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Mark Grassl wrote:
The John Newberry/UW/ND water bottle incident happened in either
1981 or 1982. What I know about this affair is secondhand info but many
"oldtimers" recall this game quite vividly. Newberry was on the UW bench
and as a ND skater came by Newberry squirted him. The ND player resented
this and one thing led to another. Both benches cleared and a major
brawl resulted. It seems to me that the intense rivalry(especially for
the fans) between Wisc. and North Dakota dates back to this game.
The rivalry probably dates back as far as the oldest of us can
remember. It was certainly intense in the mid-70s when I was
at UND; I remember one brawl in particular: both teams, in full,
both sets of coaches, and the trainers, too. It broke out during
pre-game warm-ups; no referees on the ice. The AD of UND was on
the arena PA, demanding/begging for a cease-fire in the hostilities.
The trigger was a bump/elbow at center ice; the cause was a cheap shot
by Wisconsin's Norwich in Madison the last series they played.
Not to take anything away from the equally-old and equally-hallowed
rivalry between the Fighting Sioux and the Golden Gophers, though.
Dave Suess [log in to unmask]
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