard's 3 |
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F |
Duluth Cathedral 4 ,
St. Agnes 3 |
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3rd |
St. Bernard's 3 ,
Brady 2 |
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Conc |
St. Paul Cretin 3 ,
St. Paul Hill
2 |
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1968 All-Tournament Team |
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Steve (Pokey) Trachsel,
Duluth Cath, D |
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Kevin Hoene, Duluth
Cath., F |
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Tom Paul, Duluth
Cath., F |
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Tom Cartier, Duluith
Cath., F |
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Jerry O'Conner, St.
Agnes, F |
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Mike Mallenger, St.
Agnes, D |
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Jim Morin, St.
Agnes, D |
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Larry Doyle, St.
Agnes, F |
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John Olson, St.
Bernard, G |
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Tony
Byrne, Cretin |
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Joe Scheafer, Brady |
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Greg Langevin, St.
Paul Hill |
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1969 |
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Q |
Duluth Cathedral 9 ,
Brady 1 |
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Q |
St. Thomas 3 ,
St. Paul Cretin 2 |
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Q |
Crookston Cathedral
3 , Benilde 1 |
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Q |
St. Paul Hill 6 ,
St. Bernard's 2 |
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S |
Duluth Cathedral 13
, St. Thomas 4 |
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S |
St. Paul Hill 4 ,
Crookston Cathedral 3 |
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F |
Duluth Cathedral 6 ,
St. Paul Hill 1 |
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3rd |
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Conc |
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1971 |
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Q |
St. Paul Hill 14-0
over Breck |
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Q |
Crookston Cathedral
5-3 over Duluth Cath |
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Q |
Blake 8-5 over
Cretin |
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Q |
Benilde 6-0
over St. Thomas |
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S |
St. Paul Hill 7-0
over Crookston Cathedral |
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S |
Blake 5-2 over
Benilde |
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F |
Blake 4-2 over
St. Paul Hill |
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3rd |
Benilde 7-3
over Crookston Cathedral |
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Conc |
Cretin 4-2
over St. Thomas |
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Duluth Cathedral
11-2 over Breck |
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Duluth Cathedral 5-2
over Cretin |
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1974 |
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St. Paul Academy |
Champion |
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Private School
Tournament Players Beyond H.S. |
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Sr Yr |
Player |
H.S. |
D-1 College |
NHL |
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1967 |
Kevin Hoene |
Duluth Cathedral |
Notre Dame |
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1967 |
Dan Wright |
Duluth Cathedral |
1965, 66, 67
All-Tournament Teams |
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1968 |
Phil Hoene |
Duluth Cathedral |
U of
MN-Duluth |
Los Angeles |
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1968 |
Steve ( Pokey ) Trachsel |
Duluth Cathedral |
U of
MN-Duluth |
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1966, 67, 68
All-Tournament Teams |
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1969 |
Gary Royal |
Crookston Cath |
U of North Dakota |
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1970 |
Pat Conroy |
St. Paul Hill |
Notre Dame |
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1971 |
Steve Sertich |
Duluth
Cathedral |
Bowling Green,
St Scholastica |
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1972 |
Dave
Langevin |
St. Paul Hill |
U of
MN-Duluth |
N Y Islanders |
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1972 |
Mark
Olive |
Blake |
Notre Dame |
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1972 |
Dick Spannbauer |
St. Paul Hill |
U of Minnesota |
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1974 |
Mitch Corbin |
Duluth Cathedral |
U of
MN-Duluth |
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1974 |
Dan
Hoene |
Duluth
Cathedral |
Michigan |
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1975 |
Tom Gorence |
St. Paul
Academy |
U of Minn. |
Philadelphia |
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Larry Doyle |
St. Agnes |
U of Manitoba,
Canada |
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- - |
Bill Klatt |
St. Paul Hill |
U of Minnesota |
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- - |
Jerry O'Connor |
St. Agnes |
U of MN-Duluth |
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- - |
Tommy Paul |
Duluth
Cathedral |
Harvard |
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- - |
Mike Randolph |
Duluth
Cathedral |
1975-76 U.S. Nat'l T |
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- - |
Bob Young |
St. Paul Hill |
Brandon U, Canada |
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