Minnesota Hockey League (1965-1967)

The Minnesota Hockey League was a senior amateur league contested from 1965 to 1967.

Teams

• Duluth Hornets
• St. Louis Park Stephens Buick
• Eveleth Rangers
• Grand Rapids Bruins
• Crystal Bungalows
• Minneapolis Duffy's
• Minneapolis Federal
• Taconite Hornets

Results

(when available)

1965-66

• 12/5: Stephens Buick - Crystal Bungalows 6:2
• 12/5: Eveleth - Duluth 7:6
• 12/12: Minneapolis Federal - Eveleth 5:5
• 12/19: Stephens Buick - Minneapolis Federal 6:3
• 12/19: Eveleth - Duffy's
• 12/19: Duluth - Taconite 5:1
• 12/19: Grand Rapids - Crystal Bungalows 12:8
• 12/22: Crystal Bungalows - Minneapolis Federal 8:5
• 12/22: Stephens Buick - Duffy's 14:3
• 12/22: Taconite - Eveleth 9:3
• 12/26: Minneapolis Federal - Grand Rapids 12:4
• 12/26: Crystal Bungalows - Duffy's 6:4
• 12/26: Duluth - Taconite 5:2
• 12/28: Eveleth - Grand Rapids 7:7
• 12/29: Crystal Bungalows - Stephens Buick 8:2
• 12/29: Duluth - Grand Rapids 13:7
• 12/30: Eveleth - Taconite 8:4
• 1/2: Duluth - Eveleth 3:2
• 1/2: Duffy's - Taconite 7:3
• 1/5: Taconite - Grand Rapids 8:3
• 1/6: Duluth - Grand Rapids 9:7
• 1/9: Stephens Buick - Duluth 9:7
• 1/9: Crystal Bungalows - Taconite 8:0
• 1/9: Eveleth - Grand Rapids 10:6
• 1/12: Grand Rapids - Eveleth 10:4
• 1/12: Stephens Buick - Duffy's 10:5
• 1/13: Taconite - Eveleth 15:3
• 1/15: Duluth - Duffy's 11:8 - Duffy's 4-6-1 in league
• 1/16: Crystal Bungalows - Minneapolis Federal 14:4
• 1/16: Stephens Buick - Eveleth 18:9
• 1/16: Duluth - Taconite 7:2
• 1/16: Grand Rapids - Duffy's 8:5
• 1/19: Taconite - Duluth 10:4
• 1/22: Stephens Buick - Eveleth 12:4
• 1/23: Crystal Bungalows - Grand Rapids 7:4
• 1/23: Duffy's - Minneapolis Federal 6:4
• 1/23: Duluth - Eveleth 10:8
• 1/23: Syephens Buick - Taconite 6:2
• 1/26: Duffy's - Minneapolis Federal 8:3
• 1/26: Crystal Bungalows - Stephens Buick 8:6
• 1/26: Taconite - Grand Rapids 7:5
• 1/27: Eveleth - Grand Rapids 8:3
• 1/29: Crystal Bungalows - Duluth 6:1
• 1/30: Taconite - Minneapolis Federal 6:4
• 1/30: Stephens Buick - Duffy's 7:7
• 1/30: Grand Rapids - Duluth 7:2
• 1/30: Crystal Bungalows - Eveleth 9:6
• 2/2: Taconite - Eveleth 15:4
• 2/3: Grand Rapids - Duluth 15:8
• 2/6: Duffy's - Duluth 11:3
• 2/6: Grand Rapids - Minneapolis Federal 9:5
• 2/6: Stephens Buick - Crystal Bungalows 6:2
• 2/9: Stephens Buick - Duffy's 3:3
• 2/9: Crystal Bungalows - Minneapolis Federal 8:4
• 2/10: Eveleth - Taconite 6:6
• 2/13: Taconite - Duffy's 6:3
• 2/13: Duluth - Grand Rapids 10:7
• 2/16: Stephens Buick - Crystal Bungalows 7:3
• 2/16: Duffy's - Minneapolis Federal 7:2
• 2/16: Taconite - Grand Rapids 5:4
• 2/18: Eveleth - Duluth 9:3
• 2/19: Taconite - Minneapolis Federal 11:3
• 2/20: Eveleth - Taconite 7:4
• 2/20: Minneapolis Federal - Duluth 5:3
• 2/20: Stephens Buick - Grand Rapids 15:7
• 2/25: Duluth - Eveleth 17:5
• 2/26: Duluth - Crystal Bungalows 8:5
• 2/27: Duluth - Minneapolis Federal 9:3
• 2/27: Eveleth - Grand Rapids 8:7
• 3/2: Taconite - Duluth 4:2
• 3/6: Stephens Buick - Duluth 9:4
• 3/6: Stephens Buick - Grand Rapids 13:7
• 3/9: Duluth - Taconite 4:3
• 3/9: Grand Rapids - Eveleth 15:4
• 3/10: Duluth - Eveleth 11:2
• 3/13: Grand Rapids - Duluth 8:5
• 3/15: 'Stephens Buick - Duluth 8:2 - game was billed as MHL Championship, but the Hornets, after announcing they were pulling out of the state tournament at Eveleth, played the game under protest because of Stephens' use of two non-rostered players, Jan Hall and Bull Halbrehder

