Today I am featuring Berlin's Dan Croteau as my next "Goalie Challenge" narrative. He is a guy I am familiar with and have been since my days of coaching him in Cal Ripken (minor and major leagues) All-Star teams. He had several things going for him as an athlete that always (and still does) impressed me. He was a "hard-nosed" kid, who wasn't afraid to get dirty, and he did at the hot corner and as a catcher, thus the affectionate, positive nick-name "pigpen.”

Dan always played with heart, did not enjoy losing, was a great teammate and enjoyed keeping everyone in the game with his constant positive baseball "chatter.” He brought that to his career as a hockey goalie, too!

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