If replacement ice could not be secured at Amsoil Arena or another regional rink, the tournament might have to eliminate teams, reduce divisions or reconsider its four-game guarantee. Any of those outcomes would weaken one of the event’s greatest selling points.
This December, Bill Oswald's seat at the table will be empty, but his fingerprints will be on every shift, every goal, every frazzled parent clutching a cup of bad coffee. The Spirit of Duluth is back. It never really left. And he wouldn’t want it any other way.
William Anthony Oswald passed away on March 6, 2025 at St. Luke’s Hospital. He was born in Duluth on June 27, 1954, the youngest of 7 to John and Blanche (Herstad) Oswald. A hockey enthusiast from a young age, he played at Lower Chester, Cathedral, and St. Scholastica. He
