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Thanks, he's actually my cousin. He hasn't had too many colleges talk to him, he will likely play in the USHL next year. I would like to seem him play with VandeVelde and Lee in a couple years but I don't see it happening unless he has a really good year in the USHL. He's disowned from the family if he pulls an Irmen I'm still pissed I couldn't make it to St. Paul this weekend. Damn school

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You can sign Professor Lee's Guestbook here From the Herald: OBITUARY: Big man, big-band taste UND law professor Randy Lee dead at 61 By David Dodds Herald Staff Writer Randy Lee wasn't shy to speak his mind. And when he did, people took notice of the longtime UND law professor, whether in the classroom or on the floor of the Faculty Senate, where he often acted as official and sometimes de facto parliamentarian. UND is remembering Lee today, a large-framed man who's booming voice exuded confidence, and whose love of the big-band sound got him a hosting gig on local public radio. He died early Thursday morning after falling gravely ill, according to a statement from the UND School of Law. Lee was 61. "Professor Lee's dedication and service to the school of law and to the legal community of North Dakota are immeasurable and irreplaceable," said UND Law Dean Paul LeBel. Lee served on UND's law faculty for 30 years. He was the law school's acting dean for one year after the resignation of former dean Bob Rushing in 1979. During his tenure, Lee has taught some of UND's current law school faculty, and remained a trusted adviser in their careers and to others in and out of the law school. "He will be greatly missed," LeBel said. Big band pals For about 15 years, Lee was co-host with another Grand Forks attorney, Dick King, of a local public radio jazz and big band show airing on weekends, "In The Mood." When the show resumed after the 1997 flood, Lee became the solo host Sunday mornings. King, who is noted locally for his own big band, said that Lee was a good friend. "Our tastes were consistent," King said. "For a nonmusician, he had an excellent knowledge of the big-band era." Lee also served about six years on the Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission. His expertise in contract law and covenants was a valuable addition to the commission, said its president Marsha Gunderson. "(He) could always be counted on for his wise counsel and level-headedness," Gunderson said. Lee, a native of Baltimore, earned his bachelor's and law degrees at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1969 and has been a member of the North Dakota bar since 1980. Before coming to UND, Lee set up private practice in Baltimore, worked a year as assistant attorney general of Maryland, and then general counsel of the Maryland Port Authority. Lee became a full professor at UND in 1985. His teaching load included courses in corporate and labor law and workers compensation. He was honored with the State Bar Association of North Dakota Distinguished Service Award in 1999 for being a "guiding light through the murky waters of professional responsibility." "I will miss him in many ways - from his erudite demeanor in University Senate debates, to his big band show," said UND President Charles Kupchella. "He helped me in so many ways as the resident expert on state Board of Higher Education policies and UND's constitution." Tributes galore A moment of silence in Lee's honor was held at the beginning of Thursday's regular monthly University Senate meeting. Jim Grijalva, a UND law professor and chair of the senate, was visibly shaken by the loss of an 11-year mentor who was his office neighbor at the law school. Grijalva canceled one of his classes because, he said, he wasn't up to teaching it. He also asked Susan Jeno, vice chair of the Senate, to preside over that body in his stead. "His intellect and his personality were awe-inspiring or intimidating, depending on your perspective," Grijalva said of Lee. Dan Rice, dean of UND's College of Education and Human Development, offered up a Senate motion to memorialize Lee. It was approved unanimously. "He was the lone voice on campus often times speaking out against injustices - he definitely spoke his mind," said Curt Stofferahn, a UND sociology professor. A fitting mass e-mail was sent around the campus community Thursday shortly after the passing of Lee, who, at one time, was an actor in local theater productions. It included a quote from Horatio of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" on the death of Hamlet: "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" Lee is survived by his wife, Paula, whom he married in 1971.

There will be a visitation at Amundson Funeral Home, 2975 42nd St. South, Grand Forks, from 5:00-7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 8. A memorial service will be held at Chester Fritz Auditorium on Wednesday, March 9, at 1:30.

