Best Tournament and Trophy
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Best Tournament and Trophy
Now that the year is wrapping up, let's take a quick survey: Who hosts the best tournament and more importantly, who has the best trophy?
My vote is for White Bear Lake. Not only do they host a good weekend, complete with team hot dog eating contest and full video production of the games (available on DVD for only 10 bucks), but everyone knows they have the best trophy in the metro - The Bear.
If you don't have one, we all know you secretly cry at night because you don't. Long live the Moose Goheen Tournament series!
Additionally, they have this guy......
who is right out of the movie "Slapshot" (except he's a good player). My kids have played against his teams for many years and I have yet to see him playing the game without a big ol' "I love hockey" grin on his face. Any association who can imprint the perm-a-grin like that knows how to do hockey.
Close runners up include Anoka with the Tornado Trophy - pretty darn cool, the Brooklyn Park with the Pirate (sorry mates, even the Pirate can't out do the Bear).
The challenge - if you are in an association that has some lame, off-the-shelf plastic POS trophy, get on the ball. Take the bull by the horns! Lobby the coordinators to get some serious booty for awards. Get your association to buy trophies that teams talk about and travel days to contend for. Start a hot dog eating contest. Make it as fun as the game.
Keep shooting the puck as long as you can breathe....
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,
Patchy
My vote is for White Bear Lake. Not only do they host a good weekend, complete with team hot dog eating contest and full video production of the games (available on DVD for only 10 bucks), but everyone knows they have the best trophy in the metro - The Bear.
If you don't have one, we all know you secretly cry at night because you don't. Long live the Moose Goheen Tournament series!
Additionally, they have this guy......
who is right out of the movie "Slapshot" (except he's a good player). My kids have played against his teams for many years and I have yet to see him playing the game without a big ol' "I love hockey" grin on his face. Any association who can imprint the perm-a-grin like that knows how to do hockey.
Close runners up include Anoka with the Tornado Trophy - pretty darn cool, the Brooklyn Park with the Pirate (sorry mates, even the Pirate can't out do the Bear).
The challenge - if you are in an association that has some lame, off-the-shelf plastic POS trophy, get on the ball. Take the bull by the horns! Lobby the coordinators to get some serious booty for awards. Get your association to buy trophies that teams talk about and travel days to contend for. Start a hot dog eating contest. Make it as fun as the game.
Keep shooting the puck as long as you can breathe....
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,
Patchy
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not "on" minnetonka. from minnetonka.
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Re: WBL dude
you should have seen napoleon during the state championship. he was lightin' lakeville kids up left and right.blueblood wrote:It's Napoleon Dynamite on skates!
If this kid has a grin on his face all the time as you say he does, he's one of a few who get the big picture of sports by having fun playing a game you love, no matter what level you're playing.
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Its because the first place teams medals are gold, second place silver, and third place bronze. We had people say the same thing when we won State in 07. Had to explain to them why it didnt say champions.GingerKid69 wrote:State championship game,
The medals they gave both teams was the state of MN outline with the word "Hockey" in the middle with 2009 at the bottom.
The state winner medals just said Sate at the bottom with the 2009, didnt even say "Champions" or anything else like that, cheaply funny