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Led
International Falls high school
to three consecutive state championships
and 59 straight wins from 1964-1966. |
"The Finest I've Ever Seen"
Minneapolis Tribune, Feb 20, 1966
Heading the first line [for International Falls]
is Tim Sheehy, an All-State player the past two years and a lad whom
Minnesota coach John Mariucci calls "the finest I've ever seen in this
state".
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Sheehy has 53 goals and 40
assists this season. In the Region Seven championship game
against Coleraine, all five Falls goals came off his stick. |
Sheehy, Most-Sought Ever
Minneapolis
Tribune, Feb 24, 1966
No hockey player since
John Mayasich had received the rush that Sheehy is
getting.
Some of the experts rate the International Falls ace as
the best ever to play in a State Hockey Tournament.
Minnesota and ever college with a hockey program has
made an effort to interest the Falls senior. |
Called By Many, "The Greatest"
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Feb 24, 1966
Defending champion, International
Falls, has a record of 25-0 and a consecutive winning
streak of 55 victories. They have scored 178
goals in their 25 triumphs -- an average of
7.12 goals/game.
Two-time All-Stater Tim Sheehy, called by many the
greatest played ever to play high school hockey in
Minnesota, paces the attack with 53 goals and 40
assists. [That's 93 Pts for an average of
3.72 Pts/Game] |
Called "The Best"
John Gilbert, Minneapolis Tribune,
Feb 24, 1969
Sheehy, the former
International Falls center now at Boston College, is
often called the best Minnesota high school player in
recent history. |
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Region 7 Tournament |
International Falls 10 -- Grand Rapids
2
Duluth
News-Tribune, Feb 15,1966
Tim Sheehy's five-goal burst paced a 10-2
Bronco rout of game but outmanned Grand Rapids. His five
goals [and a couple assists] was the best individual output of
his distinguished career.
Halfway through the second period, Sheehy scored his
second goal of the evening on a brilliant solo dash the length of the
rink. The muscular all-stater picked up the puck behind his
own net, charged down the left side and broke down on the Rapids goalie
off the wing. He was almost on top of him before he flipped
the puck between the goal tender's legs after a quick head fake. |
International Falls 9 -- Hibbing 0
Duluth
News-Tribune, Feb 16,1966
Sheehy displayed another facet of his abundance of
talent early in the game. He controlled the face-off in the
Hibbing zone, quickly maneuvered in with a dandy bit of stickhandling
and nearly faked the Bluejacket goalie out of his skates for the second
goal of the game.
Sheehy had one goal and three assists. |
International Falls 5 -- Greenway 3
Duluth News-Tribune, Feb 18,1966
Tim Sheehy made the Region 7 hockey
championship his own playground Thursday night, scoring five goals in
leading International Falls to its seventh state tournament berth in ten
years.
A razzle-dazzle display of stickhandling enabled Sheehy
to complete his hat trick midway through the second period.
He broke down the right wing and faked his way through the defense to
come in on the goalie and score after the goaltender had committed
himself.
The fabulous Bronco center completed possibly the
greatest one-man regional show in the state's history. He
scored twice in each of the first two periods and added a finale in the
third.
In all, Sheehy scored 11 goals in three regional games
and added five assists. |
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State Tournament |
International Falls 3 -- Blm. Kennedy
1
Duluth
News-Tribune, Feb 25,1966
The defending state champions [20-0-0], possibly taking
upstart Bloomington Kennedy [8-6-4] too lightly, managed a hard-earned
3-1 triumph.
It was a lesson for the Falls in defensive tactics,
hard-checking hockey, which threw their high-scoring attack out of gear.
But in the end, the Broncos had enough artillery in their arsenal to
withstand their fired-up adversary.
Tim Sheehy fired his teams 's first two goals.
Falls out-shot Kennedy 38-13. |
International Falls 2 -- South St.
Paul 1
Duluth
News-Tribune, Feb 26,1966
International Falls [21-0-0] earned the
right to defend its state championship with a hard-earned victory over
aroused South St. Paul [14-7-0].
Tim Sheehy had one goal. South St. Paul
out-shot the Falls 32-29. |
International Falls 5 -- Roseau 0
Duluth
News-Tribune, Feb 27,1966
The all-conquering Broncos from the border annexed
their third straight title with a
decisive 5-0 victory over Roseau in an
all-Northern final. It was
the 28th victory without a defeat for
Coach Larry Ross and his team and the
58th in a row since the Region 7 finals
in 1964.
Tim Sheehy had one assist.
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finals: Roseau [16-3-1] was out-shot by
Greenway 32-23 . . . , but won
3-2. |
| Semi-finals:
Roseau was out-shot by St. Paul Johnson 54-25 . .
. , but won 5-4 in 3OT's |
| Finals:
Roseau was out-shot by International Falls
44-21
. . . , and lost . |
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