Category: hockey
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There’s no ice in Florida!
By far, the most egregious move by the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee is placing the 2012 Frozen Four in Tampa, Florida. Tampa. FLORIDA. 674 miles from the nearest Division I hockey team, and nearly 1,000 miles to the second-closest Division I hockey team. Of course, there are still regionals and the 2011 Frozen Four in…
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Second place is the first loser
It’s been a tough two months of sports for us here. In April, Michigan lost in overtime to Notre Dame in the Frozen Four, ending a wonderful, unexpected rush of a season. A few weeks ago, the Penguins lost to the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals, four games to two, after an impressive…
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Waving the white flag
This basketball postseason has seen a wave of home teams surrendering home-court advantage by waving the white flag. The “white-out” tradition of having all the fans wear white apparently started back in time immemorial by the Winnipeg Jets (I hate Winnipeg). And I guess it works in hockey…the Penguins have had three white-outs this post-season,…