MafiaMan

I hear you there, OETKB. I'm hoping this weekend helps me out, too.

I attended the Saturday game in Mankato, shep. About 20 seconds into the game, Greene body slams a guy into the boards and earns himself a 2:00 minor. Later in the game with the team already short-handed, he hauls down a Maverick player to put the team down two men. With about 2:30 left in a one-goal game and Mankato on the power play, Greene cross-checks a Mankato player putting the team down two men. On his way to the box, I yelled out "Hey Greene, don't forget to pack your brain on the next road trip." You're right about that contract, though. I wonder if Greene is hoping that Edmonton takes notice that he's going to be the team 4th line enforcer. I honestly don't have a clue what's in that guy's head.

shep, Welcome to the club. I wondered this last season, yet everyone RAVED about Matt Greene and ohmygosh, how horrible it would be if he signed with Edmonton. Where are those folks now?

I wonder how Edmonton scouts are grading Matt Greene's performance these days. It's hard to tell how he's progressing since he's never on the ice!

Over-achiever: Matt Henderson. The guy went from almost being 86'd off the team to being 1997 Frozen Four MVP. It doesn't get any better than that. I'll never forget him picking off a center-ice pass and heading the other way for a huge goal against BU.

Dakotaboy, I believe Goldy was against the war from the get-go, but during the last week of the campaign, decided that even more troops are needed now. Apparently, he's still upset and plans are in the works for a full out invasion of Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. Commence "Operation Golden Choker".

I am a collector of foreign hockey jerseys (particularly Russian and former Eastern Bloc countries) and have a contact who is an importer for Kait, one of the primary jersey makers (along with Lutch). He had a LATVIA jersey on the shelf and gave me a good deal on it about a year ago. ZOLTOKS is the name on the back, Zholtok in English. Along with Arturs Irbe, easily one of the most popular players in Latvia. Most Latvian hockey players were scooped right up in the Cold War and shipped to the Red Army team in Moscow. Zholtok (and Irbe) proudly represented their own country after the breakup of the Evil Empire. A sad day for Latvian hockey indeed.

Diggler, surely you can't be serious? The coolest mascot in the country is by far Sebastian the Ibis from the University of Miami Hurricanes. I remember back in 90 or 91 when Miami played at BYU and a player was tackled out of bounds. The dogpile rolled over Sebastian's leg and the "mascot" broke it. He was in full uniform next week for Miami's home game...sitting on a chair with a giant cast on his leg. It was hilarious. The best Goldy can do is hope for fans to scream "spin your head?". Pu-hlease!

That's the trend in sports, today, redarmy. No one gives out actual attendance figures anymore, they just count tickets sold as actual attendance. The Xcel Energy Center is a good place for this...they had a consecutive game sellout-streak snapped this past season, but trust me, on any given night, there are tons of empty seats and the same 2-3 scalpers outside peddling off hundreds of tickets.

The yellow jerseys the Mavericks wore Friday night were a throwback tribute to their 1980 championship team. Garish, yes, but still better than their current yellow jerseys. With all due respect, I just don't think the colors purple and yellow work on a bull.

Duly noted, WPoS.

MSU New Maverick Didn't notice any new logos around the MWCC this past weekend. Hopefully they do something about those absolute atrocious hockey jerseys that their team wears.

Aw, come on, WPoS, I thought it was funny. My apologies if you didn't.

Yea, Mrs WPoS tells me all the time about her husband's hockey trips.

I was at Saturday's game and my theory on Greene is the same as it has always been. With 20 seconds left before the end of the second period, he takes a stupid penalty. With 2:43 left in the game, he AGAIN takes a penalty. Nice timing! On a funny note, I did make some fans in section 219 chuckle. Prpich had a shot from the slot that almost hit the scoreboard about 50' in the air above and to the left of Volp. On the very next shift, he again cranks up a slapshot on the fly and almost nails the scoreboard again. He shook his head and skated away and I couldn't resist my window of opportunity: "Hey Prpich...is that stick regulation size or what?" Seriously, it looked like the shot from Happy Gilmore where Adam Sandler shattered the plexiglass in front of the coaches as they stood in the upper deck of the arena. On another note, was anyone else surprised at how many empty seats were left in the MWCC? I believe there were 700-800 vacancies. Kinda surprising, I thought.

Aftershock81, If you can get ahold of a couple of glasses for me, well, we can work out something. Hope you don't have a welt on your head, Ghost of Smith. Ha!

Sioux REA glasses at Applebee's? Yea, I remember that being mentioned that you could pick them up after a game I attended. We rushed out to Applebee's and the staff there didn't have a clue what I was talking about. The manager finally came to talk to me and told me to "stop back tomorrow." I told him I was leaving right then to head back to Minneapolis and he took my name and address and promised to ship me a set when they arrived. Surprise, surprise, I'm still waiting for them. Nice promo.

Do you sleep in your car? I have my tickets for UND/Tech...now I need to make that hotel reservation.

New SDSU Logo vs Old SDSU Logo Here's the new vs old logo. No question which is better.

ESPN Picture/Article on SDSU Logo Change

jloos, You're incorrect about San Diego State's use of the word "Aztecs." Actually, there has been a lot of controversy stirred up over the use of the nickname and Aztec logo. I believe SDSU has discontinued use of the Aztec logo while retaining the nickname as part of an effort to slow down the "change the name" groups working against them. The name stands, but you don't see any Aztec warrior logos around anymore, unfortunately.

Good grief, WPoS, what do you seel meth out of your basement to help fund these road trips or what?

Goon, I totally agree with you on that regard, except that I am pretty certain you mean anything less than a Sioux sweep is unacceptable.

Cue the SNL skit of VH1's Behind the Music: Blue Oyster Cult... I GOT A FEVER...FOR 'DAT COWBELL!

I dunno...maybe it's just me, but I feel dorky wearing a hockey jersey when no game is going on. It's kind of like being the guy on the street wearing the Culpepper jersey the day after the Vikings get their butts handed to them. Or wearing a Favre jersey yesterday.