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No fear attitude propels Driscoll
June 2, 2023
Former standout high school and college gymnast Kristin Driscoll now makes an impact as coach, account manager. U.S. gymnastics hero Aly Raisman had her parents – and much of the country – squirming in their seats with each leap, vault and dismount at last summer’s Rio Olympics. Kristin Driscoll never could get her mother to […]
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Breaking down do-it-all journalist’s career
June 2, 2023
Breakdown Sports USA’s Tim Kolehmainen has climbed from freelance writer to owner Webmaster of the Week: December 12-18 NAME: Tim Kolehmainen SITE: Breakdown Sports USA POSITION: Vice President, webmaster USE OF PLATFORM: Registration, Sitebuilder BACKGROUND: Kolehmainen grew up on the scenic north shore of Lake Superior in Silver Bay, Minnesota, and attended high school 51 […]
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Natural born puck stopper
June 2, 2023
Amy Anderson has been a goaltending mainstay since she was 5 It’s minutes before game time and the Snow Owls – a D-League men’s hockey team of SportsEngine employees – fire their practice shots at an empty net. Amy Anderson, the team’s goalie and best player, still hasn’t taken the ice and won’t until moments before […]
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Life is a ‘kick’ for Hanson
June 2, 2023
All-or-nothing mentality for SportsEngine sales manager led to brief career as yo-yo pro On a slow day at work, 20-year-old Ryan Hanson was killing time – as he often did – by making a mental list of things he was bad at and wanted to improve on. His thoughts drifted to growing up during the height of […]
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Bandy’s growth is put on ice
June 2, 2023
Sports’ rapid rise in popularity hits roadblock in the shrinking number of regulation rinks During the meat-grinder months of Minnesota winter, when icicles reach from gutters to the ground and clusters of ice fishing houses form small cities on the frozen lakes, there are few people wishing for more ice.  Chris Middlebrook is one of […]
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Standout site only getting better
June 2, 2023
Elk River Youth Hockey webmaster Bobbi Kotzian completes major projects Webmaster of the Week: June 13-19 Name: Bobbi Kotzian Site: Elk River Youth Hockey Position: Secretary, Webmaster Use of platform: Registration, Sitebuilder, Tourney, Dibs Background: Kotzian, who along with husband Jeb has three boys and a girl (all hockey players) ranging in age from 8 […]
Ninja-like Erickson has no limits
June 2, 2023
No task is too big, no goal out of reach for Sport Ngin’s Alec Erickson On the football field, Special Olympics athlete Alec Erickson is described as a ninja. He is quiet and calculated with a tendency to come out of nowhere to catch a pass that wasn’t even intended for him. These qualities were […]
Barbie-free childhood was big hit
June 2, 2023
As a young superstar Krista Olson insisted on spending all of her free time playing hockey If a seven-year-old Krista Olson (formerly Johnson) had received a Barbie as a holiday gift, she most likely would have brought it to the hockey rink in her suburban Minneapolis neighborhood and slapped it into an open net. Luckily […]
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Quiet giant no longer is hidden
June 2, 2023
Modest and unassuming, Emrah Ozmen kept his Turkish hockey legacy under wraps – until now Hiding in plain sight among rows of desks, chairs and computer monitors at Sport Ngin’s Minneapolis headquarters is a giant in the world of international hockey. At nearly 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds, Emrah Ozmen does not fit the mold of […]
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Ponies hockey site tamed by webmaster
June 2, 2023
Doug Biever’s organizational skills big part of Stillwater Area Hockey Association’s makeover Webmaster of the Week: April 27-May 3 Name: Doug Biever     Site: Stillwater Area Hockey Association Position: Webmaster Background: Biever has been involved with Stillwater hockey since the youngest of his four boys became active in the association in 2006. He stepped up […]
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