Posted on 11/13/2007 2:23:55 PM PST by DogByte6RER
UW men's hockey: Sioux skater must apologize for slashing Bucky Badger
Todd Milewski — 11/13/2007
Bucky Badger took a tap on the shins from a North Dakota hockey player on Saturday — and now the University of Wisconsin mascot will receive an apology.
WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said Sioux defenseman Joe Finley was captured on videotape slashing Bucky Badger — played by UW student David Blanchard — before Saturday's game, which North Dakota won 3-1.
Finley must write a letter of apology to Blanchard, McLeod said.
The commissioner made no ruling on a separate incident in which Blanchard and Sioux goaltender Jean-Phillippe Lamoureux bumped into each other prior to the third period.
The players for Wisconsin and North Dakota also tangled on the ice Saturday, with 10 players engaging in a 75-second brawl that yielded 122 penalty minutes.
McLeod said that after reviewing videotape of the incident, there would be no further penalties assessed.
However, McLeod said Badgers coach Mike Eaves and his Sioux counterpart, Dave Hakstol, will talk this week. They were involved in a verbal confrontation following the game.
That incident seemed to bother McLeod. "Under any circumstances, I don't think it's a good thing," he said.
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It sounds like this badger had a close shave with a hockey stick!
Sounds like it should have been handled as a criminal matter, rather than as a rule violation.
But if they want to handle it informally, perhaps the mascot should be given a chance to swing at the player’s legs (no padding or protective gear) with a hockey stick.
You just made my day. Your comment and that picture are both hilarious.
All this and more coming from a former member of the Marching Illini who is still devastated that the idiot Illinois Board of Trustees gave into the NCAA “politically-correct” rules about mascots and got rid of THE CHIEF!
Sausage Racing!
I suspect publicity stunt....shades of the Pittsburgh Pirates/Milwaukee Brewers incident some years ago...
Mushroom....mushroom...
Story of interest——
From left to right: Stosh (polish sausage),Brett Wurst (brat),Cinco (chorizo), Quido (Italian sausage), Frankie Furter (hot dog)
Here are the final 2007 standings:
Hot Dog: 23
Polish: 20
Chorizo: 18
Italian: 16
Bratwurst: 10
Read this from a few years back: Pirates infielder apologizes, fined for sausage race attack
The headline still cracks me up. lol.
The other day my 3-year-old grandson was visiting his cousin, my 4-year-old grandson, when my daughter overheard them chanting, "Badger badger badger..." interjected by the occasional, "Snake, it's a snake!"
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