Top 10 Frazee excuses

[Prpichrocks_19]

I know this is old news, but I was recently at the Italian Moon and saw these on a board.

Top 10 Frazee Excuses:

1. Didn't think that Bina could shoot that far

2. Was Screened by Lameroux

3. Thought the Defensman waved me off

4. Didn't have time to react

5. My skate was untied

6.HEY, I am just the back up goaile

7. Campion was supposed to call me off

8. Someone put Vodka in my water bottle

9. Not COOL to use whole body to block the shot

10. No one can bend it like BINA!!

[siouxforeverbaby]

I know this is old news, but I was recently at the Italian Moon and saw these on a board.

Top 10 Frazee Excuses:

1. Didn't think that Bina could shoot that far

2. Was Screened by Lameroux

3. Thought the Defensman waved me off

4. Didn't have time to react

5. My skate was untied

6.HEY, I am just the back up goaile

7. Campion was supposed to call me off

8. Someone put Vodka in my water bottle

9. Not COOL to use whole body to block the shot

10. No one can bend it like BINA!!

still makes me laugh everytime, though just because this is a pet peeve of mine it is Lamoureux not Lameroux. sorry, I just had to get that out.

[AZSIOUX]

still makes me laugh everytime, though just because this is a pet peeve of mine it is Lamoureux not Lameroux. sorry, I just had to get that out.

hard name to spell for sure, i just go with phil......easy

[SoCalSiouxFan]

As an alumni living in California it's good to see that some of the stuff I posted to the top 10 list made it to a board at the Italian Moon. Just thought of one more addition to the list. With Jonathan Toews recent success we forgot to add what might be the best excuse:

Still suffering from post tramatic stress, flashbacks, and nightmares from Jonathan Toews shootout at world juniors semifinal loss.

[siouxforeverbaby]

As an alumni living in California it's good to see that some of the stuff I posted to the top 10 list made it to a board at the Italian Moon. Just thought of one more addition to the list. With Jonathan Toews recent success we forgot to add what might be the best excuse:

Still suffering from post tramatic stress, flashbacks, and nightmares from Jonathan Toews shootout at world juniors semifinal loss.

that coupled with the long walk back from World Juniors.

you are right, AZSIOUX. it is a hard name, it just bugs me that he has been at UND for three years and some people continually spell his name wrong, last and first. but that is just a pet peeve like I said,so pay no attention.

[siouxforeverbaby]

ok, before the Denver series I posted a link to an article that a friend wrote listing the reasons to hate Denver. He recently reminded me that he wrote one about the Gophers before we played them in the Frozen Four and wanted me to post it. Since this thread started about the Gophers, I figured here would work.

Since the Sioux face-off against the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Frozen Four next week, there's a subject very dear to me I'd like to tell you about. And that of course, is my hatred of Golden Gopher hockey.

You may be asking yourself, why would some kid who grew up in the Twin Cities for the majority of his life, despise his hometown team so much? And why does he feel the need to tell us this? The reason is that I have spent the last two weekends back in the Cities, putting up with all of the garbage associated with that university, and I feel that as a sports writer and a UND student, that I should do whatever I can to inspire my school before our huge game.

So without further ado, here are my top ten reasons why I hate Gopher hockey. I guarantee you that by the end of this article you will be thinking one of two things. One, that the U of M sucks even worse than you originally thought, or two, that I have way two much time on my hands.

Reason Number Ten:

Don Lucia

OK, I really don't have a huge beef with coach Lucia, but it does bother me that he has his own television show, while Dave Hakstol doesn't. Also, Lucia doesn't really do anything on his show, except provide lame answers to questions that even the most casual hockey fan could say. In the past three episodes, he has emphasized the exact same things to win their games: goaltending, playing smart, and scoring goals. I've never played hockey in my life, and I could have told you that's what you need to win a hockey game. However, this pain can be relieved once Hakstol gets his due.

Reason Number Nine:

Thomas Vanek

Yes, he doesn't play for them anymore, but I will never forget how he stole the WCHA Rookie of the Year award from Zach Parise. As many of you know, Parise put on an absolutely spectacular freshman season while playing for a team that wasn't expected to do much that year. However, despite putting up more goals and more assists for a lesser caliber team, Vanek got the award and Zach got nothing. Things of course will even out in my book if Vanek's NHL career is a total disaster.

