Bemidji, Minnesota: Green Mr. Hockey Statue (Gone)
Nine feet tall and uniformly dark green, a 1970s-vintage hockey player created by Wanda Reise Odegard looks ready to deposit a puck from the grass outside of a bank.
- Directions:
- On the lawn in front of Security BankUSA. On the west side of Hwy 197/Bemidji Ave. N. just south of 4th St. NW.
- Hours:
- Aug. 2015: Reported gone, replaced by a moose.
- Admission:
- Free
- Status:
- Gone
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This large green hockey player statue is in front of a bank down a ways and across the road from the Paul Bunyan and Babe statues.
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Wanda Reise Odegard sculpted the nine-foot-tall "Mr. Hockey" in the 1970s. For almost 20 years he stood in the lobby of the local university hockey rink. He was moved to his current outdoor spot in 2012, and painted green so he wouldn't endorse any hockey team.