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Discussion of hockey and sports in Minneapolis.More than 40 years removed from his greatest high school glory, the mention of Brad Shelstad's name still sparks memories for thousands of Minnesota hockey fans. Now a teacher in Wadena, MN, Shelstad made his first fame in the goal crease at Met Center in Bloomington on a March night in 1970. The goaltender for the Minneapolis Southwest Indians, Shelstad served up an improbable 1-0 shutout of powerful Edina in the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament's title game. Nothing he would do later—not even backstopping the University of Minnesota hockey team to its first NCAA title four …