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Joe Mellenbruch

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Corp comms manager. Freelance sports writer. Perpetually disappointed Minnesota sports fan. Husband to Briana. Dad to Leo and Oliver.

Rochester, Minn.
Joined July 2013
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@joemellenbruch
Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#BREAKING : Minot's @maysaarena named one of four finalists for Kraft Hockeyville U.S.A. Now guaranteed at least $25,000 for arena upgrades.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
THE MINOT MAGICIANS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! #NDpreps #NDsuperA
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
Magi back within one. The student section's feelin' it.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
THE MAGI ARE STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!!! #NDpreps #NDstateHockey
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@joemellenbruch
Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Minot may have won the title, but Century's @IsaacWahlin was player of the game tonight. 15 points in the final 2:57. What a performance.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Senior athlete of the year: Dakota Halvorson, Minot High. #NDpreps #NDWestRegion
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@joemellenbruch
Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
State champ right there. @bigtimeballer6
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9 years
And Century's student section is quite simply getting owned. #AdvantageMagi
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 months
Stewartville, cherish every moment of Garrett Mueller leading this program. He’s a special, special coach. What a culture he’s inspired.
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Adam Peterson
7 months
If there were ever proof that God is a Stewartville Tiger Fan, I want you to watch Leslie Kundert kick this XP that sailed on the wings of an angel named Gordy for a storybook ending to @StewieFootball season! Tigers up 43-7 with 3 to go!
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Tournement MVP? You guessed it. Dakota Halvorson, Minot High. #HesNotRattled
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Minot High standout Braydon Lund ( @bigtimeballer6 ) has verbally committed to #NDSU for football. Also had an offer from #UND .
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 months
11 shutouts in their last 20 games. #goldrush
@StewieFootball
Stewartville Football
8 months
WE EARNED ANOTHER WEEK! DEFENSE COMES UP HUGE WITH A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT… ON TO THE BANK! LET’S GO!!! #WaterIt #ProtectTheShip #TigerPride
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
FINAL | Section 1AAAAA title game: No. 6 Mayo 38, Owatonna 33.
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
@PhilMackey I think 152 games over the last three years is the problem here, Phil.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
The face that sustained the brunt of Minot's game-clinching power play. Kid's a warrior. @cnelly19 #NDstateHockey http://t.co/l7uALMso6L
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
My wife and I welcomed another beautiful baby boy into the world yesterday! Everyone, meet Oliver Vincent. 7 lbs, 13 oz. 19 3/4 inches long. Mom and baby are both healthy and happy!
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
FLOM!! FLOM!! The Magi win it!!! #NDpreps #NDstateHockey
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Junior Matthew Leier's late takedown secured a 3-2, 3rd-place victory for the Magi at 113. #NDpreps #NDstateWrestling http://t.co/rh7RLbcykt
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 years
FINAL | WIAA Division 5 sectional final: No. 7 Shullsburg 60, No. 3 Bangor 58. Wand's 3-pointer wins it for the Miners. #lctsports #wisbb
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Big S/O to the #StateChamps ! Best team in the state from start to finish, no question. What a year for Minot High. #Deserved #RollMagi
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Big S/O to the Magi!!!! It was a sincere pleasure covering you guys this season. You boys deserve it. #StateChamps #RollMagi #NDstateHockey
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Before this game, the question of the state's best team was up for debate. Minot High has settled that argument tonight.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
I'm pleased to announce that I'll be the next sports editor of The Minot Daily News. So excited for this opportunity. #BigShoesToFill
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Joe Mellenbruch
4 years
@Vikings @AnthonyBarr The trailer also says you need a new OL.
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
Big win for the Rangers. #lctsports #wisfb
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Bischof seals it with an empty-netter!!!! The Magicians are headed to the state title game!!!! #NDpreps #NDstateHockey
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 months
Three-time district champs.
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
Devils Lake leads 6-2. And the crowd goes wild upon Fritz's introduction into the game. This is senior night at its finest. #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
Think Sam Backer won’t have a chip on his shoulder next year? Think again.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
Here's a sneak peek of tomorrow's front page. Every Minot High boys basketball fan is gonna want a copy! #RollMagi http://t.co/psZJTR0wIY
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 months
FINAL: No. 9 Byron 17, No. 3 Kasson-Mantorville 14. The Bears are moving on to the Class 4A state tournament.
