U-M Hockey @ MN BTT Fri Open Thread

Submitted by I Bleed Maize N Blue on March 8th, 2019 at 6:29 PM

So it's come down to this: win 2 of 3 @ MN to advance. Previously: home, 3-2 (2OT), 3-4 in Dec; away, 4-2, 3-4 in Feb.

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Let's Go Blue! Licensed to kill gophers?

And stay out of the damn box!

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stephenrjking

March 8th, 2019 at 9:36 PM ^

Way OT but the Minnesota high school tournament has a legit great story. Background: Greenway, a small school on the iron range, plays in the same section as 800-pound Gorilla Hermantown, which has dominated the state in single A for 10 years, so they never make the state tournament. 

Anyway, their best player, Donte Lawson, has a little brother who has lived with serious kidney issues his whole life. They found a kidney for a replacement and it was scheduled in Minneapolis for the same time as a playoff game, the section semifinal. The brother told Donte to play, so he drove up to Duluth, led his team to victory, and drove back down. He didn’t skate for 3 days until the section final against Hermantown, the state title favorite. 

He scored the winning goal. 

So Greenway has gone to the state tournament in St. Paul.

They’ve won twice this week. They’re in the single A state final tomorrow. 

 

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Ty Butterfield

March 8th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^

Thanks for the updates I Bleed Maize N Blue. It is so frustrating that across all sports Michigan seems to never be able to hold a lead and close out an opponent. 

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