I know Oshie is originally from Washington, but towns like Warroad don’t get their due in terms of development of the game in the United States.
The Christian brothers of hockey stick manufacturing fame are from there, but other Warroad players like Larry Olimb, and the Marvins (of Marvin Windows, also based there) went to my alma mater, the University of Minnesota. The Warroad pipeline often leads west, but that great hockey town supplies players all over the place.
The old Section 8 in Minnesota (Warroad, Roseau, Moorhead, East Grand Forks, and many others) was great stuff in the days before two-class hockey in the state. International Falls was not in that section.
Colonel, 47 is for you. I do not know what happened.