If someone needs an excuse to avoid a handshake, Minnesota Junior Gold hockey supplies plenty. Minnesota has a surplus of lakes, sub-zero days, and high school hockey players – too many skaters to put them all on the varsity and junior varsity teams. For most of the players, it would be the last game of youth hockey careers that stretched back to kindergarten, their last shot at a state championship. It was therefore a bit of a surprise attack when, 6:11 into the first period, Minnetonka scored. They barely noticed Edina players getting their second-place medals because they were still putting on the red 2017 champion hats emerging from a box just given to one of the Warrior coaches.

Source: Forbes March 23, 2017 17:15 UTC