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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
WCHA Promoting B1G Hockey Tourney
I touched on this subject back in March, after the Press Conference, before the championship game of the Final Five. Looks like the WCHA marketing plan is coming to fruition. Here's a screen shot of the
WCHA's webpage.
Rachel Blount asked, “Can
you explain exactly how the Big Ten and
the WCHA will be working together and what
kinds of things you will be working together on and how you will be partnered?”
Jennifer Heppel responded
back with this, “What we have done so far is again the WCHA and the Xcel Energy
Center since the time the facility has opened has really built a tradition with
the fan base here. We recognize the support the fans in this area have given to college hockey.
We have for the last month made available the opportunity to purchase tickets
in advance for those fans in this area that supported the WCHA tournament.
Tickets for the general public go on sale on Monday. We wanted to extend that
opportunity. We worked out some initial joint marketing efforts and we will
continue to do that. Again, this community has a lot of fans of specific
schools, but you also have just incredible support for hockey and college
hockey. The WCHA and the Big Ten want it to be a seamless transition from
year-to-year for those that support college hockey and the “X” has been on that
same page, and they don’t want there to be any drop-off in the tradition that
has been created.”
So after Jennifer Heppel
gave us her canned answer, WCHA Commissioner Bruce McLeod jumped in and said
this.
“Rachel… we set a record
this year in our packages [tickets]," McLeod said . "We sold
pre-tournament wise, I would have to check, almost 13,000 [tickets]. I think.
That was a record for us. All of those ticket bases; those email addresses have
been shared with the Big Ten people, and hopefully as Jen said the end result
is, everyone benefits. We’re working on the same, you know, kind of the
same [fan] base, and sharing all of those names, and I think the basic idea of
what Jen says if we can provide, I don’t know what you’re going to call it
eventually, the collegiate hockey weekend, or something like that. One year
it’s the Big Ten Hockey weekend, the next year it’s the WCHA. The more we can get
that across, the better off we’re going to be.”
You got that? Those people
that bought tickets to the Red Baron Final Five will get a first crack at next
year’s Big Ten Hockey tourney. So the Big Ten is hoping that you will
decide to not go to the WCHA conference tourney in Grand Rapids and instead go
the Xcel next season.
That’s absolutely
brilliant.
UND Hockey: Official 2013-14 Roster Posted
The Official 2013-14 UND Hockey Roster is posted. You will notice that there's a name missing from the Roster.
Dan Senkbeil has transferred to the University of Vermont. Will sit out this year per NCAA transfer rules.
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) August 26, 2013
UND Hockey: Through These Doors nominated for Upper Midwest Regional Emmy
Congrats to the boys... @eric_classen http://t.co/SvsvPGJ6UU @davidfolske @mattschill @UNDSID
— Eric J. Burton (@goon48) August 26, 2013
GRAND
FORKS, N.D. – Through
These Doors,
the student-produced series that takes viewers insider the locker room of the
University of North Dakota men’s hockey program, has been nominated for a 2013
Upper Midwest Regional Emmy.
It
is one of six nominees in the Best Sports Program Series category. Other
nominees include the Minnesota Wild Hockey Club’s Becoming Wild,
Midco Sports Network’s Midco Sports Magazine, and FOX Sports North’s
Vikings GamePlan, Wild Live and Woog
Remembers.
Through
These Doors
premiered during the 2011-12 season and offered UND fans unprecedented access to
one of the most storied programs in NCAA hockey. Produced and edited by UND
Athletics student interns, weekly episodes of Through These Doors aired
on UNDsports.com for the past two seasons and featured locker room, bench and
road trip access, high definition game highlights, and candid interviews with
student-athletes and coaches. In March 2012, the show was spotlighted in a
NYTimes.com article.
Earlier
this month, it was announced that the show would transition from a weekly
web-only series to a television series that will also air twice a month on Midco
Sports Network as part of the network’s Friday night UND
lineup.
The
winner will be announced at the 14th annual Upper Midwest Regional
Emmy Awards Gala on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the State Theater in
Minneapolis.
The
Upper Midwest Chapter of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a
membership organization dedicated to excellence in television by honoring
exceptional work, past and present; providing professional development and
outreach; and nurturing the next generation of television
professionals.
