State Of Hockey

I'm just hoping I don't get run over by a drunk Matt Greene when I'm heading to the arena.

Bochenski did what he did before he joined the team. To the best of my knowledge, he conducted himself well as a player and as a student during his three years at UND. He was also a Hobey Baker candidate and an All-American. Under those circumstances, I'd say he was a credit to the program and the school. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey rusty beamer, Please don't crush my bags as you load them onto the 747 headed to Ohio. You thought you were going to get a better job with your UND degree?

How about when Greene goes to the box for the 8th time in the game: Better get used to being locked up.

Vanelli's a goon, Vanek is lazy, Kessel sucks. Marsha Marsha Marsha !!!

Home ice already clinched. Nothing to play for.

What a glorious day.

Sat 01/08/2005 L 3 Minnesota State 4 Box Recap 7:05 CT Fri 01/14/2005 L 1 @ Colorado College 2 Box 7:35 MT Sat 01/15/2005 L 0 @ Colorado College 1 Box Recap 7:05 MT Fri 01/28/2005 T 3 Bemidji State (nc) 3 ot Box Recap 7:35 CT Sat 01/29/2005 W 3 Bemidji State (nc) 1 Box Recap 7:05 CT Fri 02/04/2005 L 2 Denver 4 Box Recap 7:35 CT Sat 02/05/2005 L 2 Denver 4 Box Recap 7:05 CT Pot calling the Kettle black? The obsession continues. Uh oh, I hear an 83 Beamer with no muffler coming around the bend.

Sioux moved up in the pairwise tonight. 13 to 12

All these gay innuendos..... what's up Well I guess Parise went to school up there and we all know about those french canadians.

MTU 3 DU 0 FINAL I thought DU was the best team in college hockey before tonight. Should be a wide open second half.

The word is the U has Okposo already lined up. If you think Parise was good as a Frosh just wait till you see Towes.

Shouldn't you be out trying to impress all the 16 year olds with your 82 beamer ??

Any TV coverage tonight?

It's important to put wins in longer streaks than 1.

Has anyone seen a broom around here?

Seems to be a sweeping problem in NoDak this year.

No talking about the Gophers. This is your first warning.

You have to live somewhere near civilization to view college hockey games.

A Goaltender plays awesome against us and all of a sudden we suck. Yea right buddy.

MN 1 SCSU 1 END 2ND Gophers dominating, Cloud goalie playing good. Injury update: Potulny sprains a finger. Doesn't miss a shift

Patrick Reusse: Irmen jumps 'The Woog Wall' to star for Gophers Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune December 9, 2004 Ronald Reagan went to West Berlin on June 12, 1987 and said: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." The dismantling of the Berlin Wall started on Nov. 11, 1989 and was completed a day later. Grant Potulny, a forward from Grand Forks, N.D., announced on March 1, 2000 that he would play hockey for the Gophers and coach Don Lucia. Doug Woog, Lucia's predecessor, described this happening as "monumental." The Woog Wall -- the one that had protected Minnesota's borders from non-resident Gophers hockey players for 13 years -- officially came down on Oct. 7, 2000, when Potulny made his Gophers' debut against Notre Dame. This was an important event for Danny Irmen, who had been raised in Fargo, N.D. and was enrolled that fall at Grand Forks Red River (Potulny's former high school). Irmen developed a fondness for the Gophers by watching their games on cable television. The players he most admired were Brian Bonin, a Hobey Baker Award winner, and Ryan Kraft, a Gophers forward from across the river in Moorhead. Irmen would wear souvenir Gophers hockey garb around Fargo. People would say to him, "You'll never play for the Gophers. They only take Minnesotans." Woog was replaced by Lucia after the 1998-99 season. A year later, Potulny stormed over the Woog Wall, and Irmen knew playing for his favorite hockey team was possible. Irmen also knew that his route to playing college hockey had to go through the U.S. Hockey League. By a freshman season in high school, players are hearing hints of down-the-road interest from junior teams. "Playing in Fargo, I hadn't heard a word," Irmen said. "I had people telling me, 'If you want to go anywhere, you have to move.' " It was a difficult time in the Irmen family. Don Irmen, Danny's father, lost his job as an oil broker. Don's father, Walter, died around the same time. Don found a job in Grand Forks. He moved Danny there to attend Red River for his sophomore season. Ann Irmen had a job in Fargo. She stayed, then drove to Grand Forks on weekends, to watch Danny's games and to put back in order her husband-and-son's bachelor apartment. "North Dakota has such tough rules when it comes to transfer students playing athletics that my parents had to sell our house in Fargo," Irmen said. "Otherwise, that still would've been the family address, and I would've had to sit out six weeks. "My parents went through a lot of sacrifice. I'm very thankful, because if I hadn't played that season at Red River, I don't think I would be where I'm at today." On Wednesday, Irmen was at Mariucci Arena, practicing with the nation's No. 1 team. The Gophers maintained that rating by whipping Colorado College 7-2 on Saturday for a weekend split. Irmen scored a pair of power-play goals and has nine goals and 19 points, second in both categories to Ryan Potulny (16 and 21). Ryan is Grant's kid brother. He was a sophomore at Red River when Irmen arrived there in 2000 in the same class. They went to Lincoln [Neb.] to play in the USHL, and then to the Gophers. They are sophomore linemates. They share a house off campus with five other university students. Irmen described Ryan as a "great guy," which is good for Danny, since these latest Woog Wall-busters seem joined at the hip. Potulny came as a freshman in 2003 with considerable advance notice -- not a surprise, since brother Grant was an established star. Irmen's r

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