Bob Collins
Mark Sertich, 95, of Duluth, still plays hockey several times a week against a bunch of kids — firefighters in their 50’s and 60’s. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Hockey
The online reaction to an otherwise sweet moment is quite the barometer for the divisions in America.
A typical response has been “would Americans do this?”
Maybe it was just a nice moment and leave it at that, America. Read more →
Shannon Miller, who is openly gay, said her dismissal was discrimination at the the university was wrong to characterize it as a financial decision. But in court documents, the university says portraying the termination as financially motivated was Miller’s idea. Read more →
Hockey is pretty big in Grand Forks. But not for women. Not anymore, apparently. Read more →
The Canadian Press reports the organization that governs amateur hockey in Canada is mandating that little kids use smaller rinks.
The organization says it will lead to more skilled players if five- and six-year-olds learn the game on half-rink ice sheets. Read more →
I had vowed this year that I would not succumb to the allure of the Minnesota State High School Tournament hockey-hair team that John King puts together every year.
Like the Macarena, as soon as the media became obsessed with the thing, it was past time to move on.
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Life is good — so far — at the venerable Minnesota high school hockey tournament. The private schools are getting knocked off — should’ve spent less time working on the hair, perhaps — and the Moorhead Spuds — the greatest team name in all of sports — are moving on. Read more →
Where on earth would high school kids playing hockey learn that brawling on the ice is acceptable behavior for youth sports?
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The country had been reeling since Vietnam, inflation was killing paychecks, and nuclear war with the Soviet Union seemed inevitable. Read more →
The boy’s varsity and junior varsity hockey team — the entire teams — have been suspended for a week, Forum Communications reports, but privacy laws are preventing officials from saying what’s going on.
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The Morris/Benson boy’s hockey team lost last Saturday’s season-opening game to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato 12-to-0. Sounds bad, until you hear about the Morris/Benson goalie’s Herculean effort. Read more →
Oh, Minnesota. What has happened to you?
The era of outdoor hockey may be ebbing, if a report from KSTP has a ring of truth. It may be the canary in a coal mine of sports. Read more →
What were you doing at age 15? We’re guessing you weren’t committing to attend a particular college.
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Your long nightmare is almost over, St. Cloud. It appears that you’ll be able to drink at St. Cloud State University hockey games.
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The girl’s hockey coach at Stillwater High School has resigned for mysterious reasons but as is usually the case, particular with schools, the privacy cone of silence has dropped over the situation. Read more →