KirkEisenbeis Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I was just perusing the Old Barn page and noticed a USSR flag in the photo. Can anybody come up with an explanation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Back in the 70s or so, the Sioux would occasionally play Soviet teams. I guess that may be the reason. I recall one called "Torpedo Gorky" that was comprised mainly of army troops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawkota Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I was just perusing the Old Barn page and noticed a USSR flag in the photo. Can anybody come up with an explanation? Going through the media guide, the Sioux played the Russian National team in December of 1960. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Why does "Dynamo Riga" come to mind? Oh, this is why ... http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/11/sports/n...n-colleges.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejm Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Back in the 70s or so, the Sioux would occasionally play Soviet teams. I guess that may be the reason. I recall one called "Torpedo Gorky" that was comprised mainly of army troops. Back in the 70s, many people thought a good portion of the campus was communist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82SiouxGuy Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Going through the media guide, the Sioux played the Russian National team in December of 1960. Since the building in the picture is the Old Barn (not the Winter Sports Building, later known as the Engelstad Arena), and the banner reads NCAA Champions (think 1959) I will go with this explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Back in the 70s, many people thought a good portion of the campus was communist! In the late 1970's visitors to the old Williams Arena were accused of being "communists" because we had Canadians on the team. Somehow, old John had them convinced that Canada was communist, apparently. (Either that or we were just too darn loud... maybe communists were loud.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirtcoach Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 In the late 1970's visitors to the old Williams Arena were accused of being "communists" because we had Canadians on the team. Somehow, old John had them convinced that Canada was communist, apparently. (Either that or we were just too darn loud... maybe communists were loud.) Communists, Nazis, same thing. To uneducated dolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGSD Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Lawkota is correct. I attended the game - thought it was '59 but could have been '60. My dad somehow got tickets near center-ice. The Russians probably won but I don't remember the outcome. I do remember their disciplined play and strong puck control/passing abilities. The event was a curiousity in Grand Forks, especially during the Cold-War era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Where was the Old Barn located? I thought it was the same spot as the old Engelstad (Winter Sports Center). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprig Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Where was the Old Barn located? I thought it was the same spot as the old Engelstad (Winter Sports Center). West of where the overpass (Columbia) now crosses campus Between some of the new buildings and the rr tracks. Along what is now called Campus Road/Centennial Drive. It stood for some time after the WSB was built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 West of where the overpass (Columbia) now crosses campus Between some of the new buildings and the rr tracks. Along what is now called Campus Road/Centennial Drive. It stood for some time after the WSB was built. Where the Hyslop is? In that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 West of Laird Core Library on this map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprig Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 West of Laird Core Library on this map. Been too long and too much change, but somewhere between Laird and the steam generation plant, or maybe right where one of those two structures now stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlarson Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 West of Laird Core Library on this map. You are right, GeauxSioux. The Barn was east of the steam plant, just under the water tower. It was as cold a place to watch hockey as you could ever imagine. Chicken wire instead of glass, Purpur's Rube Goldberg resurfacing contraption, super smoky warming house--but we won NC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejm Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I remember the Barn being right next to the railroad tracks, right under the water tower. A little south of where Starcher Hall is now. Barn history from The Ralph Barn history from SiouxSports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I think this is more or less the same view as the Barn picture above, so it looks like the Core Library occupies part of the site where the Barn was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlarson Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Speaking of the 50's, the first game I ever saw in The Barn was a preseason game between the Detroit Redwings and a Winnipeg team--I think the Winnipeg Monarchs. I remember it because of seeing Gordy Howe and Terry Sawchuck, of the names I can remember. I think it was "56-"57 or so. Are there any records of anything like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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