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Reusse: Hockeytown's Henry Boucha was my 'first in-person hockey hero'
He was different, meaning special, by any measure. Henry Boucha of Warroard earned the "legend" label in Minnesota, rising above all the others who made his hometown a hockey hotbed.
Funeral for Boucha will be in Warroad arena Sept. 29
Gardens Arena is where Warroad high school hockey teams play, where Henry Boucha's No. 16 hangs and where banners commemorate the school's state hockey titles.
Henry Boucha, legend of Minnesota hockey from Warroad, dies at 72
The Warroad High School star was an Olympic medal winner who played professionally and became a Minnesota hockey icon. He remained involved in hockey and Native American activism in recent years.
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