There’s proposed legislation at the capitol in St. Paul to make hockey the official state sport. With people so passionate about various sports it’s not good judgment to showcase one above all the others.
The Minnesota Wild has the second best fans in the NHL, according to a players’ poll in this week’s Sports Illustrated. Montreal received 35 percent of the vote followed by the Wild at 13 percent, and Calgary, 11 percent.
It was two years ago yesterday that Kirby Puckett died. The former Twins star would have celebrated his 48th birthday on March 14.
Rick Sutcliffe, ESPN baseball analyst, said on Wednesday’s spring training telecast of the Yankees-Twins game that Minnesota has the “best bullpen” in the American League.
Former Gopher basketball coach Dan Monson is having a difficult first season at Long Beach State. His overall record is 6-23.
UMD guard Jordan Nuness set the school record for career (241) and single season (100) three point field goals on Wednesday night. Nuness, who played in high school for Eden Prairie, started his career with the Gophers before transferring to UMD.
If you are among the minority who can access the Big Ten Network, you can watch the women basketball Gophers play an opening game in the conference tournament tonight (Friday) against Michigan State beginning at 8 p.m. in Indianapolis. The game can be heard on radio, KBEM FM, 88.5. The Gophers, who finished with an 11-7 Big Ten record, are the No. 4 seed, while the Spartans, 10-8, are seeded fifth. Minnesota is led by first team all-conference guard Emily Fox who finished fourth in Big Ten scoring at 17.2 points per game.
It was a memorable year for the basketball program at Minneapolis Community & Technical College. Coach Jay Pivec won his 500th career game and MCTC won the 600th game in school history dating back to 1965.
Hamline hockey juniors Dustin Fulton and Joe Long were named MIAC Co-Players of the Year for the 2007-08 season. Fulton led the conference in point and goal scoring, finishing with 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points. Long led the MIAC in power play goals with eight and finished 10th in the league in points with 20. Hamline coach Scott Bell was chosen conference Coach of the Year. Hamline won the regular season title, its first in 50 years, with an 11-3-2 record. Award winners are determined by a vote of conference coaches.