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Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

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The year Leopold won, they had the lead in points for the country and the leader in goals for the country also on the team.
What impact does the fan voting have again? Hopefully zero, but I feel like it might determine top 10 or so? I'll take any of the big three pieces of hardware over a Hobey winner any day. We're having a good season, so we don't have to worry about voting in a poll that shouldn't matter.
 
What impact does the fan voting have again? Hopefully zero, but I feel like it might determine top 10 or so? I'll take any of the big three pieces of hardware over a Hobey winner any day. We're having a good season, so we don't have to worry about voting in a poll that shouldn't matter.

Counts for 1% of decision making process, I believe.
 
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Not during the 70's they weren't. And if Mariucci were alive to answer for himself, I'd guess he'd say the biggest rival when he was coaching was Michigan. Biggest rivals when Herbie was coaching were probably Tech and Wisconsin.

I'm just sick of talking about it. Sick of the whining about it. I almost don't want to play them again because I'm sick of the complaining. Like I said, I've moved on.

Lou Nanne said it himself during Sioux series weekend. He also said John Mariucci thought UND was the biggest game of the year.
 
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That's because it is (or was) despite what others think.
 
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I remember hating Northern when I was a kid in the early 90's. Doesn't mean there was a great rivalry.
 
Lou Nanne said it himself during Sioux series weekend. He also said John Mariucci thought UND was the biggest game of the year.

I doubt Mariucci would say that. UND wasn't nearly the program it is now when Mariucci coached. And I'm sorry, UW was a far bigger rival in the 70's. I'd even go as far as saying Tech was a bigger rival. We met them in 3 straight NCAA title games.
 
That's because it is (or was) despite what others think.

Pat Micheletti:

“@patmick2626: @MNState0fHockey wisconsin”

“@patmick2626: @MNState0fHockey mich tech a very close 2nd”

“@patmick2626: @MNState0fHockey 4 yrs in a row tech and gophs 1 and 2”
 
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I doubt Mariucci would say that. UND wasn't nearly the program it is now when Mariucci coached. And I'm sorry, UW was a far bigger rival in the 70's. I'd even go as far as saying Tech was a bigger rival. We met them in 3 straight NCAA title games.

I'll defer to Lou Nanne over your (or my) hunch any day of the week :)
 
Ah, no.

By the way, asked the question on Twitter and have gotten a lot of responses from Gopher fans. None have said UND. All but one said UW.
I am pretty sure whoever responded is not a hockey fan. They might be a Gopher fan in general, but in Hockey UND is with out a doubt the biggest rivalry.
 
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I think you guys are comparing apples and oranges. If the discussion is the 70's, it's definitely Wisconsin. Mariucci's time was before that, and well before my time as well, so maybe it was UND if you go back to the 50's and even 60's. But if you're talking 70's, it was those stinkin' Badgers. And Tech was a distant 2nd, if only due to geography and their fans did not travel nearly as well as Wisconsin's.
 
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