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Article: NEWCOMERS BATES, NELSON RISE TO PROMINENCE ON UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING HOCKEY CLUB
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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LARAMIE, Wyo., Oct. 27 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Jake Bates and Mitch Nelson don't share many similarities.
They grew up in vastly different places in Wyoming.
Bates is an engineering major; Nelson a history major.
One began skating at age 3; the other didn't even play ice hockey until high school.
One is an offensive-minded player whose sole mission is to put the puck on net; the other is more concerned with preventing goals than scoring them.
But, Bates and Nelson have one important commonality: Both have emerged - in a matter of just a few games - as key players for the University of Wyoming hockey club.
"We've had quite a few of the young guys step ...