**** Official Hockey Thread **** (NHL & College)
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icedavis
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Haha, nice. I have had a few run-ins with the cup in the past few years. One memorable time was at the National Special Hockey Tournament (I volunteer) when it was held here in Blaine, MN. So cool to see all the people and the special needs players geek out over the cup.
The other big memorable time was at the US Pond Hockey Championships here a couple of years ago now. I volunteered as a rink attendant and found out the cup was scheduled to be in for a few hours on the final day of the tournament. Weather conditions were horrid (rainy and too warm) for good ice. The ice was plenty thick on the lake but the rain was pooling and creating nasty slush. So they cancelled the final day. We still went back (drove an hour and a half out of the way) to see the cup thinking we could nab a pic or two and beat most of the line. Well it turns out the cancelled tournament resulted in pretty much no one knowing about the cup or showing up to see it (for the ones that heard). So my gf and I pretty much had upwards of two hours unrestricted with the cup and maybe 6 other people (who pretty much only stayed for a few minutes) plus a handler, security guard a few tournament organizer people and Goldie Gopher was there for promotional stuff. The handler said that never happens, there is always a crowd. He was awesome and told us we could pretty much do whatever (save running off and never returning it) with the cup. Frankly I was too scared. Felt like I would break it for how clumsy I am. I didn't even really get "good" cup pictures because I was too busy geeking out over it. So we dinked around getting fun pictures with it (GF and I below), looking it over, the names, the history, yada, yada. Pretty rad.
Thanks. Puck junkie, I am.
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walksalone
Heisman Trophy Winner
Thats pretty awesome... good shots btw...
walksalone
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icedavis
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They are not my first option when watching sports but I do follow most of their sports teams and attend many Gophers sporting events. If that makes me a fan, then yes I am a fan but like I said they are second to my favorites. It is interesting to watch sports from a different, less successful in most cases, perspective. I went to St. Cloud so apparently that means I am supposed to hate Gopher hockey (and Sioux hockey for that matter) but in all my time I could never really develop that. The trap that the Gophers run and how physical the Sioux are was impressive and even though St. Cloud beat them frequently, it was still impressive to watch how stupid they often made the Huskies look. So I "respectfully dislike" them.
I went to SCSU and saw guys like Matt Hendricks, Matt Cullen was just before I came in, Andreas Nodl, Andrew Gordon, Jonathan Toews, Thomas Vanek, Erik Johnson, Phil Kessel, Kyle Okposo, Matt Niskanen, TJ Oshie, Ryan Suter, Kyle Turris, and so on and so forth play. Not necessarily the "Glory Days" of the WCHA or SCSU but man was it a good time and many good players to watch.
GSG
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MLB 51
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GSG
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They're too busy covering this sh#t:
http://deadspin.com/sportscenter-tackles-the-tough-issues-755522255
walksalone
Heisman Trophy Winner
walksalone
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about 8 or 10 years ago, 3 or 4 nights a week you'd get two hockey games at 7 and 10pm, and it was glorious...
I think ESPN didn't want to re up the contract so the NHL ended up going to "Versus", if I remember correctly...
Oh, and "Fireman Ed", some folks I know met him, and he's a douchebag of mythical proportions...
SeeingRedMK
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walksalone
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GSG
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StPaulHusker
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Wow. what a clusterf$*k
