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Carter Casey, 16, a high school hockey player from Breckenridge and Make-A-Wish Minnesota's 5,000th wish recipient, was signed to a one-day contract with the Wild hockey team on game day against the San Jose Sharks at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Sunday March 5, 2017.
Jeff Wheeler has been a staff photographer for the Star Tribune since 1987. He's covered a broad range of assignments ranging from the Twins and Vikings playoff runs to Far North canoe adventures in the subarctic.
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