Ed (et al)--

Herb Brooks!!!??? Our American hero? Surely there MUST be another side
to this tale.

Gopher fans????

--Jeff Partnow
--Fairbanks



On Feb 15, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Moller Edward N wrote:

> I was still in high school in 1976 and was not there, but heard the
> game
> on radio and from several eyewitnesses.  Here is what I heard.  I do
> know subscribers to this list who were there, and they will corroborate
> this story.
>
> Prior to the opening faceoff of the semifinal game between BU and UMTC,
> Herb Brooks instructed his top goon, Russ Anderson, to remove BU's top
> player from the game, captain Terry Meagher (now the head coach at
> Bowdoin).  Anderson complied, by engaging Meagher in a slashing duel.
> The two skated to their respective penalty boxes, which were beside the
> Minnesota bench.  The officials had to escort the players, but that did
> not stop Brooks from bombarding Meagher with obscenities, while the
> UMTC
> trainer called Meagher a frog and spat towards him.  [Meagher is
> Canadian but he is not French.  Frog is equivalent to the N word in
> Canada.]  This caused fisticuffs to ensue, and both Meagher and
> Anderson
> were ejected.  Nothing happened to Brooks and I can't recall whether
> any
> penalties were assessed to the trainer.  Not a bad deal from
> Minnesota's
> perspective:  a goon for a key player.  All the while the Minnesota
> band
> played the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
>
> The 1976 Frozen Four title should not be a source of pride for the
> Gopher faithful.  There is no honor in that banner.  It demonstrated
> team and fan behavior at their worst, ranging from poor sportsmanship
> to
> out and out bigotry.  29 years later it is largely forgotten, in no
> small part because it wasn't televised.  Imagine the reation if
> something like that happened today.  I am confident however that it
> won't.
>
> Gopher fans flame away.
>
>
> Edward N. Moller
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carl Ford
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:30 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: PWR flaws
>
>
> Such as?
>
> In the interest of full disclosure, I was born & raised in MN, went to
> BU, and was 6 in 1976.  I just see an interesting story coming up...
>
> Quoting Moller Edward N <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> I think most college hockey fans from the eastern part of the country
>> would say that the Gophers should not have been there, particularly in
>
>> light of the players', coaches', staff's, and band's behavior during
>> that tournament.
>>
>
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