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Glenn Hall, legendary NHL goalie, dies at age 94

By Stephen Whyno AP Hockey Writer Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose ironman streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94. Nicknamed “Mr. Goalie,” Hall worked to stop pucks at a time when players at his position were bare-faced, before masks of ...

Sleepy Eye locks down Springfield

SLEEPY EYE — In a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game against Sleepy Eye on Thursday, Springfield had a clear defensive game plan — clog the paint. And while the Tigers held the Indians to 44 points, Sleepy Eye proved to have a strong defensive game plan of its own as it came away ...

Eighth-graders lead Eagles girls to shutout over Trojans

NEW ULM — Isabelle Forstner and Callie Haugen — both eighth-graders — each scored two goals as the New Ulm Eagles blanked Worthington 5-0 Thursday night at the New Ulm Civic Center. Tristyn Wolner added the other goal for the Eagles who improved to 2-2 in conference game and 4-11 ...

MLC struggles to stop Pieper, falls to UMM

NEW ULM — Behind a dominant, career-high scoring performance from the University of Minnesota Morris Cougars’ Kaden Pieper, the Martin Luther College Knights couldn’t afford to have many slip-ups on Wednesday night in their Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball ...

Sabres writer’s roots trace back to New Ulm

One of the first sports writers for The Journal who covered the New Ulm High School boys hockey team in its infancy back in the late 70s was Kevin Oklobzija, who now covers the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. “I was a senior in high school for the 1977-78 school year,” said Oklobzija now ...

New Ulm boys fall short to speedy Waseca

NEW ULM — The Waseca Bluejays scored four unanswered goals to erase a 2-1 first period lead and went on to a 6-4 win over New Ulm in a Big South Conference boys hockey game at the New Ulm Civic Center. Griffin Storey had two goals for the 20th ranked team in Class A as they improved to ...