MN Hockey - "We're So SPECIAL!"

[JDUBBS1280]

This actually the greatest thread in the history of USCHO.

You see, we've got your buddy here contained. We just need to have a sign-up for who's going to keep him engaged here and when. 2 posters per 2-hour shift.

My contribution:

Hey Dubbs, my kid's bantam team went 3-1 against teams from Minnesota last season. And no, the Minnesota teams weren't from the southeast section - they were all Twin Cities programs. Everyone on our team was from Wisconsin, the mongrel dogs.

Congratulate your son and his house team for me

 

[Gurtholfin]

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We're actually looking to schedule more Illinois and Iowa teams this coming year. Need more of a challenge or the boys get a little full of themselves.

 

[aygwm2]

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You clearly don't understand the context of this discussion or the point I am trying to make.

Well, I'm not attacking you. The point is this: there is no "state of hockey" anymore. College hockey is so diverse with kids from all over the country and the world that no one gives a **** whether their state university teams are all born and bred in the motherland. Most of us just want to see good hockey, no matter where the players come from, and that's what we see most of the time.

As Gurt just pointed out, his son's team (from Wisconsin) went 3-1 against Minny teams. All these young hockey players nowadays come up through the same feeder systems and play at the same level of competition. One of my co-workers has a son who plays on a West Michigan travel team and he carts his kid all over the midwest to play. It doesn't matter where the kid comes from, it matters about the skills he/she can acquire and the smarts he/she can develop. Those kind of things aren't unique to kids from Minnesota who lace up skates; there unique to any kid from anywhere who decides he/she wants to get to the next level.

So stop with this whole Minnesota holier-than-thou BS.

Boston College (you know, the team that just won the NCAA championship) has a roster with players from:

Maine
New York
Connecticut
British Columbia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Colorado
Minnesota
Michigan

Maybe if UMinny would give up its almost exclusive Minnesota roster they might be able to put together another championship team.

Oh, I'm sorry, the State of Wisconsin is also represented on the Minnesota roster.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Congratulate your son and his house team for me

I appreciate the vote of confidence, and we have come a long way over here, but our house teams can't quite beat your traveling teams just yet.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Well, I'm not attacking you. The point is this: there is no "state of hockey" anymore. College hockey is so diverse with kids from all over the country and the world that no one gives a **** whether their state university teams are all born and bred in the motherland. Most of us just want to see good hockey, no matter where the players come from, and that's what we see most of the time.

As Gurt just pointed out, his son's team (from Wisconsin) went 3-1 against Minny teams. All these young hockey players nowadays come up through the same feeder systems and play at the same level of competition. One of my co-workers has a son who plays on a West Michigan travel team and he carts his kid all over the midwest to play. It doesn't matter where the kid comes from, it matters about the skills he/she can acquire and the smarts he/she can develop. Those kind of things aren't unique to kids from Minnesota who lace up skates; there unique to any kid from anywhere who decides he/she wants to get to the next level.

So stop with this whole Minnesota holier-than-thou BS.

Boston College (you know, the team that just won the NCAA championship) has a roster with players from:

Maine
New York
Connecticut
British Columbia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Colorado
Minnesota
Michigan

Maybe if UMinny would give up its almost exclusive Minnesota roster they might be able to put together another championship team.

Oh, I'm sorry, the State of Wisconsin is also represented on the Minnesota roster.

Oh man...

You tried logic and reasoning? With Dubbie?

FAIL!

 

[Dirty]

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Silly people. It's Dubbs. Dubbie is the ginger from DU.

 

[geneva6]

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Oh, I'm sorry, the State of Wisconsin is also represented on the Minnesota roster.

As is Missouri, Colorado and no really a foreign country like Finland with a player on the home grown goofers.

 

[JDUBBS1280]

I appreciate the vote of confidence, and we have come a long way over here, but our house teams can't quite beat your traveling teams just yet.

Hahahaha..... We both know your youth programs are the equivilant of the Somalian national baseball team next to Minnesota Hockey.

 

[Dirty]

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Does the Somali team even know how to skate?

 

[JDUBBS1280]

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Aygwm2 - Again, you don't know the origin of the discussion, or its context, which is why you are WAY off on the point I was making. When you are ready to listen to my pount, let me know.