Through These Doors – University of North Dakota Athletics
·
David
Folske, Producer/Showrunner
·
Eric
Classen, Producer
·
Peter
Bottini, Producer
·
Andrew
Parr, Assistant Producer/Audio Technician
·
Brian
Gendreau, Assistant Producer
·
Matthew
Schill, Executive Producer
·
Jayson
Hajdu, Supervising Producer
UND Hockey: Dillon Simpson Sleeper Prospect for Edmonton Oilers
Here’s what the Edmonton Journal had to say about UND senior defenseman Dillon Simpson.
Edmonton Oilers Prospects: #7 Dillon SimpsonAlso, former MTU forward Jujhar Khaira has moved up the ladder in the Edmonton Oilers system.
Jonathan Willis, Edmonton Journal – Dillon Simpson was a good enough player to contribute in college hockey’s toughest conference, the WCHA, at the age of 17. For the sake of perspective, current Oiler Jeff Petry was two years away from college at that point, still playing in the USHL. Since his draft year, Simpson has seemingly made steady progress in all areas of his game.
The statistics at the college level don’t tell us a lot about a defenceman, but we’ll start there. Once again Simpson was highly reliant on the power play for his offence – 14 of 24 points came with the man advantage. After scoring seven points at even-strength as a rookie and seven last year, he upped his production to 10 points this year – not bad, but hardly breathtaking. He’s been a reliable plus player on a good team, though his plus-5 rating this year (against the backdrop of a team that went plus-29) was less impressive than last year, perhaps reflecting more challenging assignments.
Of interest is the fact that Simpson’s penalty minutes are consistently low. On the one hand, it reflects a defender who relies more on positional play than physical game to shutdown opposition forwards; on the other, it also shows a player who isn’t trying to cover for poor positioning by clutching and grabbing. Simpson told Copper & Blue’s Alan Hull that positioning has always been something he placed great emphasis on, because with middling foot speed he wasn’t fast enough to recover if he got himself in a bad spot:
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Sunday Evening Links: Hockey is Just Around the Corner.
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| Czech NHL player Jaromír Jágr (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Team Canada's players have started to arrive for the start of Hockey Canada's Olympic orientation camp.
Tim Bourcier of the Hockey Writers caused quite a stir with this post. Caps Back to Early Playoff Exit Status with Grabovski Signing. You can read the reaction to this post here and then Tim's response here. Good stuff.
A Tradition of Excellence has some good new tidbits on his Sunday Afternoon Post.
37 days 'till guys that play with torn rib cartilage, broken ribs, separated shoulders & punctured lungs go pic.twitter.com/2NW3OXkrcZ
— John Buccigross (@Buccigross) August 25, 2013
Over at the ESPN Sports Nation, they asked which team will win the Stanley Cup in 2013-14? My pick next season is the Detroit Redwings and no, I am not sucking up to Redwing77.
NHL Hockey: Goalies to use 'Smaller' Leg Pads in 2013-14 Season
NHL goalies weigh in after trying new, smaller pads for first time: http://t.co/i7wBR9FW0s pic.twitter.com/JJMIYs1zES
— InGoal Magazine (@InGoalMedia) August 24, 2013
This is one of the new NHL rules that I am very excited about. In my opinion, the goalie equipment in hockey has gotten way out of hand. All you have to do is see one of these guys after a game out of their equipment, to see that their goalie equipment makes them much bigger. It's ridiculous. If you look at a goalie from the days of Eddie Belfour and look at the goalies today you will see a big difference.
Arpon Basu, NHL Insider -- The NHL, with the approval of the National Hockey League Players' Association, has changed the rules governing the length of a goaltender's leg pads for the 2013-14 season, making them a bit shorter so they don't block as much of the five hole between a goalie's legs.
The previous rule, instituted prior to the 2010-11 season, was that a goalie's leg pads could not go higher on his leg than 55 percent of the distance between the center of his knee and his pelvis. So if a goalie's upper-leg measurement was 20 inches, which is roughly the average number in the NHL, the pad could not go higher than 11 inches above the center of his knee.
That number will now be 45 percent, so the same goalie will be able to wear a pad that goes no higher than 9 inches above his knee.
When it comes to closing the five hole, losing approximately 2 inches off each leg pad could result in 4 inches less coverage, depending on the style of the goaltender.
