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DULUTH - Like most Northland kids,Tyler Madill started playing hockey at a young age.  He's just not playing this year.

"I played up until last year," he said.  "I took this year off to try reffing, and I'm going back and I'm playing next year too."

Tyler took this season off to help recouperate from a broken leg he suffered last year.  Knowing her son's love of hockey and looking for a way to keep him involved with the game,Tyler's mother Kara Hargrove suggested he try his hand at being an official.

"It kinda popped into my head last year when he brok » read more