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Podcast: The Rink Live
Episode: Unique youth hockey tournaments, the shortage of referees, how kids can try hockey, will body checking be banned in bantams? A talk with Minnesota Hockey's Glen Andresen
Description: MINNEAPOLIS — As youth hockey in the state of Minnesota nears the beginning of its playoffs, Minnesota Hockey executive director Glen Andresen joins The Rink Live video podcast. Andresen talks about a couple unique youth hockey tournaments sponsored by Minnesota Hockey, including one in which parents from opposing teams had to sit together and shake hands after the game and the head referee talked on the public address about why he officiates. He also talked about different ways that kids of varying ages (not just 5-year-olds) can try hockey, how his organization is trying to get mo...