Rally Bat!  Gee I wish I would of thought of that for my post!


:-)

Kathy M.

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> From: Indy Rutks <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sat Nov 23, 2002  11:05:49  PM US/Central
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Tech and MN Saturday Night
> Reply-To: Indy Rutks <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> After a scoreless second period, Minnesota scored on their eighth
>> power play chance of the game at 9:09 of the third period after a
>> questionable call (there were several) to Tech's Chris Durno. The
>> goal came from UM netminder Paul Martin through traffice at 9:09 of
>> the stanza. It was just :29 later that the Gophers got the
>> game-winner.
>
> This game may become the genesis of a new U of MN marketing gimmick - the
> Gophers Rally Bat! Sometime between the Gophs' first and second goal, a bat
> started flying around the arena. And he/she wasn't just in the rafters -
> some of the TV footage showed the winged little rodent flying only a few
> feet off of the ice. Yikes!!
>
> -Indy
>