I am going up to my cabin for the 4th of July and wont be able to get on here for about a week. Just letting you all know so you don't think I abandoned this or anything.

Some more teams decided to update their looks by adding colored breezers for the 1946/47 season. 

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There was a lot of adjusting in the MAHL this off season. All three leagues had either new teams or teams move from their league, 4 expansion teams were welcomed to the league, and there is a new league that formed. The Bemidji Blue Ox and Roseau Stars left the Iron Range Hockey League, along with 3 new teams, to form the "Northland Hockey League" this league will begin play this year. In the Lake Superior League, the Grand Rapids Moose left to join the Iron Range Hockey League due to a much closer travel schedule and with Grand Rapids' regional tie to the Iron Range. And the Twin Cities Hockey League got an expansion team as well.

Here are the newest members of the Minnesota Amateur Hockey League! 

Fergus Falls is a fairly large city for the area, with a population of around 12,000. Fergus Falls is located in the western part of the state, and has a history of pond hockey. The Cyclones will play on Lake Alice and are going to be founding members of the Northland Hockey League. The nickname "Cyclones" was given to the team because of the 2 major tornadoes that stuck the city just a few decades ago, including the 1919 tornado that destroyed most of the town. Their logo is a cyclone with an interlocking FF logo for Fergus Falls. The team colors are burgundy and orange. The Cyclones will only have one pair of socks that are just block orange.



Rochester is one of the largest cities in the state, with a population around 29,000. Located in the southeastern part of the state, Rochester will be the southernmost team in the league. Like many other teams in the league, the Mustangs are based on a real team that began playing in 1946. Rochester will be joining the Twin Cities Hockey League. The nickname "Mustangs" was chosen to represent the "speed and strength of the people of Rochester". Their logo is a bucking Mustang, but it is only seen on the away jersey. The Mustangs colors are black and gold.

 

St. Cloud is one of the bigger cities in the state with a population around 26,000. Located north of the twin cities along the shores of the Mississippi, St. Cloud is a hockey town through and through with locals playing on the lakes and rivers as well as following the St. Cloud State hockey team. St. Cloud will be a founding member of the Northland Hockey League as the Twin Cities HL refused to allow them access. Thei nickname will be the "Bear Cats" . Their logo is a cartoon Bear Cat face with a sailor hat with SC in it.. The Bear Cats colors are black and silver.

 

Warroad is a tiny town with a population around 1,000 located on the shores of Lake of the Woods on the Canadian border. What Warroad lacks in people it more than makes up for in passion for the sport. Comparable only to their nearest team from Roseau, Warroad is hockey crazy to say the very least. The Lakers are another team based on a real team that founded in 1946. Warroad will be the final founding member of the Northland Hockey League. The nickname "Lakers" was chosen due to the city being located on the shored of Lake of the Woods. Their logo is a blue and red anchor, but isn't located anywhere on their uniforms. The Lakers colors are red white and blue.

 

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1947 Playoffs Knockout Round:

• The Saints knock out their rivals, the Vulcans to have a chance at defending the Milk Jug against the Victorias.
• The Voyageurs took care of the Giants to meet up with their cross tow rivals in the second round.
• Roseau knocked out the Blue Ox in decisive fashion, blowing them out.
• Eveleth squeaks past Grand Rapids to reach the second round.

• The Saints are able to knock out the rival Victorias for the second straight season, holding onto the Milk Jug.
• "The Battle of Duluth" rivalry was renewed in this series where the Hornets came up on top over their little brothers.
• In what is already becoming one of the more heated rivalries in the league, despite only being the first year competing against one another, the Lakers and Stars battled all series long, both in scoring and in fisticuffs. The Stars were able to take the series however in game 3 when Matt "Boomer" Baumgartner put 2 in the back of the net to win the game and series 2 to 1.
• The up and coming Miners get upset and swept by the Reds.

• The Saints and Hornets met up in the semi finals for a close series, but the defending champs just got the better of Duluth and will return to the finals.
• Coming off of a hard fought series against the Lakers, the Stars looked tired and beat up in game one where they fell on home ice. This seemed to have awoken the beast as Roseau went on to win 3 straight and reach the finals.

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Prior to the 1947/48 season, there were a few changes in the look of the league. 2 teams made a slight change by coloring their breezers, 2 teams redid one of their jerseys, and the league welcomed 2 new teams. I will begin with the 2 teams just adding color to their breezers, the Thunder Bay Giants and Red Wing Chiefs. 

 

Two teams changed a jersey this season, the Ely Black Bears and Minneapolis Bruins. The Ely Black Bears left their home jersey unchanged, but redesigned their away jersey as well as adding black breezers. The new away jersey is the first change Ely has made to their look since their founding, and the new jersey is no longer just a color flipped version of the home. The sleeves are now black and the chest stripe has been moved down to the hem and has been thinned out to match the sleeve thickness. 

  

The Bruins left their "away" jersey untouched, I say "away" because the Bruins have chosen to use this jersey at home more than their browns. The new home jersey is more balanced, with gold and white no longer touching, the stripes actually are from the white jersey just with the rest of the jersey being brown making it look like new stripes. 

 

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