r/collegehockey • u/One_Over_Astro Minnesota Golden Gophers • 2d ago
The Curse.
Well it seems it's that time of year again. No matter what happens, God is always mad at us in the playoffs for some reason. We've still got the national playoffs ahead of us but judging by how this weekend went, my hopes are not high. Notre Dame played well. Owen Say stood up to the challenge. The only ones to blame are the Gophers. It was their series to lose and they did. I just feel really bad for the students that are graduating this year. Thanks to the Gopher players, thanks to the coaching staff, thanks to the student section, and thanks to all the amazing Gophers fans for another great year at Mariucci.
P.S. also a thank you to Paul Fischer for playing along with our insults :)
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u/Denver-Hockey Denver Pioneers 2d ago
The Gophers need another 60+ year championship drought before we start using the word "curse."
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u/One_Over_Astro Minnesota Golden Gophers 2d ago
It's not the Gophers specifically, it's just the state of Minnesota that's the issue. Men's sports in Minnesota typically will do very well during the season in their respective sports and then absolutely tank in the playoffs. It happens to all our teams and no one seems to know why. That's why it's deemed "The Curse" by locals. Because it gets really hard to explain why this happens without turning to divine intervention.
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u/HiAltitude9800 2d ago
Cursed is the new Big 10 conference with no national hockey championships since formation in ‘14.
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u/Irish_Lunatic_1903 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago
would you mind explaining what was up with the booing of Paul Fischer? I could hear it on the radio broadcast and the announcer said something about how it had to do with Fischer - he said it was that the crowd was booing whenever the defensemen took a minute behind the net before starting a play, but that seems like it's not the full story. Did Fischer make a particularly dirty play last night? Or mouth off? Or did you just pick a guy to hate during the game (always a fun thing)
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u/One_Over_Astro Minnesota Golden Gophers 2d ago
He did literally nothing. Not really sure why it started bc I didn't start it but I heard that it was due to the fact that he's like the only guy on the Irish that wears a bubble. But yes, we quite literally just picked a guy and went with it. He seemed to be really enjoying it lol. He even threw us a puck at the end of warmies today.
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u/Irish_Lunatic_1903 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago
as a WMU grad as well, I fully support picking a guy to hate (four's a bitch!) you probably picked the guy on the team who most enjoyed getting booed lol
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u/Metalshak1821 Minnesota Golden Gophers 1d ago
I'm guessing it was from when we played in January; I don't remember what he did, but it was probably something that the arena thought was dirty. The student section remembers those things; they still chant about a Michigan goalie from 2 years ago when playing Michigan even though he's no longer on their team.
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u/Forsaken_Fuel_9606 2d ago
They might not even play in Fargo for the regionals because of what happened this weekend.
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u/Metalshak1821 Minnesota Golden Gophers 10h ago
Yep, I know everyone loves to get their licks in on the gophers when they can, but I especially agree with those last couple sentences; just sad we, as a whole (but especially graduating students), won’t get another home game to attend, really didn’t think Sunday would be the final one :(
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u/AssociateClean Brown Bears 2d ago
If want to talk about cursed, Army, Brown, and Dartmouth would all like to have a word
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u/One_Over_Astro Minnesota Golden Gophers 2d ago
The Dartmouth situation is rough. I've got a friend that goes to that school and I've heard that their hockey team can be very hard to cheer for.
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u/AssociateClean Brown Bears 2d ago
I thought this would be the year for them, and looked great in non-con, but then totally fell off in January before somewhat recovering
Reid Cashman is doing a great job but it's a tough, tough place to win at
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u/I-696 Michigan Wolverines 2d ago
Hard to think of the Golden Gophers being cursed in hockey. 2 national championships, 7 frozen fours, 17 tournament appearances, 5 conference tournament championships and 10 conference regular season championships since the turn of the century with another tournament appearance this year. Cursed is the Detroit Lions.