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#SneakPeak | Monday's poster-style layout celebrating @magibasketball 's 2nd straight title #NDpreps @APSE_sportmedia
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#SledHockey | @DreamsInMotion2 to introduce sled hockey to Minot (photos via @tattewonu )
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#NAHL | @MinotauroHockey journeyman Gunner Rivers still impressing in goal #JoinTheCharge
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
FINAL: Minot 22, No. 1 Bismarck 7 #MDNpreps #ndpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#NCAAhockey | A #sneakpeak of the MDN's Sunday front. @MinotState hockey intrigued by idea of D-I transition. #ACHA
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
BBB | Senior athlete of the year: Dakota Halvorson, Minot High. #NDpreps #NDsuperA
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
This kid’s stats are made all the more impressive by the fact that he predominantly played in the first halves of games all year. Incredible. He’s a senior in 2022, returning to a title-winning team with a lot of key talent also returning beside him. Look out, y’all.
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Sam Backer
3 years
I’m honored to be All-Area First Team🤩 @Sports_PB
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
One big, huge, MASSIVE shoutout to these Devils Lake #Firebirds , tho... Looks like I'll be seeing you boys at the state tourney! #StateBound
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
West Region senior athlete of the year: Goaltender Camden Haugenoe, Williston. #NDpreps #WDAhockey
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
No Minot defenseman has scored more points than @colby_enns . 2 more today, including a goal. #WDAhockey #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
FOOTBALL: The @Sports_PB all-area football player of the year, unsurprisingly, is Chatfield star @SamBacker5 . Backer and I looked back on his storied career together, as I had the honor of summing it all up with this story. Enjoy:
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#NCAAhockey | With pledges in place, Regier dreaming of D-I jump for @MinotState #ACHA
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 months
No. 1 Stewartville secured its third consecutive district title tonight with a 28-6 win over Lourdes. These Tigers are rolling. My story for ⁦⁦ @Sports_PB ⁩:
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#BREAKING : Bishop Ryan standout Aaron Sandy ( @AaronSandy2 ) has committed to @MSUBeavers wrestling. #NDpreps #NSICWres
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
Minot coach Dean Winczewski is already one of ND's all-time greats. My column: #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
With that, Scheels Arena, I bid thee farewell. #NDstateHockey http://t.co/3ofctTIpW8
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
Glynn in for his third TD of the night. 28-3 Byron following the PAT.
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
As is tradition.. #d3b #lctsports
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
CZAPLEWSKI!! Minot scores the opener!
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
#NAHL | Nate Pionk ( @pionknathan65 ) rejoins @MinotauroHockey after brief USHL stint #Tauros
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 months
I get if it happens during a regular game with no cameras, it’s a gut call. Human error, etc. That’s part of the game, and that’s fine. But with the benefit of instant replay, there is zero excuse for that decision. And for anyone wondering, there will be no accountability.
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 months
If you’ve got two eyes and a brain, you can see that’s a TD.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
@DomIzzoWDAY doesn't do it justice. Not by a long shot.
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 years
Your 2016-17 regional champs. #lctsports #wisbb
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
FINAL | MVC football: West Salem 19, Logan 0. Panthers lock up postseason qualification. #lctsports #wisfb
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
BBB: Halvorson, No. 1 Magi throttle 2nd-ranked Wahpeton by 30 http://t.co/J5fS9L7yC6 #NDpreps http://t.co/NDtrPpsPlg
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 months
One game to go, but you can’t convince me this isn’t perhaps the best high school football team in the state regardless of class.
@pbpruff
Pat Ruff
7 months
My complete story on Stewartville advancing to the Class 3A state football championship game. Tigers are still perfect.
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
FINAL | Class AA Prep Bowl: No. 7 Chatfield 14, West Central Area/Ashby 13. Gophers clinch their fifth state title in school history and first since 2013.
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
My little man is going to be a big brother in July. He's pretty excited about it, and so are we. 😊
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
FINAL | Section 1AAAAA football title game: Mayo 36, Owatonna 7. Spartans topple Huskies, march on to the state quarters again.
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
This morning, we said goodbye to our furry friend, Otis. He'd been battling cancer and today we put an end to his pain, knowing God was calling him home. He was such a good boy. We already miss you so much, buddy. We love you, now and forever. ❤️💔
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 months
Mayo up 24-14 at top-seeded Stillwater, late first half 👀
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
North Star is your 2014 Class B state volleyball champion. #NDpreps #NDstateVB
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
. @SHAQ sighting at Minot Air Force Base. He and Dale Brown are getting ready to address Minot's servicemen and women. http://t.co/sebEBBLpkB
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
Your 2021 @MSHSL Section 1AAA softball champions: @WinhawkSB .
