BY RYAN O’CONNORSitting at a youth hockey conference, watching what was likely to be another boring prerecorded training video, Kermit Brunelle sighed. On the screen, Don Lucia, coach of the national champion University of Minnesota ice hockey team, was giving a speech. “A lot of people think I have the best job in hockey, and I tell ...

BY MATT STOUT The Bishop Guertin hockey team was a haunted bunch. Shouldering the expectations to win a Division I state title after a second consecutive 15-1 regular season, the Cardinals were well aware of their past – three straight quarterfinal exits – and how a run to the state championship could change all that. But, Cardinals ...