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Finally, pucks are being dropped

Hockey previews for CEC, Moose Lake

A year ago, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls hockey team completed a season for the ages by going 27-4 and finishing as runner-up at the Minnesota High School Class A Girls Hockey Tournament. The 'Jacks graduated seven seniors off a team that set a school record for most wins in a season.

Gone from this year's team is last year's powerhouse line of Taylor Nelson, Kiana Bender and Dea DeLeon. Nelson is playing hockey at Division 1 Bemidji State and Bender and DeLeon are teammates on the University of Minnesota-Duluth softball team.

"We lost a significant amount of seniors so we are excited to see...