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per Joe:
The Gophers open Big Ten hockey play this weekend, and if those words still make the fan base yawn or cringe, the conference hopes this season will change that.
The Big Ten is a new-look league, with a new team (Notre Dame), three new coaches, a new schedule and a new playoff format.
Will there be a new champion? Minnesota has won the first four conference titles. And, win or lose, will Gophers fans ever embrace the Big Ten?
Gophers coach Don Lucia certainly says it’s time, heading into Friday night’s game against fast-rising Penn State at the newly renamed 3M Arena at Mariucci.
“When you look at the games we’ve had, I mean, sometimes you can just complain to complain,” Lucia said. “I can go back and say the way things were on the Iron Range in the ’70s vs. the way they are now — it’s a little different, but it’s the way things are.”
http://m.startribune.com/will-tough...the-big-ten/450662743/?section=sports/gophers
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers open Big Ten hockey play this weekend, and if those words still make the fan base yawn or cringe, the conference hopes this season will change that.
The Big Ten is a new-look league, with a new team (Notre Dame), three new coaches, a new schedule and a new playoff format.
Will there be a new champion? Minnesota has won the first four conference titles. And, win or lose, will Gophers fans ever embrace the Big Ten?
Gophers coach Don Lucia certainly says it’s time, heading into Friday night’s game against fast-rising Penn State at the newly renamed 3M Arena at Mariucci.
“When you look at the games we’ve had, I mean, sometimes you can just complain to complain,” Lucia said. “I can go back and say the way things were on the Iron Range in the ’70s vs. the way they are now — it’s a little different, but it’s the way things are.”
http://m.startribune.com/will-tough...the-big-ten/450662743/?section=sports/gophers
Go Gophers!!