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StL youth hockey had humble start

Posted on 1 October 2013 by Dave Luecking

From the collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library
at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
This photo originally was published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on Nov. 7, 1961. It shows players and coaches from the very first youth hockey league in St. Louis, at Steinberg Rink in Forest Park. They are, first row, from left: John Burger Jr., Ed Signaigo, Terry McKenna and Scott Christofferson; second row, from left: Bouncer Taylor, Shrimp McPherson, Eddie Olson and George Milligan. In the photo caption so long ago, the Globe had the wrong first name for McKenna. Perhaps the photographer heard it wrong or wrote it wrong, or maybe the copy editor read it wrong. Whatever the case, almost 52 years later, this serves as a correction.

Small league at Steinberg began in 1961. More: St. Louis is awash in prime hockey prospects @Mound City Sports ST. LOUIS • Youth hockey in St. Louis started humbly enough: eight teams playing in two age groups of the fledgling Missouri Amateur Hockey Association, at the brand-spanking new Steinberg Rink in Forest Park. The year was 1961, 52 years ago, and StL …Read more »

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Mound City Sports came about in September 2012 to offer coverage of the St. Louis Blues and add another voice to professional hockey coverage in St. Louis, aka the Mound City - an early colloquialism referring to St. Louis, which once featured numerous earthen mounds of the Native American Mississippian culture. Alas, only one mound remains, the Sugarloaf Mound in south city along the Mississippi River. Unfortunately, the NHL lockout delayed the Mound City Sports website until January 2013 when the NHL owners and players agreed to a Collective Bargaining Agreement, the lockout ended and play finally, and thankfully, resumed.