Cokato On Ice: Part 1

Article by Johanna Ellison from the Cokato Historical Society's newsletter In the Midst Of, February, 2018, Vol. 38 No. 1. 

The 1926 - 27 team, sponsored by Annandale merchants. L-r: Roy Hill, Ray Johnson, Earl Lundeen, Ted Lundeen, Walter Nelson, Clarence Johnson, Elroy Olson, Walter Hill, and Elmer Hill. Photo taken by Gust Akerlund in his studio.

The crack of stick on puck, the crisp tang of blade on ice is a staple of Cokato’s frigid winter memories. On trend with much of Minnesota, Cokato’s frozen lakes, rivers, and ponds became the surface of many hockey shinnies, scrimmages, and games. Although this recreational pastime has graced Cokato’s iced surfaces since the early 1900s, hockey as an organized sport did not originate in the area until the mid-1920s.

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