Roseau to be Chonicled in Hockey New for whole Hockey season

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Roseau to be Chonicled in Hockey New for whole Hockey season

Post by TTpuckster » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:19 am

Have you seen this article in the Grand Forks Herald today?

If it is somewhere else then ignore.

But this is pretty amazing!!!



PREP HOCKEY: Worldwide magazine to chronicle Rams
By Brad Schlossman, Herald Staff Writer
Published Friday, November 16, 2007

The Roseau boys hockey team hit Sports Illustrated last year.

This winter, the defending state champion Rams will be a weekly feature in The Hockey News, a worldwide magazine.

The Hockey News will do its reporting by phone, checking in frequently for updates and filing a story every week. Reporter Ryan Kennedy explained the aim of the season-long feature in the first installment, which was released this week.

“This town is built on hockey,” Kennedy wrote. “And that's why The Hockey News will be following the Roseau Rams high school hockey team every week, chronicling its journey on the road back to the state championship and providing an inside look at what its like to be a teenager on one of the most fabled varsity teams in America.”

The magazine approached head coach Scott Oliver with the idea about a month ago and Oliver ran it by the school's superintendent and athletic director. Everyone approved.

“It's going to be great from a number of standpoints,” Oliver said. “It's great for our community. It's great for our hockey program. And even more important, it's great for Minnesota high school hockey. It gives people an opportunity to learn more about something that is pretty special.”

The story of small-school Roseau competing against, and beating, the big schools of Minnesota lured Sports Illustrated last year. Now, hockey's largest magazine has come calling.

“Being from Winnipeg, I grew up reading The Hockey News,” Oliver said. “I think this is a great idea.”

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