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One more hockey post. If you have 19 minutes this is hilarious. Especially if you ever spent time as a youth hockey parent like I did for over a decade.
The four words that get any youth hockey parent more excited than anything: OUT OF TOWN TOURNAMENT
Hockey Parent Hall of Fame : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI4iNJJWg7A
(Oz, this adventure happened in Grand Rapids)
Pretty entertaining Boys Hockey AA Championship game last night. Single A not so much. The high school league is going to have to figure out what to do with Gentry Academy or they will rout their way to the championship in that class annually.
Given all the changes this year, one classic remains: the 2021 Minnesota All Hockey Hair Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEWpRjhtHko
Despite their 2021 recruiting class, the Toms are going to need to start bringing in better-than-MIAC talent if their dreams have a chance at panning out.
The game itself may be good for recruiting at a D3 level, but if you're a D1 recruit, does a rivalry game with a D3 team really sweeten the deal? That's like a Gustavus recruiter telling recruits that "we have a great rivalry with St. Peter HS".
St. Cloud Orthopedics Thursday Feature: SJU Football Focuses on Getting Ready for Fall
While Fasching said there remains the possibility of scheduling a scrimmage with another team, the Johnnies intend to continue with a spring practice schedule building up to an intra-squad spring game May 1 or 2 at Clemens Stadium.
The Johnnies have already set their fall 2021 schedule, which is listed below (and linked above):
Sept. 4 vs. Aurora
Sept. 18 vs. Martin Luther
Sept. 25 vs. Bethel
Oct. 2 at Concordia
Oct. 9 vs. Augsburg (Homecoming)
Oct. 16 vs. St. Olaf (Family Weekend)
Oct. 23 at Gustavus Adolphus
Oct. 30 vs. St. Scholastica
Nov. 6 at Carleton
Nov. 13 at MIAC Championship Week
Fasching said many factors went into the decision not to play games this spring. They included the fact that a number of Saint John's players are involved in spring sports, or are seniors who are taking this semester off in order to take advantage of an NCAA ruling allowing them an extra season of eligibility next fall.
In all, he said his team is without around 40 players, including three of four projected starters on the defensive line.
He said six transfers joined the team at the semester break, including former Minnetonka (Minn.) High School quarterback Aaron Syverson, a transfer from Colorado State, and wide receiver Jimmy Buck, an Orono (Minn.) High School graduate who spent the last two seasons at Minnesota. They join several transfers who joined the team prior to the start of this school year, including former local prep standouts in running back Devin Vouk (Sartell-St. Stephen High School) and wide receiver Darian Washington (St. Cloud Apollo), who both transferred from Division II St. Cloud State when the decision was made to eliminate the football program there in late 2019.
The team also brought in 73 freshmen last fall, and the expectation is that this year's freshmen class could number around 50. Then there are a number of seniors who will be back for an extra year of eligibility.
anybody have the password for tonight
As for the vaccine talk I get my second shot this week! I'm still taking several of the same precautions, but I have noticed my anxiety towards the virus decrease. I wasn't just keeping safe at times. I was focused on keeping crazy. I would spray Lysol on the mail and wear a mask at times when it wasn't close to being required. I am not telling anyone to get vaccinated or not. That is a personal decision. I have heard several arguments on both sides that are quite laughable. I am a skeptic towards science and medicine, but I also pay attention to data. It took a lot of persuasion for me to choose to be vaccinated. What convinced me was friends in medicine I trust reassuring me it was safe and a sermon about the vaccine providing hope. One of the big reasons to get vaccinated was not for my health, but for those around me who could not get vaccinated due to prior health issues.
Im not fussed about a lack of spring games. Roll in fall. Let’s just get back into it.
Does anyone know if normal classrooms have returned for this semester or are they still doing the one class at a time routine?
CSB/SJU made a commitment to do the one class at a time block schedule for both Fall and Spring semesters this year. They also eliminated Spring Break as well during Spring Semester. It was supposed to make contact tracing easier if there was a Covid outbreak and make it easier if students had to leave campus again. CSB/SJU have already stated that the plan will be back to the normal class schedule in the Fall of 2021.
