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Kevin Hartzell

Kids deserve to keep playing

09/08/2020, 11:00am CDT
By Kevin Hartzell

Being risk-aversive is counterproductive

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Is it really about fun?

11/16/2019, 9:15pm CST
By Kevin Hartzell

What I miss about coaching

09/13/2019, 1:00pm CDT
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

Helping players reach their potential is one of the best parts about coaching

USHL, NAHL rated as top junior hockey leagues

08/26/2019, 10:30am CDT
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

If you are going to play past high school, you are going to, with a rare exception, be required to play junior hockey.

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Off to juniors

04/24/2019, 10:45am CDT
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

What do Minnesota kids need to know as they enter junior hockey?

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Coachability is key

03/27/2019, 10:30am CDT
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

The story of Andreas Nödl’s rise to professional hockey illustrates the importance of being coachable

The 2018-19 season: The good, the bad and the ugly

03/18/2019, 1:00pm CDT
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

Kevin Hartzell's thoughts after watching a winter full of high school hockey games.

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A look back at The Tourney

03/13/2019, 4:15pm CDT
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

Kevin Hartzell's thoughts on the 2019 state high school boys' hockey tournament.

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Sport is but a metaphor for life

02/12/2019, 12:45pm CST
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

What we come to learn in sport, as in life, is that anything worth having comes with a price.

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Remembering the 1979 NCAA Champions

01/24/2019, 11:00am CST
By Kevin Hartzell, Let's Play Hockey Columnist

Kevin Hartzell looks back on the Gopher team that captured the program’s third national championship

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