Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Hockey 2013-14 Season

[CrazyDave]

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Amanda Kessel wins as The Kia Most Dynamic Athlete of 2013, nudging out Colin Kaepernick. http://admeter.usatoday.com/ad-meter/category/3670781/

In the parent story (http://admeter.usatoday.com/story/sports/ad-meter/year-in-sports/2013/12/18/ad-meter-story-year-in-sports-winners-revealed/4078407/):

The upset of Year in Sports came in the closest overall vote. The University of Minnesota forward, and brother of the Toronto Maple Leafs' Phil, won with a late push. Kessel won the honor despite 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (our runner-up) pushing his candidacy via Facebook. This was a shocker.

 

[ARM]

The University of Minnesota forward, and brother of the Toronto Maple Leafs' Phil ...

It's like the play-by-play guy for the national championship game describing Rachel as the son of Mike Ramsey.

Congrats to Amanda.

 

[D2D]

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Amanda Kessel wins as The Kia Most Dynamic Athlete of 2013, nudging out Colin Kaepernick. http://admeter.usatoday.com/ad-meter/category/3670781/

In the parent story (http://admeter.usatoday.com/story/sports/ad-meter/year-in-sports/2013/12/18/ad-meter-story-year-in-sports-winners-revealed/4078407/):

Pretty amazing that Kessel - or any woman hockey player - could win this award over all those multi-million dollar paid professionals.

Also, I was amazed by Patrick Kane could do in the "Best Viral Video" in your second link. Also very !

 

[Golden Tuuk]

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That would be true if it were natural ice. It's not though, so 32 will work fine with the refrigerated rink they are using and will improve player and spectator comfort.

Even with a chiller the north side boards can get slushy if it's that warm and the suns out. Minor point, and I doubt it would ever be that warm on January 19th anyway. At least I hope it wouldn't be. I would also hope that Minnesota hockey players or spectators would never need 32 above to be comfortable.

 

[Golden Tuuk]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Hockey 2013-14 Season

Amanda Kessel wins as The Kia Most Dynamic Athlete of 2013, nudging out Colin Kaepernick. http://admeter.usatoday.com/ad-meter/category/3670781/

Wow. That's amazing. Actually it's shocking. Wish these outlets wouldn't refer to her as Phil's brother in every introduction.

 

[CrazyDave]

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Even with a chiller the north side boards can get slushy if it's that warm and the suns out. Minor point, and I doubt it would ever be that warm on January 19th anyway. At least I hope it wouldn't be. I would also hope that Minnesota hockey players or spectators would never need 32 above to be comfortable.

I'll say that I couldn't feel my toes after sitting through the 19-degree Gopher-Badger football game.

I'll also point out that the women's game begins at 4:30 p.m., so there wouldn't be much sun involved except for possibly blinding whichever team is defending the east goal.

 

[D2D]

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I'll also point out that the women's game begins at 4:30 p.m., so there wouldn't be much sun involved...

I was going to say the same thing...

Also remember that with artificial ice the water freezes fine when the games are played indoors, where the temps at ice level are usually much warmer than 32 degrees.

 

[bluffrinkrat]

Re: Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Hockey 2013-14 Season

Congratulations Amanda! Well deserved. I would have split my vote into thirds and included Noora and Megan, as well.

 

[pokechecker]

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Wow. That's amazing. Actually it's shocking. Wish these outlets wouldn't refer to her as Phil's brother in every introduction.

in 2 years they will refer to Phil as Amanda's brother
a gold medal and another NCAA championchip

 

[brookyone]

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http://www.minnpost.com/sports/2013...on-revenue-sports-teams-contribute-other-ways

 

[CrazyDave]

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http://www.minnpost.com/sports/2013...on-revenue-sports-teams-contribute-other-ways

I enjoyed that article. It points out that Minnesota's growth in a couple non-revenue sports is contrary to what's happening elsewhere, noting in this particular paragraph...

