This story in the March 2011 issue of Maple Grove Magazine profiled former Gopher basketball captain Brent Lawson, who graduated from Maple Grove High School in 2000. Lawson reflects on his experience leading the Gopher basketball team to the 2005 NCAA Tournament, the program's first since the 1999 academic fraud scandal. He also shared his tips on filling out a successful NCAA bracket via an online-only maplegrovemag.com exclusive.

The journey these three men took from prep to college to pro hockey was a pleasure to cover. It all culminated at the NHL Draft, which determined where they'd potentially get to live out their pro hockey dreams. I reached them by phone to get their reactions and wrote this story on deadline for a daily newspaper.

This Faribault Daily News story covered the pipeline between the Shattuck-St. Mary's hockey program and the University of Wisconsin. Badgers head coach Mike Eaves stopped in to watch a SSM practice and visit two players who committed to his program: Derek Stepan and Jordy Murray.

As the US College Hockey Online St. Cloud State University correspondent, I covered this rivalry series between the University of Minnesota and St. Cloud State. This is an example of working an important night game on deadline. After the game, I had about an hour to get my interviews, type the story up and send it in on deadline.

As the US College Hockey Online St. Cloud State University correspondent, I covered this record-setting game in which the Denver University goalie set a school record for shutout time. This game story was on a tight deadline of about an hour to work with after the game.