The Rochester Mustangs were a

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team from

Rochester, Minnesota Rochester is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. It is located along rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a popul ...

that played in the

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from 1961 until the senior Mustangs ceased operations after the 1969-70 season.

Notable players

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head coach and coach of the U.S. "

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" gold medal team at the

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* Craig Falkman, played in the WHA with the

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* Gary Gambucci, NHL and WHA player * Ken Johannson, Canadian-born American ice hockey player, coach and general manager of the United States men's national ice hockey team *

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, NHL and WHA player * Leonard Lilyholm, U.S. Olympian and player with the WHA's Minnesota Fighting Saints * Lou Nanne, player, coach and general manager of the

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* Art Strobel, played in the NHL with the

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References

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