The Washington Capitals visited the Twin Cities on Tuesday night to play the Minnesota Wild in the Xcel Center. The game, which featured former University of North Dakota stars Zach Parise (Wild) and T.J. Oshie (Capitals), was won in overtime by Washington by a 5-4 score. Oshie scored the game-winner, his second of the game, at the 1:52 mark to …
I learned many years ago from a group of friends who shall remain nameless that similarities rather than differences are more important in the grand scheme of things, especially when judging other people. Sometimes, though, it’s easy for me to get off track, especially when I get judgmental with my grandson, Rakeem. But the recent passing of former NHL and …
In the fall of 2002, this sports reporter, nearing the end of his daily journalism career, sat in the hockey office at the University of North Dakota. Across from him for the interview was an incoming freshman for the Fighting Sioux, who we all knew even then was on the brink of stardom. As the interview went on, this reporter …