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Dave Preuss dies at 56. Big athletic player out of St. Thomas Academy that had a solid freshman year then had a freak locker room accident and didn’t play much (if any, don’t remember for sure) after that. https://www.startribune.com/david-preuss-former-gophers-hockey-player-dies-at-56/571300682/ 
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Iceburg wrote:
Dave Preuss dies at 56. Big athletic player out of St. Thomas Academy that had a solid freshman year then had a freak locker room accident and didn’t play much (if any, don’t remember for sure) after that.https://www.startribune.com/david-preuss-former-gophers-hockey-player-dies-at-56/571300682/
Dave Preuss played 81 games in parts of three seasons.
The kind of player every Gopher team must have. Big, physical, tough and never afraid of getting his nose dirty.
:club: A real warrior, a Stones fan. RIP.
https://gopherhockeyhistory.com/players/playerDetail.asp?plID=846 https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/twincities/obituary.aspx?n=david-conrad-preuss&pid=196308755 
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Noel Jenke passes away at age 73. Played hockey, baseball and football for the Gophers and was drafted in all three sports. Native of Owatonna. Baseball career topped out at AAA. Played four years in the NFL as a linebacker, including one year for the Vikings. https://gophersports.com/news/2020/7/25/athletics-minnesota-remembers-gopher-great-noel-jenke.aspx 
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Dean Blais and Jenny Potter among this year’s U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class. https://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/news_article/show/1122570 frozen4champs
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Good Vanek interview. [media]https://twitter.com/GopherHockey/status/1334557482132320257 [/media] Iceburg
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davescharf wrote:
For those who subscribe to The Athletic there is a fantastic article on Justin Holl. The story of how he’s made it to a Top 4 D role with the Leafs is an excellent read
Great story. Here is a link.
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Sad news about a former UMD player and member of the ’80 USA Olympic team.. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2021/03/05_UMD,-Olympic-Hero-Pavelich.php Kelor
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Reusse did an article on Pavelich today.
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Really sad news from Bulldog Country. Tom Kurvers was a fantastic college player. 
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[media]https://twitter.com/JTBrown23/status/1407022124376674309 [/media] 
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frozen4champs wrote:
[media]https://twitter.com/JTBrown23/status/1407022124376674309 [/media]
A good gig if you can get it! Good for JT
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Greyeagle wrote:
Really sad news from Bulldog Country. Tom Kurvers was a fantastic college player. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/hockey/7083458-Kurvers-remembered-by-Bulldogs-as-great-hockey-player-but-even-better-person maddie
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bearpaw28 wrote:
Greyeagle wrote:
Really sad news from Bulldog Country. Tom Kurvers was a fantastic college player. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/hockey/7083458-Kurvers-remembered-by-Bulldogs-as-great-hockey-player-but-even-better-person
terrific article….thanks for sharing
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Steve Ulseth and Winny Brodt (Brown) among ten former athletes inducted into the 
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Slap Shot wrote:
https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1416036226356981760?s=20
Names? One looks like Eric Staal in the back row?
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streakygopher wrote:
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https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1416036226356981760?s=20
Names? One looks like Eric Staal in the back row?
Nathan Horton, Eric Staal, Andrei Kostitsyn, Marc-Andre Fleury, Milan Michalek, Parise, Suter, Vanek, Dustin Brown
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https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1416036226356981760?s=20
Names? One looks like Eric Staal in the back row?
The UND and UM sweaters didn’t give at least 2 away?
:mrgreen: Steve MN
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Slap Shot wrote:
https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1416036226356981760?s=20
Names? One looks like Eric Staal in the back row?
The UND and UM sweaters didn’t give at least 2 away?
:mrgreen:
And that USA sweater in between them is pretty recognizable too
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I remember how long it felt between ’89 and ’02 and to think the program is on a similar stretch now? Never thought it would happen again after B2B. https://www.miningjournal.net/sports/local-sports/2021/07/a-season-to-remember-former-gophers-potulny-lucia-reflect-on-2002-national-title/?fbclid=IwAR1PJroKfsxLtn8dEqYuF64m7bo4SAc-UA8sSREUnJPErLPysZA5ogsO1Xc ” class=”bbcode_url”> https://www.miningjournal.net/sports/local-sports/2021/07/a-season-to-remember-former-gophers-potulny-lucia-reflect-on-2002-national-title/?fbclid=IwAR1PJroKfsxLtn8dEqYuF64m7bo4SAc-UA8sSREUnJPErLPysZA5ogsO1Xc A season to remember: Former Gophers Potulny, Lucia reflect on 2002 national titleQuote:Not everybody was in favor of us recruiting non-Minnesotans and I remember getting a note from an alumni that heading into the NCAA Tournament that we were one player away from winning a national title and that’s kind of insinuating that we had a non-Minnesotan on it, so we shouldn’t,” he said. “So we were always going to have that and lo and behold, we ended up winning it all and Grant was the (NCAA Tournament) MVP.
