Since the 1930's, Minnesotans spell "chicken" G-O-P-H-E-R-S.
From St. Cloud Times
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As the weather turned cold and December unfolded, the buzz around St. Cloud turned to hockey. The first mention of St. Cloud Teachers College that season appeared Dec. 13, 1933, in the St. Cloud Daily Times and Daily Journal-Press. The story detailed the 18 players on the team, including “Frank Brimsek of Eveleth, one of the best amateur goalies on the Mesabi Range in recent years.”
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The first game was on Monday, Jan. 8, 1934, when Andolsek enticed the University of Manitoba to stop in St. Cloud en route home after two games at the University of Minnesota. Reports suggested Manitoba was the best college team of the era, possibly because of a pair of wins over the Gophers, 3-2 in double-overtime and 4-0, on Friday and Saturday.
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On Monday afternoon, despite almost no practice because of the holiday break, Brimsek made 16 saves and the Peds won 3-2. As if the upset wasn’t enough, the team prevailed despite having just one spare player — and he didn’t play because of illness.
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Brimsek allowed one goal 13½ minutes in. The same player, “Jackson” (first names were often omitted in the journalism of the era), beat Brimsek with a shot in the second period, but the Peds rallied to win in overtime.
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“That game got a lot of attention, and the scouts began to hear more and more about (Brimsek),” Vandell said. “There would’ve been more. We challenged the Gophers to play us. They wouldn’t do it.”
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From DU's Hockey History
The Denver Way vs. the NCAA Way (1974-1978)
By the mid 1970s, there was an ongoing debate in college hockey regarding the status of Canadian Junior A players, who were increasingly seen as professionals by the NCAA. Denver, whose 20 years of previous hockey success was predicated on these Canadian junior players, was a flag bearer for schools with no native talent pools. But some coaches, such as Minnesota hockey godfather John Mariucci, did not want their own players — just out of local high schools — to be playing against Canadians in their mid-20s. As a result of this feud, the WCHA had fractured and Denver and Minnesota would not play each other in league play throughout the entire 1960s into the early 1970s.
From DU's Hockey History
The Denver Way vs. the NCAA Way (1974-1978)
By the mid 1970s, there was an ongoing debate in college hockey regarding the status of Canadian Junior A players, who were increasingly seen as professionals by the NCAA. Denver, whose 20 years of previous hockey success was predicated on these Canadian junior players, was a flag bearer for schools with no native talent pools. But some coaches, such as Minnesota hockey godfather John Mariucci, did not want their own players — just out of local high schools — to be playing against Canadians in their mid-20s. As a result of this feud, the WCHA had fractured and Denver and Minnesota would not play each other in league play throughout the entire 1960s into the early 1970s.
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2005 Dodge (no pun intended) Holiday Classic
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Minnesota, Canisius, Union & UMASS-Lowell
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