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- ↑ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ↑ "NCHC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
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