The Squirt International tournament in Fargo is not only about hockey — it’s also a massive tradition of pin trading, attracting thousands of players and families.
Those efforts, and a little help from their friends, spelled Minnesota’s for season sweep over their arch-rivals from America’s Dairyland for the first time since the 2002-03 season.
Dennis Gilbert sits at his stall in the Buffalo Sabres dressing room, the latest stop on a journey that started a few miles north in an Amherst backyard. With precise detail, he rattles off the hectic ...