Standings as of 1/23

Arrowhead Division

1. Duluth 7-3-0-14 70:55
2. Eveleth 4-6-2-10 70:102
3. Grand Rapids 4-5-1-9 72:76
4. Taconite 4-7-0-8 42:73

Twins Division

1. Stephens Buick 9-1-0-18 113:47
2. Crystal Bungalows 6-2-1-13 70:38
3. Duffy's 4-7-1-9 64:81
4. Federal 1-8-1-3 40:93

Arrowhead Division standings as of 1/28

1. Duluth 8-3-0-16
2. Eveleth Rangers 5-7-2-12
3. Taconite Hornets 5-8-0-10
4. Grand Rapids Bruins 4-8-1-9

Duluth finished first in division with a 14-12 record. Taconite was 11-12-1 as of 3/3. Stephens Buick was 17-2-2 as of 2/26. They went 8-0 against Arrowhead teams.

Other games

• 12/15: Grand Rapids Bruins - Superior State University 8:6
• 1/2: Grand Rapids Bruins - Fort Frances 7:4
• 1/14: Eveleth Rangers - Michigan Tech Freshmen 3:3
• 1/14: UMD Freshmen - Grand Rapids Bruins 8:5
• 1/18: UMD Freshmen - Grand Rapids Bruins 10:7
• 1/26: Green Bay Bobcats - Eveleth Rangers 14:1
• 3/1: Grand Rapids Bruins - North Dakota Freshmen 6:5

1966-67

• 12/4: Stephens Buick - Crystal Bungalows 5:2
• 12/4: Duffy's - Minneapolis Federal 7:4
• 12/7: Stephens Buick - Duffy's 4:1
• 12/7: Crystal Bungalows - Minneapolis Federal 5:1
• 12/11: Duluth - Minneapolis Federal 5:1
• 12/11: Duffy's - Crystal Bungalows 5:4
• 12/14: Stephens Buick - Minneapolis Federal 6:2
• 12/14: Crystal Bungalows - Duffy's 6:0
• 12/18: Grand Rapids - Crystal Bungalows 6:2
• 12/18: Eveleth - Minneapolis Federal 7:3
• 12/30: Grand Rapids - Duluth 4:4
• 1/4: Duffy's - Crystal Bungalows 5:1
• 1/4: Stephens Buick - Minneapolis Federal 6:1
• 1/5: Grand Rapids - Taconite 7:7
• 1/7: Grand Rapids - Crystal Bungalows 5:5
• 1/8: Grand Rapids - Minneapolis Federal 9:7
• 1/8: Taconite - Crystal Bungalows 5:5
• 1/11: Crystal Bungalows - Stephens Buick 4:3
• 1/11: Minneapolis Federal - Duffy's 5:3
• 1/15: Stephens Buick - Eveleth 9:3
• 1/15: Grand Rapids - Duffy's 9:5
• 1/15: Crystal Bungalows - Duluth 6:2
• 1/21: Minneapolis Federal - Duffy's 5:5
• 1/21: Stephens Buick - Taconite 11:3
• 1/22: Crystal Bungalows - Grand Rapids 6:4
• 1/22: Stephens Buick - Grand Rapids 9:5
• 1/25: Duffy's - Minneapolis Federal 7:4
• 1/25: Crystal Bungalows - Stephens Buick 5:3
• 1/29: Grand Rapids - Duluth 11:5
• 2/1: 'Stephens Buick - Minneapolis Federal 14:3
• 2/1: Crystal Bungalows - Duffy's 6:5
• 2/5: Stephens Buick - Duluth 3:2
• 2/5: Grand Rapids - Minneapolis Federal 14:4
• 2/8: Crystal Bungalows - Minneapolis Federal 10:3
• 2/8: Stephens Buick - Duffy's 6:3
• 2/19: Stephens Buick - Grand Rapids 5:4
• 2/19: Duffy's - Crystal Bungalows 6:3
• 3/5: Stephens Buick - Taconite 5:4

Standings as of 3/9

Arrowhead Division

1. Taconite Hornets 15-7-4-34
2. Grand Rapids Bruins 12-7-6-30
3. Duluth Hornets 11-10-4-26
4. Eveleth Rangers 7-17-1-15

Twins Division

1. Stephens Buick 20-5-0-40
2. Crystal Bungalows 14-10-1-29
3. Duffy's 8-13-1-17
4. Midwest Federal 1-23-1-3

Semifinal

• 3/11: Grand Rapids Bruins - Taconite Hornets 7:4
• 3/12: Grand Rapids Bruins - Taconite Hornets 7:5

Final

• 3/18: Grand Rapids Bruins - Stephens Buick 5:4 OT
• 3/19: Grand Rapids Bruins - Stephens Buick 5:1

Sources

• Duluth News Tribune
• Star Tribune