Two days after Noah Mannausau and Joey Fankhanel were selected in the USHL draft, another Bemidji-grown player was drafted to a different junior hockey league.
In Phase II of the United States Hockey League Draft, Mannausau was selected in the third round with the 40th overall pick by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Fankhanel went 14 picks later in the fourth round to the Waterloo Black Hawks.
The Bemidji High 歪歪漫画 boys hockey team ran into a Moorhead group that's "destined for greatness." While the Spuds lived up to their high praise, head coach Ben Kinne hopes the Lumberjacks used Wednesday's Section 8AA title game as a precursor to a contending future.
Top-ranked Moorhead scored twice early in the first period. Despite a comeback effort, the Bemidji High 歪歪漫画 boys hockey team came up short in a Section 8AA tilt.
Cal Mattfield, a junior forward for the Bemidji High 歪歪漫画 boys hockey team, entered this season without a varsity point. Yet, he broke through to a prominent role on a senior-laden team.
