Date: 2/5/16<br />
Desk: SPT<br />
Slug: KESSEL<br />
Assign Id: 30185857A<br />
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Amanda Kessel, #8, is introduced before the start of the game with her University of Minnesota (she is greeted by the school mascot the Golden Gopher), before her team's 3-0 victory over the University of North Dakota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2016. <br />
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Kessel, who has not played competitive hockey since the Sochi Olympics because of a concussion, returned to the lineup for the University of Minnesota tonight and had 2 assists. Three years ago, she was thought to be the best young player in the country.<br />
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Photo by Angela Jimenez for The New York Times <br />
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