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DICK LIEDER

Hockey defenseman and captain, Dick Lieder – #16 – was a member of the first graduating class of Tartan High School.  Dick was the school’s first hockey player to earn ‘All Conference’ honors.  After graduation he went on to play junior ‘B’ hockey and, along with his team, won the Minnesota State Junior “B” championship in 1973.

Tartan High School welcomed the first class of students for the 1970-1971 school year. As a junior that year, Dick and his teammates were required by the Minnesota State High School League to compete at the Junior Varsity level for their first year. The season ended with a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, including the defeat of 3 varsity teams.  Dick scored 11 points for the team that year.  Under the coaching staff of Vic St. Martin and Larry Boyle they were well on their way to competing at a varsity level.

Dick’s senior year, 1971-1972, was the Titan’s first year in the St. Paul Suburban Conference and ended with 3 wins and 18 losses.  This was a time for building and establishing what would be the future of Tartan High School hockey. Coach St. Martin has said that Dick Lieder was one of the cornerstones of Tartan Hockey.

Dick also played football for Tartan High School as an offensive and defensive end.

Dick would like thank his coaches, teammates, family and friends for all the great memories.

INDUCTED FEBRUARY 2009

 

 

COACH VIC ST. MARTIN
 

Vic St. Martin is a graduate of Cretin High School and St. Thomas University where he was a four year letter winner and captain of his college team in 1959.A High School teacher of 38 years of which 29 of those years were spent in ISD # 622.  Vic St. Martin was a high school coach for 32 years in the state of Minnesota and head coach at Tartan  for 12 of those years. Coach St. Martin was inducted into the Minnesota State High School  Coaches hall of Fame in March of 2008.

COACH VIC ST. MARTIN IS A VERY DEDICATED AND LOYAL EDUACATOR WHO STARTED THE TARTAN HOCKEY PROGRAM FROM SCRATCH IN 1970. A PROGRAM THAT MOVED DIRECTLY INTO A VERY STRONG HOCKEY CONFERENCE THE VERY FIRST YEAR , TOOK IT’S LUMPS, BUT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND PATIENCE DEVELOPED SOME VERY FINE HOCKEY PLAYERS AND TEAMS DURING HIS TENURE AT TARTAN HIGH SCHOOL.

COACH ST. MARTIN SAID THAT THERE WERE MANY HARD WORKING HOCKEY PLAYERS AND ASSITANTS WHO HELPED LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR TARTAN HOCKEY IN THOSE EARLY YEARS. PLAYERS SUCH AS DICK LIEDER, PAUL FALTEISEK AND JOHN LODAHL WERE GIFTED HOCKEY PLAYERS AND ALL- CONFERENCE SELECTIONS, ALONG WITH HIS LONG TIME ASSISTANT COACHES LARRY FRONCZAK
AND LARRY BOYLE WHO WERE VERY LOYAL TO THE TARTAN HOCKEY PROGRAM AND TO HEAD COACH VIC ST. MARTIN.

COACH ST. MARTIN HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE JAN FOR 45 YEARS AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE FOUR SONS: MARC, TIM, MIKE AND PAT AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

INDUCTED FEBRUARY 2009

 

 

PAUL FALTEISEK

PAUL FALTEISEK WAS A 1977 GRADUATE OF TARTAN HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS A QUARTER BACK IN FOOTBALL AND A FORWARD FOR THE TARTAN HOCKEY TEAM. PAUL FALTEISEK WAS A VERY GOOD HOCKEY PLAYER. HE WAS A THREE YEAR STARTER, CAPTAIN AND ALL-CONFERENCE FOR THE TARTAN TITANS, HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WCCO ALL-STATE HOCKEY TEAM. PAUL FALTEISEK WAS KNOWN BY MANY AS AN EXTREMELY HARD WORKER, A GREAT TEAM PLAYER AND LEADER. HE WAS THE TYPE OF TEAM LEADER THAT ALL PLAYERS LOOKED-UP TO AND EMULATED.

PAUL WENT ON TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGE CAREER AT UW-STOUT FROM 1978-1981 WHERE HE WAS TEAM MVP, TEAM CAPTAIN AND STILL HAS MANY RECORDS.

PAUL CREDITS HIS FATHER ERNIE FOR MUCH OF HIS SUCCESS AND WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MR. ROGER CARLSON WHO WAS A TEAMMATE AND FRIEND.

PAUL FALTEISEK HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE MARY FOR 28 YEARS AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS JENNA AND BRITTNI AND A GRANDDAUGHTER ANNA.

INDUCTED FEBRUARY 2009

 


BERNIE MONTERO

Born and raised in Sault St. Marie Michigan Bernie played at all levels including two years of Juniors in the Ontario Hockey League.
Bernie moved to St. Paul in 1956. He got married in 1958 and moved to Oakdale in 1959. He has one son, (Mike) and two grandchildren. (Nick & Gianna).

Helped start the Tartan Hockey Association in the late 60's.  Bernie coached for over 25 years at all levels in the youth programs including two years at Tartan High School with John Humphrey.


Bernie played a major role in helping improve the hockey facility for the youth program and was very instramental in the construction of the Blue Line room in Tartan Arena.

Bernie is currently very active in the hockey association today and enjoys working with the kids.. AFTER ALL THIS IS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT.

INDUCTED FEBRUARY 2009