BLAINE, Minn. – Minot Minotauros head coach Marty Murray exchanged a passing five-high with a little girl wearing a Minotauros’ sweater.

BLAINE, Minn. – Ondrej Pavel didn’t know what to do, then he was swarmed by a sea of maroon.

BLAINE, Minn. – Twenty-five games into the NAHL 2017-18 regular season, the Minot Minotauros were dead last in the Central Division.

MINOT — With power and precision from the point, defenseman Nolan Sawchuk etched his name into Minot Minotauros’ folklore.

ABERDEEN, S.D. — Samu Lonkila stood on his head, and then some.

MINOT — Season on the line and the Minot Minotauros didn’t disappoint.

MINOT — An ineffective power play and a goal that wasn’t a goal had the Minot Minotauros a loss away from cleaning out the locker room.

MINOT — Last season, the Minot Minotauros were the regular season Central Division champions and rolled into the postseason on a high.