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Boys' hockey preview: Five story lines, the metro Dream Team, 10 other players to watch

Cretin-Derham Hall, loaded on the top line, carries great expectations for the 2021-22 season,

By David La Vaque

November 30, 2021 at 1:54PM
Jake Sondreal of Cretin-Derham Hall during practice , in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Cretin-Derham Hall boys' hockey practice at Charles Schulz-Highland Arena. ] JERRY HOLT •Jerry.Holt@startribune.com
Jake Sondreal of Cretin-Derham Hall during practice earlier this month. (Jerry Holt, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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David La Vaque

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David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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