Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

[Steve_MN]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Is this going to be a typical Kato team where if they get down early, they just turn dirty?

I suspect not. Didn't really see that last year, and Hastings definitely doesn't strike me as the type that puts up with that kind of BS.

 

[captain beefheart]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Oh, we'll play hard, I have no doubt about that. We played with an incredible amount of effort Saturday againt BGSU, and as noted, getting up for the Gophers is not a problem for us. My earlier comment where I questioned whether we'd be competitive is because we will play hard, but we haven't been playing well. For all of our effort Saturday, we got killed on faceoffs, couldn't get the puck out of our own end for most of the 3rd period, got outshot, and almost none of our shots were Grade A-type chances.
Effort alone isn't gonna beat the #1 team in the country on their ice.

I beg your pardon?

 

[SanTropez]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Bring back the Shack Attack.

Yeah that was when Mankato had Corky coaching them, they were pretty much hacks.

Schack got a few nice ones in there though... but he was no DeMarchi.

 

[Bale]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Yeah that was when Mankato had Corky coaching them, they were pretty much hacks.

Schack got a few nice ones in there though... but he was no DeMarchi.

Ironic that you call Kato hacks, but praise Shack for being a hack.....

 

[gopher wes]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Bring back the Shack Attack.

I don't even think that is the best Schack Diesel/Kato moment....

I am partial to this one myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFx7WdMQXA&list=FLSx4qxWkbRkdhRMVNXjM67Q&index=87

EDIT: Not proud of it, Bale. Just think this one is a better moment than the one Harley posted. Other than the fact that Schack always defended his teammates, nothing to praise him for there.

 

[SanTropez]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Ironic that you call Kato hacks, but praise Shack for being a hack.....

No it's not.

Schack stood up for his teammate who had just taken a blatant cheap shot, there is a difference.

Just take off the Corky colored glasses.

 

[goldy_331]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Ironic that you call Kato hacks, but praise Shack for being a hack.....

I, for one, will not defend Shack. He did stand up for teammates, but he also executed some cheap shots and took some real stupid penalties. I don't miss him.

 

[purpleinnebraska]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Non-hack related question - I have DirecTV, and can't find the games listed. Wild are on FSN on Friday, Wolves on Saturday. I assume they'll be on FSN+, but that gets moved around on DirecTV. Anyone have any info?

 

[SanTropez]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Correct it is on FSN+, not sure the channel yet, but it will "pop up" Friday.

 

[Bale]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

I don't even think that is the best Schack Diesel/Kato moment....

I am partial to this one myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFx7WdMQXA&list=FLSx4qxWkbRkdhRMVNXjM67Q&index=87

EDIT: Not proud of it, Bale. Just think this one is a better moment than the one Harley posted. Other than the fact that Schack always defended his teammates, nothing to praise him for there.

The one that you posted actually bugs. I can handle the defending the teammates aspect, that one was pure bush league. What you couldn't see on TV was that he skated from the center ice circle to the left faceoff circle and jumped on a guy's back near the boards and broke his ankle. It was about as goonish as you can possibly get.

 

[Bale]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

No it's not.

Schack stood up for his teammate who had just taken a blatant cheap shot, there is a difference.

Just take off the Corky colored glasses.

You can rationalize all you want, but jumping on a guy's back that isn't looking after skating 1/3 of the ice to get there is just as much of a cheap shot.

 

[gopher wes]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

The one that you posted actually bugs. I can handle the defending the teammates aspect, that one was pure bush league. What you couldn't see on TV was that he skated from the center ice circle to the left faceoff circle and jumped on a guy's back near the boards and broke his ankle. It was about as goonish as you can possibly get.

Not condoning it at all. Like goldy said, I liked Schack because he defended teammates, but his cheap stuff is the kind of things Gopher fans make fun of other teams for. I find it funny that Gopher fans bring up these as if they are proud moments.

 

[MavHockey14]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Not condoning it at all. Like goldy said, I liked Schack because he defended teammates, but his cheap stuff is the kind of things Gopher fans make fun of other teams for. I find it funny that Gopher fans bring up these as if they are proud moments.

This is why I like fighting in the professional game; it gives the guy who would be jumped a chance to fight back, and it shows that a teammate is willing to take a shot or two to the face for one of the brothers on his team.

From what I'm hearing, we shouldn't be surprised if Huggins starts both Friday and Saturday.

 

[goldy_331]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Correct it is on FSN+, not sure the channel yet, but it will "pop up" Friday.

Not always. The last time the Gophs were on FSN+, Direct TV did not carry it except in HD (which I don't have ). It should be on 652 or 652-1 for HD.

 

[purpleinnebraska]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Not always. The last time the Gophs were on FSN+, Direct TV did not carry it except in HD (which I don't have ). It should be on 652 or 652-1 for HD.

Thanks! My guide isn't showing anything, but I'll assume it's going to pop up Friday. And if not, I can watch the Wild, and listen to my wife tell me what a dumb idea it was for me to get DirecTV.

