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They Are The Champions, My Friend

No, this isn't the U.S. hockey team that beat Canada 5-3 in the early rounds and now finds itself in the chase for the Winter Olympics gold medal. It's the Coeur d'Alene Thunder Pee Wee hockey team that recently won the championship Sunday. The team has a "Bad News Bears" feel to it, according to hockey mom Jocelyn Stott, who provided this photo to Huckleberries Online. Jocelyn writes: "Not having an ice arena to play in for half of last season and all of this one really took a toll on these players and their families, but it didn't stop them from bringing home gold medals at the Idaho State Amateur Hockey Championships." KHQ will be filming the team at the KYRO Ice Arena later this afternoon for a newscast.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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