on which Minnesota Broadcasters are the biggest homers? Frankly, I would have thought that Wooger and the Rug would have been higher, one thing they are not is objective. Pot, kettle black. It also looks like they forgot to include Paul Allen for Vikings football...
Which team of broadcasters are the biggest homers?
Blyleven/Bremer (Twins) - 23% / 95 Votes
Hanneman/Peterson ( Wolves) - 5% / 19 Votes
Lee/Mona (Gopher Football) - 21% / 87 Votes
Grimm/Lynch (Gopher Basketball) - 0% / 1 Votes
Allen/Bercich (Vikings) - 23% / 96 Votes
Terhaar/Greenlay (Wild) - 17% / 70 Votes
Mazzacco/Woog (Gopher Hockey) - 12% / 49 Votes
I was re-reading a post from Brad Elliott Schlossman's blog on incoming goalie Brad Eidsness and I am predicting that will Brad Eidsness be the starting goalie for the Fighting Sioux this season. While I am sure Walksi will probably get a look, however, Eidsness will end up being the starter and Walski the back up. Just my HMO, I do not have any inside information.
Seriously, if Eidsness is not the man; why didn't the Fighting Sioux coaching staff pick up one more goalie recruit to compete for the number one position? They have two unproven goaltenders to start the season. Does the Fighting Sioux coaching staff feel this strongly about Eidsness? They must have a lot of confidence in Eidsness? Not to slight Walski I have seen nothing has led me to believe that Walski is a legitimate division one starting goaltender, or Walski would have played more than one and half game during his three year college career. Sure he shut out BSU but that does not prove he is a full time starter. You heard it here first. Prediction: Brad Eidsness will be the starting goalie.
Brad Eidsness, an Alberta native, said he came to UND early because he felt it was an important step in preparing to battle for the No. 1 goaltender spot. Eidsness said his goal is to take the reins in the net.
He'll have strong competition from senior Aaron Walski, who also is spending the summer in Grand Forks in order to prepare for the season. Walski came to UND as a walk-on and has since earned a scholarship.
Check out this post by Sprig on siouxsports.com in response to the Gopher skippies on Sioux sports.
The Blais reputation for having bad goaltending came entirely from the year when Kollar struggled as a starter, Siembeda was obtained, played two good games, then couldn't stop the puck, which lead to the mad scramble of trying to find a tender that year. The reputation was mostly embellished by the plethora of Gopher fans that began posting about it. It seems funny in retrospect that the history of Sioux goaltending starting with the Gino era and continuing with Blais and Hakstol, is that the Sioux have, except for one year, had excellent goaltending, which is in total contrast to the almost constant stream of sieves that have run through the Gopher program (with just a couple arguable exceptions). The words Gopher, good, and goaltending will seldom appear in the same sentence, except for the die-hards that follow that team.
Watch for Goon to post about good gopher goaltending, which will occur immediateley before hell freezes over.
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