Sad part is this was supposed to be a rebuilding year for minnesota.
1-1 game
UNION SCORES!
Fuck you gophers!
Shit.
2-1 Minnesota
If you want to follow the game online, here is their GameTracker - LINK
For Minnesota thus far:
- 12 shots on goal
- 0 for 1 on power plays
- 14 for 19 on faceoffs
Dutchmen goal!!!
Dutchmen score again!!!!!!!
Dutchmen AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David Brandon please hire Rick Bennett
-Idiot M fans
The Hell with Notre Dame!
I remember suggesting Bennett on here and people talking me down.
Pearson is a safe choice. But what Bennett is doing is incredible. Union is a DIII school. They don't give out athletic scholarships.
And they've been a damn program for several years now making deep runs.
So now that the B1G is a hockey conference...nobody is expecting me to want the Gophers to win this, are they?
GOUNION!
Don't give a fuck about the game but I'm watching soley for the classic "NHL on ESPN" theme they've been running throughout.
Not sure this is actually true, but it seems truthy, but someone from my high school played at Union a few years back and I seem to recall that when he was there (~5 years ago) they had never won an ECAC postseason series ever since joining D-I. The change there is unbelievable.
On another note they have ONE NHL draft pick which adds to the amazingness of their rise.
April 12th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
because UM sports are all doing so poorly right now /s
April 12th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
Even amongst the pain, the hockey team was a win from being in last year and was one of the 'first four out' this year. It's been frustrating, but it's not like we're freakin MSU or OSU hockey. We have a lot of talent coming back next year along with purging some of the programs demons, we're pretty ok on the hockey front
Verlander gets his first hit in MLB! Drives it up the middle.
April 12th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
with a run scored.
we have so hijacked this thread though...
Union!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4gGk53iY
they work hard but who's complaining...
April 12th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
Must suck to be a gopher fan. The one sport you're good at.
April 12th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
April 12th, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
Well played.
I enjoyed this game... would have rather Minny won, but hey...
jdon
April 12th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
April 12th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
Their fans are arrogant fools.
They think the most wins in hockey is better than having the most NCAA Championships, Frozen Fours, NCAA Tournament apperances etc.
Hockey is a hardware sport. You can lose double digit games in a season and still win national championships.
You don't see Kentucky running around yelping about having the most wins in Basketball.
Football, we can somewhat get away with that and tout it. But in Hockey, it's not that impressive. At all.
April 12th, 2014 at 10:43 PM ^
April 12th, 2014 at 11:00 PM ^
April 13th, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
Because Minnesota.
That's all there is to it.
why Wisconsin doesn't fall into Lake Michigan?
Because Minnesota sucks.
April 12th, 2014 at 10:28 PM ^
Good for Union. Just wow.
Also, who the hell thought it'd be a good idea to let confetti drop on the ice after the game? The guys are walking around on the ice...can't even skate. Pretty funny. Not that these Union guys give wet fart.
April 12th, 2014 at 10:50 PM ^
Nice to see the Gophers lose.
April 12th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^
Was it as bad a night as Indiana had this week?.
April 12th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
Haha this guy... this is something he'll never live down.
April 13th, 2014 at 12:07 AM ^
April 13th, 2014 at 12:32 AM ^
thats rough
April 13th, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^
After that appearance, he could’ve made an "on-the-spot dice spin" (or an "on-the-spot decision") gone out running in the warmer California weather, forgot to do some stretching before he ran, tried to outrace "the world's fastest car" (or "the world's fastest man") and then torn his "AITCH-ill-iss" tendon.
Oh, the humanity!
April 12th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
For the little guy
April 12th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
There's always one. It could be the University of Pluto, and one guy wiull post that he went there and Michigan. Google the shit out of "Pluto hockey" and concoct a story from it.
Internets credibility!
April 13th, 2014 at 12:15 AM ^
April 13th, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
I thought this was a great frozen four. Three of the powers of the sport and one cinderella and the cinderella actually won. I would've been cheering for Union outright if I wasn't watching with a friend of mine who's a Gopher.
Incredible that Union did that with no scholarships. People are going to be coming hard for their coach
April 13th, 2014 at 12:31 AM ^