2026 J-Club Hall of Honor Class: Bob Hanson ’79

By: Frank Rajkowski, SJU Writer/Video Producer J-Club Hall of Honor | Event Registration COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Even miracles need to start somewhere. And when it came to the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team – which went on to stun the world by winning the gold medal in Lake Placid in February 1980 – that road started at an open tryout held almost a year earlier at the Bloomington Ice Garden. Bob Hanson, who had just wrapped up his senior season in goal at Saint John’s, was there – having received an invitation from legendary goalie coach Warren Strelow. “At some…