These days, non-revs at many institutions are struggling to survive. Soon-to-be Big Ten member Maryland dropped seven sports last year, and earlier this month Temple announced plans to cut baseball, softball, gymnastics and four others to prop up a money-sucking football program.

... which is more directly spelled out in another article that just came out on ABC News' web site: Cutting Sports a Growing Trend at Major Colleges.

 

[brookyone]

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Personally, I think any trend that eliminates a bunch of varsity sports and therefore the diversity of college athletics in favor of, or for the sole benefit of just one sport is a disastrous trend.

 

[Steve_MN]

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Wow. That's amazing. Actually it's shocking. Wish these outlets wouldn't refer to her as Phil's brother in every introduction.

Let's be honest here. I think at this point, most college hockey fans know that Phil's her brother, but casual sports fans (the intended audience for the articles) have little clue about hockey, next to none about college hockey, and quite a few probably only realized that there was women's college hockey because of the coverage of the Gopher's streak and perfect season last year. Unless that changes somehow, there will always be those kind of reference points.

 

[wwhyte]

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Personally, I think any trend that eliminates a bunch of varsity sports and therefore the diversity of college athletics in favor of, or for the sole benefit of just one sport is a disastrous trend.

Can you explain why? Not being sarcastic here -- I come from Ireland, where college sports are a less big thing; colleges provide facilities but don't fund such a wide range of sports, certainly not to the extent that goes on here, and I'm used to sporting opportunities being informal/out-of-college/club-based as opposed to formal/in-college.

 

[brookyone]

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Can you explain why? Not being sarcastic here -- I come from Ireland, where college sports are a less big thing; colleges provide facilities but don't fund such a wide range of sports, certainly not to the extent that goes on here, and I'm used to sporting opportunities being informal/out-of-college/club-based as opposed to formal/in-college.

Because it would rob considerable numbers or student athletes of the experience, would it not? Same for fans of various varsity sports. Catering to one specific sport, it's student athletes and fans is a mistake in my view. Diversity in every aspect of the college experience for students, student athletes, alumni, supporters...which is most everyone is kind of a cornerstone. Those groups are comprised of people not limited to football and basketball obsessed individuals.

Maybe it's a U of M thing. If I could only be a gridiron or hoops fan...I might be driven to severe depression...

 

[D2D]

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To brookone's post I would also add that many people - but maybe not enough people - bemoan the trend of the almighty dollar dictating the decision-making process to cut the various "non-revenue sports" at an increasing number of schools. Yes, at nearly all D1 institutions football and men's basketball bring in the bulk of the revenue's, which do in fact go to support all of the other "lesser" sports (lesser in terms of attendance and gate receipts). But at many of those schools, when one (or both) of those two "major" teams falter, attendance suffers and revenues decline. This, in turn, sometimes leads to decisions to put more money into those sports to turn them around and become more competitive. And, unfortunately in the process, those "investments" will sometimes result in certain sports being eliminated. And again - unfortunately - women's hockey is especially vulnerable, because it's more expensive than most, and attendance is such where at most schools that ticket sales revenue does not begin to cover its cost.

 

[Eeyore]

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In fact, football isn't profitable at more than about 20 schools in the country. Far from supporting the other sports, it's a net drain on revenue.

 

[pokechecker]

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the school I attended before transferring to the U of MN had dropped sports about a decade before I attended, it was so refreshing to go to a school where there was no jock culture, funny thing was, I followed U of MN sports (OK, just hockey) while going there, just like I had in high school and earlier

 

[D2D]

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In fact, football isn't profitable at more than about 20 schools in the country. Far from supporting the other sports, it's a net drain on revenue.

If you can provide legitimate support for this, I would be very surprised. The U of MN has had a mediocre football team for years, with the stadium rarely full, yet it is by far the biggest revenue producer of all the sports.

 

[CrazyDave]

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I would just add the reminder that Minnesota threatened to cut both golf teams and men's gymnastics a few years back. That drew a lot of ire but also a lot of fundraising to save all three programs.

And then then men's golf team went out and won the NCAA Championship shortly thereafter.