And the fact the best player on the STA team is an eight grader He played Peewee last year - I've never heard of a kid going from pee-wee to varsity HS -let alone lead the HS team in scoring. I'm making a point to see this kid play tomorrow.

Professor Lee passed away this morning at Altru. I will post funeral arrangements when they are available. Supreme Court Link

I thought Marvin really stood out when they played MHD. He is a very big sophomore, that plays very smart. I'm still ticked they moved the State tourny up a week It was impossible for me to make it down there to see my cousin play. Plus MHD plays at 2 tomorrow, so I will not be able to even watch it live on tv Already a surprise in the tourny - St. Thomas smoked Virginia 8-2. I was hoping to see Virginia play - I wanted to see that Niskanen (SP) play. Moorhead faces what is supposed to be one of the best goalies in the state tomorrow, things may not be as easy as they appear. I predict a 4-0 MHD win, then a 3-2 win over WBL and finally MHD wins their 1st championship with a 5-1 win over Holy Angles. On the A side - Warroad beats Duluth Marshall in the finals.

Beware of Jared Ross. The guy can score and drop a couple hundred pounds.

This was a down year for ND hockey. There should be some better teams coming up the next couple of years, depending on how many stay in ND. I think the most likely D1 player of the seniors this year is Vigen from RR. Marto has talent, but is not consistent and from what I hear hockey isn't his #1 sport. I belive Marto and Vigen are the only two NDHS players drafted by a USHL team. Next years senior class will have a lot more all around talent, Minot should be good again. South, GPR, and both GF schools should be back to state in the East.

Maybe this board needs an age verification system

South is going to be split into two districts in about 5 years. Plus many southside kids are going into Shanley's program. I see South's talent pool being diluted in the next couple of years. Although I don't think they will ever regress to where they were before the mid 90's. Fargo North is in serious trouble. This years senior class is it down to pee-wees. Every other north-side team is average at best. I see a coaching change (a very long overdue one) next season. Fargo parents are slowly killing hockey with all of the different teams. The Flyers appear to have their act together to a point, but this is likely do to the huge numbers they have. With WF growing they are poised to start a very good program. All they need is some organization and a good HS coach who gets involved with the youth program. Shanley appears to be doing this already. The Central-Minot score is suprising - it appears Wilbur made a good prediction.

Then Central won state in 94 and 95. I thought O'Connell was the one that went to a different school. I remember all of the GF kids that came to North to play for the Bears were from Central but one - it must have been Schneider then, I thought it was one of those goons

My experience w/ LaDucer - While coaching a game in Mayville (yes they have hockey in Mayville, actually they have had some good B teams in the past), LaDucer was the ref. I had been coaching for 4 years at the time and had never even gotten a bench minor. About 1/2 through the game the Mayville kids were literally beating the hell out of my kids. I had a player complain about getting hit from behind - Laducer gave him a penalty. I was right there and the kid did not swear. I was upset so I asked him over - he came over and was very combative telling me I need to keep my kids mouth shut. All I said was he had a legitimate complaint and to start calling the cheap shots, then stepped back. He stayed right there and asked me something like "how far do you want to take it". I said nothing. He told me to quit glaring at him then kicked me out of the game - apparently for staring at him. Then I believe he kicked my assistant out for an equally lame reason (he posts on here and my want to clarify). A parent took over and after a few more cheap shots with no calls he told the ref he was afraid his son was going to get hurt and was going to take the kids off the ice. What LaDucer said to him, I'm not sure, but the parent took the team off the ice and forfeit the game. At the time we did not know this but LaDucer was the head ref for the district - he filed a complaint and I almost lost my coaching license for leaving the game (the only reason I didn't was because I was kicked out). In the end they suspended my assistant coach and banned the parent who took the team off from attending any of the state tourny games. The second time I had Laducer as a ref was a couple weeks later at the PeeWee B1 state tourny. We played West Fargo's B1 team, who we lost to twice that year. I knew Laducer was the ref and told my kids to keep their mouths shut and to show no emotion. The WF coach did not. It was almost a repeat of a few weeks before but on the other side. A WF player complained to LaDucer he gave him a penalty. The coach complained (I didn't know him oustide of hockey, but he was a good coach and his kids were very respectful). I was standing a few feet away and he never raised his voice and never swore - yet LaDucer kicked him out. LaDucer then ended up kicking out 1/2 the WF team for complaining. They wanted to walk off - I told the assistant what happened to us a few weeks earlier and he kept things under control. I can say LaDucer doesn't hold grudges - he is terrible both ways. Now on to HS hockey. I couldn't believe it when I saw him ref HS games. The guy could barely keep up with the pee-wee B's. The HS games I've seen him ref - he is out of position most of the time and makes terrible calls. He throughs out any player that looks at him the wrong way and does the same to the coaches. I have never seen him favor GF teams - in fact I was at a South RR game last year that he almost seemed to favor South. I was not at the North RR game, and doubt he "decided" the game, as I think he is just a bad ref, not a biased one. He may be a nice guy outside of the rink. But as a ref he is the worse I have ever seen. The guy is on a power trip the entire time out there. I think he gets off tossing people. As far as his bad calls I think it comes mostly from him being out of position most of the time. I honestly think having him ref the State Tourny games brings down the ND hockey a notch. Of course this is only my humble opinion.

