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BRETT LARSON

The NCAA only permits college teams to have two full-time assistant coaches on staff, but many in the NCHC would like a third assistant to be permitted in the name of player safety.
While professional coaches may grind non-stop in the season, NCAA Division I men's hockey assistants must balance their roles as coaches and scouts, and their season doesn't end when the games do.
PART 3: With Minnesota producing more talented young hockey players than any region of the country, the Canadian major junior hockey leagues are increasingly setting their sights on recruiting more players from the State of Hockey. In part three of a three-part series, The Rink Live looks at the new NCAA rules governing when college hockey programs can begin talking with players, and how the major junior leagues now have a head start in efforts to attract young Minnesotans.

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Denver head coach David Carle first went to the Frozen Four as a Pioneers fan, cheering on his older brother to the 2005 NCAA title. Also coach of the year finalists, and Fargo is regional attendance leader.
Former Minnesota Duluth assistant coach and defenseman Brett Larson made his first appearance at Amsoil Arena as an opposing head coach. He said that the good feelings left quickly after the puck drop.
DULUTH — When Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin was asked in April at his end-of-the-season news conference about early departures to the NHL, he didn’t have much of an answer.

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