Charlie Shub wrote:
>
> nobody in the media picked up on the fact that the USAFA
> Minnesota game was perhaps the first playoff game with all
> native US players
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5491929
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A special dynamic intertwines the Air Force and Minnesota hockey teams - like red, white and blue - making Saturday's first-round NCAA Tournament game an all-American affair.
Both rosters are 100 percent American. No Canadians. No Europeans. That wouldn't be unusual if you were putting together a football or basketball team, but many of the NCAA's best hockey teams are built around foreign players.
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