Jackson Luther smiled a bit wider late Friday night at Riverside Arena. He scored a game-winning overtime goal for the Austin Bruins and perhaps had a helping hand from one of his close friends.
Gavin Morrissey has flourished in his second season with the Austin Bruins, having recorded 17 points through the first 22 games of this year. College coaches took notice and on Thursday, Morrissey committed to Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Rochester native Mike Aikens has guided the Anchorage Wolverines to the North American Hockey League's Robertson Cup, the league's final four tournament, in the franchise's first year of existence. He's done it with some names familiar to southeastern Minnesota hockey fans: Albert Lea's Campbell Cichosz, a Minnesota State commit, and former Rochester Grizzlies Collin Pederson (an Owatonna native) and Shane Soderwall.