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New Fargo Force Head Coach Has Ties To Red River Valley

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Former University of North Dakota standout hockey player and assistant coach Cary Eades is returning to the Red River Valley as head coach of the Fargo Force.

Eades also will serve as general manager of the United States Hockey League team.

Eades the past three seasons has been coach and general manager of the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede, which won the Clark Cup Championship last season.

Eades in the 1980s played on two national championship UND teams and was an assistant coach for a third national title team. In addition to coaching in the USHL, he spent 11 seasons as the head high school coach in Warren, Minnesota. He led the school to three state titles and was named Minnesota high school coach of the year in 1996.

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