Once upon a time, Parker Tuomie wanted so badly to play varsity high school hockey in Minnesota that he planned to move across the ocean and live with his grandparents.



Tuomie was born in Germany but spent a lot of his childhood in Shoreview and New Brighton visiting his extremely large hockey-loving and -playing family in the Twin Cities every summer.



Let’s put it this way: He’s so Minnesotan, he barely has a hint of a German accent.



His dad, Tray, is from Minnesota. He played at Blake, then transferred to Hill-Murray, where he and the Pioneers played in consecutive state title games in 1985 and 1986 only to lose to Burnsville.



After playing at St. Cloud State and the University of Wisconsin, including winning a national championship with the Badgers in 1990, Tray played professionally for more than a dozen years in Germany, where he met his wife, Anke, and now just finished his 10th season coaching in the German Ice Hockey League or...