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[Video] Local high school seniors climb to collegiate hockey

By Griffin Stroin, WJFW, 02/15/21, 6:15AM CST

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The Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame is on the outskirts of town at the Eagle River Sports Arena. At the arena, you'll find a giant dome, and inside tons of wooden panels that make up the ceiling. It's a very unique arena compared to the others surrounding it.

The Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame is on the outskirts of town at the Eagle River Sports Arena. At the arena, you'll find a giant dome, and inside tons of wooden panels that make up the ceiling. It's a very unique arena compared to the others surrounding it. 

"I love playing here, Emma Sima, Northland Pines hockey player said. "It'll be kind of sad not playing here next year, but I'm just grateful for being able to play in this type of rink."

Sima has grown up on the ice but hockey was not her first choice. 

"I first started out as a figure skater but I kept on falling," Sima said. "This one time I fell and I was crying and my dad said 'You have to be tough like a hockey player, why don't you go out and play hockey?' So that just changed my mind and I've loved hockey ever since."

Ever since that day, hockey has been one of her top priorities.