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MINNEAPOLIS (GopherSports.com) – Tyler Sheehy, who leads the Big Ten Conference in scoring after one week of play -- has been named the Big Ten First Star of the Week following the No. 8/9 Gopher Hockey program’s two-win weekend in Alaska. A native of Burnsville, Minn., Sheehy totaled a league-best five points over the weekend (two goals, three assists), factored into both game winners and matched his career single-game bests for points, assists and goals. The sophomore tallied three assists in Minnesota’s 6-0 victory over Alaska Anchorage on Friday night to open the season and then scored a pair of goals in Sunday’s 6-3 win over Alaska Fairbanks. Sheehy kicked off Sunday’s win with a short-handed goal – one of two in the game by the Maroon & Gold – and added an empty-net tally to seal the win. This is the second time Sheehy has earned Big Ten weekly honors – he was also named the league’s First Star of the Week on Dec. 8, 2015. The Maroon & Gold return to action with an exhibition game against the U.S. Under-18 Team at Mariucci Arena on Oct. 14 before the official regular-season home opener against St. Cloud State on Oct. 21
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