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Minnesota Women's Hockey 2015-2016 (Part 2) -- Amanda Kessel Enhanced

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D2D said:
Goldy may be the cutest, but that uniform really does need to be washed/dry cleaned one of these years. :eek:
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Maybe this was the real reason that that professor/fan punched Goldy in the schnozz a few years ago resulting in the gopher doing the rubber chicken.

The storey, as I'm sure you recall, was that Goldy was irritating the professor by obstructing his sight lines but maybe the real storey was the professor's olfactory sensibilities had been accosted.

Goldy had to file a citizen's arrest report after clearing out the cobwebs and dusting himself off.

Hilarious storey.

(Apparently reconstructive dental work was not required).
 
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Blackbeard said:
The storey, as I'm sure you recall, was that Goldy was irritating the professor by obstructing his sight lines but maybe the real storey was the professor's olfactory sensibilities had been accosted.
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I've wanted to do the same thing myself.
 
Re: Minnesota Women's Hockey 2015-2016 (Part 2) -- Amanda Kessel Enhanced

GWH play Princeton on Saturday to go to the Frozen Four!
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General Admission (Bench Seating): $5
Reserved Chairback: $10
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Go Gophers!
 
HockeyEast33 said:
A true punk. I guarantee she will try one of the professional leagues and will be an instigator of some major brawl - the worst kind of dirty player that hits from behind and after the whistle, not from in front where a player can defend herself. A danger every time she was on the ice - I always figured one of her gutless hits from behind would result in a Denna Laing type injury or worse - pretty much a miracle it didn't. In fairness, her penalty minutes went down during her career but I think that was primarily because the players around her got better and she saw the ice less. In old school men's play she would have been hammered game after game and probably ended her career on crutches (I'm not encouraging that, but in this rare case ....).
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The most classless comments I seen on the board.
 
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ne7minder said:
not as classless as UND #4
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She has previous:

http://www.uscho.com/2013/03/20/wednesday-women-bring-on-the-frozen-four/

I want to address something I saw in the highlight video on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlZXY1R-L0Q&feature=youtu.be. Right after Kelly Terry gets the goal and she is celebrating, freshman defenseman Sam LaShomb viciously cross-checks her in the back, knocking her to the ice. It happens at about the 59-second mark, and again in an on ice view at 1:09. You pointed out on the USCHO Forum that it’s not the first time LaShomb has engaged in cheap shots after the whistle, as she hooks Maryanne Menefee around the neck after Bozek’s goal about 7 seconds in here: http://www.gophersports.com/allaccess/?media=378818.
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Pens4 said:
Sorry 33 but it didn't copy the post from net7. I know its hard for net7 to understand that the hockey player you see as a fan is not who they are outside his rink life. Personal character attacks are odd for amateur athletes.
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She could be Mother Theresa, and Einstein rolled into one, that has no bearing on the player we saw on the ice. While being a quality person off ice would be nice the only person I saw is the one on the ice and on the ice she intentionally tried to injure players and officials. There is no excuse for that & less excuse for the coaches who tolerated it. I would not defend it if I saw it from a player on my favorite teams either (in fact I did complain about it with a a player I saw doing that sort of thing on my favorite team). That is not a personal attack, it is a recognition of filthy play by one individual.
 
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ne7minder said:
#4 is a prime example of why nobody likes UND, a 3rd line D of marginal ability but a propensity to try to hurt people. Every time she is on the ice she is dishing dirt that could cause real damage to other players. Heck, she intentionally tripped a referee last year - at center ice in clear view of everyone in the building - and the WCHA did nothing. A dirty player who finished her career last night & college hockey is better for her disappearance.
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So these are the most classless comments that were intended to be referenced? Seriously?

#4 for UND, as was pointed out has quite the reputation for less than sportsmanlike acts.
 
FiveHoleFrenzy said:
So these are the most classless comments that were intended to be referenced? Seriously?

#4 for UND, as was pointed out has quite the reputation for less than sportsmanlike acts.
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Good to see the U of M sports fans can differentiate between life and a role on a sports team.
 
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From the ancient hockey alien viewpoint, at the time #4 attacked Terry I pointed out on the fan forum that one of my favorite players from the old St Paul Saints was Jarrin' John Bailey. And even though he was known as a thug on the ice he did have some sportsmanship principles. He only hit players when they were facing him and only during the game. After the game, according to my Budweiser hauling cousin who knew him through work, Mr Bailey was one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.