2012 vs 2013 - just some slight changes (per league rules). pic.twitter.com/VH1ahmegdW
— Craig Anderson (@CraigAnderson41) August 22, 2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
UND Hockey: Team Returning to Grand Forks
Goodbye California. pic.twitter.com/A7jrRSzDPH
— Daniel Senkbeil (@D_Senkbeil) August 24, 2013
Heading back to forks
— Drake Caggiula (@drakecaggiula) August 23, 2013
Just crossed the border back into 'Murica, getting closer to another season of #siouxhockey see you soon forks! #cantwait
— Mark MacMillan (@EasyMac_16) August 24, 2013
En route to Forks for another year #squashmore pic.twitter.com/ZOMT6f4SXA
— Bryn Chyzyk (@chyz21) August 18, 2013
Helping move freshies in today and every single one of them over packed #sweatingbullets
— Dillon Simpson (@Simmer18) August 24, 2013
@raudino10 gonna miss you too bro!!
— Stephane Pattyn (@GeneralPattyn28) August 24, 2013
I love the atmosphere at und today baby #welcome
— Bryn Chyzyk (@chyz21) August 24, 2013
Dog Days of Summer: Saturday Night Links
Excited to be heading to forks to start senior season. Crazy how the time flies. #undhockey
— Derek Rodwell (@drodwell11) August 23, 2013
Alex Goligoski played the latter half of April with a fracture in his foot. He had 8 points in 14 April games. Outlook is promising #Stars
— Dobber (@DobberHockey) August 24, 2013
Last 3 seasons when Nathan Horton was out of lineup, Krejci managed just 29 points in 47 games (0.62). Otherwise he had 128 in 154 (0.83).
— Dobber (@DobberHockey) August 20, 2013
Last 3 seasons when Nathan Horton was out of lineup, Krejci managed just 29 points in 47 games (0.62). Otherwise he had 128 in 154 (0.83).
— Dobber (@DobberHockey) August 20, 2013
Saturday Pontifications: Who would complete the Wild Dream Team? http://t.co/dYTa9GsCVi
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) August 24, 2013
#hockey Why Justin Bieber is Bad for the NHL http://t.co/ipqz9BTjWU
— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) August 23, 2013
Great article on @UNDWHockey frosh @Krzyznasty18 about her @HC_Women camp experience. http://t.co/LIa6VwFCZW #UNDHockey
— Erik Fabian (@ErikFabian21) August 22, 2013
Anne Girtz, a forward on the first @UNDWHockey team, has signed a contract to play professionally in Sweden. pic.twitter.com/MYUpJMpski
— North Dakota WHockey (@UNDWHockey) August 24, 2013
National Collegiate Hockey Conference Commissioner Josh Fenton on the Fan 1390
Commissioner Fenton on 1390 The Fan now http://t.co/9J7tPntBaE
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) August 22, 2013
The Commissioner Josh Fenton of the NCHC was on the Fan 1390 out of Saint Cloud, Minnesota two days ago and you can listen to the interview at [this link]. At the 6:20 mark of the interview there is a discussion about UND fans not being happy about the national television situation. Nothing real controversial, but the radio host did mention it.
Friday, August 23, 2013
UND Hockey: Rocco Grimaldi is Returning to Win a NCAA Title
Headed back to forks. Looking forward to a great year on and off the ice. 1 goal in mind #Sioux pic.twitter.com/yJH5dmAXFg
— Rocco Grimaldi (@RGrimaldi23) August 23, 2013
This tweet by sophomore forward Rocco Grimaldi caused a bit of a stir on the Twitter-verse today. I am sure that UND fans like his attitude...
NHL Hockey: Salary Cap Could Rise to $80 million in next four years
After reading this, here, here, and here, I must wonder, what the hell did we have a lockout for? We lost 34 games last season to hear that eventually that the cap will be right back up to 80 million dollars. I don’t think that anyone doubt the source either, Elliotte Freidman is dialed in.
TheScore.com—The NHL's salary cap could go up to $80 million within the next four years, according to Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports.Does this make anyone else upset? I am not real happy after reading this, the beginning of last winter was miserable without the NHL. If the salary cap rises to 80 million over the next four years it will also allow teams to balloon their payrolls again. This basically means that the NHL is going to be right back where they were before the Lockout.
