Marc Elliott

Marc Elliott is a free lance sports opinion writer. Elliott recently wrote “The Masked Fan Speaks” column for the Lake County News Chronicle for the past ten years.

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Who Will Get Hockey Medals In Sochi? I Already Know!

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With it’s inclusion into the Winter Olympics in 1998, these two countries have dominated the sport with the USA taking one Gold, two Silver, and one Bronze medal. I am not going to profess to be an expert on the Women’s game but with two schools

Outdoor Hockey, Indoor Hockey! Hockey, Hockey, Hockey!

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I have got to say that the National Hockey League has got IT all going on right now. With the regular season going full bore, the Winter Classic behind us, the Stadium Series kicked off this weekend and the greatest tournament of every four years

The Masked Fan

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The NHL Year In Review And One Final MFAN NHL Top Five Power Rank For 12/23/2013!

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Dear Gary Bettman; Clean Up Your Leagues Game And Do It Now!

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A Real Life Hero Fades Away, How Much Uglier Can The National Hockey League Get? And The Latest MFAN NHL Power Rank!

The Masked Fan

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The Bell Tolls For A Wrestling Legend, JFK 50 Years Later, And The Latest In NHL Tidbits!

The Masked Fan

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TEAM USA AND TEAM CANADA OLYMPIC MENS HOCKEY ROSTER PREDICTIONS ARE….. RIGHT HERE!

The Minnesota Wild Postseason Wrap… Part 2!

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LARSMONT… In early April Wild GM Chuck Fletcher, feeling the possibility of a playoff berth made a deal with the Buffalo Sabres for Forward Jason Pominville. Pominville was the teams Captain, was in th

Is It Possible To Change The Barbaric Culture Of The Nhl, And How?

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STONY POINT…. Everyone who has ever watched or played hockey has at some point seen games in the National Hockey League. Whether you see it on television or even better, in person, the speed, beauty, and grace of the game are

The 2013 Nhl Stanley Cup Tournament Is Ready To Go!

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CASTLE DANGER… It is Sunday afternoon and I am awaiting the final NHL regular-season game between the Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators, but more on that in a bit. The Eastern Conf

A Veritable Mish-Mash Of Hockey News, Views, Opinion, & Factoids!

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LESTER PARK…. Like them or not, and I’m sure they have few fans in this town, I have to mention this anyway: the Golden Gopher women’s hockey team has completed the WCHA regular season with a record of 28-0. They are 34-0 overall. But the most astonishing item in all of this is that going back to last season, this team has p

The Minnesota Wild: What Happens When Marketing And Expectations Meet Up With Reality

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ST. PAUL…. It’s been a bit of a rough ride so far in this short campaign for the NHL Minnesota Wild. At this point, the club sits at 5-5-1 and is headed out west for a couple of tilts. And only a few games into the season, some in the club’s fan base are getting restless. Against another solid edition of the Vancouver Canucks last Thursday evening, the team came out listless for the first period and managed a 10-minute stretch in the second period, where they exhibite

Kg, K-Mac, My One And Only Annual Hoops Column, And NFL Pick Update And Playoff Picks!!

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ESKO… I have never been more than a casual basketball fan over the years. I don’t dislike the game—it just seems that there are only certain levels of it that appeal to me, especially at this point. Which is kind of odd seeing as how my father was a high school basketball player. He was a point guard who speciali

Murder-Suicide Rocks The NFL In Kansas City, Another Big WCHA Weekend, & The Mfan NFL Picks For Week 14!

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BARKER ISLAND… Saturday morning as I was having some coffee, halfway listening to some college football warm-up shows, and reading some news online, the news first came across that an NFL football player from the Kansas City Chiefs had shot his girlfriend, then departed that crime scene and gone to the club’s practice facility, where he somehow came across the team’s coach Romeo Crennell and team GM Scott Pioli. At that point, some conversation ensued, and then the

Happy Turkey Day! Loads And Loads Of No Hockey!! Plus The Mfan NFL Picks For Week 12!

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STEWART LAKE… Yes, the NHL lockout is ongoing, sadly. The more I think about it, the more irritated I get. As time has gone on with this debacle, my opinions have evolved a bit, but my basic stances on who, what, where, when, and why haven’t changed too much. Based on the actions and thus inaction of Commissioner Ga

The Hunting Of The Gray Wolf: Necessity Or Frivolity? The Mfan NFL Picks For Week 11!

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LARSMONT… I have seen few outdoor issues as divisive as the hunting of the wolf. There are few opinions in the middle; people have lined up pretty much either for or against. For me, I’ll state honestly here that I love the outdoors. I enjoy doing things outdoors as much as possible. I’m not a hunter and never have been. I’m not against it per se—I just come from a fam

The San Fran Giants Come Up Giant-Like, NHL In The Tank, And The Mfan NFL Picks For Week 9!

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FRENCH RIVER…. The Fall Classic has concluded with the San Fran Gigantes besting the Detroit Tigers in a four-game sweep. Game 4 was the first in which the Tigers put up some sort of resistance to the Giants’ onslaught, but they eventually went down, losing 4-3 in 10 innings. TV ratings were reportedly very low and that is a shame. But with the election cycle in full s

This Week: The Potpourri Of Sports And The Mfan Nfl Picks For Week 7!

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SCANLON… Have you been watching the MLB playoffs? I have, and I must say that I have seen some excellent, very exciting games so far. As I have noted previously, I am no fan of the new wildcard “extension” series preceding the real playoffs (although the Cards-Braves tilt was awesome, crummy umpiring notwithstan

NFL “Real” Refs Finally Return And Why You Should Be Mad, And The Mfan Nfl Picks For Week 5!

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LARSMONT… As you know by now the National Football League has agreed on a new contract with the leagues regular officials. After a Monday Night Football game ending debacle between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks on the 24th, created by a quite apparent wrong call on a last second hail Mary play, fans, players, coaches, team exec’s, and 35 polka bands from the Cheese state, were joined by just about e