Last year’s state runners-up off to a good start . . .
[As with every hockey game, it all begins here . . . ]
[Jack Westlund (10) and Shane Birkeland (25) chase the puck into the Otter zone . . . ]
[Face-off in the Cardinal zone before a full-house . . . ]
[Cards score first, by Zach Wosepka (20). We spent the entire game from this vantage point as a change of pace from up top on center ice. And at one time were visited by Zach’s dad, who likely stopped for a visit with the Crane and Regent Anderson . . . ]
[Feeling out 1st period. The Cards beat the Otters twice during the regular season, 7 – 2 and 4 – 0 . . . ]
[The pace picked up in the 2nd period – here a shot from Alex Jost (29) . . . ]
[Here Joe Westlund (10) and Joe Bigger (6) are wondering where all the other players went . . . ]
[Oh, there they are as Westlund turns to take a face-off . . . ]
[And Joe scored, on his shot, his tip, and another tip that went in . . . ]
[And here’s Zach again . . . ]
[Ben Doherty (7) on the far side in front of the student section all attired in hunting gear . . . ]
[Doherty and Jack Westlund on the draw . . . ]
[And Jack scored . . . ]
[Jack on the fly, known-to-be speedy player . . . ]
[Caleb Strong (3) completes the Doherty-Westlund line . . . ]
[Caleb, close up and personal . . . ]
[He scored a short handed goal . . . ]
[I think it was a teammate who said his hands are so good he can stick handle in a phone booth . . . ]
[After 2, the game was pretty much secure . . . ]
[My fan mates decided to call it a night after the 2nd period. The Otters scored early in the 3rd – that only made the Cardinals mad as we scored right back. This one by Ben Jenson, 11 seconds after the Otter goal . . . ]
[Just to show that the 2 goals were scored in the first 1:25 of the 3rd period . . . ]
[Your basic hockey arena overview . . . ]
[And the final goal, Zach Wosepka’s 2nd of the game . . . ]
[Goalie Bailey Rosch (31) had a solid game . . . ]
[Winding the game down . . . ]
[Strong with Jack Westlund . . . ]
[A final flurry around the Otter goal . . . ]
[Next stop, against the No. 2-seeded, Sartell Sabres.]
Street hockey is great for kids. It’s energetic, competitive, and skillful. And best of all it keeps them off the street. ~ Author Unknown
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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