DULUTH Duluth Marshall and Cloquet-Esko-Carlton faced off Thursday at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.<\/p>\n
The Hilltoppers lost 4-2, but the highlight of the night wasnt the hockey played, but honoring one of the driving forces behind the arenas construction.<\/p>\n
During the first intermission, longtime Hilltoppers coach Brendan Flaherty was memorialized in a short ceremony with his family.<\/p>\n
Flaherty died June 24 after a 3-year cancer battle and his family was presented with a colored pencil painting by Duluth artist Tim Cortes. Flahertys wife Carrie will receive the original piece, and a larger copy will hang in the mezzanine of Mars Lakeview Arena.<\/p>\n
The painting includes Cortess reproductions of photos of Flaherty at various points in his career, with a centerpiece showing Flaherty walking through the tunnel at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.<\/p>\n
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