Reason Number Eight:

Laura Haldorson

You're probably wondering what the Gopher women's head coach is doing on my list, since my beef is primarily with men's hockey. Well, there is a good reason for it, and here it is. She's gets unbelievable praise for leading a team to back-to-back titles when she really had nothing to do with it. Her team is stacked with former and future Olympic hockey players, and yet, apparently to the Minnesota press, she's a genius. Not to mention the fact, that her contract was only renewed for one more year, and the majority of her players have complained to the athletic director about her. Not exactly a quality coach in my book.

Reason Number Seven:

Mariucci Arena

If there is one thing I don't understand about hockey, it is why universities can choose just how large they want to make their hockey rink. Mariucci Arena is Olympic-sized ice, while the Ralph is NHL-sized (the way most rinks are sized). The Gophers decided to break with the national trend, and make their rink different for some unknown reason. Also, many Gopher fans like to think that Mariucci is a better arena than the Ralph as a whole, and unless you are blind, you know how asinine that statement is.

Reason Number Six:

Goldy Gopher

For those of you who don't know, Goldy is the official mascot of the University of Minnesota. Regardless of how you feel about the logo on our campus, at least we can say our mascot isn't a buck-toothed rodent that spreads disease.

Reason Number Five:

"The Neutral Location of the Final Five"

For the past few years the WCHA Final Five tournament has been held in St. Paul, Minnesota because officials felt that it would be a neutral site, and that there would be no "home-ice advantage." Apparently, they didn't release that the University of Minnesota is located about two miles away, and they didn't think that it would matter. If you have been to this tournament, you know how huge an advantage the Gophers have. For last year's title game, the Xcel Energy Center held over 19,000 fans, 18,500 of them were Gopher fans. The fact that the Gophers have the conference tournament in their own backyard, and believe that they don't have an advantage is another reason to despise them.

Reason Number Four:

Biased Radio and TV broadcasts

When you listen to a sporting event on radio or on television, you kind of expect the broadcaster to be slightly biased. It's no different here at UND, either. Tim Hennessy and Pat Sweeney try to be as unbiased as possible, but still express excitement when the Sioux are successful.

However, if one were to listen to a Gopher game, you would be overwhelmed by the bias. Gopher announcers barely mention the other team, unless they score, they practically yell for Minnesota the entire time, and they think so highly of their team, that even if they suck horribly, they treat them like gods. In the Gophers Final Five game against Colorado College, Minnesota lost 3-0.

Yet, if you listened to the postgame report, you would have thought that they had won. The players of the game were all Gophers. One of them even got injured four minutes into the game, and didn't return! How in the hell can you get Player of the Game if you only play four minutes of a game, and you don't do anything? It is this ridiculous bias that makes me hate going home during hockey season.

Reason Number Three:

Rude Fans

In case you haven't noticed, the higher-ups at the Ralph have been placing ridiculous restrictions on what can be said and done at a hockey game, especially in the student section. However, if they were to take a gander at Gopher fans, they might think what we do is pretty tame. In my past two visits to the Final Five, I have to been told by Gopher fans to go back to my reservation (I'm white, by the way) and lots of other racist remarks. The opposing teams are heavily booed and I mean heavily by everybody. Grown men also pick fights with small children, and taunt anyone who isn't wearing maroon and gold. The fact that most Gopher fans are assholes is what will make beating them in the Frozen Four much more sweet.

Reason Number Two:

Doug Woog

Do I really need to say more about this dipshit? I don't, but I will just in case some of you haven't seen him on TV, I'll let you know who he is. Doug Woog is a former Gopher coach, who has the intelligence of a drunk. When he was head coach of Minnesota, he made it a policy not to recruit anyone outside of Minnesota. Hence, the Gophers never won a title while he was there. However, as soon as he left, they change the policy and win back-to-back titles with a guy raised in Grand Forks.

He is also known for being stupid when broadcasting, making such mind-blowing statements as "If that goal was two feet wider, we would have scored," If that goalie wasn't there, we'd be winning right now," and "Whoever scores the most goals tonight will probably win this game." The fact that the Gophers have hired this clown twice is reason number two to hate them.

Reason Number One:

The Gopher Bureaucracy

I always had a feeling that the Gophers had control over the WCHA, but when this year's tournament selections were made, I now know that they have the selection committee by the balls as well. Going into Selection Sunday, Cornell University was the top-ranked team in the country and was on an eighteen-game unbeaten streak. Yet, for some strange reason, they were given a two-seed in the West Regional, which was to be played in Minneapolis.

