Robert Morris University assistant hockey coach Joe Tuset took the ice for emergency goaltending duties with Pittsburgh Penguins in November after injuries left the NHL club without enough goalies for practice.

Kevin Murdoch is becoming another Florida-bred player to make his mark. The Minnesota State-Mankato recruit earned USHL goalie of the week honors for the Lincoln Stars in the first week of the season.

The air, ground, nose hairs, car steering wheel and everything else in the farmlands of Cokato, Minn., will be frozen stiff, but Megan Van Beusekom will have to block out the cold and continue to focus on making saves against her teammates in the residency program with the U.S. Women’s National Program. Read the story
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John Curry was still trying to break into the American Hockey League when he left early last season to play for Team USA in the Deutschland Cup in Germany. By the time the season was over, Curry was regarded as the top rookie goalie in the highest level of professional minor leagues.