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Feb 25-26-27, 1965 St. Paul Auditorium

1965 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Team Goals Assists Total Points
Pete Fichuk International Falls 4 3 7

NO 'CINDERELLA'

International Falls capped an undefeated season with a 7-0 victory over Bloomington in the championship game.  Dan Mahle had a hat trick and Pete Fichuk had two goals and three assists for the Broncos.  Along the way, Bloomington became a tournament fan favorite in its path to the title game.  The Bears entered the tournament with a 9-8-4 records.  Bloomington defeated Thief River Falls 4-2 in the quarterfinals and then topped St. Paul Johnson 3-2 in the semifinals to prevent a third consecutive title game that would feature International Falls and St. Paul Johnson.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Some headlines proclaimed that the clock struck midnight for the 'Cinderella Bears' in the championship game.
  • This was the first time that Region 3 was decided in a playoff.  Thief River Falls defeated Duluth East to earn a state tournament berth.
  • Bloomington goalie Terry Smith made 36 saves, including 17 in the third period, during the Bears 3-2 victory over St. Paul Johnson in the semifinals.  Johnson out-shot Bloomington 38-10.
  • Tournament Attendance: 43,728

roseville alexander ramsey - region 1

Roster Position # White & Blue
Kim DeGeer G 1
Gary Ringus D 2
Jerry Christensen D 3
Merle Goodmanson D 4
Brian Gilgosch G 5
Vernon Wilczyk W 6
Rick Wickre W 7
Mike Kehoe C & W 8
Bruce Lahue C 9
John Sweeney W 10
Bob Bixby W 11
Ken Czech W 12
John Holter D 13
Ron Wuiff W 14
Bob Olein C 15
Ron Prokosch Manager
Gordon Genz Coach
Robert Emahiser Assistant Coach

SOUTH ST. PAUL - REGION 2

Roster Position # White & Gold
Jim Quirk G 1
Roger Klegin D 2
Terry Abram D 3
Jim Carter D 4
Mike Ryan D 5
Al Palodichuk C 8
Bob Hocking W 7
Jim LeMay W 9
Joe Bonk C 17
Terry Lawrence W 14
Larry Palodichuk W 11
Dale Naasz C 12
Wayne Eger W 10
Bill Palodichuk W 6
Gaylen Bickings G 20
Bob Swisher Manager
Charles Smith Coach
Dennis Tetu Assistant Coach

THIEF RIVER FALLS - REGION 3

Roster Position # Gold & White
Jeff Noel G 1
Buzz Olson - Captain D 2
Wayne Smith C 3
Merle Sampson D 4
Jerry Forsberg D 5
Roddy Carlson D 6
Paul Peterson - Captain W 7
Billy Poole C 8
Bob Stordahl W 9
Bob Sullivan W 10
Dennis Sullivan - Captain C 11
John Olson W 12
Bill Dicken W 14
Dan Brouse C 15
Monte LeMoine W 16
Joel Fuller Manager
George Schlieff Coach
Jerry Westby Assistant Coach

ST. PAUL JOHNSON - REGION 4

Roster Position # Maroon # White
Jim Resch G 1 1
John Anderson G 1 1
Phil Parizino D 18 10
Pat McKusky D 2 2
Wayne Larson D 3 4
Bert DeHate D 16 16
Bill Weller C 15 5
Gary LaMotte W 7 7
Skip Peltier W 9 9
Jack Larsen C 8 12
Phil DeHate W 12 18
Roger Dupre W 5 11
Ron Peltier C 4 6
Mike Kroll W 11 8
Tim Weller W 14 15
Jim Horton Manager
Lou Cotroneo Coach
Harvey Davis Assistant Coach

Minneapolis Southwest - Region 5

Roster Position # White & Maroon
Bruce Nelson G 1
Roger Hansen W 2
James Lange W 4
Alan Leighton W 5
Tim Browning - Captain W 6
Steve Carow C 7
Tom Sundby W 8
Dick Rotsch - Captain C 9
David Renslow D 10
Charles Burroughs D 12
Tom King C 13
Robert Stanley D 14
Mike Fermoyle G 15
David Caspersen D 16
Robert Cronk W 17
Paul Enstad Manager
David R. Peterson Coach
Larry Larson Assistant Coach

bloomington - region 6

Roster Position # White # Green
Terry Smith G 1 1
Terry Bergstrom D 2 2
Dave Roddy C 3 3
Jack Nichols C 4 4
Dan Songle W 5 5
Jon Hammer D 6 6
Gordon Henry W 7 7
Gene Carr W 8 8
Graig Williams W 9 9
Dave Hohag W 11 12
Bob Vroman G 12 12
Mike Oatman C 13 13
Bruce Revak W 14 11
John Wanshura D 15 1
Bob Tronnes Manager
Robert Boeser Coach
Robert Sharrow Assistant Coach

International Falls - REGION 7

Roster Position # Purple & Gold
Ron Beck G 1
Marshall Sether D 2
Steve Ross D 3
Gary Wood - Captain D 4
Tony Curran W 6
Peter Fichuk - Captain C 7
Brian Glennie D 9
Pete Cronkhite C 10
Keith Bolin W 11
Dan Mahle W 13
Mike Peterson W 14
Tim Sheehy C 15
Peter Hegg W 16
Rodney Christensen W 17
Rennie Calder G 1
Tom Haugland Manager
Larry Ross Coach
Kevin Kennedy Assistant Coach

ROSEAU - REGION 8

Roster Position # White & Green
James Nelson G 1
James Toll W 2
James Lundbohm D 3
George Schell W 4
Robert Brandt - Captain W 5
Bryan Grand C 6
Jerry Klema - Captain W 7
Ryan Brandt D 8
Larry Toll W 9
Mike Baumgartner D 10
Brian Pelowski C 11
Austin Wallestad W 12
Warren Hagen D 13
Tom Billberg W 14
Blane Comstock G 15
John Hoffman Manager
Oscar Almquist Coach
Francis Macioch Assistant Coach