"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." Vince Lombardi
"License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man; free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case, my enemy is a varmint....and a varmint will never quit...ever. They're like Viet Cong...Varmint Cong, so you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower...and that's all she wrote. Au revoir, gopher."Karl Spackler 1980
Welcome Bemidji State. We will welcome you with open arms to Madison where you will accept two defeats in December (just like what we do to ugly rodents).
I agree.
Welcome to the lower half of the best conference in college hockey!
I'm not convinced it's a slam dunk by his quote from the article below. A team could up the stakes and he could be gone.
“As of now, I’m coming back to Bemidji State to complete my degree and play my final year of college hockey. Something very monumental would have to happen for that to change.
“I turned down some good offers from National Hockey League teams. It all came down to should I play in the NHL now, or come back to BSU and get my degree. Right now, I think it’s the best thing to come back.”
I find hockey to be a little weird, where the teams can contact these free agents and entice them to leave school. I'm okay with the idea, I just find it strange.
That said, I'm glad for the Beavers program and Read himself. Except, of course, when the Beavs come to town in 10-11.
Re: Bemidji State offseason, WCHA, BREC here we come!
I thought I had heard or read somewhere that if he finishes his senior season, he could get a higher offer than if he signed after his junior year. It has something to do with the contract limits in the NHL Collective Bargining Agreement.
So if everything goes like it should, Read will play in the WCHA, open the BREC, lead the Beavers to a great season, complete his degree and then see the offers roll in.
Millsy
NCAA TOURNAMENT 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010!
FROZEN FOUR 2009!
BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS!
NAIA National Champs: 1968, '69, '70, '71, '73, '79, '80
NCAA D-III National Champs: 1986
NCAA D-II National Champs: 1984, '93, '94, '95, '97
NCAA D-I National Champs: 20??
Perfect 31-0 in 1983-84
Holders of an NCAA Mens Record 43 straight wins (Nov. 8, 1983-Jan. 1, 1985)
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