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hot shots news + notes from the state of hockey tagline goes here Out of this World Minnesotans Mike Reilly (Chanhassen/Minnesota) and Mario Lucia (Wayzata/Notre Dame) helped Team USA capture its third-ever gold medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships last month in Ufa, Russia. The team was coached by local legend Phil Housley (South St. Paul), who might start getting more phone calls about new coaching opportunities. Mike Reilly (Chanhassen/ Minnesota) NAHL Coming to Richfield The North American Hockey League (NAHL) announced there will be a new team located in Richfield, starting next season. The new squad will call Richfield Ice Arena home. The NAHL is the oldest and largest junior hockey league in the U.S., with 24 teams in 13 states. More and more college players are coming out of the NAHL. "Minnesota is a state rich with hockey tradition and talent, and we are excited about the opportunity to put our first NAHL team within the Twin Cities and introduce the community to the NAHL product," NAHL Commissioner Mark Frankenfeld said in a statement. A team name and head coach will be named soon. Minnesota Major League Hockey Ask the average fan when hockey at its highest level began in the state, and the almost automatic answer you'll get will be when the Minnesota North Stars made their NHL debut at the old Met Sports Center in Bloomington in October 1967. Hey, not so fast. The major league version of the sport really began with the St. Paul Athletic Club's launch in the American Amateur Hockey Association for the 1914-15 season. A year later the AC captured the MacNaughton Cup (yes, that MacNaughton Cup), which they won again in 1920. St. Paul shifted to the United States Amateur Hockey Association in 1920, and led by White Bear Lake's Hall of Fame player Frank "Moose" Goheen, the AC team was a national finalist for the Fellows Cup in both 1922 and 1923. Picture Perfect The seventh-annual Hockey Day Minnesota proved to be yet another success, this time on Lake Pokegama in historic Grand Rapids. Renowned local artist Terrence Fogarty developed an exclusive piece for this event and limited prints are available for purchase. There will be only 200 9-by-13 prints, all of which will be signed and numbered by Fogarty. All proceeds from the prints go to support the Grand Rapids Area Hockey Association. They retail for $60 unframed and are available online at grhockeyday.com. 06 Local artist Terrence Fogarty's newest work for Hockey Day Minnesota benefits the Grand Rapids Area Hockey Association. minnesotahockeyjournal.com // February.2013