Lino Lakes woman is named Hockey Mom of the Year

Jacqueline Nowakowski of Lino Lakes got a gold goalie stick after she was named Hockey Mom of the Year during the Hockey Mom All-Star Challenge finals part of the International Ice Hockey Federation s World Junior Championship celebration at the Mall of America on Thursday The upcoming IIHF World Junior Championships will be held at Grand Casino Arena in St Paul from Dec through Jan Related Articles Hockey World Juniors pre-tourney schedule disclosed World Juniors Showcase Cancer survivor Tony Granato thrilled to be back Motzko fills out Company USA s World Juniors coaching staff Minnesota s World Juniors will be a celebration of everybody says USA Hockey chief It was back in January when the Minnesota location was disclosed With participating nations participating it will be the largest event at the St Paul arena since the Republican National Convention in Over the module of days more than athletes from across the world will compete in St Paul and Minneapolis drawing more than spectators and aid staff and filling several hotel rooms nights The hockey players ages to numerous of whom have never skated together before will begin arriving a week in advance of the official tournament