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2007 NCAA Hockey Tournament: The brackets have been selected, with the #1 seeds going to Minnesota, Notre Dame, Clarkson, and UNH. Notre Dame has been ranked #1 for most of the season, riding a hot goaltender. They have won five straight and only given up 3 goals total in those games. Minnesota beat North Dakota (the hotest team in the nation) in a thrilling OT game for the WCHA conference championship, after an amazing goal by Blake Wheeler (YouTube). First round of the playoffs start this weekend, with the Frozen Four in St. Louis in two weeks.
posted by emoeby to hockey at 01:57 PM on March 19, 2007 - 25 comments
Legendary Twins PA announcer Bob Casey died this weekend.: "Bob Casey the stadium voice of the Twins for all of the team's 44 years and whose signature style and verbal stumbles endeared him to baseball fans throughout the Upper Midwest, died early Sunday from complications of liver cancer. He was 79." Bob Casey was famous for two things, his no smoking rule - "Noooooooooooooooo smoking in the Metrodome! If you must smoke, go outside or QUIT!" (or "go to Wisconsin" or "go to a casino" or "go to Disneyland" or one of his other great variations), and also the way he announced Kirby Pucket back in the day - "Now batting for the Twins, number 34, the center fielder, KIRBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY PUCKETT!". It's a sad day in Twins land.
posted by emoeby to baseball at 09:29 AM on March 28, 2005 - 3 comments
Moss to be traded to Oakland: "The Vikings and Oakland Raiders have agreed to a trade that will send Vikings receiver Randy Moss to the Raiders in exchange for the seventh overall pick in this year's draft, linebacker Napoleon Harris and a low-round draft pick this year, a person with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday."
posted by emoeby to football at 04:31 PM on February 23, 2005 - 16 comments
Herb Brooks killed in car crash: Former Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks, who led the United States to the ``Miracle on Ice'' victory over the Soviet Union, died Monday in a car accident, a state official said. This is a sad day for all hockey fans, especially here in Minnesota where Herb Brooks was our hockey god.
posted by emoeby to hockey at 05:31 PM on August 11, 2003 - 6 comments
Gophers Repeat: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers became the first team in 31 years to win back to back titles in college hockey. Led by Austrian Thomas Vanek, most likely a top 5 pick in this years NHL draft, scored the game winner on a beautiful solo effort. University of New Hampshire played close in the first two periods, keeping the game tied going into the third. But the Gophers scored 4 third period goals to win the Championship. But of course, stupid college fans had to ruin a good thing, by setting a car on fire and tearing down traffic signs. It's hard to get into college hockey when NHL playoffs are just starting, but ESPN did have the game on and will most likely make the game an instant classic. Go Gophers!
posted by emoeby to hockey at 10:33 AM on April 13, 2003 - 4 comments
Wow, that's really awesome! I don't comment much but have been subscribing since the site was 2 weeks old. Thanks for all the great #content!
posted by emoeby at 09:15 PM on January 24, 2017
The bigger news is that this paves the way for a Big Ten Hockey Conference, an idea that has been talked about ever since the Big Ten Network started up (and even before that). Conferences need 6 team and Penn St would join long time hockey powers like Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Michigan St (as well as Ohio St).
I have no idea if this is good for college hockey or not, but it's going to happen.
The WCHA will be fine because the league has plenty of great teams left (North Dakota, Denver, Colorado College), but the CCHA would suffer.
College hockey is mostly small schools in the Northeast and Great Lakes, and I think a lot of those small schools rely on games with the bigger schools to bring in money. It will definitely be interesting to watch.
posted by emoeby at 07:56 AM on September 19, 2010
I hope Canada wins a bunch of medals, just not the gold in hockey. I really want to see them lose.
posted by emoeby at 04:50 PM on February 17, 2010
This is too bad. The museum is awesome, and in an important area (heart of the jazz era) of KC. Both the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Jazz clubs seem kinda poorly run, or they just don't know what to do with it. It's too important to let it go, but I also don't see it being successful. KC is to remote of a location, and while the "new" Kauffman Stadium is amazing (seriously, one of the best ballparks in the country), it's just not a draw for tourists.
posted by emoeby at 10:35 AM on February 01, 2010
Gardy is a fine manager and the system is great, but looking at all the top players we've had, guys like Santana, Mauer, Morneau, Hunter, they haven't been able to do anything in the playoffs. They have been very close, but just couldn't get past the Yankees or Angels. It's really too bad.
posted by emoeby at 03:34 PM on October 05, 2009
I was at the Saturday game, when (MVP) Joe Mauer got a huge hit to break the scoreless game off of (Cy Young) Zack Grienke. The Dome was as loud as I've ever heard it, and probably since the 91 World Series.
