Jim Boo
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James McQuaid Boo was a former professional ice hockey
defenseman
.
. He was part of the team that won the 1976 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
.
The Minnesota North Stars
of the National Hockey League
signed Boo to a free-agent contract during the 1977–78 season. He played six games for the team. For the next two seasons, Boo played for the CHL team Oklahoma City Stars
. He retired from ice hockey following the 1980 season.
After hanging up the skates, Boo brought his 110% work ethic into the field of Real Estate and spent the next 30 years working to build the leading Real Estate team in the Twin Cities. After spending years with several of the leading Real Estate companies in Minnesota, Boo started his own company with his wife Tracy (Team Boo Realty - www.teamboo.com) and has been helping connect people with the homes of their dreams ever since. Boo also owns High Pointe Realty - www.highpointerealtyinc.com, another Minnesota-based realtor.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenseman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
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Career
During his college years, Boo played for the University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. He was part of the team that won the 1976 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top men's ice hockey team in NCAA Division I and Division III. The semi-finals and finals of the Division I Championship are branded as the Frozen Four, a passing nod to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship - known...
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The Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
signed Boo to a free-agent contract during the 1977–78 season. He played six games for the team. For the next two seasons, Boo played for the CHL team Oklahoma City Stars
Oklahoma City Stars
The Oklahoma City Stars were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League from 1978 to 1982. They were affiliated with the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League....
. He retired from ice hockey following the 1980 season.
After hanging up the skates, Boo brought his 110% work ethic into the field of Real Estate and spent the next 30 years working to build the leading Real Estate team in the Twin Cities. After spending years with several of the leading Real Estate companies in Minnesota, Boo started his own company with his wife Tracy (Team Boo Realty - www.teamboo.com) and has been helping connect people with the homes of their dreams ever since. Boo also owns High Pointe Realty - www.highpointerealtyinc.com, another Minnesota-based realtor.