Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), August 11th, 2007
Byline: Jim Paulsen; Staff Writer
As it was for so many Minnesotans, Aug. 1 was a pivotal day for Laura Halldorson.
The head coach of the Gophers women's hockey team spent the morning at the funeral of Frank Kara, the athletic department's director of compliance who died of cancer. Later that day, the I-35W bridge collapsed.
"It was," Halldorson said, "a sad day."
Those events helped clarify a few things she had been mulling over. On Friday, Halldorson, the only coach the women's hockey program has ever had, resigned, citing a need to step away from coaching and explore other opportuniti...
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