Word: gopher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think Minnesota took us for granted a little bit." Roth said yesterday. "The WCHA [Western College Hockey Association] isn't head-and-shoulders above us, as Gopher coach Herb Brooks said: Our problem was we were satisfied to make the ECACs and the Nationals, but we weren't hungry enough to win the championship...
Harvard will have a look at into of the West All-Americans tonight when it faces Minnesota in the NCAA tournament. Gopher defenseman Les Auge and forward Mike Polich grabbed spots on the all-star squad...
...March 19, 1971. A rocking crowd in the Onondaga County War Memorial jumps to its feet as the Crimson's Cooch Owen with mercurial strides outraces the Minnesota defense to a loose puck along the boards. Owen shoots and beats Golden Gopher goalie Dennis Erickson. Midway through the third period of the NCAA championship semifinals, Harvard leads...
...mist-shrouded clock shows a mere 9 seconds remaining in the Minnesota penalty, suddenly, visions of a ghostly gopher--freshman John Matchsky--appear. The puck comes out from behind the Crimson net, on to Matchsky's stick, and quickly disappears behind Harvard's netminder Bruce Curno to tie the game with just 11 seconds left...
...surprisingly, our cover story had its greatest impact in Minnesota. "We sold out better than four times the usual number of copies," said Roy Carlson of The Gopher News Co., "and we're still trying to get more." The Minnesota issue of TIME was in such short supply, in fact, that one barbershop chained its copy to the wall...