>>> Matt Rein <[log in to unmask]> 02/05/97 08:55am >>>
>>> The reason everybody makes a big deal out of beating the Gophers is because
>>> year in and year out they are one of the top teams in the league.  When I
>>> played hockey in the old St. Paul league the team to beat was the hated
>>> Pioneers of Hill-Murray.  They recruited the best players out of every
>>> St. Paul neighborhood and made an "all-star" team.  If you beat them it made
>>> your year.
>>> Sound familar?
 
Years made on a team's victory over Boston University...
     Vermont, St. Lawrence, Clarkson, N. Dakota, Lowell and Maine
 
Years made on a team's victory over Michigan...
     Mich. State
 
Years made on a team's victory over Minnesota...
     Boston University, Colorado College, Minnesota-Duluth, Wisconsin,
     Northern Michigan, Michigan, St. Cloud ( twice ), Pori Aces,
     Denver and North Dakota ( twice)
 
Minnesota is making everyone's year!
 
Face-it, UND is the Hill_Murray of the WCHA and UM is the South St. Paul.
 
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