I spent most of Sunday at Amsoil Arena covering the NCAA women’s hockey championship game between Wisconsin and Minnesota for the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The goal of the assignment wasn’t just game action. The Hockey Hall of … Continued
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Minnesota State Boys Hockey Tournament
Posted in Duluth News Tribune, Hockey, Minnesota Public Radio, Sports on 03.11.2012I spent the last four days covering the Minnesota State High School League boys hockey state tournament. It’s the largest state sports tournament in the country in terms of viewing and attendance and with Minnesota being christened the home of American … Continued
Frozen Four Semifinals :: UMD vs. Notre Dame
Posted in Duluth, Duluth News Tribune, Hockey, Sports on 04.08.2011Growing up, I didn’t know much about hockey other than what I read about the hockey cards I collected in Beckett Hockey Monthly. My favorite player was Brett Hull and I couldn’t get my hands on enough Eric Lindros and … Continued
Minnesota State Boys Hockey: The Finals
Posted in Duluth News Tribune, Hockey, Sports on 03.16.2010This is the day everyone has been waiting for. It’s a day that has existed only in dreams for many of the kids taking to the ice in the title games Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. … Continued
MN State Boys Hockey Day Three: A game for the ages
Posted in Duluth News Tribune, Hockey, Sports on 03.13.2010I’ve learned throughout my years of covering sports that it’s not wise to leave until the buzzer has sounded. In 2005, the Wisconsin football team blocked a Minnesota punt in the final seconds and recovered it in the endzone to … Continued
Minnesota Boys State Hockey Day Two
Posted in Duluth News Tribune, Hockey, Sports on 03.12.2010Thursday was a pretty fun day at the Minnesota state boys hockey tournament. It was a long day and I was wiped out at the end, but I was happy to be able to grab some nice images and beat … Continued
Minnesota Boys State Hockey Day 1: A tale of two games
Posted in Duluth News Tribune, Hockey, Sports on 03.10.2010The last time I was blogging from the Minnesota boys state hockey tournament, I was not even a week removed from being laid off from my job as a photojournalist at the Duluth News Tribune. At the time, I really … Continued
Blast from the past…
Posted in Basketball, Football, Hockey, Sports on 04.10.2009Since I was let go from the Duluth News Tribune back at the beginning of March, I’ve had a lot of time to organize my archives, get my blog and website in gear, work on some of my own marketing … Continued
UMD Men's Hockey: Masters of the Miraculous
Posted in Hockey, Sports on 04.02.2009I’ve covered dozens of hockey games since I moved to Duluth a little over two years ago, but few compare to the one I photographed this past Friday night. I was back freelancing for the Duluth News Tribune at the … Continued
The Pain and the Party
Posted in Derek, Hockey, Sports on 03.18.2009The Minnesota State Boys Hockey tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul is a four-day whirl of athleticism, emotions, pain and partying. Each of the games feature a little bit of all these traits and I got to … Continued








