Want to know the some of the History behind Hockeytown USA™? Let’s start with Cal Marvin- “ Mr. Hockey”

Cal was born in Warroad in 1924. He grew up playing hockey on the Warroad River, and on an outdoor rink that was made in the school yard with snow banks all around it. Although Cal loved to play the game, he is most known for how much he promoted the sport of  hockey, locally and nationally.

In 1946, he developed the Warroad Lakers, helping them become the best senior amateur hockey team in North America. The Warroad Lakers hockey team entertained the locals with excellent hockey for 50 years, and Cal was coaching or managing them every step of the way.

Cal attended the University of North Dakota and is recognized for getting their hockey program off the ground when he and a group of players from the early Warroad Lakers team played for UND.

He organized and started the Warroad Arena Fund, and was the driving force behind building Warroad’s first indoor arena, the Memorial Arena in 1949.

He helped the Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) take shape and he served on the board of the United States Amateur Hockey Association (USAHA).

Cal coached the 1958 U.S. National Team and was the manager of the 1965 U.S. National Team.

He was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982, he was named to the UND Athletic Hall of Fame and the Warroad High School Athletic Hall of Fame as well as the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. He won the Maroosh Award for his longtime dedication to the sport of hockey and in 1995 Cal was given the U.S. Hockey Association Hall of Fame Heritage Award.

Calvin Coolidge Marvin passed away September 5, 2004 at the age of 80.