Tourney Time: Stories from the Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament

Every spring, the state of Minnesota--from urban metropolises to remote Canadian borderlands--is riveted by the spectacle of...
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Author: David La Vaque
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Tourney Time: Stories from the Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament by La Vaque, David

Tourney Time: Stories from the Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament

$77.51

Tourney Time: Stories from the Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament

$77.51
Author: David La Vaque
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Every spring, the state of Minnesota--from urban metropolises to remote Canadian borderlands--is riveted by the spectacle of the boys' high school hockey tournament. Going back to the inaugural competition in 1945, the state tournament has produced incredible drama on and off the ice, featured legendary players, invigorated communities--and showcased some of the best hockey hair the world has ever seen. The tournament draws thousands to St. Paul, and countless more tune in on television screens around the state.

In Tourney Time, longtime sports journalists David La Vaque and L. R. Nelson take readers year by year through the tournament, highlighting the key games, the backstories, and the players that made each one shine. Interviews with players, coaches, and fans bring firsthand perspectives and insights to the games and tournaments, while in-depth statistics and results reveal the numbers behind the memories. In addition, the authors share their rankings of the most memorable moments, performances, characters, nicknames, upsets, and more from seventy five years of tournament play.

Combining archival research, personal recollections, and vivid imagery, Tourney Time offers a detailed and insightful history of the nation's greatest high school sports event and one of Minnesota's most cherished institutions.

Author: David La Vaque, L. R. Nelson
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 02/25/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781681341491

About the Author
David La Vaque is a reporter for the Star Tribune and has been the newspaper's point person for high school hockey since 2010. He has covered the state tournament in its entirety each year, writing enterprise pieces on the sport and selecting the paper's All-Metro teams and Metro Player of the Year. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, he covered sports for the Minnesota Daily and his work has also appeared in such media as Athlon Sports Magazine, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CSN-Chicago, Duluth News Tribune, Miami Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, USA Junior Hockey Magazine, and US College Hockey Online Magazine, among others. He lives in Woodbury, Minnesota.
Loren Nelson is an author, freelance journalist, and photographer and the founder and president of Legacy.Hockey, Minnesota's number one resource for high school hockey's past, present, and future. A recipient of numerous state, regional, and national writing awards, he researched, wrote, and published a series on Minnesota's top 100 high school players as managing editor of the Minnesota Hockey Hub. He covered Stanley Cup runs as a beat writer for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Anaheim Ducks, and he has covered multiple Super Bowls, college football national championship games, golf major championships, and the World Series. Nelson lives in Excelsior, Minnesota.

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