Although the unnamed alumni offered a later mea culpa, and even though tDon lost some steam towards the end of his tenure, I’ve felt like former players have been as big of a detriment to the program as anything. Hopefully Bob can get it done within the next few years.
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bearpaw28 wrote:
https://twitter.com/gopherhockey/status/1416189590973595648?s=10
The Isles are in a salary cap crunch and Leddy drew the short straw and was sent to the wasteland of Detroit. Luckily for him, he only has 1 more year on his deal.
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The Isles are in a salary cap crunch and Leddy drew the short straw and was sent to the wasteland of Detroit. Luckily for him, he only has 1 more year on his deal.
With Steve Y in charge now In Detroit he will likely turn their fortunes around eventually…but it won’t happen overnight.
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I hesitate to post this because, well, the outcome. But here’s a full game from 02 if anyone is interested: 
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Draft tonight… totally forgot about the 2006 Draft. Quote:DYK — The ‘U’ had four First Round selections in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft — three of the first seven picks and four of the first 20 picks were #Gophers. #TBT
1st – E. Johnson
5th – P. Kessel
7th – K. Okposo
20th – D. Fischer
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gator wrote:
Draft tonight… totally forgot about the 2006 Draft.Quote:DYK — The ‘U’ had four First Round selections in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft — three of the first seven picks and four of the first 20 picks were #Gophers. #TBT
1st – E. Johnson
5th – P. Kessel
7th – K. Okposo
20th – D. Fischer
Proof enough that having a ton of high draft picks guarantees nothing.
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Slap Shot wrote:
Proof enough that having a ton of high draft picks guarantees nothing.
Agree… Not trying to sound like sour grapes. Though it’s real hard to listen while watching a Michigan game on the BIG. The BIG announcers lovefest for Michigan and all their NHL prospects is sickening. They make John Madden and his lovefest for QBs tame.
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This is kind of cool. Former Gopher Jim Boo https://twitter.com/zephyrsboyspuck/status/1435622017592664072?s=21 Cardinal
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Youth Hockey Hub interview with Jake Taylor Vegoe
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Well — a sure sign that I’m starting to get old when I get excited about seeing former players have kids who are starting to make certain teams. https://twitter.com/StillyBantamAA/status/1444852187897778178 Iceburg
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Well — a sure sign that I’m starting to get old when I get excited about seeing former players have kids who are starting to make certain teams.https://twitter.com/StillyBantamAA/status/1444852187897778178
Vanek seems to be a for sure, anyone know if the Dustin and Kohn are also?
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Billy Kohn was really active in the Highland association several years ago (when his son first stated mites) and he was a tremendous asset to the assocaiton and a really good guy. Assumed he has since moved to Stillwater. There was a Geisbauer who played for SCSU around the same time (IIRC) Kohn played at MN.
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Billy Kohn was really active in the Highland association several years ago (when his son first stated mites) and he was a tremendous asset to the assocaiton and a really good guy. Assumed he has since moved to Stillwater.There was a Geisbauer who played for SCSU around the same time (IIRC) Kohn played at MN.
Kohn was one of the players who worked as an instructor with Diane Ness in Highland. He did some one-on-one training with some future gophers for sure, including Mike Carmen for example. Very good instructor and pleasant guy.
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Iceburg wrote:
Vegoe wrote:
Well — a sure sign that I’m starting to get old when I get excited about seeing former players have kids who are starting to make certain teams.https://twitter.com/StillyBantamAA/status/1444852187897778178
Vanek seems to be a for sure, anyone know if the Dustin and Kohn are also?
Yes to both Dustin and Kohn. Dustin has a kid on the high school team as well. Also, yes that’s the Geisbauer that played at St Cloud
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Gopher Fan 26 wrote:
https://twitter.com/russohockey/status/1445451318911401987?s=21
It might be just me but I wouldn’t want to continue to be in my Dad’s shadow. Clearly Rem has made his own name for himself, let’s not compare him to your lackluster coverage 25-30 years ago…
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Gopher Fan 26 wrote:
https://twitter.com/russohockey/status/1445451318911401987?s=21
It might be just me but I wouldn’t want to continue to be in my Dad’s shadow. Clearly Rem has made his own name for himself, let’s not compare him to your lackluster coverage 25-30 years ago…
Joe Schmit called Rem “Lance” on the sports today.
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I put this in the NHL thread but I suppose it makes more sense here. Cool to see Ranta make a good impression and be rewarded for it. https://twitter.com/mikechambers/status/1446548640848179200?s=21 5 O.T.
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No Gopher hockey player, past or present played with more heart than Don Micheletti. :club: :club: :club:
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