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Article: FOCAL POINT; Take a glance at Elk River boys' hockey coach Tony Sarsland and make a choice. Love him or hate him? Because of his aggressive style - and his success - the middle ground is not very crowded.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2004
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Byline: Michael Rand; Staff Writer
Tony Sarsland is there for everybody to look at.
Front and center on the Elk River bench, chomping his gum, sticking his neck over the boards to shout instructions at his hockey players and wearing his emotions as plainly as his cowboy boots.
Front and center with one of the most visible, controversial and successful high school programs of the past decade in the state of hockey.
Front and center because the veteran coach believes, above all, that what you see is what you should get.
But what do you see?
Some see a coach with 464 career victories whose old-school style produces ...