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Early last Friday evening, Moose Younghans' cellphone suddenly buzzed with activity. Carl Fish, pride of St. Paul Johnson High School, had just scored his first goal for the Gophers.
"I got 22 text messages in three minutes when he scored that goal," said Younghans, the Governors boys' hockey coach.
Ditto for Bob Motzko, the Gophers men's hockey coach. "Once that puck went across the line, I think Coach Motzko had 20-some [messages]," said Garrett Raboin, one of Motzko's assistants.
And Fish's mom, Julia, was at 3M Arena at Mariucci to witness it. She said she wanted to rush the glass to celebrate, "but they wouldn't let us."