I know it seems crazy, but some college hockey teams are going to be playing this weekend. Granted, it's mostly exhibition games against their inferior, non-union, north of the border counterparts, but at least it's something. Here's a listing of the games.
Friday
Alaska takes on the NTDP U18 team in Anchorage. I guess they really wanted to rub in the whole Alaska name change thing to their still-hypenated rivals. Minnesota State fans complained when the the Mavericks played a home game an hour and a half away. Imagine playing a home game 350 miles away like Alaska is doing on Friday. And just think of the stress it will put on their poor sled-dogs. That's a lot of extra mushing. Seriously though, I hope they bring the Governor's Cup along so they can remind Anchorageans what it looks like.
Saturday
The following night, Anchorage gets their shot at the NTDP team. Anchorage gets their chance to prove they deserved those two points they got in the USCHO poll. This is probably one of the NTDP's better chances at knocking off a Division 1 team this year, besides Michigan State, but that's a given.
Denver takes on Calgary in Denver. Calgary's nickname is the Dinos. At first I thought they were named after a Greek guy, but it turns out it's actually short for Dinosaurs. I can't think of any other dinosaur nicknamed teams other than the Toronto Raptors. It must be a Canadian thing. I suppose there's nothing that intimidating about something that died out millions of years ago due to climate change.
Northern Michigan will play the Toronto Varsity Blues. Their mascot is "True Blue," which is quite clever. While most schools choose some sort of person or thing as their mascot, Toronto has chosen to go with an adjective. How abstract. Looking at their website, Toronto doesn't appear to have a team yet. They should probably get one before Saturday.
Sunday
Colorado College will play Calgary. I already used up my Calgary material, so let's move on.
North Dakota will take on Manitoba. This game could go one of two ways. Either both teams will look at their locales and realize "Hey, we're not so different, you and I" and skate off hand in hand like the end of that one Simpson's episode, or North Dakota will mistake Manitoba's bison logo for rival North Dakota State and the Red River will run red with blood.
Ferris State is supposed to take on Western Ontario. Again, it looks like another 50/50 proposition. Either UWO Morley Safer does an investigative report, causing Ferris State's home rink to be condemned, and thus cancelling the game, or Ferris State, enraged over the way Safer, to quote President Lyndon B. Johnson, "shat on the American flag", with his reporting on Vietnam, beat the Mustangs to a bloody pulp.
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Maybe it's because I'm still groggy since I just woke up from a nap, but that post was funny stuff.
I really shouldn't say that because it perpetuates the myth that you are a funny guy. :p
I think the second choice is good UND will give it to the Bision.
First you are a piece of crap for taking low blows on UAA about the cup!!! Secondly how many of the governor's cup games have you seen??? in the past years have you watched how cheap the stupid nanooks play by going goalie hunting and how UAA has been fed up with the fact that the CCHA refs just suck??? Well until you gets some balls leave the cup out of an exhibition that was probably done 350 miles away from fairbanks because the US team refused to go to that God forsaken place, which it is if you have been there. Also because they made a trip more worth while by playing two teams, without having to fly the night after a game of the day of the game. Now I am just going to go rip the head off a stuffed nanook and vent my anger at your imcompetence, normally i like this website but now, well i am going to vent my anger at incompetent people who try to make jokes about a state and rivalry they have probably never experienced. Especially since the UAA team is much improved this year, nine very good freshman that I heard a senior captain raving about today, now they are freshman but things are looking up for the seawolves and they will destroy UAF this year, and what is up with cracking all the jokes about UAA. You couldn't even try to make something about the Nanooks changing their name to Alaska, well just so you know UAF can get the F out if they want to.
LOL @ fired up UAA fans. Beware their wrath! Don't be mad at Chris though ...he has his crosses to bear ... he will get to watch a lot of hockey down there in Minnesota this season. Unfortunately for him, most of it will be Mankato St. Isn't that punishment enough?
Chris,
The preferred use would be "Anchoragites" though Squarebanksans would mostly use "Los Anchorage" due to their rural mindset. Sorta like how Mankatoans get all wide-eyed when they go to St. Paul.
Bitter, party of one.
Perhaps if you read all of Chris' blog and not just one post, you would realize that he does crack jokes about every team, his included, because he actually has a sense of humor. You should look into getting one for yourself.
I don't know how ...
" Seriously though, I hope they bring the Governor's Cup along so they can remind Anchorageans what it looks like"
or
"This is probably one of the NTDP's better chances at knocking off a Division 1 team this year"
... actually qualifies as humor.
And on Monday he picked UAA out of a CROWD of "undeserving" teams to use as an example of the silliness of polls.
I've read pretty much every post Chris has made here. Shall I go back and find the other unflattering "jokes" about UAA or is 3 cheap shots in a week enough to establish a pattern? So lets not pretend that any of those three comments were "jokes". They were "digs" no doubt. And I especially don't have anything against a good "dig". But lets not pretend they were something else, eh?
Another agery uaa fan. The cracks on UAA are getting old UAF just changed there name so us Anchoragites would stop calling it the University of alaska fuck ups. UAA still hold the all time winning percentage over Fairbanks and we will show that dominance once agian this year and crush the damn nanooks. so now there is bitter party of two
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