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Winning It All Giant Step From Reaching Tournament

John Gilbert

ST. PAUL, MN. --- It’s been a long, long year for Duluth East to return to Xcel Energy Center with the main objective being to go one notch beyond last year -- when the Greyhounds lost an excruciating triple-overtime game to Eden Prairie in the championship game. Battling a surprising number of injuries, the Hounds have played the toughest schedule in the state, and a

Bulldogs and high schools thrive at playoff time

John Gilbert

Playoff hockey. There’s nothing like it. Whether it’s the state tournament in high school, or at the college level, where league, regional and national tournaments are the ultimate steps to prove superiority.

Connolly jacks up Bulldog title hopes

John Gilbert

Jack Connolly seemed taken aback when it was suggested he might have been off his game in UMD’s 3-1 loss to North Dakota last Friday night. The AMSOIL Arena game was special, with the hanging of banners to pay tribute to UMD’s four previous Hobey Baker winners, and all four -- Tom Kurvers, Bill Watson, Chris Marinucci, and Junior Lessard -- were present for between-periods introductions at center ice.

Bulldogs big loss could be a springboard

John Gilbert

The good thing -- make that, the ONLY good thing -- about the complete meltdown of the UMD men’s hockey team last Saturday night was that if the Bulldogs rebound and rise to win the WCHA title or go on to repeat glory in the NCAA tournament ...

East gets back on impressive track

John Gilbert

It was clean, fast, and almost surgical, and when it was over, Forest Lake High School hockey coach Aaron Forsythe came up to Duluth East coach Mike Randolph in Forest Lake’s arena and said, simply: “What a team!”

UMD Sneaks to Football Playoff Victory

John Gilbert

Big plays and high drama were the order of the day when UMD defeated Saginaw Valley State University 30-27 in their Division II NCAA playoff game last Saturday. But after three hours of high-pressure football ...

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