Local boys hockey elites to watch this season:
River Freeman, Hermantown senior forward
Henry Peterson, Hermantown senior defenseman
Jackson Strukel, Hibbing-Chisholm sophomore defenseman
Nathan Garski, Grand Rapids junior forward
Tate Swanson, Hibbing-Chisholm junior forward
Bobby Thornton, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton senior forward
John Scott, Duluth Denfeld senior forward