USHL-Green Bay Gamblers-MN Pulse

The Green Bay Gamblers hosted Team USA and the Gamblers rolled to an easy 5-1 win Friday night. Former St. Thomas Academy and Edina star Anders Lee had a big weekend scoring a short-handed goal Friday night and then scoring and assisting on another Saturday night. He was a +4 on the weekend, had nine shots and both goals went down as the game-winner because he scored the first goal for Green Bay in Saturday's 5-0 win.

Lee got the most out of his high school career possible playing in a pair of state tournaments for St. Thomas Academy before transferring to Edina and advancing to two AA tournaments for the Hornets. Altogether he played five seasons of varsity hockey and will play his college hockey at Notre Dame.

The New York Islanders selected Lee in the final round of this year NHL Entry Draft. Lee of course is known for also being an excellent football player as he was the quarterback of Edina's football team for his two years while at Edina and was a star safety on a Prep Bowl team as a sophomore at St. Thomas Academy.

Interesting article about conversation he had with Islanders prior to being selected HERE

General draft story HERE

Ryan Furne, who once played in the Classic Suburban Conference at Tartan with Anders Lee also plays for the Gamblers. Furne does not have a college committment yet, but if he plays like he did in the playoffs last year where he had four goals and four assists in just seven games you can bet he'll get the offer he's been looking for.

Like his juniors teammate Lee, Furne also switched schools midway through his high school career as he enrolled at Hill-Murray for his senior season and helped the Pioneers win their first state title since

These two players are connected in more ways than that even. Furne scored the first two goals of the game in a surprising 3-0 shutout win over Edina in the 2008 Minnesota State High School championship game. It capped off what was a great tournament for Furne who scored five goals and one assist in the three games on his way to being named a member of the All-Tournament Team.



The third Minnesotan on the Gamblers roster is Nick Jensen who left Rogers High school in 2008 before his senior season to play for Green Bay. See Article on that HERE
Jensen led the USHL with a +34 rating last season, which helped him earn a scholarship to St. Cloud State where he will play next season and get drafted by the Detroit Red Wings 150th overall this past summer.
Read Interview after being Drafted HERE