While some Minnesotans use the short summer months to go swimming and soak up the sun, others like Hutchinson’s Emma Barrick-Benson prefer the cool confines of a sheet of ice.

Thompson wants kids to turn on the 4 Nations Face-Off and be dazzled by the play in net by the Americans. He hopes they idolize and emulate Hellebuyck and Oettinger and Swayman, that they see the ...