Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The Genius of Warroad
In the far north of Minnesota, less than ten miles from Canada, lies the small town of Warroad. Though it has fewer than 2,000 people, it is well-known in the rest of the state for their hockey culture; their high school produces state champions, and players from that little town were on the US gold-medal Olympic teams in 1960 and 1980 (for the men) and 2018 (for the women). TJ Oshie of the Washington Capitals is one of several NHL players to come from the town.
In 2020, the pandemic hit little towns pretty hard. In Warroad, three neighbors hatched a plan to draw people outside: create a skate path on the river through town. Initially, they only planned to connect two hockey rinks, but those plans kept expanding. They explain here:
The path was extended this year to over five miles. And yes... a part of me wants to drive up there and skate it!
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What a wonderful community focused idea ... and in such a storied hockey community. Similar concept in Ottawa. Mark, let me know when you go. I will fly out with my skates and a warm toque!
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Yes ... and from the brief video ... wonderful to see all ages and all abilities enjoying being out on the ice. For all my years of playing organized ice hockey, even with brief D1 career ... many of my favorite memories are from playing pond hockey as a youth with boots as goals ... back in the cold, snowy, pre-climate change winters of my youth. Not a lot of that going on in Richmond.
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