Eveleth Rangers
Appearance
Eveleth Rangers | |
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City | Eveleth, Minnesota, U.S. |
League | Independent (1919–20) USAHA (1920–1925) CAHL (1925–26) CHL (1931–1935) IAHL (1936–1939) NAHL (1946–1951) |
Home arena | Eveleth Hippodrome Hibbing Memorial Arena (1925–26) |
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The Eveleth Rangers were an amateur ice hockey team from Eveleth, Minnesota that played in various amateur leagues during the first half of the 1900s. As a member of the United States Amateur Hockey Association (1920–1925) the team was known as the Eveleth Reds, and in 1925–26 they played as the Eveleth-Hibbing Rangers in the CAHL, out of the Hibbing Memorial Arena in Hibbing, Minnesota.
History
[edit]During the inaugural USAHA season in 1920–21 Eveleth finished as runner-ups after having lost the final four-game series to the Cleveland Indians by a 12-14 aggregate score.[1] The biggest star player on the team in the early 1920s was defenseman Ivan "Ching" Johnson, who had joined the club from the Winnipeg Monarchs.[2]
Notable players
[edit]- Ching Johnson – Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
- Vic Desjardins – United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
- Percy Galbraith
- Jimmy Herbert
- Eddie Rodden
- Laurie Scott
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Ohioans Carry Off Title On Scoring Basis" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 8, 1921 (pg. 9). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ "Eveleth Puck Personnel to Harbor Stars" Star-Tribune (Minneapolis). Nov. 19, 1922. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
Categories:
- Defunct ice hockey teams in Minnesota
- United States Amateur Hockey Association teams
- Ice hockey clubs established in 1931
- Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1939
- Ice hockey clubs established in 1946
- Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1951
- 1931 establishments in Minnesota
- 1939 disestablishments in Minnesota
- 1946 establishments in Minnesota
- 1951 disestablishments in Minnesota