college hockey

It's no secret that I've always been a huge college hockey fan, particularly the MN Gophers. Well this weekend is a big college hockey weekend with the College Hockey Showcase which involves MN (#3), Michigan (#1), Michigan State (NR) and Wisconsin (#2). It's actually not about national rankings but WCHA vs CCHA. So, tonight MI plays at MN and State plays at WI. Tomorrow MI and State switch. So I checked on tickets for the game tonight and our tickets were taken (I'm going tomorrow though, rah!). No worries, cause it's on TV, right? Well, checking into it and the game is on TV... BUT it's on a premium station called CSTV or College Sports TV. Long story short, I called Comcast and now have the sports package. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to watch the Gophs. Hopefully they win tonight and have a chance to win tomorrow and possibly be ranked #1 after the weekend.

On a different note, I found out today that RJ Anderson and Blake Wheeler have signed letters of intent to play for MN. I saw both these guys play in the state high school hockey tournament last year and let me tell you what. These guys are FANTASTIC. If they live up to their potential AND stick around for 4 years, the Gophs are looking at least 4 more years of highly competitive hockey!