IN THE NEWS: Edina Hornets - Alumni

The story below is about Tom Carlsen who used to play for Edina in the 60's and the University of Minnesota in the early 70's. It is a very good story about Carlsen's life from athlete to sports doctor. He currently lives in Bend, Oregon and is set to retire. At the end of the article, he describes how, if he had his way, would be spending his days playing pick-up hockey, outdoors, in Minnesota. It shows a photo of Doctor Carlsen and some of his sports memorabilia around him.

Courtesy of the Bend Bulletin

By Markian Hawryluk

On the cutting edge

Retiring sports doctor brought wealth of knowledge to Bend

If only the weather had been better in Missoula, Mont., Dr. Tom Carlsen might never have come to Bend. Fresh out of a sports medicine fellowship at the prestigious Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles in 1981, Carlsen arrived to interview for a position as the team doctor at the University of Montana on a gray, dreary day.

Read the rest of the article here.

Eden Prairie's Nick Leddy commits to the Gophers

Read about the details on the Golden Gopher Hockey Blog.

Blues rookie Erik Johnson (Holy Angels) answers emails

ESPN.com's John Buccigross took email questions for former Academy of Holy Angels', former Minnesota Gopher, and now St. Louis Blues rookie Erik Johnson. It includes one from his Biology teacher at Holy Angels. I thought the questions and answers were funny and just plain great. I think I've become an instant Erik Johnson fan simply because he grew up cheering for Pavel Bure, a personal favorite of my own.

The questions and answers are here at ESPN.com, halfway down the page.

Ryan Walters: St. Thomas Academy Sophomore Commits to the Gophers

The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers locked in another Minnesota high school phenom for 2010 by signing St. Thomas Academy sophomore Ryan Walters as reported by The Scouting News.

Walters will play for the USHL Des Moines Buccaneers before and after his upcoming sophomore season with St. Thomas Academy. He will then play two full seasons with the Bucs in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 before enrolling at the U in the Fall of 2010.