Avalanche gets the best of the Minnesota 88s

Please read Thursday’s paper and online editions for what I think is a really cool piece on childhood teammates Erik Johnson and Peter Mueller of the Avalanche. Did you know those Bloomington-raised boys met around age 5 and began playing hockey together at age 10, and won the Minnesota peewee A (ages 11-12) state championship together for Bloomington Jefferson in 2001? Bloomington Jefferson went 54-2-2 that year, according to Johnson, and won the state-title game 12-0. (These figures came straight from Johnson, so if they are inaccurate, please email me at mchambers@denverpost.com to discuss.) Erik Johnson's motherErik Johnson and Peter Mueller as peewees (ages 11-12) for Bloomington Jefferson outside the Twin Cities I had a blast working with EJ and Muells on this piece today, and certainly think you’ll enjoy Thursday’s read. I put together the following chart based on EJ and Muells’ Tier 1 summer teams from ages 10-15: Minnesota 88s From ages 10 to 1...