In regards to Minnesota not being the "State of Hockey", I'll politely disagree. Minnesota has more registered players than any other state (even states with 2-5x the population). Minnesota produces more D1 players than any other state on a yearly basis. It isn't even that close. And Minnesota has produced more NHL players than any other state. Again, not all that close. Minnesota has also produced the most US Olympic hockey players. In fact, theUS has never won an Olympic Gold medal without at least 50% of its roster being from Minnesota. The 1980 Olympic Gold medal team had 13/20 players born in Minnesota and a head coach from Minnesota.

Minnesota is the hockey capital of this country.

 

[JDUBBS1280]

Does the Somali team even know how to skate?

I have about as much respect for Somali baseball as I do for Wisconsin youth hockey.

 

[aygwm2]

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Aygwm2 - Again, you don't know the origin of the discussion, or its context, which is why you are WAY off on the point I was making. When you are ready to listen to my pount, let me know.

In regards to Minnesota not being the "State of Hockey", I'll politely disagree. Minnesota has more registered players than any other state (even states with 2-5x the population). Minnesota produces more D1 players than any other state on a yearly basis. It isn't even that close. And Minnesota has produced more NHL players than any other state. Again, not all that close. Minnesota has also produced the most US Olympic hockey players. In fact, theUS has never won an Olympic Gold medal without at least 50% of its roster being from Minnesota. The 1980 Olympic Gold medal team had 13/20 players born in Minnesota and a head coach from Minnesota.

Minnesota is the hockey capital of this country.

 

[darker98]

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Boston College (you know, the team that just won the NCAA championship) has a roster with players from:

Maine
New York
Connecticut
British Columbia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Colorado
Minnesota
Michigan
That's the arguing point. In Dubbs world. Canadians can't vote, have to ride in the back of the bus, and have a back door entrance into the diner. Europeans were only allowed after the Vanek riots of 02-04.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Hahahaha..... We both know your youth programs are the equivilant of the Somalian national baseball team next to Minnesota Hockey.

Exactly! We're terrible.

And that's why you should be concerned considering that we, well...

Never mind. We probably just got lucky. 3 Times.

We were the luckiest bunch of suck-holes ever to lace them up.

 

[Dirty]

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Exactly! We're terrible.

And that's why you should be concerned considering that we, well...

Never mind. We probably just got lucky. 3 Times.

We were the luckiest bunch of suck-holes ever to lace them up.

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[JDUBBS1280]

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Let me repost my point again, and bolden the part that people are choosing to ignore.

In a world where UW is too good to play SCSU, Mankato, and Bemidji (per UW fans) then the Gophers are derfinitely too good to play the Badgers.

I stand by that.

 

[JDUBBS1280]

JDUBBS - So you don't want to play Wisconsin since they lack "tradition," are "lucky", have no "history," etc... My question is: Who can the all-mighty Golden Gophers actually play if Wisconsin doesn't have it?

SCSU...nope... only been around 20 years; therefore no history
UMD...nope...got lucky and shouldn't have won their NCAA (joking to everyone but JDUBBS)
Mankato State....nope....only been D1 10+ years...no history/tradition
Bemidji...nope...only been D1 less than 10 years...
UNO...nope...only been D1 less than 10 years...
UND...nope...had Minnesota born players on their team(s) when won NCAAs

I guess MN's only option is to play MN! Maroon vs Gold all day, every day! Ooops that doesn't work either!!! They...heaven forbid...have a Wisconsin kid on the team.

Unfortunately, I'm not going to see your response since you are on my IGNORE list!

If you don't know the context of a statement within a discussion, you can look rather foolish responding to that statement. Case in point, your post above.

And FYI.... Minnesota has had three wisconsin kids on their rosters in 91 years. Do the math.

 

[REDMEN2002]

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Let me repost my point again, and bolden the part that people are choosing to ignore.

In a world where UW is too good to play SCSU, Mankato, and Bemidji (per UW fans) then the Gophers are derfinitely too good to play the Badgers.

I stand by that.

Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Denver are too good to play Minnesota.

 

[JDUBBS1280]

Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Denver are too good to play Minnesota.

Whoooooosh!!

 

[REDMEN2002]

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Whoooooosh!!

There is no whoosh. You're just wrong.