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@SaltWater651 @brim006 Yep that was my guess.

@brim006 Betting that coach was Al?

What radicalized you?   For me, it happened back in my freshman year of high school in the early 2000s. The head coach of our hockey team believed in getting the team home to our own beds after road games no matter what instead of staying in hotels. Hotels were a distraction. With no hotel costs, he wanted to use the money to upgrade our road meals. Nothing fancy, just basic meat and potatoes type places like Cracker Barrel or Perkins instead of cold Little Caesars on a dark January bus ride home across rural North Dakota. The athletic director and superintendent shut the idea down and basically just absorbed the savings from his no hotel policy into the athletics budget. So after that our coach, the other assistants, the parents, and us players started fundraising in the off‑season in hopes to get better meals on the road. The first year went great. We raised a ton and were easily able to have nicer sit down meals on every single trip. We all sat together at big tables, had actual food choices, ate healthier and built even more camaraderie. It was fantastic all around. But then other sports teams and parents caught wind. It was seen as unfair. The AD, principal, and superintendent demanded we stop, in order to keep things “equal” across all sports at our public school. They even tried to force our coach to hand over the privately raised money so it could be redistributed. Thankfully, our coach was an old‑school Canadian ex‑pro hockey player who didn’t take shit from anyone, and told them to F off, and we continued with our meatloaf road meals as planned. The principal and AD eventually backed off, but the superintendent had a vendetta against our team and probably mostly just our coach so he never stopped. He even went as low as instructing bus drivers not to take us to the restaurants we’d planned for on the road. Our coach always overrode it, once even driving the bus himself since he had the license from coaching cross‑country. Over the next few years we continued the fundraising for better meals. Some of the other teams, and other parents continued to badger the supt., our coach and even sometime us players about it instead of just joining us in fundraising. Watching peers and especially some of our own “leaders” work so hard to sabotage a positive thing for us was eye opening and really stuck with us. It gave us an early look at how petty and nefarious and systems and people can be, even at the local level. And honestly, in the end, all it did was radicalize about 30 teenage hockey players for the rest of their lives who walked away believing “equality” was the dirtiest word in the English language. 😂

Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not after you.

This Kleven dude is a fuckin’ animal. Jesus H.

One of the biggest hits I’ve ever seen. That was as clean as it gets. My goodness. This Ottawa/Carolina game might get ugly. Nikishin down the tunnel. Kleven hits like a truck. Ottawa to the PP.

Some top finds

Card shows rule. My <$50 haul #UNDProud

Our boy can sure kick. #UNDProud

x.com/i/status/20459… Dylan James is a prospect that may surprise fans by skipping the prospect expectation line. 2022 2nd rd pick U. of North Dakota: "A" 21g 11a 32p Blazing speed Great around the net (see clip) Rounded a complete 2-way game in NCAA Possible Finnie 2.0

Jake Livanavage, who describes himself as an offensive defenseman, is already so noticeable with his skating. He moves like Sam Girard. Was fearless quarterbacking the power play just now.

I had Nick Schmaltz at 7 AAV (Verhaeghe)...But, 8 is the new 7. Great contract for Nick. The 2016 NCAA Champ is gonna end up making over 100 million dollars in his career when he's done.

Come for Jackson Blake's toe drag, stay for Taylor Hall's smile. What a sweet goal. 🍭

team usa men’s hockey has never won gold without someone from warroad, thank you goat

According to Brock Nelson and Jake Sanderson, @UNDmhockey are the best fans! 📣 #OlympiansMadeHere x @NCAAIceHockey

Good times

Brock Nelson.

When hockey was invented this is what they envisioned

Brock is buzzin out there. #UNDProud

Sure I had to look through 2,000 cards to find these beauties. But $1.00 is a pretty cheap price for an hour’s worth of entertainment. #UNDProud

I was relieved of my duties yesterday, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have coached this group. Watching our players grow both on and off the ice has been deeply rewarding, and I'm proud of the progress we made together. Coaching has always been about more than wins and losses for me. It's about helping young men discover what they're capable of and building the habits that will serve them long after their playing days are over. That mission remains unchanged. I want to thank the players for their commitment, my staff for their dedication, and the organization for trusting me with this role. I'm proud of what we built. As I move forward, I'm energized about the next chapter and the opportunity to continue developing young athletes with the same core values: Attitude, Effort, and Discipline. Onward.

Jonathan Toews and T.J. Oshie were an inseparable duo at North Dakota 🤝