Our fourth favorite team lost the gold medal game on Thursday but yesterday our top three all won significant games.
In the order in which they occurred, Class A state high school tournament championship game:
Warroad 3
Breck 1
The Gopher women played the longest game in the history of the program with the winning goal scored at 1:16 of the third overtime (101 minutes and 16 seconds of hockey):
Minnesota 4
Minnesota State-Mankato 3
And in the evening finale, the Class AA state high school tournament championship game:
Roseville 4
Edina 0
Fairly obviously, I suppose, the high school season is over but the Gophers move on to next week's conference Final Four Faceoff. There is still some hockey in our plans.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Another video
I found this one in an on-line discussion of the Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
As recommended this evening on CNBC
More curling rock, this time of a slightly heavier metal nature, this time featuring the Swedish women's team and the Swedish power metal band, Hammerfall.
It seems worth noting that the scoreboard visible in the video shows that the Swedish women are posting 8 enders in every one of the first eight ends. That would make 64-0 with two ends remaining but Hammerfall would, of course, have the hammer.
Near the end of the video Hammerfall, playing the black (??) rocks, attempts the desperation face down final rock and draws successfully to the button to apparently avoid yet another 8 ender. Team Sweden follows with a bump out and stay to score a final 8. Team Sweden then takes over and performs as the band.
I love Sweden.
Are we having fun yet?
It seems worth noting that the scoreboard visible in the video shows that the Swedish women are posting 8 enders in every one of the first eight ends. That would make 64-0 with two ends remaining but Hammerfall would, of course, have the hammer.
Near the end of the video Hammerfall, playing the black (??) rocks, attempts the desperation face down final rock and draws successfully to the button to apparently avoid yet another 8 ender. Team Sweden follows with a bump out and stay to score a final 8. Team Sweden then takes over and performs as the band.
I love Sweden.
Are we having fun yet?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
More curling
Lyrics to "Tournament of Hearts" by the Weakerthans (yesterday's video):
(copyright The Weakerthans)
Now the lounge is full of farmers
For the 7:30 draw
Teammates all left before they had to buy a round
When they pull the 50/50
And I've lost again I'll go
Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road
All the championship banners
Going yellow on the wall
And my name when it gets closer to last call
So Elvira brings my bottle
Hold it up and let it bend
Figures of two rinks battling an extra end
And I'm peeling off the label
As they peel a corner guard
Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard"
And my popcorn squeaks with the question
Wonders why I'm not at home
Where you wait beside a silent telephone
Doodle circles within circles all alone
Have to stop myself from climbing
On the table full of empties to yell:
"Why?"
"Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
I slide right through the days
I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
Right off, no never ever never ever
Now the senior bonspiel winners
Circa 1963
Are all staring, glaring disapprovingly
From their frame in that old photograph at me
And I know you're out there waiting
For an answer I can't give you so tell me,
"Why?
"Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop when I want to stay?"
We roll right through our years
We drift right through our months
We slide right through our days
I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off
Songwriters: Stephen Carroll, John Samson, Greg Smith, and Jason Tait.
The Weakerthans are an award-winning four-piece (and sometimes six-piece) Canadian indie rock band that blends punk rock with folk rock. The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
For assistance with the curling references here is a link to the Wikipedia Glossary of Curling.
(copyright The Weakerthans)
Now the lounge is full of farmers
For the 7:30 draw
Teammates all left before they had to buy a round
When they pull the 50/50
And I've lost again I'll go
Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road
All the championship banners
Going yellow on the wall
And my name when it gets closer to last call
So Elvira brings my bottle
Hold it up and let it bend
Figures of two rinks battling an extra end
And I'm peeling off the label
As they peel a corner guard
Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard"
And my popcorn squeaks with the question
Wonders why I'm not at home
Where you wait beside a silent telephone
Doodle circles within circles all alone
Have to stop myself from climbing
On the table full of empties to yell:
"Why?"
"Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
I slide right through the days
I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
Right off, no never ever never ever
Now the senior bonspiel winners
Circa 1963
Are all staring, glaring disapprovingly
From their frame in that old photograph at me
And I know you're out there waiting
For an answer I can't give you so tell me,
"Why?
"Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop when I want to stay?"
We roll right through our years
We drift right through our months
We slide right through our days
I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off
Songwriters: Stephen Carroll, John Samson, Greg Smith, and Jason Tait.
The Weakerthans are an award-winning four-piece (and sometimes six-piece) Canadian indie rock band that blends punk rock with folk rock. The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
For assistance with the curling references here is a link to the Wikipedia Glossary of Curling.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I'm always throwing hack weight
I was just sitting here watching the Winter Olympics when Wireless called to be sure that I was aware that she had sent me Ten Great Songs About Curling.
This is number 8, my favorite. You might want to give it a listen as a break from "peeling a corner guard."
By the way, for those who might not know, the post title (a line from the song) is a curler's lament, something you might say after being part of "two rinks battling an extra end", and after spending an evening "danc(ing) down the sheet to the tune of 'Hurry! Hurry Hard!'"
This is number 8, my favorite. You might want to give it a listen as a break from "peeling a corner guard."
By the way, for those who might not know, the post title (a line from the song) is a curler's lament, something you might say after being part of "two rinks battling an extra end", and after spending an evening "danc(ing) down the sheet to the tune of 'Hurry! Hurry Hard!'"
Friday, February 12, 2010
Probably no further explanation required
And I don't intend to provide any.
Except to say it is good to be home.
There's no place like home.
Except to say it is good to be home.There's no place like home.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Boca Grande
The rain blew through here and behind it is the cool, clear high pressure system. It wasn't warm today for Florida but it still felt pretty OK to me. The flow led to Gasparilla Island and the tiny town of Boca Grande.
This is the always popular Banyan Street.
Banyan trees and only banyan trees on both sides of the street for an entire block.
This is the actual ocean (not the Charlotte Harbor) as viewed from a street end in Boca Grande.
I admit that there are probably purists who would insist that it is only the Gulf of Mexico. It looks like the ocean to me.
We ventured down to the end of the island to the state park. This is the Gasparilla Island light house.
And this is the Rear Range light.
Apparently this one is not really a light house because that other thing is the light house. It looks like a light house to me but I live about as far from the ocean as a human being can live and still live on this planet. I am going to go ahead and accept that it is the rear range light.
This is the always popular Banyan Street.
Banyan trees and only banyan trees on both sides of the street for an entire block.This is the actual ocean (not the Charlotte Harbor) as viewed from a street end in Boca Grande.
I admit that there are probably purists who would insist that it is only the Gulf of Mexico. It looks like the ocean to me.We ventured down to the end of the island to the state park. This is the Gasparilla Island light house.
And this is the Rear Range light.
Apparently this one is not really a light house because that other thing is the light house. It looks like a light house to me but I live about as far from the ocean as a human being can live and still live on this planet. I am going to go ahead and accept that it is the rear range light.
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