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UND's Kristo Named To Team USA For IIHF Tourney

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — University of North Dakota senior hockey forward Danny Kristo has been named to the U.S. team that will compete at the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship.

The tournament is May 3-19 in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden.

Kristo, of Eden Prairie, Minn., was a first-team all-American his senior season and a candidate for the Hobey Baker award, given to the top player in college hockey. He signed with the NHL's Montreal Canadiens after the season.

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