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Yesterday on the day of the Galen Nagle golf tourney in Bemidji, Minnesota, my friends Scott Williams and Moose Richards had their summer addition of the College Hockey tonight...

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This past Friday I had a chance to participate in the Galen Nagle Golf Tourney at the Bemidji Town and Country Club and it was a great time and the tournament as always was run well and everything went off smoothly. If you get a chance to go over to Bemidiji and play the BTCC the course is in great shape. The fairways are some of the best I have ever hit a ball off of. Of course I am usually not in the fairway, but the woods aren’t bad either. :)

For the Galen Nagle golf tourney I played with Chase Schmidtt, Mike Williams, Scott Robbins, Scott Williams (TV voice of the Beavers Hockey Team) and we were one of the teams that didn't place. We couldn't putt.

Tickets are hard to come by for BREC Opener

Word on the street is that don’t expect to get tickets for the opening series between the BSU Beavers and the UND Fighting Sioux at the new BREC, they are going to be hard to come by. The building seats 4000-5000 people and the BSU ticket office has sold 80% of the building already. Also, there will be about 500 tickets set aside for BSU students as well as 400 tickets for UND. So it’s going to be tough getting a seat to see the Beavers and the Sioux open the new building. According to the Beavers Head Coach Tom Serratore the series is going to be a sell out.

TV coverage of BSU and UND series?

There is some hope though. What I am hoping for is that the games will be picked up by FSSN channel 23 on Midco.net. Recently; Midco.net moved into the Bemidji, Minnesota market, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that FSSN 23 could possibly pick up the broadcast(s) for one or both games so Sioux fans will be able to see the game. This past season UND both games were picked up between the Sioux and the Bulldogs. I think as we get closer to the series fans should flood the Midco office with emails and phone calls.

Links

Scott and Moose from the award winning Hockey Show cover the new rules and the BREC [Hockey Show]

The George Pelawa Calgary Flames Foundation Education Fund was unveiled last Friday at the 13th annual Galen Nagle Memorial Golf Tournament in Bemidji. [Times Colonist]

The official 2010-2011 Fighting Sioux hockey roster has been posted on line.
[Fighting Sioux]

The Minnesota Gopher hockey programs seems to be in full melt down mode already and it's not even October yet. [Goal Gophers] and [Goal Gophers]

Leddy turns heads at Blackhawks camp but not offered contract [Goal Gophers]

Bemidji State men's hockey: Offseason routine 'business as usual' ahead of first WCHA season [Bemidji Pioneer]

In the near future Goon's World will be returning to [MVN.COM]

Nagle’s memory lives on in golf tournament

If you looking for a good golf tourney to play in I recommend the Galen Nagle at the Bemidji Town and Country Club this is a very fun tourney to play in. I will again be playing with Scott Williams the Voice of the BSU Beaver Hockey team again next Friday, of course we will be going out in the later tee time. There is no way in heck I am going to play in a golf tourney at seven A.M.

Current Beaver coach Tom Serratore remembers Nagle, not only for his on-ice contributions but also for what he accomplished off the ice.

“Galen epitomized what Beaver hockey is all about,” Serratore said. “Galen was a walk-on to the hockey program but he made the team by working hard and never complaining. During his senior year Galen finally got his opportunity and he truly deserved the right to play in that national championship game.

“Galen earned the respect of everyone for how he handled what he went through and how he battled,” Serratore continued. “Galen was always positive and upbeat. He was a wonderful guy and anyone who knew him became a better person.”

Nagle’s off-ice battle was against cancer. There were times everyone, including Nagle, thought that the battle had been won. In the end, however, Nagle lost the battle in 1996 at the age of 34.

“Galen’s legacy keeps going,” Serratore said. “When we talk about Beaver hockey we are talking about Galen.”

Among the ways the BSU hockey program continues to reap the benefits of Nagle’s influence is the annual Galen Nagle Memorial Golf Tournament. The 13th edition is July 16 at the Bemidji Town & Country Club and everyone is welcome.

Sponsored by Sanford-MeritCare, the tournament is designed to generate money for the Galen Nagle Endowment Fund and the BSU men’s hockey program.

“Registrations are going well,” said Jake Bluhm who is the Beaver Pride coordinator. “But there still is time to register.”

