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Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
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mnstate0fhockey
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Great question.
William Blake
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Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Um, didn't his dad play at Notre Dame? At least he had some easy stats for Mario to overshadow
Um, didn't his dad play at Notre Dame? At least he had some easy stats for Mario to overshadow
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Yup. His dad played D when ND sucked. I'm sure a high end forward on a top team will score more points than a solid D on a crappy team ever did.
Um, didn't his dad play at Notre Dame? At least he had some easy stats for Mario to overshadow
Yup. His dad played D when ND sucked. I'm sure a high end forward on a top team will score more points than a solid D on a crappy team ever did.
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
I was thinking the same thing. I was curious so I looked it up. During Don's four years they went 61-84-6 in the WCHA. I followed Notre Dame pretty closely back then because my brother played with Don in his first two years. By that time I was already a Gopher season ticket holder so I had mixed emotions when Notre Dame came to Mariucci, hoping that my brother would play well but the Gophers would still win. Which, as I recall, they always did!
Yup. His dad played D when ND sucked. I'm sure a high end forward on a top team will score more points than a solid D on a crappy team ever did.
I was thinking the same thing. I was curious so I looked it up. During Don's four years they went 61-84-6 in the WCHA. I followed Notre Dame pretty closely back then because my brother played with Don in his first two years. By that time I was already a Gopher season ticket holder so I had mixed emotions when Notre Dame came to Mariucci, hoping that my brother would play well but the Gophers would still win. Which, as I recall, they always did!
gopher wes
Dammit, Gorilla!!
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Don't you dare try this kind of reasoning over on GPL!!!
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
I think Hobey is the only one there that was openly critical of Mario not coming to UM, but if not he was in the vast minority.
Don't you dare try this kind of reasoning over on GPL!!!
I think Hobey is the only one there that was openly critical of Mario not coming to UM, but if not he was in the vast minority.
Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres.
I miss Christian and Mark.
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
I may have my history wrong, but I don't think they played in "Mariucci" back then. The Mariucci of today has only been open something like 20 years and before that they played in a rink named after someone else that eventually was renamed "Mariucci," but well after Don Lucia graduated (and maybe even when ND didn't have a league-affiliated D1 program)...
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Well, you're somewhat correct in that the old arena was named "Williams Arena" - together with the basketball side of the building - when Lucia was a player. The hockey side of the building remained "Williams" until it was re-named "Mariucci Arena" (in honor of John Mariucci) in 1985. But most everyone today remembers it as "the old Mariucci"! They moved to the "new Mariucci" in 1993.
If you don't remember the old place check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcyI5yx1jI
My season tickets were located in the first row (#18) right above the opening where the Zamboni came out, at center ice on the opposite side of the players benches. Fun times!
Well, you're somewhat correct in that the old arena was named "Williams Arena" - together with the basketball side of the building - when Lucia was a player. The hockey side of the building remained "Williams" until it was re-named "Mariucci Arena" (in honor of John Mariucci) in 1985. But most everyone today remembers it as "the old Mariucci"! They moved to the "new Mariucci" in 1993.
If you don't remember the old place check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcyI5yx1jI
My season tickets were located in the first row (#18) right above the opening where the Zamboni came out, at center ice on the opposite side of the players benches. Fun times!
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Great Video, thanks for posting......dodging the Zamboni in the concourse between periods.
Our seats were one section over from where the video starts. We could watch the the overhead guy write the league scores on the screen for the press box and before they announced them. Our little area would alway cheer when a favorable score was posted - high tech times.
Well, you're somewhat correct in that the old arena was named "Williams Arena" - together with the basketball side of the building - when Lucia was a player. The hockey side of the building remained "Williams" until it was re-named "Mariucci Arena" (in honor of John Mariucci) in 1985. But most everyone today remembers it as "the old Mariucci"! They moved to the "new Mariucci" in 1993.
If you don't remember the old place check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcyI5yx1jI
My season tickets were located in the first row (#18) right above the opening where the Zamboni came out, at center ice on the opposite side of the players benches. Fun times!
Great Video, thanks for posting......dodging the Zamboni in the concourse between periods.
Our seats were one section over from where the video starts. We could watch the the overhead guy write the league scores on the screen for the press box and before they announced them. Our little area would alway cheer when a favorable score was posted - high tech times.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Hobey also thinks that BC totally dominated the Gophs in the first period.
I think Hobey is the only one there that was openly critical of Mario not coming to UM, but if not he was in the vast minority.
Hobey also thinks that BC totally dominated the Gophs in the first period.
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
First couple of minutes, yes, but after that not so much!
First couple of minutes, yes, but after that not so much!
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
I was rarely on this side. First year I went, my brother had seats in 1st row of balcony across from video. Instead of clapping, one would kick the boards of the wall to make more noice. That usually lead to seeing a little daylight between the wall and the floor, which made you wonder how hard you should kick. When I went to Grad school, had seats in the "NE" section when 'what's his name' was Goldie, the ultimate in a mascot getting a crowd fired up. Things were so much loader then, compared to the corporate seating/TV timeout games of today. Then sat a couple seats behind the bench in the "MIN" section. That really stunk after the first period.
I also got to skate on the ice for intramural games, so can say I scored goals in the barn.
Those were some great times!
I was rarely on this side. First year I went, my brother had seats in 1st row of balcony across from video. Instead of clapping, one would kick the boards of the wall to make more noice. That usually lead to seeing a little daylight between the wall and the floor, which made you wonder how hard you should kick. When I went to Grad school, had seats in the "NE" section when 'what's his name' was Goldie, the ultimate in a mascot getting a crowd fired up. Things were so much loader then, compared to the corporate seating/TV timeout games of today. Then sat a couple seats behind the bench in the "MIN" section. That really stunk after the first period.
I also got to skate on the ice for intramural games, so can say I scored goals in the barn.
Those were some great times!
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Not according to Hobey. Gophs outplayed and just capitalized on few chances they got. Otherwise bottled up. I must have recorded a different game, because in the two times I've watched the first period, BC came out flying for the first couple shifts, than Mn had the better of the play for more of the period, with BC getting some chances, and having some possession, but surely not in control. Either that, or we don't know as much as he does. He thinks anyone who thinks otherwise just can't admit when the Gophs were outplayed.
Not according to Hobey. Gophs outplayed and just capitalized on few chances they got. Otherwise bottled up. I must have recorded a different game, because in the two times I've watched the first period, BC came out flying for the first couple shifts, than Mn had the better of the play for more of the period, with BC getting some chances, and having some possession, but surely not in control. Either that, or we don't know as much as he does. He thinks anyone who thinks otherwise just can't admit when the Gophs were outplayed.
gopher wes
Dammit, Gorilla!!
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
There were a couple others on the Mario deal, but Hobey is pretty much the only one saying BC outplayed the Gophers and it is getting really old...I think Hobey is the only one there that was openly critical of Mario not coming to UM, but if not he was in the vast minority.
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
I am the same age as Danny Brooks and it seemed whenever we played Mounds View as sqirts, pee-wee's and bantams the games were at Williams Arena. Talk about a thrill, espcially if his old man was at the game!
I am the same age as Danny Brooks and it seemed whenever we played Mounds View as sqirts, pee-wee's and bantams the games were at Williams Arena. Talk about a thrill, espcially if his old man was at the game!
Re: Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013: From Dinkytown to Steel City!
Yeah, we don't need to rehash that argument on a second board. Please no!
Yeah, we don't need to rehash that argument on a second board. Please no!
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