On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 13:52:09 -0600 wrote...
>--On Friday, March 03, 2000, 7:01 AM -0800 "Matt Sullivan"
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> ND only has 16 high school teams.
>>
>Actually, it's 17 teams (8 in the East, 9 in the West) but your point is
>well made.  Anyway, it ticks me off that a kid from Grand Forks is going
to
>play for the Goofs.  Grand Forks native or not, I'll be forced to treat
him
>like any other Gopher.  At least he's not a Canadian, right Gopher fans?
 
 
Frankly I don't see what the great big deal is.  Maybe its because I'm a
Gopher fan AND I've actually been outside the state before, but who cares
where they're from?  The same person who can't stand a hockey player who
comes for Grand Forks (he must live at least 5 miles from MN) probably
loved Bobby Jackson.  This isn't the dark ages of college sports anymore,
not even in hockey.  It was a nice attempt by Woog to push us back to the
glory days, but it didn't work.   I don't care if our players are from
Bloomington, Apple Valley, Duluth, Grand Forks, British Columbia or
anywhere else.  All I want is a winner.
 
On a similar topic, has anyone else heard rumors about a couple of
Canadians who are playing juniors right now coming to the U of M next year.
 A buddy of mine here was talking about it a couple of months ago already,
but I haven't seen him since so I don't know where he got that from.  Seems
to me that would've been a big deal too, so that must not be a done deal
yet.  Any info would be appreciated.
 
Andrew
 
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