![Tim Pawlenty put on skates and taped up his sweat pants for a game of hockey in Urbandale. ] GLEN STUBBE • gstubbe@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/V5S3IB3YAMSBVODPV7D36R5PSM.jpg?&w=1080)
With the battle for Iowa intensifying, Tim Pawlenty donned hockey pads and skates Friday in a lunchtime presidential campaign event dubbed "Pucks and Pizza with Pawlenty." Receiving one of the most exuberant welcomes of his campaign so far, the former Minnesota governor was met at an Urbandale ice rink by an adoring pack of children chanting "T-Paw! T-Paw!" Mixing politics and pick-up hockey, Pawlenty sported a T-Paw jersey on the ice. A complete photo gallery by Star Tribune photographer Glen Stubbe is here). (Glen Stubbe photos above and below)
![To chants of T-Paw, T-Paw from local kids, Tim Pawlenty took to the ice in Iowa for a game of hockey. ] GLEN STUBBE • gstubbe@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/6TXJWCZXWZLT27R3JDZII263BQ.jpg?&w=1080)
