Brothers Matt Cranston, left, and Joe Cranston stand in front of a framed jersey featuring their old No. 11 and the nickname of their father, Gary, inside the UW-River Falls women’s hockey team locker room last week. Gary Cranston died on New Year’s Day and the Falcon players and assistant coaches presented Joe Cranston, the only head coach in the program’s history, with the jersey. Matt Cranston is the only head coach the St. Croix Valley Fusion girls’ high school hockey team has ever known.Bob Burrows photo
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