Edina's Vivian Jungels is the Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year in girls' hockey

She's a defender with an offensive bent who leads her team in assists. She most certainly is not a goaltender.

February 22, 2022 at 2:49AM
Vivian Jungels (Edina) metro player of the year in Circle Pines, Minn., on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022.
For her skills as a defender and for the passing and puck-handling she provides in that role, Vivian Jungels of Edina is the girls’ hockey Metro Player of the Year. (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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