THE RINK LIVE — It’s a true confirmation of his credentials as a one-time hockey player that nearly 40 years later, Jeff Passolt can still explain how — on a cold night in Bemidji — the referee did him wrong.
Sure, there are many happy memories, and much that countless folks in Minnesota remember about him from a recently-concluded four-decade run on Twin Cities television. But before all of that, Passolt, now 61, was a record-setting hockey player for St. Cloud State, back in the days when the Huskies played at the NCAA Division II level.
One record still bears his name is a dubious honor.
Passolt can recount in great detail a game at Bemidji State in the latter half of the 1980-81 season, his senior year, that cemented his place in history.
