High School

Not your average hockey player

 

By Peter Knutson
Let’s Play Hockey

Toby Sengvongxay may be an average sophomore at Luverne High School, but he is one player you wouldn’t expect to see in hockey, let alone breaking school records on the ice. Sengvongxay is Hmong-American.

He started playing hockey around third grade and has stuck with it since then. Toby is an avid soccer player and one day he was on the soccer field and a hockey parent saw him practicing. They asked him if he would try hockey because he was so fast on the field. He gave hockey a shot and loved it from the start.

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A Knight’s Quest

Defending Class AA state champion Benilde-St. Margaret’s enters the season ranked No. 1. Can the Red Knights win again in 2013?

After the jump, the 2012-13 Minnesota Boys’ High School Class AA Team Previews:

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One for the thumb?

Two-time defending state champion St. Thomas Academy enters the season ranked No. 1. Can the Cadets win their fifth title in 2013?

After the jump, the 2012-13 Minnesota Boys’ High School Class A Team Previews:

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MHCA announces 2012-13 award winners

At its fall conference, the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association selected its award recipients for 2012-13.

Three people will be inducted into the MHCA Hall of Fame and four others will be honored for their contributions and accomplishments with individual awards.

Going into the Hall of Fame this year are Bruce Olson (Roseau/Warroad), Pat Guyer (Greenway) and John Barger (Burnsville/New Prague/St. Louis Park).

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A Skipper Three-peat?

 Two-time defending state champion Minnetonka and perennial contender Warroad enter the season as the No. 1 girls’ high school hockey teams

After the jump, the 2012-13 Minnesota Girls’ High School Team Previews:

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