Just had to add my $.02 to what Carol wrote:
 
> have made it! The Denver goalie, Sinuhe Wallinheimo was very good o=
n Friday
> but had an off night on Saturday. The crowd had quite a bit of fun =
with him
> too. The student section started calling Wallinheimo, "Wally", I gu=
ess his
> name was too long for them to work into their cheers (Black hole, e=
tc).
> Wallinheimo has *quite* an attitude and an ego to match. Friday nig=
ht he was
> great, stopping some 49 shots that the Gophers poured on him. The c=
rowd did
> the SIEVE! cheer, and he egged them on by turning to the loudest po=
cket of
> students and gesticulating that he wanted more. ;-)
>=20
> On Saturday night Wallinheimo had a tougher time ignoring the crowd=
 after the
> Gophers had scored three goals in the first period. The students al=
so had
> printed up flyers with "Wallinheimo S*CKS" on it for Saturday night=
 and held
> them up often. Only one small incident marred the games, when Walli=
nheimo
      [stuff deleted]
> it to him. You see, Wallinheimo is one of three players on the Denv=
er team
> from Finland. I guess that the refs wanted to make sure he understo=
od. As I
 
I sit in the section next to the rowdiest student section (which is a=
t the end=20
defended by the visitors in the first and third periods).  They also =
had little=20
green pieces of paper ("green cards"), which they held up for "U-S-A!=
" and=20
"I-N-S!" cheers.  They yelled some unidentifiable cheers in the third=
 period=20
which they seemed to be reading off a white index-size card.  I assum=
e they were
in Finnish.  Wally was much more subdued this night (whether that was=
 because he
was behind most of the game, or because he'd been told to ignore the =
crowd, I=20
don't know), but he treated us to one other antic.  When one of the G=
ophers shot
the puck into the net on=CAan offside play he turned his goalie stick=
 around like=20
a gun and "shot" at him.  The crowd waved goodbye to Wally when he wa=
s pulled in
the third period and gave a big cheer when Wally lingered on the ice =
after the=20
handshakes to wave in their direction.  We had a lot of fun with him,=
 and,=20
despite his 49 or 50 saves Friday night, I think most of the students=
 wouldn't=20
mind having him back every weekend!
 
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