![]() ![]() The payoff came when Rick’s Minneapolis South teams went to the state tournament twice (’55 & ’57), finishing in third place in 1957. It was a hard climb after playing hockey for five, six hours on a Saturday, but it was worth it.” Former teammate Jim Westby told the Star-Tribune: “It was 150 steps down to the ice rink. The Alms and the other neighborhood kids would make their way to Riverside Park where they would descend the hill and play pickup hockey all day before scaling the enormous hill on their way home for supper. Rick Alm grew up in South Minneapolis the third of six hockey-playing brothers during the glory days of Minneapolis hockey. ![]()
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