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The Great NHL Scoring Debate Roars Forth And A Wild Update!

Marc Elliott

HHOF Welcomes Third Minnesotan!

Marc Elliott

Do NHL Nets Need To Be Enlarged To Aid Scoring? Here Is My Answer!

Early Season NHL Stats, Opinion and More!

Marc Elliott

Former Gopher Hoopster Takes His Leave

Marc Elliott

Early Season NHL Thoughts & Observations…

Marc Elliott

Is Joe Mauer The New Media Whipping Boy?

Marc Elliott

In this particular story, the headline and content aren’t too kind to the local hero. And of course, at this point in his career, Mauer’s immense contract is a frequent measuring tool as to what he should or shouldn’t be doing at this point

2015-2016 National Hockey League Predictions Are Right Here!

Marc Elliott

Baseball Legend Says Ciao’ And How Do You Feel About The New NHL 3 On 3 OT Rule?

Marc Elliott

What Is Happening To NHL Player Clean Off-Ice Image? Twins Watch: Playoff Hope In Trouble

Marc Elliott

NFL Teams Worth More Than Ever, Yet The League Still Pays No Federal Taxes…

Marc Elliott

NHL Hockey On The Doorstep, Twins Still In The Hunt And Crummy TV Advertising?

Marc Elliott

AT LEAST THE NHL PROSPECTS TOURNEY kicks off on Friday the 11th and will go through next Tuesday. I told the Fan Jr. that we are going to have to plan out a vacation around this event at some time in the near future.

A Hockey Legend Passes On, Another Gets A Rough Diagnosis And Much More….

Marc Elliott

In his Isles tenure he coached them to four consecutive Stanley Cup Championships. Of note is that Arbour is the last coach to coach a team in one of the four major sports to four straight titles.

Sports, Taxpayers And The Power Elite…

Marc Elliott

For some reason I keep thinking that someday, somewhere, a major municipality is going to tell one of these major league sport teams when they come begging for a new stadium or arena with hat in hand

Time Running Out On The Minnesota Twins And Rousey Versus Mayweather? No Contest…

Marc Elliott

Exasperating? Yeah. The Twins, in order to grab a hold of one of the two available wildcard playoff spots need to string together some wins. They haven’t done that since taking 9 of 12 games in early July.

Viking Mick Tinglehoff Goes Into Hall Of Fame!

Marc Elliott

I think of my childhood neighbors that played for the team and what good guys they were. I think of probably never missing a game whether it was on TV

Is Big Game “Trophy” Hunting Really A Sport?

Marc Elliott

Unless you live in a cave or have been involved in some sort of inter-galactic travel over the past couple of weeks, you have no doubt heard of the story of the hunting and killing of Zimbabwe’s beloved male Lion, “Cecil”.

Wild “Cookie”, Wild Salary Cap And The Minnesota Twins

Marc Elliott

Last Friday I was reading an article on Yahoo NHL and Cooke was included as one of the top ten most “loathsome” players in the league. Well, yeah, he has earned his spot on that list.

Western Conference Ripe For The Taking

Marc Elliott

So lets do a quick elimination of teams that I do not believe will get one of the available playoff positions for next years Stanley Cup tourney.

Funny Things Do Happen In Sports Sometimes

Marc Elliott

Just spent the weekend here and have studied some of the history of the Choctaw Nation and the Trail of Tears. This is a gut wrenching read but I would advise you to read it anyway.

Some Random Sports Thought, Starting With…

Marc Elliott

It turns out that the fan, Zack Hample, is actually a pro’s pro at homerun and foul ball retrieval, nabbing 30 homerun balls and at least 8,000 others during his time as a fan of the game.

Duby Situation Resolved With Wild

Marc Elliott

Don’t Be Surprised If The Minnesota Wild Don’t Sign Devan Dubnyk And Some NHL News Of Note!

Marc Elliott

There is little doubt that the Wild’s season was a sinking ship prior to Dubnyk’s arrival but I believe that he was partially helped out by playing for perhaps the best defensive club he has played on thus far in his National Hockey League career.

Chicago Blackhawks Win Stanley Cup! What An Awesome Tournament!

Marc Elliott

The Chicago Blackhawk’s have won the Stanley Cup tonight with a 2-0 shutout victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

New Triple Crown Champ! Stanley Cup! Dulce De Leche Ice Cream! Yeee Haaa!

Marc Elliott

I am tired, dead tired. I just realized that while looking for an online video showing the return of brand new Triple Crown Champion American Pharaoh to Churchill Downs at Louisville, his home track, that I just watched an eight and a half minute vid

Sports Odds And Ends, A Stanley Cup Tourney Review And Finals Prediction!

Marc Elliott

Have you ever been driving down the road with a Minnesota Twins game on the radio and then something exciting happens and you are going crazy in the car with arms and hands flailing around along with some hooting and hollering?

NHL Coaching Changes And Time To Change NCAA Hockey Tourney Format?

Marc Elliott

I imagine that a handful of people around both teams and individuals knew about this, but for the most part Flyers GM Ron Hextall and Hakstol were fairly stealth about the entire process.

Old Blues Man; Sometimes I Sits And Thinks, And Sometimes I Just Sits….

Marc Elliott

Being an old fart hockey fan, and having been in or around the game for a time, I still get a lot of my hockey fix and info from reading newspapers and from listening to the radio.

The Minnesota Wild Season That Was…. Wild, And A Stanely Cup Update!

