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~Recent News from the State-of-Hockey Rinks~
8 Minnesota Bred Hockey Players to represent USA in Vancouver for the the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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The 21st Olympic Winter Games, set to take place on February 18-28
in Vancouver British Columbia, is quickly approaching. Team USA
rosters for the Women's team were announced at an event within the
Mall of America's Best Buy Rotunda on December 17th. Three
Minnesota-born players will don the stars and stripes for the Women's
team including: Natalie Darwitz (Eagan), Jenny Potter (Edina) and Gigi
Marvin (Warroad). "It's an exciting day for a lot of reasons," said Mark
Johnson, head coach for the Women's team. "It was an extremely
tough decision, but now we can move forward and continue preparing
ourselves. We feel good about the process, which gave everyone an
opportunity. We're excited by the youthfulness of our team, as well as
comfortable with the veterans and the leadership they will provide." The team was selected from the 23 players who made up the 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Team. The group has been training in Blaine, MN., at the National Sports Center's Schwann Super Rink since early September, in addition to competing on the Qwest Tour and in two international tournaments.
The Men's Team USA was announced on New Years Day following the NHL's annual Winter Classic event held at Historic Fenway Park in Boston, MA. The Men's team consists of 5 Minnesota-bred skaters including: Erik Johnson (Bloomington), Paul Martin (Elk River), David Backes (Blaine), Jamie Langenbrunner (Cloquet) and Zach Parise (Prior Lake). In historic Minnesota Olympic fashion by the numbers, Minnesota-bred individuals whom will represent USA in Vancouver is tied to that of Michigan and New York at five respectively whom will represent our country in Vancouver. "The Olympic hockey tournament in Vancouver will be like no other," said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey. "We appreciate the hard work that has gone into putting this team together and know we have a terrific group of players to represent our country." Congratulations and good luck to all of the Minnesota-bred players in Vancouver!
December 17th announcement of the Women's Team USA- Photo courtesy USAHockey.com
2011 NHL Winter Classic in Minnesota?
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The NHL's now annual Winter Classic event held every
winter since the 2003 inaugural "Heritage Classic" event
took place in Edmonton against the Oilers and Canadians.
The idea is to "bring the game back to it's roots"- where the
game "is meant to be played- in the elements" where all of
the players learned to love and play hockey- outside. The
idea was not only taken by storm with hockey enthusiasts
across the country, but has garnered attention to even the
casual sports fan making it a huge success at all levels.
Recently on December 24th our good friends at the website
theother6seconds.com proposed a rather interesting topic:
The 2011 NHL Winter Classic held in Minnesota at the Minnesota Twins new home: Target Field- slated to open in 2010. The idea of Minnesota hosting a Winter Classic- between the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars? Sounds like a grand idea! Minnesota has everything the NHL would need: Cold weather, rich hockey history to showcase, and a new outdoor venue with enough hockey hungry fans just salivating at the sight and sounds of a frozen puck clanging off the glass and goal posts. One thing that caught our eye was the attention to detail that Cole Jones (Webmaster of theother6seconds) took in designing a logo for the event, and also jerseys that each team could tentatively wear since the overwhelming theme is "vintage" at each Winter Classic. The idea's of Cole was examined quite heavily on numerous forums shown here. Cole drew sharp criticism with his idea of the Dallas Stars donning our beloved North Stars uniforms. Here is just an excerpt from a few of the posts on his website:
"I'm from Minnesota. The uniform aspect of this post shows a complete lack of awareness of what hockey means in Minnesota. Dallas wearing North Stars gear in a game in Minneapolis? No &$&^# way. Anyone who thinks that is a good idea or that it somehow pays tribute to the North Stars or Minnesota or whatever is a complete idiot."
"As a Minnesotan, I simply cannot support any proposal that has the Dallas Stars wearing a Minnesota North Stars uniform. The blogger here, not being from Minnesota, should probably be forgiven for his ignorance, though. Certainly, the blogger must see the North Stars' move to Dallas as a positive thing, but he needs to understand that Minnesotans were very, very angry about the move."
"As a Minnesota Native, I think this is brilliant, but I agree, I would not want to see the Dallas Stars wearing North Stars old uni's. It killed me that they practically kept the name the same when they left....It was like a constant reminder they were gone for good!"
"Great idea but let the Wild wear the NORTH star sweater and let the Stars wear the version of the early 1990's that just had the stars moniker."
How do we feel about this? We know for a FACT that Cole- be it he is a fan of the considered "enemy"- is in every way, shape and form LOVES and understands the history of where the Dallas Stars came from- MINNESOTA and his criticism is not warranted. We think it would be more fitting for the Minnesota Wild to don the uniforms of the St. Paul Athletic Club- the first professional Minnesota hockey team from the early 1900's. Even though it would bring about sharp criticism from nearly everyone in every corner of Minnesota- the idea of seeing an NHL game played on actual Minnesota frozen tundra, with a N-Stars uniform worn by the Dallas Stars? I have mixed emotions about this but am leaning more to "yes." Why you may ask- it would be completely a tribute to the game and history of hockey in Minnesota- one in which the North Stars were a huge part of for 26 seasons, and sadly where the team moved to after 1992. Plus it would be a huge marketing bonus for the NHL to bring back the North Stars uniforms as I for one would definitely would be looking to purchase as many game worn Dallas/N-Stars jerseys as I could get my hands on.
So for history's sake- Cole's idea is brilliant! Get it done NHL- we are the State-of-Hockey and deserve to have it showcased
