Bruggeman to St. Scholastica

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Former Mankato West goaltender Tyler Bruggeman will indeed play college hockey this season, recently committing to play at Division III St. Scholastica in Duluth, according to the Austin Bruins' website.

Bruggeman, a high school teammate of Minnesota State forward Corey Leivermann, helped Mankato West get to the Minnesota state tournament as a junior in 2008.

From there, he bounced around junior hockey in both the USHL and NHL, going from Fargo to Fairbanks to St. Louis (where he had an outstanding season and playoff run in 2010) to Des Moines to Austin over four seasons.

This last season with the Bruins, an NAHL team, he went 27-10-4 with a .922 save percentage and 2.46 goals-against average.