In the tight-knit Eau Claire hockey community, it's nearly
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stop in their rise up the national, college and professional ranks.
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NESSFAMILY posted at 12:03 am on Tue, Aug 16, 2011.
not to mention Sis Paulsen and her years at Madison
WisconsinVoter posted at 9:52 pm on Tue, Aug 2, 2011.
This is great to see. Best of luck to Guy Brown, Mike Schwengler and the new North High coach this season. Coach Loen is right, "Competition breeds better players." And Eau Claire is bursting with good players coming up through Youth Hockey.
Also thanks to Coach Hickey for giving all he's got to kids no matter where they come from: Eau Claire, Altoona, Chippewa Falls, Rice Lake, Hudson, Black River Falls and more.
Eau Claire has great hockey coaches from little kids all the way up through college. Our kids are very lucky.