According to Brad Chay Genoway is finally working out again but has yet to re-join the Sioux in practice.
The weekly Chay Genoway update is that he is working out on his own, but has not re-joined team workouts or practice or anything like that. He still has a way to go. As said previously here, his return may depend on how far UND can go this season. But Genoway's intention is to play again this season.Exile on Dayton Street explains his love for the Golden Gopher hocke fans.
You will be surrounded by people who believe that gopher hockey is the pinnacle of existence. You know how whenever you see the gophers announcers on FSN, they're constantly talking about how great the gophers are, how the other team can't skate with the gophers, how the gophers have halos around their heads and everyone else should just be grateful to be basking in the glow of gopher hockey? That doesn't just come from nowhere. They're not just trying to leave a stinky taste in your mouth, Gopher fans actually seem to think this way.The understatement of the week or possibly the year. Duh!
In my 15 years of covering DU hockey and working with coach George Gwozdecky, I witnessed a first today. With two regular-season games remaining, Gwoz freely admitted the top-ranked Pioneers (24-6-4) are safe and sound when it comes to the 16-team NCAA Tournament. [Denver Post hockey blog]
in my experience, fans like exile on dayton street are rare among gophers' fans.
ReplyDeletethe large majority of gophers' fans i've met over the years completely abandon their team at the slightest sign of trouble. sure, they're all of a sudden the greatest fans on earth when the gophers are doing well, but that, in my opinion, does not make a true fan.
sioux fans are easily more dedicated as an entire fanbase. i've met very few fair-weather sioux fans.
i suppose when you're a member of a major ncaa conference, such as the big ten, it can be expected that your fans won't give themselves completely to your hockey team. whereas at und, it's really all about the hockey team. look at me, making excuses for gophers' fans and their lack of dedication to their hockey team.
gwoz's comments are obvious no-brainers. my question is: would a team ever sluff the conference tournament in order to rest for the ncaa tournament? my guess is they wouldn't for two reason:
1. you want to go into the ncaa tournament with some momentum
2. there's no guarantee you'll still have a #1 seed if you don't make the final five
i have often wondered if a team would use this strategy if they were in a position where they were in the ncaa tourney no matter what and doing well in the conference tourney wouldn't help their seed in the ncaa tourney much. kind of like nfl teams sitting their starters once they've clinched the best position they can in the playoffs.
Krangodance,
ReplyDeleteYou must be young because I remember during the Sioux down years plenty of fair-weather fans left the wagon.
KrangoDance, The Twin Cities have so many things going on that it is hard for a struggling team to compete with all of the other entertainmnet opportunitites.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the Gophers' hockey team. They are my favorite team by far (The Twins are a semi-distant second), but who wants to watch a team that struggles to complete 3 passes in a row? There's too much else going.
More power to those that get something out of a religious devotion to a program that's a bit in the dumps; but I can't understand getting on a 'high horse' about it whether we're talking about the Sioux, Gophers, or any other team.
So, I still follow them, will watch them this weekend with fingers crossed, but I will be much more rabid when they provide me something to get rabid about!
green hornet - i don't know what era you're referring to, but i've been a fan since '93. plenty of down years in there, but no lack of dedication among sioux fans.
ReplyDeletecharlie - i agree. in fact you basically expanded on the excuse i offered for gopher fans in my post.
1993? That is a little recent. Personally I would have done a little home work before spouting off.
ReplyDeleteThe UND down years were from 1969-1970 to 1976-1977.
The Rube! Bjorkman years weren't the best.
ReplyDeleteRube Bjorkman was just fine...better than his record. Everyone respected him; enjoyed the Barn and its demise, and its chicken wire and the snow dropping from the ceiling and the popularity of the wine skin; two down years since 1946? Actually, ND finished last only 4 times since 1948. In 69/70, ND finished 5th in the league; in 72/73, 74/75, 75/76, they finished last..truly, a down time and the demise of Rube. Gino Gaspirini replaced him and brought along several national championships because all he did was win. In 75/77, ND finished in 5th; 93/94, they finished last; they finished in 1st on more occasions than last. In fact, ND holds the current lead in top five consecutive appearances in the WCHA.
ReplyDeleteI came to UND in the fall of 1993 so I saw a few bad UND Fighting Sioux hockey games. The 1997 and 1998 teams were some of the best offensive teams that I have seen at UND. The Geno Gaspirini years were kind of lean and the first two at UND for Blais were kind of uneventful as well.
ReplyDeleteSioux7Nationaltitles, UND has 8 in row home playoff series. The last time they were on the road the Sioux played the Gophers and that was the same year that they won the National title...
ReplyDeleteFrom fightingsioux.com: Hakstol moved into a tie for third place with Rube Bjorkman (1968-78) on UND's all-time wins list with 149
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