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- "Ice Hockey History - The Broadmoor". Colorado College. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- "MacNaughton Cup". Gopher Hockey History. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- 2006-07 Minnesota Men's Hockey Yearbook. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics.
- ↑ "WCHA Announces Playoff Championship to be Played in Grand Rapids in 2014 & 2016, Saint Paul in 2015 & 2017," press release from WCHA.com, 3/23/2013