Brett Nylander
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    Brett Nylander

    Class:
    Freshman

    Hometown:
    Baudette, Minn.

    High School:
    Lake of the Woods

    Height / Weight:
    5-10 / 175

    Position:
    F

    Birthdate:
    10/24/1985

    Last Team:
    Bozeman Ice Dogs (NAHL)

    Before Air Force: Played 58 games for coach John LaFontaine's Bozeman Ice Dogs of the NAHL ... Second among the team's defensemen in scoring and ranked eighth in the league ... Team won the 2006 regular season title ... Team also earned the Borne Cup by winning the west division title ... Attended Lake of the Woods High School in Baudette, Minn. ... Lettered three years in hockey and golf and two in football ... Named all-conference and all-section in football as a junior and senior ... All-state in golf as a sophomore ... All-conference and all-state in hockey as a junior and senior ... President of the National Honor Society.
    Personal: Member of Cadet Squadron 22 ... Plans to major in either biology or management ... Parents are Brad and Lynn Nylander ... Has one brother, Kyle (22) ...Future goals are to own his own business ... Hobbies are fishing, hunting and wakeboarding ... Person in history he would like to meet is Albert Einstein "so he could help me in chemistry class" ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite NHL team is the New Jersey Devils ... Favorite player is Devil center and former North Dakota star Zach Parise.

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