Rory Guilday of Minnetonka and Nolan Roed of White Bear Lake are among 23 players with ties to Minnesota high schools who were drafted into the PHL and NHL last week. (Minnesota Star Tribune file)
Nearly two dozen hockey players whose youth careers took them through the State of Hockey — from playing in the state tournaments to time on the youth circuit — took the next step in their hockey careers last week, selected in the NHL and PWHL drafts. Neither the hometown Minnesota Wild nor Frost ended up as landing spots for the locals.
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