And I'll be there tomorrow! Go Twins!
Last night's game was supposed to be the last game in the Metrodome, and they had a wonderful ceremony with a bunch of ex players from the teams past, including the All Metrodome Team. Guys like Dan Gladden, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett (RIP), Frank Viola, Bert Blyleven, and Joe Mauer
posted by emoeby at 02:23 PM on October 05, 2009
I don't understand the idea that MN isn't a big enough of a market for him. How is Cleveland working out for LeBron James. Or how was Minnesota for KG. Seems like he had plenty of national exposure at his prime.
Minnesota wasn't big enough to Marbury, and we all know how that turned out.
posted by emoeby at 03:20 PM on September 01, 2009
Yep, I did as well.
posted by emoeby at 08:18 AM on July 23, 2009
As a Twins fan, this just makes me a little more upset that we couldn't get the Mets top hitting prospect for Santana.
posted by emoeby at 02:34 PM on July 07, 2008
Funny, I keep thinking the same thing, as a Gopher fan. BC is beatable and Miami hasn't proven to me they are a top team. Again, I think this just goes to show it's all about lucky bounces and good goaltending. I don't see one team that is light years ahead of the pack. Almost every team is good and could win, but they are all beatable as well.
posted by emoeby at 02:26 PM on March 24, 2008
Howard T: emoeby, I can't disagree violently with your picks, but I think that Hockey East will come out better than you opine. This is what is so difficult with college hockey. Since the conferences so rarely play each other, and top to bottom talent is so varied, it's hard to tell which teams are as good as their records. This is what makes the NCAA tourney so darn fun to watch. I won't be surprised if BC beats MN, but I had to vote with my heart. As for UNH (University of No Hardware), they will have to show me they can win before I will predict them to. :) I love this time of year.
posted by emoeby at 01:58 PM on March 24, 2008
As a Gopher fan, I'm just glad they were able to turn the season around and play some incredible hockey these past few weeks. And I couldn't be happier with the region they got placed in. I think BC is beatable, and I haven't been all that impressed with the 3 games I've seen them play on TV. Here are my picks for the tourney: East — Michigan over Niagara, SCSU over Clarkson. Michigan over SCSU West — UNH over Notre Dame, CC over Mich. St.. CC over UNH Midwest — UND over Princeton, Denver over WI. Denver over UND Northeast — Miami over Air Force, MN over BC. MN over Miami DU over MN (again) and Michigan over CC. Michigan is the champion. Go Gophers!
posted by emoeby at 08:22 PM on March 23, 2008
Minnesota fans are very, very upset today. The Wild desperately needed a center, and instead we get Simon. But, for a team that was out-muscled by Calgary this week, and Anaheim in last years playoffs, having some extra punch might be a good thing.
posted by emoeby at 03:41 PM on February 26, 2008
I loved the Young Stars game, especially since there were quite a few Minnesota kids. Erik Johnson, Mike Lundin, Matt Niskanen and Peter Mueller. The breakaway challenge was cool, and hopefully next year more guys will show off a little more. It seemed only Ovechkin was willing to look like a fool. I also thought that The Hives were awesome, loved that they kept playing during the player interviews. That was impressive. I read the other day that they grew up in the same small town that Ulf Samuelsson came from. Sweet.
posted by emoeby at 09:25 AM on January 29, 2008
Minnesota Twins End 18-Game Postseason Losing Streak
If you'd like to spend 2 hours watching a video recapping the worst streak in sports, this is pretty incredible.
The Minnesota Twins and the Cruelest Streak in Sports
I was at both games this week and it was such an incredible atmosphere. Oh and Toronto absolutely got out coached in Game 2.