MN hockey great recounts winning silver in 1952 Olympics [Video]

MINNEAPOLIS — Medaling in any sport is a memory that will last a lifetime.

Just ask 96-year-old Arnie Oss from Minnesota who still remembers winning silver in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Norway. 

“I remember the closing ceremonies and the King of Norway was there, in Oslo, and we got our silver medals,” said Oss, who now lives in Arizona. 

“For me, I brag about it all the time,” said his daughter-in-law Luann Nystrom, who lives in Minnesota and called Oss on FaceTime from the KARE11 studios. “Hockey was his thing.”

Oss learned to skate on Lake of the Isles and later played the sport at Dartmouth College where he was recruited for the Olympics. 

“Back then, it was just him going with a few other guys from the U.S. and off they went,” said Nystrom. 

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