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Posts From The Original Iron Rangers Message Board.
Posted by Dan on September 16, 2001
at 13:22:13:
Great web site,Brings back memories of having Ozzie O'neil and Pigion
Summers as coach's in Marquette for WLUC.TV in Marquette Juinior Hockey.Ozzie
and Pigion did a great job!
Posted by Stanley on July 28, 2001
at 21:15:17:
When you see Sully skate with the puck and make some outstanding moves,
you'll find you mouth open. But when you see Brian Lunney make some
outstanding save, your mouth open and you find yourself standing.
Posted by Sean Willman on July 21,
2001 at 12:58:02:
I really enjoy this website! Though I don't have any memories to share,
they say I got a piece of the palestra... chewing gum. During games
as a toddler, I would pick at the gum stuck to the ground and get a
good taste of it too. I suppose the game was so great no one had noticed
that in my own way I was getting a piece of the excitement too. Thanks
again for the website. Something to look at while out to sea... Navylife.
Posted by M.E. on July 11, 2001
at 05:01:22:
Fortunately, I'm able to visit Marquette frequently these days. Sometimes,
late at night when driving North on 3rd Street,(Still seems odd--3rd
used to be a one-way going South.)when the light is just right, it seems
like NMU's PEIF building looks a little different. Low front section,
high rounded roof and the outline of an old sign painted by Barry Cook's
sign company. Then I realize it must be a reflection from the power
plant smokestack strobe lights. Or maybe I just should have left the
3rd Base before last call. Memories of the Iron Ranger days are strong
even for those of us who have left Marquette!
Posted by Bob Vidlund on February
21, 2001 at 22:28:11:
There was no place like it...The Palestra and Iron Ranger games. You
had to bundle up not only to get to the game, but often had to keep
your coat , hat and gloves on for the game... it could get pretty cold
in the Palestra. The propane heaters that were under the bleachers were
not enough on the really cold nights. You had to be pretty alert when
you were in the bleachers since there was not any glass or screens on
the sides of the rink, only in the corners and behind the nets. Between
periods there was no Donor's room, just the lobby area where everyone
went between periods to get hot chocolate or pop and a hotdog. Mr. and
Mrs. swanson were behind the concession counter and knew most of their
customers by name I lost interest in hockey when Lakeview Arena opened.
It seemed so bright. and sterile. The Palestra, the Iron Rangers and
the fans who attended games there will always have a place in my heart.
"Go Rangers".....never knew who that was.
Posted by tim bazinette on February
20, 2001 at 16:55:24:
the best memory for me was when i played on the squirt all star team
[exchange club] and we won the state championship at the palestra then
we were introduced on the ice at the end of the 1st period of the rangers
and bobcats game. also cold saturday morning practices when there was
fog on the ice cause it was so cold we used to have to do laps to raise
the fog to see the puck
Posted by Jay Lauscher on February
17, 2001 at 12:25:02:
Thank you for providing such great memories of my youth. Although I
never played hockey the Iron Rangers were a big part of my youth. I
loved to go to the games at the Palestra (even if it was always freezing
cold). It kept the winters in Marquette interesting with all of the
different players the Rangers had. Who can forget the early years when
the team struggled and then to see them succeed was great!!! They were
OUR team and we were proud of them. Great job on the site..
Posted by Keith Nease on February
18, 2001 at 07:20:39:
Thank you for all the time and effort you put into the site. It brings
back many memories of going to Sentinel and Iron Ranger games with my
Father as a child.
Posted by bill on February 13,
2002 at 15:31:09:
In Reply to: Posted by on February 14, 2001 at 22:17:12:
: i remember going to the games and my dad was a the score keeper for
a few yrs. it was great to view the games from the score box. but the
best part was keeping score and turning the big score wheels ..lol but
i think my favorite player was ronnie johnson... are there any real
good pictures of the palestra anywhere?
Posted by SWEEPER on February 13,
2001 at 18:52:40:
One winter nite long ago, Oz and i were talking about the three brothers
,that Okie brought in, Oz didn't think they would be here long,but we
saw the movie before it was made.oh for the days of long ago, Sentials
, Ironrangers, Americans,and all the sweepers and the gran old lady
the Palestra.
Posted by Don on February 11, 2001
at 06:56:10:
Some of my fondest memories as a kid, growing up in Marquette, were
nights at the Palestra. If my aging memory serves me correctly, the
Iron Rangers played many of their games on Thursday nights. These were
always more fun & exciting to watch, than those played on Sunday
afternoons. I, along with many ofther Rangers fans, was a Bobcat-hater.
Oh how we loved to see Fuzzy Frenette or Gordy Yewman get into it with
the likes of Pigeon, or Dale Beerman, or Barry Cook. Never saw an Iron
Ranger lose a fight. The brand of hockey played during the Iron Ranger
era in Marquette was some of the best to be had anywhere. Having been
associated with some of the former players & hearing tales of road
trips, one can only imagine......oh the good old days.
Posted by Ric O'Neill on February
04, 2001 at 18:13:09:
This site is great! I was very young during this time but can still
remember skating at the PALESTRA. My Dad was a Sweeper(Manual Labor
Zamboni).
Posted by anne on May 10, 2001
at 21:22:38:
First, this is a great site. Keeps Marquette people in touch from far
flung places. I was only about 8 at the time, but I remember one of
the last games at the Palestra. My dad played for the Iron Rangers and
I remember falling asleep on my mom's lap sometime late in the second
period. I woke, startled to a loud roar and it turned out there was
a fight. I asked my mom why daddy was hitting that man....later I woke
to ask why my dad was bleeding. I guess this could sound like a bad
memory if you are not from the UP, but to me this is a great one. I
learned to skate in the Palestra, I got my third set of stiches falling
down in the Palestra (the nurse told me I was a much better patient
than my dad), I road around with my dad in that crappy old Ranger's
bus, we would "jimmy" the door at the Palestra at the crack of dawn
so that we could skate at the crack of dawn, and I had my first crush
in the Palestra. That building was torn down over 25 years ago but it
still looms large for me. In fact, I have a great pen and inc drawing
that my mom had done for me that still hangs in my office in New Mexico.
Funny how a broken down, cold, smelly building could hold such fond
memories for so many people...
Never missed a Green Bay game when Fuzzy Fernette
was playing. The Fan's could harrass him to the point where you could
"egg him on" into a fight with somebody. He was in so many
fights that he got pretty good at it.
During the slow part of every Game a guy sitting
up by the East Stairs above the penalty box would yell: Gooooooooooooo
Raaannngggeeeerrrrrrsssss!!! It became like a trademark that
I remember vividly to this day!
True Story: Marquette native (my Bro)
owns a limo company in Dallas. When the Star's won the Stanley
Cup we were hired to drive the players anywhere they wanted to go
to keep them from getting behind the wheel. The night Tom Hicks (Star's
Owner) had the biggest party I had the pleasure of driving
their Ft. Worth Farm club team's GM/Coach. Turns out he used to play
for the Thunder Bay Team and was very familiar with the Rangers and
the Palestra. Talk about a small world! [fr. Chris in an e-mail
to www.marquetteironragners.com]
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