Marc Elliott

Out! Defeated. Over. (or New York version, Ov-ah) Eliminated. Ousted. Gone. Done. Adios. Finito. Choose your own descriptive fans, the Minnesota Wild run in the Stanley Cup tournament is over with for the 2014-15 season.

Minnesota Wild Facing Major Challenge And The Passing Of An All Time Great

Marc Elliott

In G1 the Wild surrendered a 3-0 lead to the Hawks before they finally engaged and turned the game into a contest. The 4 days off before the game showed as the Wilds timing and just about everything was slightly off kilter.

Wild Oust St. Louis Blues

Marc Elliott

It’s Sunday April 16th, 1972. Five of my neighborhood homeboys and I are sitting in a packed Met Sports Center with 15,000 plus of our closest hockey friends. We are sitting in 2nd level seats, but we are right on the center ice red line.

The Stanley Cup Tourney Rages Forth!

Marc Elliott

The greatest hockey tourney on the planet is going full steam ahead and there have been some surprises thus far, but by and large the Stanley Cup tournament is going as about expected and that is to expect the unexpected

NHL Stanely Cup Tourney Kicks Off…. NOW!

Marc Elliott

EVELETH…. By the time you open this edition of your World Wide Duluth Reader Weekly, the best hockey tourney of all will have a few games under it’s belt.

One Of The Best Hockey Weeks Of The Year Is Upon Us And Other Random Thought…

Marc Elliott

As far as hockey fandom goes it would be hard to have a more enjoyable week then the one unfolding before us. This is the end of the NHL regular season with the playoff brackets still unsettled

The Most Unsuccessful Successful Team In The NHL (Part 2) And Some More Hockey News!

Marc Elliott

In seasons past he engaged in some self mutilation (verbal) and public flogging that seemed to be more to let the fans know how much he cared about the team and their success then anything else.

The Most Unsuccesful Team In The National Hockey League… (part 1) & The Richard Riot Turns 60!

Marc Elliott

There is a crisis going on in the Golden State, or as a journalist put it earlier in the NHL season, “The new State of Hockey”.

The NHL Entry Draft Roulette Wheel And The Maniacal Maple Leaf Media!

Marc Elliott

For the better part of this NHL season I have been listening to a lot of talk about the upcoming 2015 NHL Entry Draft. The bulk of that chatter has been about two players and both are forwards

An Irreplaceable Gem….

Marc Elliott

Since September and October we knew the day was drawing near. A year ago his doctors informed us it was time to halt his treatment regimen, that it was no longer having any effect.

Debate The Question; Why Can’t UMD Not Renew Shannon Millers Contract If That’s Their Choice?

Marc Elliott

If you are doing a side by side checklist though, while the team has shown good, consistent won-loss records in each season, the last title was in 2010, the last NCAA playoff appearance was in 2011 and within the “Big 4” schools of the U of M, UND

Do The Minnesota Wild Have A Snow Ball’s Chance In?

Marc Elliott

The Minnesota Wild were knocking on opportunities door Monday eve out in the Rain City but the Vancouver Canucks wouldn’t open the door and went on to prevail 3-2 in an NHL Western Conference battle.

What A Difference A Couple Of Weeks And A Goalie Can Make & A Quick MFAN NHL Power Rank!

Marc Elliott

On the ice, the team looked promising early and then things began to turn south. Scoring by the team was challenging

Mar-Tan Retires! Many Fans Wish Marshawn Would, And The Potpourri Of Sports!

Marc Elliott

He is also considered by many to be the best puck handling goalie of all time as well and his style engaged the league to make a rules change as to how and where a goaltender may handle the puck.

Stupor Bowl XLIX Week Is Here!

Marc Elliott

Personally I could give a rats patootie about the game itself, this sporting entertainment corporation holds no further interest for me.

All Star Break Is Here And The Wild Still Have More Questions Then Answers….

Marc Elliott

Experience. It is everything or it is nothing. If you are an 18 year old with the skill set of a Sid Crosby, it’s nothing. If you don’t have that, it’s everything.

The Landscape Of USA College Hockey And Farewell JP Parise….

Marc Elliott

Ok, whatever. I think what the charter really said was that as soon as the B10 powers sighted an opportunity to line the conference coffers even more, that they would force this move.

Team Woes Worry Wild Worshippers….

Marc Elliott

The travails of the Minnesota Wild are continuing to be a source of despair and desperation for many fans, scribes and those associated with the team.

Let’s Go To The Rink!

Marc Elliott

SILVER CLIFF… ’Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house… Hey, that’s about all I can remember from that little ditty, and it’s probably incorrect, too,

Some End Of The Year Random Sports Thoughts And Other Minutae…

Marc Elliott

Should I get that emotionally attached to a sporting team or event? Why not? We should all have something in our lives that we truly love and care about, and the world of sports can run from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other.

Should Pro Sports Make Competition Changes When They Could Affect Records? And A Wild Update…

Marc Elliott

I started thinking about hockey. A specific change I hear get debated from time to time is changing the dimensions of the goal. Before I kick in here, I am dead set against that.

Ferguson MO And The ST. Louis Rams…

Marc Elliott

WINTER HAVEN… If there is one symbol to emerge from the abyss of Ferguson that has remained in the public consciousness, it has to be that of the Ferguson protesters and the “Hands up—don’t shoot” gesture.

Gophers Reassemble Ice Machine And A Quick NHL Power Rank!

Marc Elliott

LARSMONT… You know, if you follow college hockey with regularity and fervor, that it can be a long season.