CONTENTS
Volume 15, Number 3
page
10 WHY THE
MINNESOTA WAY IS
YMPIC WAY
THE OL
J O U R N A L
EDITOR: Aaron Paitich
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Roger Godin, Aaron Paitich,
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HOT SHOTS
Crosstown-rival goaltenders from
Minnetonka and Benilde-St. Margaret's
take a moment to chat during the
High School Hockey Faceoff at TCF
Bank Stadium last month.
News, notes and narratives
from the State of Hockey
06
THE MCDONAGH MODEL
Why Ryan McDonagh is
one of the new poster boys
of Minnesota Hockey
12
MINNESOTA METTLE
Capture Minnesota's rich
Olympic history
14
2014 OLYMPIC PREVIEW
Eleven State of Hockey natives
are headed to Sochi, but what
would an All-Minnesota
Olympic Team look like?
16
5 TIPS FOR DEFENSEMEN
With Olympian Lee Stecklein
18
MINNESOTA HOCKEY
NEWS AND NOTES
20
Q&A
With Gopher freshman Hudson Fasching
22
OPEN ICE
No Miracles Needed: Fox 9's
Jim Rich examines the new
expectations of USA Hockey
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• News & Features
• The latest news from
• Woog's WCHA Wisdom
the rinks
ON THE COVER
Ryan McDonagh is
heading to Sochi.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF
USA HOCKEY
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