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Senioritis strikes again dammit

Hahaha, Eades went on to coach at Warroad. Our son’s team played them & got beat up badly & a ref finally called a penalty so I yelled “It all starts behind the bench” and their whole staff turned to give the death stare & at intermission the ref offered me his whistle. I’m still a terrible hockey parent in the stands as likely witnessed this weekend. Ahhh the nostalgia

Back to the officials thing, sorry I digressed, but got to know a couple other officials who were alum from other U’s, they & Goddert were pros & so did not want to be considered ‘homer refs’. Most just complain as do I but it’s just that we hear it from all our goofy family, friends, & fans used as an excuse why they were losing or lost. There’s a difference is all I meant.

Yeah, they were responsible for delaying graduation 4 years. Had to enter the scholastic portal back then to keep watching the Sioux

Was in Gino’s golf 1 class with his player Tom Goddert who went on to officiate in the WCHA. An easy peasy necessary credit for us both from a former ‘71 ND high school girls champ, humble brag. Gino laughed at Tom & me cuz he had to send us off the tee 1st so we wouldn’t get held up by novices.

An official’s response pasted from GPL In the old WCHA, if you excluded officials who were alumni of WCHA programs... you wouldn't have very many guys left on the ice. In fact 7-8 former WCHA players went on to officiate WCHA games. Matt Tyree played at Mankato and is still regularly a linesman for their games. Jacob Brenk played at Mankato, then worked one season in the WCHA (before taking route to NHL). Justin Brown played at Michigan Tech, officiated some of their games. Brandon Polich played at CC, officiated some of their games. And that is just a small number of the guys in the recent past. Marco Hunt (former WCHA, NCHC, and B1G official), director of officiating for CCHA, played at Bemidji State. Type in officials names into LinkedIn and you'll see that almost all of the graduated from a school with a hockey program, and will often work their games. A lot of the guys officiate college hockey because they love college hockey, and often went to schools with hockey programs because they loved college hockey. Officiating Division I hockey does not pay enough to have people travel regularly (linesman almost never fly in most leagues, I believe the B1G is an exception). You start excluding those guys, you're going to end up lowering your pool of officials even more than it already is. Being a Minnesota alumni myself, I was thrilled when I finally got my first series at Mariucci. Being able to work a Bulldog/Gopher series was awesome having attended both schools. However I loved having the opportunity to officiate at the D1 level more than I loved Gopher Hockey (sorry to disappoint). And ultimately, once you go on the ice you realize you have a job to do and turn off your inner hockey fan. If an official is actually biased, the coaches (who give feedback every game) are going to get them out of there quickly. I didn't watch the games and am not going to comment on any calls/non-calls. But just be careful what you wish for if you want to start excluding officials who attended prominent hockey schools. I believe NCAA Rules prohibit you from officiating any NCAA Tournament games for a school that you attended, worked for, donated to, have relatives that work for, etc. But I am not aware of any rules like that for regular season contents.

But please please don’t wear a Sioux jersey! Been there, done that.

True but it’s not the refs who put pucks in nets and/or keeps them out.

GPL always uses refs as an excuse for losing. They’re calling JB a Robbie Earl diver. Looked like the other way around to me

Minny will go as far as their 26 yr old Canadian will take them. He should be put on the Mexican border, amazing! GPL abound with Kudos to our announcers & Midco production in general

And awesome job on the singing of the National Anthem Mr. Dave Berger!

The salute happened, whether we liked it or not so can we move on? Asking for a friend.

They wanted to salute the fans…….The Ralph rocked tonight!

Goofers last won a natty in ‘05 I believe

R-E-L-A-X we just played #1 in the land & last year’s runner-up. IT’s October.

Being in Vegas at the Hall of Fame game just 5 years ago may change some minds about the “fiercest rivalry.” It was an awesome atmosphere as told by the LVJournal https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/north-dakota-clips-rival-minnesota-before-rowdy-hockey-crowd/amp/

What about Saturday night? Anyone?

This ….Kelly green was everywhere: https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/north-dakota-clips-rival-minnesota-before-rowdy-hockey-crowd/amp/ The .06 game in Philly was brutal, our worst Frozen Four trip ever to a dirty, unfriendly city!

Definitely the St Patrick’s Day time out game a favorite. 8 of us (2goofs) stayed at the St Paul where both teams were. Fun riding elevator, hanging in the lobby/bar, the all in fun smack talk, smoking & sharing stories outside with Gino, it was like 85 degrees that day and 1 lady went off on me saying how rude we were to invade THEIR day. Ran into several more like her on the walk back to the hotel after the game. How sweet it was!

Siouxkid12 needs to be cut some slack for being who his name is. He’s unable to walk in our historical shoes recalling the Winter Sports Center (Old Ralph), Smokey hallways, dead gophers, tons of pop cups for the smuggled booze, The Farce….forgive him for he knows no better. Luv ya kid!

12/15/1978- no face masks, wood twigs, punier pads, fights & blood on the ice. Right in front of us trading jabs were Mike Burgraff & Don Michelleti. We won, not so much Saturday night but those two were sporting black eyes & fat lips.

Have tix for Saturday, so excited. Our Goofy family of goofer fans are going Friday & expressing concern already. Gotta luv it!!!!

I dunno, NIL$ or not, have Lindbergh & Morin hopes

We have 7 wondering about goofs vs Sioux tix as well. Would love to see your baby on Simba Cam!