Reggie Morelli’s jersey
My dad insists he was the guy fighting Reggie Morelli, though he had nothing to do with the disappearance of the jersey..
A little more than two months ago, Brenda Morelli received a strange phone call. Without introducing himself, the caller asked if her husband was alive and if he was in good health. Brenda told the caller he was doing fine and the mystery caller responded by telling her to expect a package in the near future at their Minot home. About a week later, that package arrived on the Morelli’s doorstep. Contained in the package was a University of North Dakota hockey jersey. Maybe not completely unusual since Brenda’s husband is former Sioux hockey standout Reggie Morelli. But it wasn’t a replica or a recent game-worn jersey. It was the No. 16 jersey that Morelli had worn 49 years before as a member of the Sioux. Where it has been for the past 49 years remains a mystery as the package had no return address or name of sender — only a Minneapolis postmark. While Morelli has no idea where it has been, he remembers clearly how he lost it. “It was in the second period of our second game against (University of) Minnesota in my junior year,” he said. “I got into a fight near their bench. He pulled my jersey off me and threw it into the crowd. ”
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