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Into Battle: The Bruises and Bonds of Brotherhood

Daily Emerald, Hockey, Stories & Features, University of Oregon
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This article was a multimedia ‘innovation’ piece given special treatment by the Emerald. Please view the story in its original form HERE to get the photos, graphs and animations that were published with it.
This story won two national awards: An ACP Pacemaker honorable mention for Multimedia Story of the Year and 5th place in the ACP’s Best of Show Competition.

Six minutes and ten seconds into the first period of the Oregon Ducks’ third home game of the season, junior Michael Luke entered the penalty box quieter than usual. He sat down, leaned forward and drew his arm across his chest, cradling his right side.

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Weekend recap: Oregon hockey finishes final two games of regular season 12-4, 15-1

Daily Emerald, Hockey, Recaps, University of Oregon

The Oregon club hockey team finished their regular season this weekend with two back-to-back games against the Washington State Cougars. Oregon, with triple the number of players on the bench as Washington, took away both games with landslide victories of 12-4 and 15-1.

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Cody Drees stays close with team after season-ending knee injury

Daily Emerald, Hockey, Stories & Features, University of Oregon

It was 10 minutes into the second game of the 2013-2014 season and everything seemed normal. The Oregon club hockey team was playing Portland State, a team very familiar to them, and Cody Drees was about to deliver one of many checks issued that night.

But that check was when “normal” ended.

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