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Nate Wells
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Nate Wells
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A secondary character in your story. Rink Rat. Podcaster. Writer. Freelance sports reporter for hire. Bylines: @TheAthletic @NCAAIceHockey @StribSports & more.
- A four-month old has witnessed Tampa's NFL/MLB/NHL/NBA teams reach as many Finals as a 39 year-old fan of Minnesota's NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL teams.
- Notre Dame band plays "Friends" theme song. Minnesota Duluth band plays "In Heaven There is no Beer." In case you need to know the difference between a Catholic school in Indiana and an Upper Midwest public school...
- Minnesota men’s pro sports: Hasn’t made a championship in over 30 years Minnesota women’s pro sports: Every team makes a championship appearance in their first season in a league.
- The highest NHL attendance last night? 18,134 in Denver.It’s my annual tweet, modified. This is a high school sporting event. Usually the pic is at the daytime quarterfinal Thursday, but I forgot. That quarterfinal’s attendance was 19,765. The Friday semifinal pictured here had 20,956. This is the State of Hockey. #TheTourney24
- Oliver Wahlstrom ends the craziest college hockey path in history: -Commits to Maine at 13 (Jan 2014) -Decommits from Maine (July 2015) -Commits to Harvard (Aug 2015) -Decommits from Harvard (Early 2018) -Commits to BC (May 2018) -Plays 1st game (Oct 2018) -Leaves BC (Mar 2019)
- Good morning to those who stayed up to watch the end of Minnesota Duluth-North Dakota and those people only.
- A 7 month-old child has seen as many Boston NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL teams reach a Final as a 38 year-old fan of Minnesota’s NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL teams.
- Happy men's Frozen Four week to those who celebrate.
- Wow Bemidji State got into Bridgeport. For the first time in @NCAAIceHockey history, all five Minnesota men's D1 hockey teams got in the NCAA Tournament.
- Sixth straight D1 men's @NCAAIceHockey national championship game featuring a Minnesota school. Speaks to the strength of @collegehockey in the state that the last 4 will feature 4 different schools '19 @UMDMensHockey '21 @SCSUHuskies_MH '22 @MinnStMHockey '23 @GopherHockey
- Four years to the day Bob Motzko was hired as @GopherHockey head coach, Minnesota advances to their first Frozen Four under his tenure.
- Asked Duluth East's Garrett Worth why tomorrow's semi is going to be exciting. "It's East and Edina. Are you kidding? It's the Cake of the North vs. Cake of the South." #TheTourney