Speaking on Sportsnet 590 The Fan's "Prime Time Sports", Friedman said some within the sport expect the cap to rise to that level prior to the 2017-18 NHL season.
The salary cap currently sits at $64.3 million heading into the 2013-14 season, a factor that has caused the NHL free agent market to slow down since the initial rush back in July.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Buffalo Sabres: Introduce Alternative Captain and Alternate Captain Patches
Introducing the Captain and Alternate Captain patches #NewThirdJerseys #Sabres pic.twitter.com/vPGFApv4KC
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) August 22, 2013
These are looking sweet.
OSU Hockey: Debuts New Alternative Uniforms....
Voted BY, not my. @OhioState_MHKY Debuting the Buckeyes' alternate jerseys, voted on BY current and former players. pic.twitter.com/q6i052mz3aYesterday, OSU Hockey debuted their new alternative uniforms on Twitter. I must say that I am not all that impressed with tOSU's new look hockey jersey's. Yuck! I would think that a B1G school could come up with something better than that. Some have said they Buckeye logo's look like pot plants.
— Ohio State M Hockey (@OhioState_MHKY) August 21, 2013
NHL Hockey: Less than 10 Percent of On-Ice Fights Responsible for Concussions
So anti-fighting cabal, do you got that? That means that the other 90 percent of the concussion in the NHL are coming from dirty on-ice hits, you know the dirty boarding plays, checking from behinds and hits to the head.
Andre’ Picard, The Globe and Mail – The NHL has made some moves to reduce violence, such as creating the Department of Player Safety to mete out stiffer punishments for egregiously violent acts, but critics see erratic results from such efforts in terms of consistent punishments. On fighting, there is considerable support among fans, especially in the United States, where the NHL continues to work to gain interest. Owners are reluctant to make a move that could hurt their business. Internal league research suggests on-ice fighting is responsible for less than 10 per cent of concussions, so league officials have concluded that a popular part of the game is not a huge safety issue.Hey I admit, I like a good hockey fight and I am happy to see this information come out. It will be interesting to see how the anti-pugilists will spin this, because this doesn’t do much for their case. Actually, it kind of shoots holes in it. This kind of shoots holes in their theories that fighting is causing a lot of concussions.
MTSU Football: Marine Sgt Rhodes to compete immediately
Here's the official response by the NCAA....
As a part of its continued review of Steven Rhodes’ eligibility, NCAA staff determined he may play immediately. Additionally, he will maintain all four years of his eligibility.
Throughout this process, NCAA staff worked closely with Middle Tennessee State University, and we appreciate the school’s partnership.
As a part of the ongoing review of NCAA rules, our members will examine the organized competition rules, especially as it impacts those returning from military service.
We thank Steven for his service to our country and wish him the best as he begins college.
— Kevin Lennon, vice president of academic and membership affairs
DU: Denver Boone won't Return
Because the mascot Denver Boone is so offensive, yeah… Right!
NESN.COM -- Some Americans view Daniel Boone as a legend in this country’s history — a true hero of the American Western Frontier.This one is even better… It’s a cartoon mascot that looks like of like Daniel Boone; I just can’t see anything that’s offensive with this mascot. Of course the P.C. police do.
Others don’t, including University of Denver officials.
Mascot “Denver Boone,” who served as the UD Pioneers mascot until he was retired in 1998, has been deemed too offensive by administrators to make a comeback, according to FOXNews.com.
A hawk named “Ruckus” replaced Denver Boone until 2007. Since then, the school has been without an official mascot and the school is hoping to fill that void soon.
“Boone was a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the UD community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate to as defining the pioneering spirit,” Chancellor Robert Coombe said earlier this year.
Fox News – Is a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap -- racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?This isn’t even the school that I attended, it’s not my Alma Mater, actually, Denver is one of our hated/heated rivals, but this crap makes my blood boil, these pointed headed, handing wringing, P.C. morons piss me off to no end. You just want to tell them to shut the heck up and worry about something that actually matters. Think about this, we have rampart unemployment, no-one can find a job when they leave colege, our country has been at war for 10+ years and these buffoons want to worry about Denver Boone like he’s the reason our country is on the decline.