The Gophers got the number one seed instead. This was despite the fact that they had just gotten humiliated in front of a home crowd by Colorado College and the Sioux. The fact that they got a number one seed over Cornell is like a guy who comes in drunk to work every day becoming the CEO of a corporation over the Vice President. Sure, they beat Cornell (barely), but everybody with half a brain knows that they didn't deserve what they got.

hope you enjoy.

[Prpichrocks_19]

that coupled with the long walk back from World Juniors.

you are right, AZSIOUX. it is a hard name, it just bugs me that he has been at UND for three years and some people continually spell his name wrong, last and first. but that is just a pet peeve like I said,so pay no attention.

Sorry I didn't spell the name right I really like Phil, but his last name is really hard to spel again sorry

[FIRE HELMET GUY #26]

ok, before the Denver series I posted a link to an article that a friend wrote listing the reasons to hate Denver. He recently reminded me that he wrote one about the Gophers before we played them in the Frozen Four and wanted me to post it. Since this thread started about the Gophers, I figured here would work.

hope you enjoy.

The conspiracy against the Sioux continues......when will it end?

Thanks for the laugh today, I needed it!

[siouxforeverbaby]

Sorry I didn't spell the name right I really like Phil, but his last name is really hard to spel again sorry

don't worry about it. like I said just a pet peeve that I have. I will survive, no big deal.

Fire Helmet Guy #26- Glad I could help make your day. Hope it continues to go well.

[Frontroguy]

ok, before the Denver series I posted a link to an article that a friend wrote listing the reasons to hate Denver. He recently reminded me that he wrote one about the Gophers before we played them in the Frozen Four and wanted me to post it. Since this thread started about the Gophers, I figured here would work.

hope you enjoy.

Wooger is someone you hate unless you are a fan of the team. Kinda like Sagasor for Sconny.

I do prefer Mariucci to the Ralph, if only for the open bowl viewing. 1st time I went to the Ralph, I bough SRO with the idea that I could actually see the rink. NOT! The bar is nice, but if I wanted to watch the game on tv and drink beer, I would have gone to the bar instead. Pretty hard to compare ammenities between the two though. Right down to the sound system the Ralph is outstanding.

As for the Hakstol show, why isn't there one?

[FIRE HELMET GUY #26]

Wooger is someone you hate unless you are a fan of the team. Kinda like Sagasor for Sconny.

I do prefer Mariucci to the Ralph, if only for the open bowl viewing. 1st time I went to the Ralph, I bough SRO with the idea that I could actually see the rink. NOT! The bar is nice, but if I wanted to watch the game on tv and drink beer, I would have gone to the bar instead. Pretty hard to compare ammenities between the two though. Right down to the sound system the Ralph is outstanding.

As for the Hakstol show, why isn't there one?

Thats the best part about listening to Wooger, you never know what he's gonna say next. He's got some real hum-dingers that make a person laugh.

As for a Hakstol show, I think it would be about the same as the Lucia show. What can you really talk about for a hockey show week after week, it would get pretty repetitive.

[THETRIOUXPER]

I actually find the wooger quite entertaining.

[Siouxdonyms]

I actually find the wooger quite entertaining.

I think he gets better with age. Not sure if that's my age or his, but when he first started commentating, I couldn't stand him. Now I think it's very entertaining to watch him. May take him 5 minutes to get out one thought, but that's part of the amusement.

[redwing77]

I actually find the wooger quite entertaining.

If only he could dump that sock puppet with a wig that he shares the booth with, he'd be much better.

[dallassiouxfan]

If only he could dump that sock puppet with a wig that he shares the booth with, he'd be much better.

Lambchop?

[The Whistler]

To be fair Vanek's WCHA numbers were much better than Parise's. Parise lit it up in non-conference play that year.

Still I think Parise should have won the Hobey in his Sophomore season. He beat Lessard soundly in plus/minus and slightly in points per game. He was also MVP of the World Juniors which shouldn't count for you maybe, but in effect it counted against him as those missed games may have cost him the leadership in total points.

I agree with the points about the Gopher getting favorable political treatment and home ice for the neutral final five. I've seen some jerk Gopher fans but not enough to make any kind of generalization.

I'm over Woog now, sometimes I even like him when he's commenting.

Lucia needs to quit whining about some Sioux fan saying he "sucks" once.

[Goon]

I think he gets better with age. Not sure if that's my age or his, but when he first started commentating, I couldn't stand him. Now I think it's very entertaining to watch him. May take him 5 minutes to get out one thought, but that's part of the amusement.

I would say that Woog has to be in the 55-60 range.