Poster from the first International Eelpout Festival, held on Leech Lake, January 13–14, 1980. From the private collection of Don Overcash, used with permission

Official logo for the 40th International Eelpout Festival in Walker, Minnesota, held February 21–24, 2019.

The Way women’s softball team poses for a group portrait in Minneapolis ca. 1985. Photo by Charles Chamblis.

Demolition of the Met Center (Metropolitan Sports Center) in Bloomington, 1994. The stadium was demolished after the North Stars hockey team left Minnesota. A common refrain among North Stars fans, who blamed owner Norm Green for abandoning the state, was “Norm sucks.”

Minnesota North Stars Stanley Cup pennant, 1991. As the North Stars made their second trip to the Stanley Cup finals, fan memorabilia was made to celebrate the achievement.

The logo used by the Minnesota North Stars hockey team between 1991 and 1993. Public domain. As owner Norm Green was looking to relocate the North Stars, the logo was redesigned and the word “North” was removed. Some fans saw this as an ominous sign for the future of Minnesota’s team. Public domain.

A North Stars jersey from around 1990, during the team’s final years in Minnesota.

The Minnesota North Stars’ schedule for 1989, featuring the radio stations that broadcast games and a seating chart for Met Center home games.

The Minnesota North Stars’ goalie Gilles Meloche defends a shot on goal by the Islanders’ Anders Kallum in a Stanley Cup finals game at the Met Center in 1981.