2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

[HarleyMC]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

http://www.startribune.com/local/129543018.html

Frank is back in the booth!!

Yeahhh!!!

All the more reason to mute LaPanta and tune into the Rug and Walleye...

Wow...gotta love the genius and intensity of coach Herb Brooks. We need that kind of intensity back on the bench this season.

 

[HarleyMC]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

(This would probably be better for GPL, but I am hesitatn to start posting there since my work network now blocks me from this site. I don't want GPL blocked too, or what would I do on my lunch break? Talk to real people?)

Does anyone know if the Gophers are talking to, showing an interest in Jake Bischoff?

I won't be surprised if the Gophers at least have their eyes on him...rookie of the year for GR last season. So sad to hear about his Mom. His dad, Grant is in this Mich. St./Gophers game footage and breaks the tie with nice goal. Funny, Frank and Wally, who are back this season on Gopher radio, called the game in the old barn...:

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[Koho]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

I won't be surprised if the Gophers at least have their eyes on him...rookie of the year for GR last season. So sad to hear about his Mom. His dad, Grant is in this Mich. St./Gophers game footage and breaks the tie with nice goal. Funny, Frank and Wally, who are back this season on Gopher radio, called the game in the old barn...:

From what I hear, Jake's younger brother (Jonah) has shown even more potential than Jake (best player on GR Peewee team that went to the championship last year). From the few times I've seen Jake play, he seemed very poised and smart as a Sophomore last year. I don't know that either have the blazing speed of Dad, but I think both would look good in a M.

 

[Slap Shot]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

I won't be surprised if the Gophers at least have their eyes on him...rookie of the year for GR last season. So sad to hear about his Mom. His dad, Grant is in this Mich. St./Gophers game footage and breaks the tie with nice goal. Funny, Frank and Wally, who are back this season on Gopher radio, called the game in the old barn...:

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Love the crowd, love the uniforms, love the intensity...

 

[MMECT]

Love the crowd, love the uniforms, love the intensity...

Unbelievable crowd. 20-1 @ home that year...we need this back at the Mooch!!

 

[Greyeagle]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

As much as like the new Mariucci I loved the old barn and continue to miss it.

 

[state of hockey]

As much as like the new Mariucci I loved the old barn and continue to miss it.

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[burd]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

Love the crowd, love the uniforms, love the intensity...

That's why this college game is so great.

 

[Slap Shot]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

As much as like the new Mariucci I loved the old barn and continue to miss it.

Agreed, although I am spoiled and got to spend many nights at Williams (I will alwasy refer to it as that despite the name change). Funny thing is the new building is built for more noise due to the low ceiling, but the mechanics of the steeper climb at the old building meant more fans were, "on top of the ice" and it was very intimidating.

That said the Gophers have had very dominating years at the new building and their overall WCHA playoff record at home is fairly impressive (2 series losses?) but the barn will forever carry memories that are impossible to surpass.

 

[Koho]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

as much as like the new mariucci i loved the old barn and continue to miss it.

ne!.....ne!.....ne!.....ne!.....ne!......ne!.....


(why does it turn my capitals into small case???)

 

[Youngblood11]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

Looks like the NAHL isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Even looks like one of the teams beat the future Gopher loaded Penticton Vees.


http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=3035

 

[JDUBBS1280]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

Day old news, but in case anyone hasn't heard, Louie Nanne verbally committed yesterday.

 

[Bronzebacks]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

Looks like the Reilly bros are off to a good start in Penticton.

http://pentictonvees.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/vees-derail-express/

This is a pretty fun Jr. team to follow. Quite a few WCHA players going in and coming out of the BCHL recently.

 

[JF_Gophers]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

(why does it turn my capitals into small case???)

IT only DOES that WHEN every WORD is CAPITALIZED in A post.

 

[burd]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

Day old news, but in case anyone hasn't heard, Louie Nanne verbally committed yesterday.

Be interesting to see if ZPar tries to talk him out of it.

 

[JDUBBS1280]

Be interesting to see if ZPar tries to talk him out of it.

I think grandpa holds more influence.

 

[goldy_331]

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I think grandpa holds more influence.

And maybe dad too. Maybe not as much as Casey Hankinson's mom did though...

 

[JDUBBS1280]

And maybe dad too. Maybe not as much as Casey Hankinson's mom did though...

 

[SanTropez]

Re: 2011 Minnesota Offseason Thread

M Club Hall of Fame preview: Mike Crowley
By Ryan Maus on September 14, 2011 8:38 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

The legacy of University of Minnesota athletics will be celebrated next Thursday, Sept. 22 at Ted Mann Concert Hall, when eight former Golden Gopher student-athletes are inducted into the "M" Club Hall of Fame.

Each day until then, we will preview one of the eight inductees with a special video. First up is former Golden Gopher hockey star Mike Crowley.

Mike Crowley patrolled the Minnesota blue line from 1994-1997 and was a two-time Hobey Baker Award winner for the Gophers. He was the fourth two-time All-American in school history and was the 1997 WCHA Player of the Year.

The Bloomington, Minnesota native was named first-team all WCHA in 1996 and 1997 and led the team in scoring in 1997 with fifty-six points in forty-two games He joins Lou Nanne as the only other Gopher defenseman to lead the team in scoring in school history. Crowley holds the two highest scoring seasons by a defenseman in school history with 63 points in 1996 and 56 points in 1997. His 47 assists in 1997 and 46 assists in 1996 also ranked first and second in school history by a defenseman in a single season. The seventeen goals he scored in 1996 ranked third all-time for Gopher defensemen in a single year.

A sixth-round selection by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1993 entry draft, Crowley helped lead the Gophers to the 1995 NCAA Frozen Four as well as the 1996 WCHA playoffs title and the 1997 WCHA regular season crown.

The official induction of the 2011 class will take place during a ceremony to be held at the Ted Mann Concert Hall (2128 Fourth Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55455) on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.Tickets are available for purchase online through the University of Minnesota ticket office at www.tickets.umn.edu or by calling the Northrop ticket office at 612-624-2345.

 

[JDUBBS1280]

Well deserved.