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2017 NHL Draft: The Story of Ryan Poehling

Ryan Poehling has a great story. Let me tell it to you.

Ryan’s from Lakeville, Minnesota, and you know what Minnesota is like. They play hockey there like it’s required. They’re like Russians or Swedes or those other people that play that game too much — where are they from again? Hockey is what you do in Lakeville, Minnesota when the lakes freeze.

Ryan has two older brothers, twins Nick and Jack, and they — wait for it — play hockey. They went to a place called St. Cloud State University to play, and that sounds beautiful until you see the logo the team has.