Saturday Night Stink - Gopher Hockey

Well...the first sweep for ND when visiting the Minnesota Gophers. I got to the game late with 10:34 left in the first and it was 2-0 NoDak. My teeth nearly fell out. I couldn't believe it. Then, in the next 10 minutes, the Gophers scored three, unanswered power play goals. The crowd was crazy, the Gophers looked great and then...Frazee let a bouncing puck get past him. It was a clearing attempt from the Sioux (shorthanded) and it came from the other end of the ice.

This goal spelled doom for the Gophers. Frazee was pulled and Briggs took his place in the net. The Sioux routed the Gophers with 5 unanswered goals to win the game, 7-3. The thing that chaps me is that the Sioux played good hockey but not great. They bogged themselves down with penalty after penalty and the Gophers could not capitalize. Yes, the Gophers scored three powerplay goals on the evening, but there must have been a dozen or more penalties on the Sioux.

Overall, the weekend was a poor effort at best. Now the Gophers head to Alaska for a couple of games and they are on the road for a total of seven in a row before meeting at home with St. Cloud. Hopefully they can find their winning ways...

Oh and NoDak, when you yell "OVERRATED" at Mariucci, just remember the current win/loss record. Gophers are 21-5-3, North Dakota is 15-11-2. They may change as the season closes out, but right now, the Gophers are rated what they should be....#1 BABY!!

Friday Night Mites

North Dakota 5, Minnesota 3

Mites, because this is how the Gophers are playing on Friday nights these days. The first period against NoDak showed the Gophers raging to a 2-0 lead and it looked like they could not be stopped. In the 2nd period, however, the Old Dutch Lil Chippers showed up and NoDak took them to task.
Everyone looked terrible in period 2 and 3. I found myself saying aloud "That is the worst game I have ever seen". Thank the hockey gods for Saturday nights because it seems the Gophers can win on Saturday (at least lately). I am heading to the game tonight along with some NoDak fans (BOOOOOO) and I am hoping the furry little Midwestern varmints can give me something to cheer about.

Sioux Visit the Gophers

It is hockey night with one of the biggest rivalry's in college hockey. Friday night has been tough for the Gophers the last couple of weekends and this is a good time for them to step it up and show the country what they are made of. They have an excellent core of skaters that, really, should have no problems beating back the struggling Sioux. More to come after tonight's game!

Ask A Ninja #32 - Ninja Dates

I think I will start posting these when I see them. I like the "Ask A Ninja" clips. They are quite funny. Just press play! -Karl

Book Review - Bringing Down the House

This is the book about the MIT whiz kids that won millions in Vegas over a 3-5 year time frame. Blackjack was the game and they mastered the odds and a few other ways to win. It is a great read and I would suggest picking it up.

If you know me personally and want to read it, call me and let me know. My dad has it now.

Bye.

It has been a while...

Lots has happened since...well November 20th is when my dad last blogged. I last blogged October 17th! That is terrible. What has happened...well, we had another baby, I finished up for the season with the Eagan High School Girls swim team, had my birthday, had my sons birthday, Christmas, New Years and a Baptism. There were a whole lot of other little events in their too. Like procuring my XBox 360...SWEET.

Just got done blowing snow. Finally we have snow. Where the snowmobiles are, there is no snow (which figures). I am glad we have some. It is pretty out. Ahhh.... The really nice thing is I don't have to work today so I did not have to drive in this. I am sure my outlook on this snowstorm would be different if I were driving around in it.

Valentines is coming up! Ready for it? No? Me neither. But I will be.

Gopher hockey is still cruising. Yeah, they lost to WI...so what. They were going to lose at some point. They split in WI so that is a big plus. We are heading to the Gophers and North Dakota Fighting Sue games in a couple of weeks. We have our fantastic babysitting all setup and we are ready to go! St Cloud is in February...I think they will be the tougher of the two. Check out all the Gopher information here.

More later, hopefully before 3 more months go by...