MafiaMan

How about the fact that any time a former Gopher is rumored to be on the market, the talk about the Wild acquiring him bombards local media? Can we get Thomas Vanek? Hey, how about Jordan Leopold? Does Phil Kessel want to come back? Not to mention that every Gopher fan I know owns a Parise Wild jersey...yet when he played at North Dakota, they absolutely DESPISED him. Mentioned that to one buddy and got the "yea, but he's from Minnesota" line. As expected, I suppose.

Apparently Eastview came out for the 2nd period of their 2nd game of the day on Saturday, then promptly left the ice to "protest" the officiating.

Did anybody attend any of the games this past weekend? I heard Eastview's A team made quite the statement. Is this the norm nowadays at some of these "kid" tournaments? I've heard plenty of stories of fights, coaches being ejected, parents getting into it in the stands, and even host town hotel rooms being trashed by visiting teams. We even heard about the dance competition at Target Center a few weeks ago. Winners allegedly cheating, losers refusing medals, Little League teams stacking rosters...Is this what youth sports is coming to?

nattys...stateys...me thinks you have had too many drinkeys.

Only 6 championships in 31 years? What's the problem there at Central? (I kid, I kid)

Yuk yuk yuk. You two are a riot. Rick Astley is not on my iPod. However, Paul Hardcastle's "19" and Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" were recent additions.

Because she's a strong outspoken gay woman and gfhockey wants more diversity in the coaching ranks?

Technically not correct. St Cloud State was the top seed, but was eliminated by Miami in the first round. North Dakota was the highest remaining seed.

I thought it was Finnish myself...

Didn't overcome those losses? That was an unbelievable accomplishment just getting to the title game. DU played outstanding and UND took a couple of bad penalties late in the game that made a 2-1 score look much worse as a 4-1 final.

That's important information - thank you for posting it. Regardless of its content, the sign certainly appeared to violate several conditions.

About damn time. Slap Shot organization from top to bottom. So glad that Claude Lemieux's kid didn't come to UND.

Fixed your post to reflect a more accurate statement.

I'm on it!

And risk the possibility of TWO drunk zamboni drivers inside Fargo rinks? No way!

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Shhhh! Don't let the %gobc hear you!

Please welcome the University of North Dakota NoDaks? The University of North Dakota NoDak Nation? Please, Fetch, just give me the cyanide pill now.

Once brought that up with an anti-nickname poster somewhere - mentioned Notre Dame's logo and was told it could not in any way, shape, or form be considered racist because the leprechaun is a fictional character. I said I would adopt that same exact logo as UND's logo but give him a tan and was promptly told, "but that's racist!" You can't make that kind of logic up.

I'm having problems with this issue again

That would be the HOME white sweater if all was right in the world...

The NHL should have fined him 15 minutes after his first game as head coach ended - the one against Anaheim where he almost broke the bench divider while frothing at the mouth trying to get at Bruce Boudreau. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y2OOc6WTrg

Sent you a PM.

I think I counted at least five different threads (one involving MN/MSU, another involving the WIld/Avalanche, can't remember the others) where some sort of fracas was met with a snarky comment about North Dakota and its present/former players and/or head coach. Funny, though, absolutely nobody responded to me calling out Boyd for throwing himself into the boards behind the net following a slight push by an MSU player, which resulted in Seth Ambroz wanting to tear a Spartan's head off in retaliation. Mission accomplished, though, Boyd, the ref bought it hook, line, and sinker, and called a penalty on MSU. Strike that, one poster did PM me and tell me he did agree that Boyd totally sold that hit. He looked like he had been hit by a Mack truck the way he slammed into the boards. Quite funny - wish I had the video and could post it somewhere. Back on topic, Patrick Roy and Colorado: 20 years of classless hockey dating back to the Claude Lemieux hit on Kris Draper.

And I can't imagine the president of, say, Marquette University, standing up during a basketball game and essentially scolding a fan for yelling "Let's Go Warriors."