Officials at the University of Denver seem to think so. They’ve announced they won’t reinstate “Denver Boone,” who was retired in 1998 as mascot for the UD Pioneers, despite calls to bring him back
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Is the Canadian Medical Association Part of the Anti-Fighting Cabal?
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| Bruins vs. Devils 2/13/09 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ Zdeno Chára is a Slovakian professional ice hockey defenceman and team captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Andre Picard, Globe and Mail – Canada’s doctors are delivering a body blow to National Hockey League owners, saying they are too accepting of violence in the sport.Seriously, where do these people get off? Hockey is an escape from the reality, for many people, including me. Now we have the Canadian Medical Association acting the National Hockey League. Yikes! This isn’t going to play out well in Canada.
Delegates to the Canadian Medical Association annual meeting on Wednesday voted to “condemn the complacency” of NHL owners.
“The owners have a financial interest in tolerating and promoting violence and we need to be a counterweight,” Dr. Pierre Harvey, a physician from Rivière-du-Loup, Que., told the gathering.
He pointed specifically to an infamous incident from March 2011, when Montreal Canadiens player Max Pacioretty suffered a fractured neck and concussion after a violent hit from Boston Bruins player Zdeno Chara.
Dr. Harvey said it is clear that hockey is a rough game but what doctors object to is violence like blows to the head and hits from behind that lead to serious injuries like concussions and spinal cord injuries.
Also, MMA is one of the most popular sports in North America; there is no way that it’s going to be banned. I wish some of the pointed headed experts would keep their noses out of our business. We live in a gladiator society and demand our sports; we don’t need the nanny state getting in the way.
Former Sioux Toews: 'Naive' to think PEDs aren't in NHL
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| English: Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews during warm up prior to a National Hockey League playoff game against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Sports Xchange --- Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews told Toronto radio station Sportsnet 590 The Fan this week that it is "naive" to think that performance-enhancing drugs are not being used by NHL players.
"I think it would be naive to say that there's no one in the NHL that is trying to get the edge in that fashion," he said. "But at the end of the day, whether you get caught now or not, down the road at some point those sort of things come out as we've seen in Major League Baseball and cycling. v
"Eventually ... someone is going to save their own butt and throw you under the bus. And that's your legacy. That's what people remember: that you're a cheater and you took performance-enhancing drugs.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Moo U Football: Travis Beck pleads guilty in resisting arrest charge
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| North Dakota State Bison athletic logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Emily Welker, Forum News Service — North Dakota State starting linebacker Travis Beck pleaded guilty to resisting arrest charges in Cass County court Monday, a move his attorney said was designed to allow him to put this summer’s legal woes behind him without a trial interfering with the Bison football season.People are going to say, why should we care Eric? I going to tell you why. This is a heck of a message to send to the kids that look up to these athletes. Win at all costs, that's the message NDSU is sending the youth of North Dakota... Remember Travis Beck is a victim. The NDSU Football team is an out of control football program.
“Most people think resisting is fighting — you’ve seen the video,” said Beck’s defense attorney, Bruce Quick. “That’s the wrong word for this situation — what’s he’s charged with is failing to stop” when arresting officers told Beck to stop. At the time of the incident, Quick said, Beck had just been punched in the head at least twice.
Quick was referring to surveillance video evidence released this summer which shows Beck in an apparent brawl with another man near a downtown bar.
In it, Beck can be seen walking away from arresting officers responding to the fight. The video also seems to show Beck may have acted in self-defense against the other man in the fight, Matthew Aanenson, who police found lying unconscious in a nearby downtown parking lot.
The video evidence pulled from city surveillance cameras and local businesses led the State’s Attorney’s office to drop more serious felony aggravated assault charges against Beck.
Neither Quick nor Beck appeared at Monday morning’s plea and sentencing hearing. Instead, Quick’s fellow Vogel Law attorney Mark Friese entered a plea to a B misdemeanor resisting arrest charge on Beck’s behalf.
Beck was sentenced to 10 days in jail, with all time suspended, and 360 days unsupervised probation, plus a $225 fee.
“I know Mr. Beck was anxious to pull all this behind him,” said Friese after the sentencing. “This was a relief for him … to accept responsibility and to put it behind him.”
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