Backstory: Minnesota's little hockey town wins it all - again
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Tiny Roseau, Minn., won its seventh state high school hockey title, dispatching far larger schools.
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They knew that their batsmen would get them a bunch of runs, one way or another. Larry Walker, their one-time wanna-be hockey player, would get a bunch of hits. Maybe Tim Wakefield's knuckler would flutter out of the strike zone for a few walks. Manny Ramirez might do a double twisting layout vault in the outfield.
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They marched into enemy territory and swiped 2 points from a first-place team. Their netminder allowed only one goal. They scored three times in the first 20 minutes when they came into the night averaging 1.3 first-period goals per game.
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In hockey, you keep shooting the puck on net, and sometimes good things happen. Harvard did that last night at Bright Center and earned a 3-1 victory over 10th-ranked Vermont.
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Junior Katie Weatherston had a hat trick and junior Cherie Piper collected 6 points as the No. 2 Dartmouth women won their showdown with No. 1 Minnesota yesterday, topping the Golden Gophers, 7-5, at Hanover, N.H.
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Talent and hard work have made the San Jose Sharks the NHL's top road team. A little luck never hurt, either.
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Deep in the heart of every hockey fan lurks the fluke-flamed fear that something bizarre, something truly against all reason, could snatch victory in its cruel jaws.
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As usual, the Minnesota Wild played much better back at home. Facing the sloppy Vancouver Canucks didn't hurt, either.
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Catholic Memorial didn't know exactly what to expect from the Academy of Holy Angels hockey team, which flew in from Minnesota. The only things the Knights knew about the team in royal blue and gold were that the Stars are the reigning Minnesota state champions and they have produced first- and second-round NHL draft picks. Those facts are useful, but ...
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Throughout his life, Paul McKenzie, the founder of Wilson High's ice hockey team, was devoted to stabilizing his program. Now, the Tigers are on solid ice 11 months after his death.
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It didn't play in Minneapolis, because renovations at the Target Center proved to be too big of a neutral zone trap. The Winnipeg Arena was willing, but city fathers grew squeamish over the legal ramifications of hockey being packaged solely as a fighting event.
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Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy could hardly have predicted when they were playing on a bantam team here that they would be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame three decades later.
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Brad Thiessen was toddling around British Columbia in a diaper the last time his school won the Hub's annual intramural all-skate. "I wasn't even 2," said Northeastern's lanky, laid-back freshman goaltender. "I didn't have a clue what a beanpot was."
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Steve Yzerman has laced up his skates for the Red Wings for the last time. That doesn&#039;t mean Hockeytown has to say goodbye to the longtime Detroit captain.
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Minnesotaâs offense is finally catching up with an opportunistic defense, leading the team to a five-game winning streak and into playoff contention.
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It wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty -- when has it ever been for these guys this season? It took three nights and nearly 190 minutes of work, but Boston University's hockey team finally rid itself of clinging Vermont last night, winning the finale of their best-of-three Hockey East playoff series to earn a yet another date with archrival Boston ...
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Predators owner Craig Leipold and the NHL are giving Nashville every chance to keep the hockey team in Music City. Now it's up to the fans to respond.