The tournament format includes five-person teams which will play a scramble. The teams can choose to tee off at 7:35 a.m. or 12:35 a.m. and golfers may register as a team or as an individual.

In the latter case, tournament committee members will assign the golfer to a team.

Each fivesome will be given a handicap and those figures will be used to determine the team’s tournament score.

The $100 entry fee includes 18 holes of scramble golf, dinner, beer and brats on the course, the opportunity to win door prizes and team prizes plus the chance to win prizes for closest to the pin, long drive, long putt and a hole-in-one.

Many BSU hockey alumni make this tournament an annual event but everyone is invited to play.

“This tournament attracts great people and that’s what makes it so much fun,” Serratore said. “It’s never been designed as strictly an alumni event although many former Beavers play in it. The Nagle is all about people who have a passion for Beaver hockey. It gives people the chance to be part of the program and stay connected to what is happening with Beaver hockey.”

People who can’t make it for the golf are still welcome to participate in the live auction beginning after the 6:30 p.m. dinner.

A wide variety of items will be for sale and the list will include something for everyone.

“Galen represented the epitome of what Beaver hockey stands for,” Fitzgerald said. “He would do anything for anybody and this tournament is one way we can continue that philosophy.”

To register or for more information call the BSU Foundation at 755-2294 or 1-888-234-5718.

Registrations also can be made on-line through the BSU Foundation website by clicking on “alumni” and “events.” [Bemidji Pioneer]

Galen Nagle Golf Tournament

I found this over on Brian Schultz's blog. I will be playing in this tourney again this Friday @1200. I played in this tourney two years ago and it was a lot of fun. The Bemidji Town and Country Club is a very nice course, although after playing Kings Walk there are also too many trees. Back in the early 1990's I had the pleasure of meeting Galen Nagel when I worked at Castle Highland golf course in Bemidji. Galen was one of the nicest people you could ever meet.

Galen Nagle Golf Tournament
This Friday, the BSU men's hockey team will hold their annual golf tournament fundraiser. The event is named in honor of Galen Nagle...a former Beaver goalie. Shotgun start at noon at the Bemidji Country Club...with dinner and auction to follow.


Bemidji State University and the Galen Nagle Memorial Fund Committee have established a memorial scholarship fund in honor of the former Beaver hockey standout, designed to support the Bemidji State hockey program.

Galen W. Nagle was a goaltender for the Beaver hockey team from 1980-’84, and served as a coach and teacher in the state of Minnesota for several years before losing his life to cancer Oct. 18, 1996 at the age of 34. “Galen exemplified Beaver hockey,” said former Bemidji State coach R.H. “Bob” Peters. “Hard work, dedication and loyalty were inherent to his character, and through his efforts, he became a vital part of our team.”

Nagle and the 1984 Beaver hockey team made college hockey history with a perfect 31-0-0 season en route to the school’s first NCAA Division II National Championship. An All-Tournament selection from the 1984 Division II Championship, Nagle completed his Bemidji State hockey goaltending career with an 8-1 victory in the title game.

Initially a walk-on at Bemidji State, Nagle’s determination and willingness to give forged a special bond with teammates and coaches. He never lost a game in goal for Bemidji State, posting a 22-0-0 career record with three shutouts. He allowed just 37 goals in his career, leaving Bemidji State as the program’s all-time leader in save percentage (.9308) and goals-against average (2.039) - career records which still stand today for players with at least 1,000 minutes in goal. “Galen considered it a privilege and an honor to be a part of the team, and conversely, we valued his contribution to the team,” Peters said. “He has had a lasting impact on the lives of the people he touched, and we will always remember him.”

A 1984 graduate of Bemidji State, Nagle taught industrial arts at Scotts- Highland Middle School in Apple Valley for several years and coached in hockey programs at Rosemount, Holy Angels Academy, Richfield, Bloomington, Wayzata and Thief River Falls. He also served as the chief goalie instructor for Coach Peters’ Bemidji International Hockey Camp at BSU.

Nagle was born to Richard and Marlys June 18, 1962 in Baudette, Minn. He and his family moved to Bemidji in 1979, and he graduated from Bemidji High School in 1980. The annual golf tournament was inaugurated in his honor Aug. 7, 1998.

Hope to see you there!