JMS Hockey

I started playing hockey in 1968 in Coon Rapids. I came up through the CRAA never making anything better than a B1 team. I played Juvie hockey after Midgets and then joined the Army. I was stationed in Hawaii and while there I found an ice arena in Pearl City. I checked it out, and as luck would have it I signed up and played in the very first Hawaiian hockey league - very cool. After the Army I played a couple of season in the newly formed North Metro Senior Men's Hockey League. I quit playing for a number of years and then about 8 or 9 years ago, I found a regular game with a great bunch of guys from the Anoka area and have played with them since. I had the unique experience of playing in a fund-raiser celebrity game back in 1981. I got to play with Bill Goldsworthy, Doug Woog and Mike Polich. I was a pretty happy teenager. In addition, I won a spot in the very first Minnesota Wild Fantasy Camp. I like to joke that this was the 5th best day of my life. It was such a class operation, from the one-day NHL contract I signed, to suiting up in the Wild locker room. The greatest aspect was playing on the same ice with Jaques L., Mario T. and Mike Ramsey. Pretty cool memories.