PCM Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Dec. 11, 2007 (for immediate release) UND "Men's Hockey Fan Fest "set for Saturday GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The UND men's hockey team will hold a "Fan Fest" for families at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The event will feature giveaways, autographs, $1 sack lunches and more. Admission is free. SKILLS COMPETITION Select players from the men's hockey team will go head-to-head in an NHL-style skills competition to showcase skating, stick-handling, speed and shooting accuracy. PRIZE GIVEAWAYS The Sioux Boosters will give away prizes at the event, including an assortment of gift cards and exclusive Fighting Sioux merchandise. SACK LUNCHES There will be a sack lunch available for $1, which includes a hot dog, chips and soda courtesy of Cloverdale Meats, Coca Cola and Old Dutch. AUTOGRAPH SESSION Get autographs of your favorite Fighting Sioux hockey players immediately following the skills competition on the main concourse of the arena. Autograph team cards will be available. TOYS FOR TOTS Fans are encouraged to bring a toy to be donated to the local Toys for tots organization so no kid goes without a present this holiday season. For more information, contact Alex Kringen at 701-777-0726 or alexk@theralph.com. Quote
Sioux_Yeah_Yeah Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 What should I get for my little brother for Christmas that the boys can sign on Saturday? I was just at the Sioux Shop, but there's just so much stuff I couldn't decide haha Quote
snooty89 Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 Clothes rack Can you possibly get only 1 person to sign something or do we have to go through the entire line lol. Quote
LFSPRO Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 Usually the players are set up at table in the hallways of the Ralph with a couple of players at each table. Some are always more popular than others and the lines are longer for them. You can get whatever autos you want but I would suggest hitting them all. The freshman you may skip this year may be next years superstar and all the players deserve to be shown our appreciation. Quote
Sioux_Yeah_Yeah Posted December 14, 2007 Posted December 14, 2007 Oh geez, good answers everyone Quote
Sioux_Yeah_Yeah Posted December 15, 2007 Posted December 15, 2007 I'm on my way up to GF!!! Hope to see lots of you there! Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Lot's of fun!! The lines for Duncan and Oshie were loooong! All the boys were great sports. Joe Finley cracked me up. He has an area he likes to sign on the team card. Snider signed my card there. Joe looked at it and said, 'Kids been on the team two weeks and he's taking my spot!' Quote
aleah Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 That was nice of the boys to do this on a bye weekend!! Great turnout as well!!! Thanks boys! Quote
luapsided Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 how was the skills competition? and things Quote
WiSioux Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 From what I can remember: Results: Skating: Marto beat out Watkins (although Watkins raced three times while Marto only races twice) Stick Handling: Was done in a relay, the white team won... I believe it was Kaip, Chorney, Jones, Forney, and maybe Watkins... I can't remember the 5th. Power: Finley, 97 mph, Davidson 94 mph... I feel like there was someone else up there too... but I can't recall... Accuracy: Both Duncan and VandeVelde hit the four corners on five shots, but Duncan did it faster so he won. Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 From what I can remember: Results: Skating: Marto beat out Watkins (although Watkins raced three times while Marto only races twice) Stick Handling: Was done in a relay, the white team won... I believe it was Kaip, Chorney, Jones, Forney, and maybe Watkins... I can't remember the 5th. Power: Finley, 97 mph, Davidson 94 mph... I feel like there was someone else up there too... but I can't recall... Accuracy: Both Duncan and VandeVelde hit the four corners on five shots, but Duncan did it faster so he won. Don't forget, the white team did a bit of cheating creative stick handling to come out on top. Although, their speed overall was faster than the green team. The green team, Walski in net for the green, won the shoot out. Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Wasn't it Kozek up there at 92mph? Yes, right off the bat. BAM!! Quote
WiSioux Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Yeah... Kozek was up there too... I couldn't remember his speed, so thanks for that! Let's see if I can come up with the teams for stick handling: White: Jones, Kaip, Watkins (?), Forney, Chorney Green: Oshie, Duncan, Trupp, Genoway (?), Marto Quote
luapsided Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Yeah... Kozek was up there too... I couldn't remember his speed, so thanks for that! Let's see if I can come up with the teams for stick handling: White: Jones, Kaip, Watkins (?), Forney, Chorney Green: Oshie, Duncan, Trupp, Genoway (?), Marto was it a good turnout? Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 was it a good turnout? I'm not good at estimating crowd numbers. Given the amount of time it took to get all the autographs, I'd say it was a good turnout. Quote
LFSPRO Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 I'm not good at estimating crowd numbers. Given the amount of time it took to get all the autographs, I'd say it was a good turnout. Did you get TJ's auto? Quote
Siouxmama Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Did you get TJ's auto? I can answer for her. Yes she did. Quote
richthorpe Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Did anyone else see Snider's first official save as a Member of the Fighting Sioux??? TJ and VV were juggling a puck before the skills comp. (Kinda like Tiger Woods does but with a puck) They go on and on for a minute or so, well VV loses control and takes one last attempt to save it, and "POP" right off of Snider's forehead and into the players box!!! At the time he had no helmet...I like it, old time Iron Man style... I'd say the turn out was so/so...For the kids though it was priceless... My 11 Month old got his first puck from a player, NHL Draftee Kozek... We waited in Phil's Line, Kozek's line, Bina's Line, and Trupp's line... That's a pretty good assortment, plus after a few hours he started to fuss... The players were great!!! Bonus, we met The Kauker... Rich T Quote
Siouxmama Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Did anyone else see Snider's first official save as a Member of the Fighting Sioux??? TJ and VV were juggling a puck before the skills comp. (Kinda like Tiger Woods does but with a puck) They go on and on for a minute or so, well VV loses control and takes one last attempt to save it, and "POP" right off of Snider's forehead and into the players box!!! At the time he had no helmet...I like it, old time Iron Man style... I'd say the turn out was so/so...For the kids though it was priceless... My 11 Month old got his first puck from a player, NHL Draftee Kozek... We waited in Phil's Line, Kozek's line, Bina's Line, and Trupp's line... That's a pretty good assortment, plus after a few hours he started to fuss... The players were great!!! Bonus, we met The Kauker... Rich T I saw that Snider save too. Quote
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