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Yeo Is All Hockey
by Paul on 01/15/12 at 11:13 AM ET
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from Chip Scoggins of the StarTribune,
The locker room door swings open and a young boy charges in, excited to meet Mike Yeo and pose for pictures with the first-year Wild coach. As they shake hands, Yeo leans down and asks a question.
“How are you in shootouts?” he says.
The boy looks alternately stunned and curious.
“We could use you,” Yeo says with a smile.
Yeo moves on to the next locker room, where he takes more pictures, signs more autographs and shares a few minutes with another youth hockey team at a recent charity event. He looks completely at ease in this environment, a rink rat at heart, his own childhood dreams of playing in the NHL still fresh in his mind.
He never made it that far as a player. Too many surgeries on too many body parts cut short his career. He took a different path instead, one that requires a clear vision of how to influence a game’s outcome from behind the bench, a resource he needs now more than ever.
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