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Making it look easy

By Andrew Vitalis, Let's Play Hockey, 04/01/16, 6:00AM CDT

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Erin Connolly wraps up a stellar high school career

It seemed like even from the beginning, every time Erin Connolly put on her skates good things happened. Brian Connolly, Erin’s father, remembers his daughter roaming the net at an early age with an edge of confidence well beyond her years.

“At the very beginning of her goalie career, in a Mite tournament when she was seven years old, a game went to overtime and then a sudden death shootout. They put their best player out first and Erin stuffed him. Our player scored and we won, and eventually went on to win the tournament with Erin in net,” remembered Brian. “When she was U12 age playing U19, the girls on our bench – mostly all much older and bigger – would get a kick out of pointing out the towering goalie in the opponent’s net and then comparing her to Erin whose head was still well below the crossbar. And then stating unequivocally that they’re glad they have ‘little Erin’ as their goalie.”

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