It is not just North Dakota though.  During the conference tournaments I 
listened to North Dakota , but also UMD radio too and they both left 
something to be desired to me in terms of professionalism.  I actually 
thought the UMD broadcast was worse than the two games I listened to on 
North Dakota radio.

-Deron



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol S. White" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 9:10 AM
Subject: some thoughts on the West Regional radio broadcasts


> Thanks for writing these comments Mark!
>
> Another friend had the same experience.  I guess MN is the Sioux's biggest 
> rival (not ours) and they love to put us Gophers in our place.  But you 
> are right, the announcers should try to be as professional as the rest of 
> the hockey world.  But they don't.  I know that the Gopher announcers are 
> partisan, but they would be FIRED if they ever said anything derogatory 
> about the other team, it just isn't done.
>
>
> Mark Lewin wrote:
>
>>Finally, I have to comment on a broadcast I listened to last night. 
>>Anyone
>>who knows me knows that I am a longtime fan of RPI hockey. However, I 
>>truly
>>enjoy college hockey in general. I haven't missed an ECAC tournament in
>>Albany nor an NCAA event in Albany ever, even though RPI hasn't been there
>>in years.  Yesterday, after watching both northeast semifinal games on my
>>cable network, I decided to catch up on some work on my PC.  While sitting
>>there, I decided to link to the North Dakota link to listen to the
>>UND-Michigan game. I was struck by the totally unprofessional effort on 
>>the
>>part of the UND announcers.  This was not a school radio station and these
>>were not student announcers. These were supposed professionals. I'm not
>>naive enough to believe that local sports announcers should act impartial.
>>These announcers were pro UND and that's fine. Where I thought they 
>>stepped
>>over the line was when they started belittling anything that wasn't UND.
>>
>
> The problem with the refs are that some call ALL the penalties, where the 
> WCHA refs let alot of the stuff go.  If it doesn't affect the game... it's 
> not called.  I'm not saying that I like that, it's just different for the 
> teams (and the fans).  The MN-HC game seemed to lack flow at times due to 
> all the penalties called, but it affected BOTH teams, so no deal breaker! 
> I also hate refs who swallow their whistle in the 3rd and/or the OT, a 
> penalty in the 1st, is a penalty in the 3rd!!!  The refs were just 
> different, not bad or incompetent. =-O
>
>>They made a point of questioning the competance of the eastern referees by
>>belittling eastern referees in general. They went on to promote a UND
>>freshman as the legitimate WCHA rookie of the year by stating that the
>>actual WCHA rookie of the year wasn't nearly as good as the UND candidate.
>>They stated that the Grand Forks regional was sold out but there would
>>probably be plenty of tickets available for the regional finals the next 
>>day
>>and to just look for the people with the big M on their jerseys.
> They must have been confusing Minnesota with Michigan, who does do that. 
> I am sure that most of the Gopher faithful who are also college hockey 
> fans, stayed and used their tickets.  Although if they were being harassed 
> in the stands I would not blame them if they just left. :-(
>
>>They went on to refer to Minnesota several times as the Golden boys or the 
>>Golden
>>Goofs and topped things off by stating that Minnesota should be ashamed of
>>embarrassing the rest of the WCHA by losing to an Atlantic Hockey team. 
>>I'm
>>sorry. You can root for your team all you want, but if you have a 
>>microphone
>>in front of you, you are representing your team and your community and you
>>should make some effort to be dignified and professional.
>>
>>Tonight, I'll listen to the final.  I'll be listening to the Holy Cross
>>broadcast.
>>
>>Maybe I'm just getting ornery in my old age!!!
>>
>
> No, you are not getting ornery! And this will come back to haunt them 
> sometime.  I saw a sign in the Ralph (on the TV broadcast)  which said: 
> "where are the Gophers?  Home watching TV."  nice. >:o
>
> I've cheered for NoDak in the past, but no more.  I *feel* like a Yankees 
> fan (which I'm NOT)... the only people who love the Gophers are Gopher 
> fans. =-O
>
> And for my last comment GO Boston College!!!
>
> -Carol
>
> -- 
> Carol S. White  =^..^=
> GO Gophers!!!
>
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