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The Minnesota Frostbite earned promotion to the top league after winning the League II.1. This Frostbite have now won the league championship in both of their last two seasons in the second tier. Minnesota also finished in second place in the regular season, and advanced to the third round of the national cup for the eighth straight season.

"We are excited to have earned our way back to the top league," said GM Joe, "now that this will be our second season in that league, we are hoping to compete to remain at that level for a long time."

A variety of Frostbite players hit career milestones. Vince Mott recorded his 1300th career point, Clint Hart reached the 800-point plateau, Howard Little, Henry Godfrey, and Thomas Nunn all scored their 400th career points, Alexander Dennison, Devy Babinski, Tom Demers and Tommy Wheeler recorded their 300th career points, and Damon Winstead scored his 200th career point. Clint Winters scored his 400th career goal, and Godfrey, Babinski, Winstead, and Tommy Wheller all scored their 100th career goal. Mott got his 700th career assist, Little and Godfrey recorded their 300th career assists, Babinski, Nunn, Demers, Dennison all got their 200th career assists, and Mark Behr and Wheeler both got their 100th career assist.

Frostbite players finished among league leaders in a variety of categories. Mott finished fifth in league scoring and sixth in league goals, Nunn finished sixth in scoring and third in goals, Demers finished eighth in scoring and fourth in goals, Winstead finished seventh in goals and ninth in scoring, Dennison finished tenth in goals, Godfrey finished third and Babinski finished sixth in defensive scoring.

The Frostbite added to their roster, drafting center Tommie Dixon and defenseman Daniel Sharrow, and bringing up center Tracey Behr from the sports academy. To make room on the roster, Minnesota had to part way with long-time veteran goalie Gene Stephens and defensemen Harry Chestnut and Clyde Li.

Stephens played 233 games between the pipes, logging 61 shutouts. "Gino was the first starting goalie in team history, and he won a lot of games back there for us" said Joe.

Chestnut scored 109 goals and 271 assists for a total of 380 points in 562 career games in a Frostbite jersey. "Harry's versatility and physicality playing either side of the blue line has been a tremendous asset for our team," said Joe.

Li scored 105 goals and 265 assists for 370 points in 580 games for Minnesota. "Clyde was a model of consistency, being the last player to have played in every competitive Frostbite game in team history," said Joe, "all three of these great players will be missed.

Assistant Sporting Director Joe Averill and Head Physician Miguel Mark both retired. "Joe was an exceptional asset when it came to working with our veteran players, and Miguel was instrumental in keeping our boys health and ready to go night in and night out, they will both be missed and hopefully enjoy a well-deserved retirement," said Joe.

GM Joe managed the USA U20 team for the 13th straight year, winning the Division 1 championship and earning promotion to the top division.

"Our fans should look forward to another exciting year of Frostbite hockey as our franchise continues to grow, and we are looking forward to delivering on their expectations, "said Joe.

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