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Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

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FiveHoleFrenzy said:
Olivia Knowles can step up into the scoring role vacated by #9...
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I agree. Marshall and Robinson are others who I think are more inclined to rush the puck than Ostertag. Hengler can pass and shoot, but we'll have to see how she adjusts to the speed of the game.
 
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The past strength of Ostertag's game has been strong consistent defensive play at both ends and quick passing decision making. She is fast and instinctive enough for timely deep pinches on offensive end and covering for D partner in a rush. She knows her job and rarely makes mistakes as well as takes very few penalties. She does shoot the puck well from blue line and drops into open ice for scoring chances when puck in low but rarely rushes puck up ice. She has been a pass 1st player. It will be interesting to see if she can continue her past success at the D1 level.
 
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AAA Dad said:
quick passing decision making.
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Hallelulah :D

AAA Dad said:
The past strength of Ostertag's game has been strong consistent defensive play at both ends and quick passing decision making. She is fast and instinctive enough for timely deep pinches on offensive end and covering for D partner in a rush. She knows her job and rarely makes mistakes as well as takes very few penalties. She does shoot the puck well from blue line and drops into open ice for scoring chances when puck in low but rarely rushes puck up ice. She has been a pass 1st player. It will be interesting to see if she can continue her past success at the D1 level.
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Thanks a lot for the info! Hopefully she and her talents move nicely into D1!
 
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AAA Dad said:
The past strength of Ostertag's game has been strong consistent defensive play at both ends and quick passing decision making. She is fast and instinctive enough for timely deep pinches on offensive end and covering for D partner in a rush. She knows her job and rarely makes mistakes as well as takes very few penalties. She does shoot the puck well from blue line and drops into open ice for scoring chances when puck in low but rarely rushes puck up ice. She has been a pass 1st player. It will be interesting to see if she can continue her past success at the D1 level.
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Welcome to college hockey dad! ;)
 
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Actual household conversation a few minutes ago after my wife returned from shopping. Wife: Guess who turned 98 today? Me: Actor or comedian? Wife: Not intentionally. Me: (After remembering she listens to "Sports Talk" on the radio) Sports figure? Wife: Sort of, but not a player. Me: Oh, I know. Is he a close personal friend of Bobby Knight? Wife: He thinks so. Me: I wonder if he knows the University has a women's hockey team? Wife: No response. Me: So Jim Murray's 98 huh? Wife: I'll make dinner.
 
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bluffrinkrat said:
Actual household conversation a few minutes ago after my wife returned from shopping. Wife: Guess who turned 98 today? Me: Actor or comedian? Wife: Not intentionally. Me: (After remembering she listens to "Sports Talk" on the radio) Sports figure? Wife: Sort of, but not a player. Me: Oh, I know. Is he a close personal friend of Bobby Knight? Wife: He thinks so. Me: I wonder if he knows the University has a women's hockey team? Wife: No response. Me: So Jim Murray's 98 huh? Wife: I'll make dinner.
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Did you know he started his career as a numbers runned for Kid Cohen? Then they needed a front when they bought a basketball team and he didn't have a record. That and a LOT of knob polishing became a very lucrative career.
 
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Lots of Olympic Gold in the house for today's Frozen Four semi-finals.

Brandt, Stecklein, Cameranesi among the group that I observed at the southwest corner of the arena between periods of the first game.
 
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ne7minder said:
Did you know he started his career as a numbers runned for Kid Cohen? Then they needed a front when they bought a basketball team and he didn't have a record. That and a LOT of knob polishing became a very lucrative career.
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I did not know that he had any connection with the mob. Is Kid Cohen the LA mob guy Mickey Cohen, Bugsy Siegel's buddy?

I do know that Hartman like that turkey Pat Reusse has never had much interest in hockey as a sport. They both think it's a waste of good ice.
 
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ManBehindTheCurtain said:
Lots of Olympic Gold in the house for today's Frozen Four semi-finals.

Brandt, Stecklein, Cameranesi among the group that I observed at the southwest corner of the arena between periods of the first game.
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They, along with Pannek, were part of a ceremonial puck-drop prior to each game.
 
