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Thanks to Ray77 and YaneA for their efforts and help in finding some information about the UND/Dynamo game. I was able to come across two game photos (one of BC vs Dynamo) and one of UND vs Dynamo (thanks, YaneA, for that one). Both show the "home" teams wearing their road jerseys while Dynamo was wearing white jerseys. Pretty interesting stuff. YaneA even came up with pre and post-game articles from the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune, respectively. Below is the pre-game Gopher/Dynamo article from the 12/13/88 St Paul Pioneer Press... Section: Sports GOPHERS FACE REAL RUSSIAN DYNAMO Mike Augustin, Staff Writer The University of Minnesota hockey team faces its toughest opponent of the season today at 7 p.m. when it meets Soviet Dynamo at Mariucci Arena. The Dynamo team, which has dominated the early portion of its tour through the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, sports five members of the team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. The Gophers, 14-4 against college opposition, have one U.S. Olympian - Dave Snuggerud. But the imbalance is far greater than a handful of Olympians. "The Dynamo is one of the two or three best teams in the top Soviet league," Minnesota coach Doug Woog said. "It is probably better than all but the elite NHL teams." The Dynamo is certainly better than the teams it has faced on the current tour. It has beaten Denver 10-3, Colorado College 9-4, Minnesota-Duluth 9-3 and Peoria of the International League 6-2. The Soviets played at Michigan Tech on Monday night. Woog was asked if the exhibition game tonight will be a learning experience for his WCHA-leading Gophers. "Hopefully, we won't try to learn while the game is going on," Woog said. "I hope we don't just stand around and watch." The Gophers could be excused if they did just that. After Duluth's loss on Sunday night, Bulldogs forward Sandy Smith said, "I can't speak for everyone, but I was in awe at first. They moved the puck so fast. I can see how they are frustrating to play against. If they see something they don't like, they turn around and start over. ... They aren't about to give up the puck." The Dynamo, who took a 4-0 lead halfway into the first period, eventually outshot Duluth 45-25. Woog said they are just as effective on nights when they don't get many shots. "I've seen quality Soviet teams get fewer than 20 shots and win 5-1," Woog said. "They make everything count." The best player on the team that plays in Mariucci tonight is expected to be Olympic center Sergei Svetlov. The goaltending is divided between Mikhail Shtalenkov and Andrei Karpin. Because the game is not governed by NCAA rules, Woog can dress more than his normal complement. He plans four lines and four sets of defensemen. Jeff Stolp will start in goal in place of injured All-American Robb Stauber. "We'll substitute in sets of five," Woog said. "We'll experiment a little with different systems with the different fivesomes. It should be fun. I just hope it (the score) doesn't get out of hand." The sets of five for Minnesota will be defensemen Randy Skarda-Dave Espe with a line of Jason Miller-Snuggerud-Brett Strot; defensemen Lance Pitlick-Brett Nelson with Scott Gernander-Grant Bischoff-Peter Hankinson; defensemen Todd Richards-Tom Pederson with Jake Enebak-Jon Anderson-Ben Hankinson; and defensemen Luke Johnson-Larry Olimb with Cory Laylin-Dean Williamson-Lance Werness. The Dynamo plays at Wisconsin on Thursday night and at North Dakota on Saturday. The Gophers' next action is Saturday and Sunday in a tournament at Anchorage, Alaska.

Yea, my "book it" pick of the night left me with egg all over my face. That's ok...I like eggs.

I meant for PEDs or steroids...not bat-flipping leading to a little bench-clearing slap-fight.

Fast-forward to 1:10 thru the 2:00 mark...that's Wilbur and me waiting to bet on the Red Wings tonight...with Goon in front of us... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BJKEeoorSc

Hey, how did the good ole boys meeting go yesterday, gfhockey? Anything new to report from the cigar room?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amd3bMqEdjs

I'm nowhere near Goon...I honestly don't know how he does it. Speaking of Goon, do the Red Wings win tonight? Take it to the bank. My "book-it" pick of the day.

Note to self: no free stuff for Siouxman at the 2015 Hoggsbreath brunch...

What happens to your Fantasy Baseball numbers when he gets slapped with a 50 game suspension?

Anytime I can help!

Could not agree more, Siouxman. It's ridiculous.

I know he's been around...Vancouver, Pittsburgh, and now Minnesota...I thought my memory was going...for the third time this year. Now about that Dynamo game...

President Kelley is holding on line one for you...

And yet folks fawn all over the 15 minutes it takes to play the last 60 seconds of regulation in NCAA or NBA basketball games... A cocky bat toss on a shallow fly-out to right field? Bush league.

Found it: http://m.mlb.com/vid...c-fly/?c_id=mlb It was even pointed out on SportsCenter...then he tries to play it off by watching the slide home...and giving the "low-five" to the runner who scored.

Had Gomez actually started running when he hit the ball, he would have had a home run easily. I guess next time Gerrit Cole strikes out Gomez, he should do a cartwheel, point to the sky, signal a punch-out like an umpire, and jog in and high-five the catcher. Curious what Carlos' reaction would be at witnessing that. ...too bad I can't find a link for Gomez's line-out to RF from last week where he again thought he had smoked the ball for a home run...only to see it wind up being a 230 foot sacrifice fly.

I don't recall Cooke ever playing for Colorado...did I fall asleep somewhere and miss an NHL season along the way?

It's Minnesota. Nothing makes sense here.

My cousins grew up in Longview WA and since I didn't have a local team to root for, I adopted the Sonics as my own. 1979..."Downtown" Freddie Brown...Gus Williams...Lonnie Shelton...Dennis Johnson...Jack Sikma...loved, Loved, LOVED that team. Watched the final Sonics game ever and almost teared up hearing the fans chant "SAVE OUR SONICS!" near the end of the game. I still cringe every time I see Oklahoma City take the court. Shame on you, David Stern. I would love to see the NBA get a team back in Seattle - as long as its called the Sonics. Hell, put an NHL team in Seattle and call them the Sonics too.

To 'da Bears, no less. Ouch.

Outside of Kentucky making it to the title game, this tournament was indeed fun to watch.

Fixed your post, Blackheart.

Yep. Pretty amazing.

I watched that game last night...Columbus completely in control of the game until that stretch. Unfortunate.

So Barrie is to blame for trying to dive out of the way of Cooke lunging at him, knee extended, in order to make sure he makes contact with him? 2:00 penalty on Barrie for delay of game embellishment, while we're at it?