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April/May 2013 / vol. 36, No. 4 / contents 16 MAGAZINE Official Publication of USA Hockey Stormin' Back Click here to receive this free digital edition each month The Hockey Community Steps In To Help Those Affected By Hurricane Sandy Features 20 Grin And Bear It Youth Hockey Heats Up With Try Hockey Event At Chilly Solider Field 21 A Heroes' Welcome In The Windy City Wounded Warriors Are Right At Home On Soldier Field Ice 24 Triple Threat In The Twin Cities Amanda Kessel Edges Out Her Minnesota Teammates To Claim Patty Kazmaier Award 26 Graduate School Members Of U.S. Women's Team Stay Sharp In Preparation For This Summer's Olympic Camp 28 Allies After The Whistle U.S. And Canadian Military Academies Continue To Battle It Out In College Hockey's Oldest Rivalry 30 A Diamond In The Rough Kirk Gibson Brought His Big League Experience To Help Teach Youth Hockey Lessons ON THE COVER Cody Liguori, a Bantam player with the Philadelphia Little Flyers, stands in front of a storm-damaged neighborhood just north of his home in Lavallette, N.J. 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