Virginia, Minnesota



Virginia is a city of abour 9,000 people in northeastern Minnesota.

It played host to one game in the 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, when Czechoslovakia beat Finland 5-1.

Teams

 * Eveleth-Virginia Rangers (Central Hockey League (1952-1953)
 * Virginia Americans (International American Hockey League, 1936-1938)
 * Virginia Rockets (Central Hockey League, 1931-1932) replaced by Duluth Hornets

Players

 * Jack Carlson
 * Steve Carlson
 * Matt Cullen
 * John Gruden
 * John Harrington
 * Pete LoPresti
 * Matt Niskanen
 * Harold Paulsen
 * Joe Tamminen

Arenas

 * Cuppoletti Arena
 * Virginia Recreation Building
 * Miners Memorial Building