Twitter: Goalie recalls when Roseau 'lit me up like a Christmas tree'

You've probably forgotten about this, but Roseau's appearance in the Class AA hockey tournament is bringing back memories for one former high school goaltender.

March 7, 2014 at 12:12AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This is one of the reasons we like Twitter. After his Blaine team fell behind 4-0 early in the second period of the Class 2A hockey tournament six years ago, the starting goalie was pulled and Brent Hollerud took over in the nets.

Roseau went on to win 8-2.

Thursday, during the Roseau-Lakeville North quarterfinal game, Hollerud posted this:

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We went looking and found a photo, from a different game, of Hollerud having more success in goal:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Blaine won this game 6-0.

Hollerud's tweet and a whole bunch more are on the Star Tribune's state tournament Superblog. You can follow it here.

about the writer

about the writer

Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor

Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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