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Joe Mellenbruch
6 years
5,065 yards, 35 TD, 19 INT, 63%
@VikingsGraphics
VikingsGraphics
6 years
Kirk Cousins stats will be ________ in 2018? ⬇️⬇️⬇️ (Yards, TDs, INTs, Comp %)
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
You'd really be hard pressed to find better basketball fans in this state. This Devils Lake crowd is rowdy.
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#wisfb | Logan silences high-powered Hilltoppers on homecoming night. My story: #lctsports
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
S/O to the Devils Lake #Firebirds , though! Two wins from their first four games. Playoffs are callin' your name, boys. Go get it. #ndpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
Senior athlete of the year: Sarah Hagler, North Star #NDstateVB
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
After tonight's #BattleOfTheMaysa , a total of $27,971.25 was raised for the Maysa Expansion. Well done, @MinotauroHockey and @MinotState !!
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
BREAKING: Minot High senior post Braydon Lund ( @bigtimeballer6 ) one of eight Mr. Basketball finalists. #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#WDAhockey fans, I'll be in Bottineau for tonight's game between the Braves and @WDAsports leading Minot High. 7:30 start. #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
2 more assists for @logan_bischof19 . 17 on the year. Only Riley Giauque had as many before today #WDAhockey #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
So much school spirit in my notifications right now. #rollmagi
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
The Herb might have a pretty nice crowd, but Duane Carlson Stadium is.. uh.. packed. Magi up 28-0. #NDpreps http://t.co/cAabrs4Tsr
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
FINAL | Class AA state quarterfinals: No. 7 Chatfield 50, No. 2 Minneapolis North 20. The Gophers will head to U.S. Bank Stadium next week for a state semifinal date with Barnesville.
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Joe Mellenbruch
7 years
For @UMDBulldogs recruit @Bailey_Kale_23 , basketball and music go hand in hand. My story: #lctsports #wisbb
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
What a difference 11 days makes for these Wildcats.
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
FINAL: No. 6 Cannon Falls 74, No. 1 Lake City 38. What a night for the Bombers. What a win.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
FINAL: Minot 11, Bottineau-Rugby 4 #NDpreps #NDboysHockey
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FINAL: Stewartville 40, Kasson-Mantorville 10. These Tigers are good, man.
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
STATE CHAMPION: Bangor's Ashlie Lockington wins the triple jump (37-1.52). Cashton's Jamie Schmitz second at 37-1.25. #wiaatrack #lctsports
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
FINAL: Rochester Mayo 58, Owatonna 31. Massive statement win for the Spartans.
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
FINAL | Section 1A baseball championship: Lewiston-Altura 7, Randolph 0. Cardinals going back to state. #mshsl
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
#StateBound | Engebretson, Velva secure Region 6 title over Bishop Ryan http://t.co/fm8i5RVAQE #NDpreps http://t.co/SdoymNxzLc
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
Since @DrSchue_10 jumped to the 1st line, the Magi have scored 22 combined goals over 10 periods #WDAhockey #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
10 years
PREP FOOTBALL: Austin Lee ( @AustinJLee21 ) leads Bombers over Heart River http://t.co/mTUcFguotj #MDNpreps #ndpreps http://t.co/O8bX9eIXzP
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
FINAL | Section 1AA football title game: No. 1 Chatfield 10, No. 8 Caledonia 8. 23 wins and counting for these Gophers, who will represent Section 1 in the state tournament yet again.
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Joe Mellenbruch
9 years
FINAL | Boys hockey: Minot High 4, Bismarck High 2. With 4th straight win, Magi assume 1st place in @WDAsports standings #WDAhockey #NDpreps
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
OT goal from Phoenix McElroy-Scott clinches the NJCAA title for DCB hockey. Congrats, @DCB_Athletics ! #JUCOhockey
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Joe Mellenbruch
8 years
#BREAKING : @MinotauroHockey defenseman James LaDouce pledges NCAA Division I commitment to the @AlaskaNanooks . #NAHL #JoinTheCharge
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Joe Mellenbruch
2 years
CHATFIELD FIELD GOAL: Ice water. Jacob Erickson drills it from 27 yards out to reclaim a narrow lead for the Gophers. Chatfield 10, Caledonia 8. 6:54 to play. Buckle up.
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Joe Mellenbruch
3 years
TOUCHDOWN CHATFIELD: Backer in for his sixth rushing TD. That has to be his final carry of the night, I'd imagine. 8-yard run gives him 237 yards for the night on 19 carries. Chatfield 50, Minneapolis North 7.
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