I'm going to guess that LaDucer had something to do with the RR-North game. I could go on a very long tirade about that idiot, but why bother I'm not infering he favored RR - just that the game was poorly reffed - if in fact he was the ref.

At my parents in Fargo they have Fox Sports Atlantic - MI and ND are on. They just interviewed ND captain Cory McLean who graduated from Fargo North in 99.

Last years winner was Gorowsky who is playing for Sioux Falls (I think) and is going to WI next year. He would have been at WI this year but he had a knee injury. He also played in the USHL all-star game in GF.

How one can use the term "all time greatest" in the same sentence as the band Cinderella is beyond me To a degree I agree with DaveK on the fighting issue. The NHL clearly expanded way to much - in the South many fans could give a crap about the game they just wanted blood. The owners were forced to bring in more goons and the game was becoming too slow. What the NHL needs is another Gretzky - Sidney Crosby is the closest thing they are going to get. Like Gretzky, Crosby may end up playing pro hockey in a different league while the NHL sorts things out - hopefully the NHL can come back like they did in the late 70's (although they never cancelled a season with all their problems). That said taking fighting out of the game would be a stupid move, but encouraging a faster paced game would be a good thing. They are going to have to get rid of at least 4-5 teams. My picks - Florida, Nashville, Tampa Bay (I realize they won the cup - but I don't think anyone down there cared), Anaheim and Carolina.

Moorhead played their 4th line a lot, plus filled in some shifts with JV players. Deitz and Nitzkorski would each have been near the top scorers if they played in ND - they are very good sophomores, not much of a difference between them and Christian IMO. The goal by Lee at the end of the game came after Monticello called a TO Why they called TO when they were down 14-0 with 40 seconds left is beyond me. Monticello is much better than they were last year, but Moorhead really layed off. They let Fisher and Lee get their hatricks (I think firsts for each this year), and let the 10th graders score, but the rest of the team spent most of the time playing keep away. Of course this is just from listening to the game and from what some family members said, so anyone actually at the game probably has a better opinion than me.

You have to remember this was an all-star game though - they usually take out the clutching and grabbing in these games. That said I have nothing to compare it to as I haven't seen a regular season AHL game this year. It was fun watching Bo and Parise play together. Bo should have had at least one more - he missed an open net (bouncing puck). The announcers mentioned Bo was the lowest drafted player on the ice - shows that hard work pays off. To be fair, the NHL (or any business for that matter) could not operate by dumping players once they reach a particular age. It would be difficult to "invest" in these young players if they know they are going to get dropped in a few years. Many older players still play a very fast paced game. What the NHL needs to do is get away from the "bigger is better" way of thinking. You would think players like St. Louis and Jason Blake would open some eyes. Unfortunately the vast majority of GM's in the NHL are old school Canadians that would never allow the game to become "European".