 

[mnstate0fhockey]

......and listen to my wife tell me what a dumb idea it was for me to get DirecTV.

Yours too

 

[Driftryder]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Nice to get back into WCHA play...

 

[HarleyMC]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

The one that you posted actually bugs. I can handle the defending the teammates aspect, that one was pure bush league. What you couldn't see on TV was that he skated from the center ice circle to the left faceoff circle and jumped on a guy's back near the boards and broke his ankle. It was about as goonish as you can possibly get.

Right. Interesting how you conveniently omit Boe's intentional checking from behind stunt on Barriball shortly before this, maliciously slamming Barriball head first into the boards. Shack reacted and went "bat **** crazy" on Boe's head for the payback. Hey, if I'm on the ice and you slam me head first into the boards, I will find you and put you on your fk'n back for a week. I played enough hockey to know a good ***kickin' is all some idiots will ever understand. BTW, Shack did not intend to break Boe's ankle, it was incidental. How 'bout Bruess's blatant elbow to Tony Lucia's head in the second period of that game with an obvious intent to injure which led to a concussion? Please tell us more about how goonish things can get.

 

[Bale]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

Right. Interesting how you conveniently omit Boe's intentional checking from behind stunt on Barriball shortly before this, maliciously slamming Barriball head first into the boards. Shack reacted and went "bat **** crazy" on Boe's head for the payback. Hey, if I'm on the ice and you slam me head first into the boards, I will find you and put you on your fk'n back for a week. I played enough hockey to know a good ***kickin' is all some idiots will ever understand. BTW, Shack did not intend to break Boe's ankle, it was incidental. How 'bout Bruess's blatant elbow to Tony Lucia's head in the second period of that game with an obvious intent to injure which led to a concussion? Please tell us more about how goonish things can get.

I'm not going to re-hash what happened. All I will say is the Boe was already getting called for a game misconduct and was something that was completely out of character. It was still a penalty and a dumb one at that (especially when you're up by 4 goals). I've never defended Bruess. He drove me nuts for that entire season. He was a very reckless player that put both himself, the opposition and his team in bad positions. For all the talent he had, he never reached his potential because he could never figure out whether he was a hockey player or an MMA fighter.

My only point about Shack is how a fan base that gets their undies in a bunch any time another team does something that is over the edge and wants a Congressional investigation about it then praises a guy for "defending his teammates". I'm just trying to understand the Gopher fan rule book for what is and isn't dirty. From your post the only thing that I can glean is that if a Gopher does it, it's OK. If someone else does it, it's dirty and malicious. You can say it was incidental, but, really, you skate from that far away and jump on a guys back and start punching him in the head and you're going to try to tell me it was incidental? Please tell me you see how assinine that is.

In any case, that was 4 years in the past. It was fun to see our respective teams playing in meaningful series. There are some things that happened by both teams at the time that I don't think either fan base should really be proud of, especially in that game. I've moved on, I just don't get why anyone would look at what happened in that game as being anything more than a bunch of kids that were frustrated that made stupid, dangerous plays. We've got a different coach and that won't happen again. All the players are new and never had a thing to do with those events and the games are less meaningful. I'm just looking forward to seeing a couple of good games this weekend.

 

[HarleyMC]

Re: Minnesota hosts Mankato State of Minnesota : 11/15 & 11/16

I'm not going to re-hash what happened. All I will say is the Boe was already getting called for a game misconduct and was something that was completely out of character. It was still a penalty and a dumb one at that (especially when you're up by 4 goals). I've never defended Bruess. He drove me nuts for that entire season. He was a very reckless player that put both himself, the opposition and his team in bad positions. For all the talent he had, he never reached his potential because he could never figure out whether he was a hockey player or an MMA fighter.

My only point about Shack is how a fan base that gets their undies in a bunch any time another team does something that is over the edge and wants a Congressional investigation about it then praises a guy for "defending his teammates". I'm just trying to understand the Gopher fan rule book for what is and isn't dirty. From your post the only thing that I can glean is that if a Gopher does it, it's OK. If someone else does it, it's dirty and malicious. You can say it was incidental, but, really, you skate from that far away and jump on a guys back and start punching him in the head and you're going to try to tell me it was incidental? Please tell me you see how assinine that is.

In any case, that was 4 years in the past. It was fun to see our respective teams playing in meaningful series. There are some things that happened by both teams at the time that I don't think either fan base should really be proud of, especially in that game. I've moved on, I just don't get why anyone would look at what happened in that game as being anything more than a bunch of kids that were frustrated that made stupid, dangerous plays. We've got a different coach and that won't happen again. All the players are new and never had a thing to do with those events and the games are less meaningful. I'm just looking forward to seeing a couple of good games this weekend.

Reread my post...I said, "Shack did not intend to break Boe's ankle, it was incidental" which means happened as a consequence of the fight. Why is that so assinine, even Frank and the Wooger stated that?