Local athletes selected to play in All-Star hockey game

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The fifth annual K1 northern Minnesota girls high school hockey All-Star game will be held Tuesday, March 2, at the Cloquet Area Recreation Center. Activities will include a skills competition from 6:30-7:30 p.m., followed by the All-Star game at 8 p.m.

The 34 participating players represent 15 Northern Minnesota girls high school hockey programs, and teams will be coached by Shawna Davidson, head coach of the Duluth Northern Stars, and Joe Mohelsky of the Moose Lake Area Rebels.

In its sixth year of play, nearly 70 percent of the All-Star game’s senior class participants play the following year at the collegiate level. K1 All-Star alumni have played on every team in the WCHA as well as Division I Maine, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. For more history and background on this year’s players, contact Mark Brown at Mark_R_Brown@ml.com.

Tickets will be sold at the door for $6 for adults and $4 for students and seniors. Girls youth hockey players wearing their team jerseys will be admitted free.

Team members for the Fire include Anja Morris, a senior goalie from Hermantown; Paige Turner, a junior goalie from Duluth East; Jordana Turner, a senior forward from Virginia; Layla Marvin, a junior forward from Warroad; Kim Ergen, a senior forward from Moose Lake Area; Dana Gallop, a senior forward from Grand Rapids; Steph Strapple, a senior forward from Proctor; Julia Gilbert, a senior forward from Hermantown; Amy Olson, a senior forward from Roseau; Jane Goldfarb, a senior from Duluth East; Courtney Esse, a senior forward from Cloquet; Jessica Solberg, a senior defenseman from Silver Bay; Glenn Hartman-Mattson, a senior defenseman from Ely; Allie Balanger, a senior defenseman from Moose Lake; Emily Larson, a senior defenseman from Bemidji; Jessica Hunt, a senior defenseman from Bemidji; and Jesse Ryan, a junior defenseman from Cloquet.

Team member for the Ice include: Shelby Amsley-Benzie, a junior goalie from Warroad; Sarah Gustafson, a senior goalie from Cloquet; Kayla Moe, a junior forward from Eveleth; Karley Sylvester, a junior forward from Warroad; Abby Atol, a senior forward from Duluth Central; Shelby Sauer, a senior forward from Bemidji; Abby Ness, a junior forward from Roseau; Sam Buckley, a senior forward from Duluth Central; Frankie Bergman, a senior forward from Duluth Denfeld; Maddy Wheelecor, a senior forward from Hibbing; Melissa Clark, a senior forward from Carlton; Kirstin Standstrom, a senior defenseman from Silver Bay; Annie Swartz, a senior defenseman from Bemidji; Johannah Kohorst, a junior defenseman from Grand Rapids; Morgan Illikainen, a junior defenseman from Grand Rapids; Hannah Buchite, a senior defenseman from Hermantown; and Emma Stauber, a senior defenseman from Duluth Marshall.

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