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robertearle said:
They, along with Pannek, were part of a ceremonial puck-drop prior to each game.
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It was especially nice to see and hear all the Badger fans standing and cheering loudly for the four Olympic players despite their Gopher pedigree. I would think that Gopher fans would have cheered just as loudly for Duggan, Knight, Decker and Rigsby, or probably even louder because it no doubt would become a competition.

Although, it was a little odd to say the least to see a certain Gopher fan all decked out in Badger "regalia" a few seats away from us. It's probably just a WCHA gesture and not that he's gone over to the dark side. ;)
 
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I did not know that he had any connection with the mob. Is Kid Cohen the LA mob guy Mickey Cohen, Bugsy Siegel's buddy?

I do know that Hartman like that turkey Pat Reusse has never had much interest in hockey as a sport. They both think it's a waste of good ice.
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Kid was the Minneapolis capo, I don't know who he worked for.
 
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ne7minder said:
Did you know he started his career as a numbers runned for Kid Cohen? Then they needed a front when they bought a basketball team and he didn't have a record. That and a LOT of knob polishing became a very lucrative career.
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bluffrinkrat said:
I did not know that he had any connection with the mob. Is Kid Cohen the LA mob guy Mickey Cohen, Bugsy Siegel's buddy?

I do know that Hartman like that turkey Pat Reusse has never had much interest in hockey as a sport. They both think it's a waste of good ice.
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ne7minder said:
Kid was the Minneapolis capo, I don't know who he worked for.
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I'm not even from Minneapolis.

The mobster was Isadore Blumenfeld, aka Kid CANN.

Kid Cann grew up in North Minneapolis and eventually became boss. He had ties to the Chicago mob and to the Genovese family in New York but in Minneapolis HE was the boss. His downfall in Minnesota came in 1959 when he was convicted of violating the Mann Act (transportation of any woman or child across state lines for the purpose of prostitution). After a brief prison term he retired to Miami where he associated with his friend Meyer Lansky until he died in 1981. He is interred at the Adath Yeshurun Cemetery in Edina.
 
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ManBehindTheCurtain said:
I'm not even from Minneapolis.

The mobster was Isadore Blumenfeld, aka Kid CANN.

Kid Cann grew up in North Minneapolis and eventually became boss. He had ties to the Chicago mob and to the Genovese family in New York but in Minneapolis HE was the boss. His downfall in Minnesota came in 1959 when he was convicted of violating the Mann Act (transportation of any woman or child across state lines for the purpose of prostitution). After a brief prison term he retired to Miami where he associated with his friend Meyer Lansky until he died in 1981. He is interred at the Adath Yeshurun Cemetery in Edina.
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Oh, that Kid Cann. Never heard of him either. I only go to Minneapolis to go to jazz clubs or Gopher hockey games. Now St Paul mob crime on the other hand? Well, truthfully I only know something about that from reading Steve Thayer's novel Saint Mudd. Although my uncle who died 20 years ago just short of 100 used to tell me stories about the FBI going into the house across the street at the corner of Mound and Burns and smashing the stills with their axes until the booze flowed down the street towards the edge of the bluff. Those were the days, indeed.:rolleyes:
 
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ManBehindTheCurtain said:
I'm not even from Minneapolis.

The mobster was Isadore Blumenfeld, aka Kid CANN.

Kid Cann grew up in North Minneapolis and eventually became boss. He had ties to the Chicago mob and to the Genovese family in New York but in Minneapolis HE was the boss. His downfall in Minnesota came in 1959 when he was convicted of violating the Mann Act (transportation of any woman or child across state lines for the purpose of prostitution). After a brief prison term he retired to Miami where he associated with his friend Meyer Lansky until he died in 1981. He is interred at the Adath Yeshurun Cemetery in Edina.
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Thanks for the correction. I only have oral history to go by & a failing memory. St. Paul has a much more interesting gangster history with Dillinger, Ma Barker and other big names. My grandma's brother was a bit of a drinker in his youth. He had a lot of interesting stories about prohibition bars & also driving milk cans full of booze from Little Falls to St. Paul in the dead of night.
 
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I saw that this thread had a recent post and thought it might be interesting. Then I remembered that Minnesota started their off season last weekend and realized that it couldn't be..... see you next year!
 
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