Bismarck Bound

Wanzek's late shot give M-P-B one-point win, 57-56, and State B Berth

 

March 20, 2023

Adam McClellan, center, holds the Region 3 championship trophy aloft as he celebrates with his M-P-B Thunder teammates following their one-point win over Ellendale Thursday night, March 9, in Jamestown.

The closing line of 1980 Team USA Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks' fabled speech in "Miracle" to his team before they took on the Soviets rang true for the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder.

"This. . . is your time. Now go out there and take it."

Sawyer Wanzek's three-pointer from the left wing with three seconds remaining, and a defensive stop on the following possession, triggered bedlam on th...



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