I still can't understand why the league didn't make LaShomb sit for at least a game or two at the start of the 2014 season for the cheap shot on Terry. I'm very glad she won't be on the ice at Ridder next season. Good riddance.

http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffreymag/OldNewsPhotos1/source/17.htm
 
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Pens4 said:
Sorry 33 but it didn't copy the post from net7. I know its hard for net7 to understand that the hockey player you see as a fan is not who they are outside his rink life. Personal character attacks are odd for amateur athletes.
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Who you are on the ice is an integral part of who you are. You don't get to be a separate person, with no responsibility for those actions, when you aren't playing.
 
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Eeyore said:
Who you are on the ice is an integral part of who you are. You don't get to be a separate person, with no responsibility for those actions, when you aren't playing.
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I'm sorry but who you are on the ice is an integral part of your role on the hockey club. That separation is hard to understand. We pay to watch these players entertain us and each player has a role (like it or not) that allows them to get ice time. Yes, you do get to be a separate person off the ice. In fact, the players that can't detach themselves from their hockey identity tend to have issues. There are too many hockey players to list that are an exception to your belief. This includes players like UND's #4 that crosses the line almost every game to a Lady Bing winner who is a terrible human being off the ice.
I get the proprietary passion, "She'll never get a job in this town since she wasn't a gopher."
 
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Pens4 said:
I'm sorry but who you are on the ice is an integral part of your role on the hockey club. That separation is hard to understand. We pay to watch these players entertain us and each player has a role (like it or not) that allows them to get ice time. Yes, you do get to be a separate person off the ice. In fact, the players that can't detach themselves from their hockey identity tend to have issues. There are too many hockey players to list that are an exception to your belief. This includes players like UND's #4 that crosses the line almost every game to a Lady Bing winner who is a terrible human being off the ice.
I get the proprietary passion, "She'll never get a job in this town since she wasn't a gopher."
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I'm not sure what the problem is here. The comments you described as classless were saying "A dirty player who finished her career last night & college hockey is better for her disappearance." -- they were focused entirely on her on-ice behavior. You reacted as if people were criticizing her outside hockey, but no-one mentioned life outside hockey till you brought it up. On a hockey board it's entirely fair to say that people's behavior on the ice was out of bounds, and that's what the discussion was about.
 
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Pens4 said:
I'm sorry but who you are on the ice is an integral part of your role on the hockey club. That separation is hard to understand. We pay to watch these players entertain us and each player has a role (like it or not) that allows them to get ice time. Yes, you do get to be a separate person off the ice. In fact, the players that can't detach themselves from their hockey identity tend to have issues. There are too many hockey players to list that are an exception to your belief. This includes players like UND's #4 that crosses the line almost every game to a Lady Bing winner who is a terrible human being off the ice.
I get the proprietary passion, "She'll never get a job in this town since she wasn't a gopher."
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And in this particular case, it wasn't only Gopher fans who were commenting about this player's behavior.
 
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Pens4 said:
I'm sorry but who you are on the ice is an integral part of your role on the hockey club. That separation is hard to understand. We pay to watch these players entertain us and each player has a role (like it or not) that allows them to get ice time. Yes, you do get to be a separate person off the ice. In fact, the players that can't detach themselves from their hockey identity tend to have issues. There are too many hockey players to list that are an exception to your belief. This includes players like UND's #4 that crosses the line almost every game to a Lady Bing winner who is a terrible human being off the ice.
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Sorry. If you think that a human being is not responsible for the ethical choices they make when playing, you're a part of the problem. One does not get to put behavior in different parts of one's life into entirely separate silos and pretend that they did not make those choices. Who you are on the ice is a part of who you are. It isn't all of who you are, but it is a part. If you're a saint in the rest of your life, great. If you are that good elsewhere, it would even overbalance the on-ice behavior and you can be a good person. It still doesn't change who you were when playing.
 
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wow, a whole lotta preaching going on here

the irony is Utopians holding people accountable for their actions, when did they start doing that?

and I thought one of the big pushes now was to annul past felons so they could get a job and vote (gosh, who do you suppose for? )
apparently this does not extend to hockey players

but then Utopians have never been known for consistency, preferring to make it up as they go
 
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