Hockey Day Minnesota: how are you celebrating?
I bet you didn’t know that today is Hockey Day Minnesota! Neither did I, which is fitting since every day in our household is hockey day. Ha! Our own personal observation includes volunteering (”no” wasn’t an option) at the Mite clinics at our home rink, off to watch grandpa and Coaches Josh and Mark skate in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships, then miss grandpa skate in the great Gopher v. Badger alumni game (pond hockey version) for our son’s own game against the “evil” empire of Wayzata (Hopkins= Luke Skywalker and Wayzata = Darth Vader).
If we didn’t have hockey to watch in person or actually play, we could sit on the couch all day and watch 11 consecutive hours of hockey, highlighting the game from peewees to the pros. Three games at three different levels: St. Paul Johnson high school at Lake of the Woods high school at 1:00 PM, Denver University at the University of Minnesota at 5:30 PM and the Dallas Stars at the Minnesota Wild at 8:00 PM will highlight the day. Why they aren’t highlighting the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships is beyond me, but maybe they will do highlights from Lake Nokomis.
Hat tip to Chad the Elder of Fraters Libertas who appears to be planning to play and watch hockey today.
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