[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: That Old Feeling

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
That Old Feeling
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   Years ago before Sid Hartman led the charge to ruin it with brackets,
   I used to take Thursday afternoon off to see the first two games of
   the Minnesota [Boys] State Hockey Tournament. I'd plant myself in a
   local bar sipping a Bloody Mary or two while watching the TV overhead.
   While the competition was great, we of the old Lake Conference lived
   to see Edina (nee Edina-Morningside) get beat. They were the
   cake-eaters, the insufferably rich, superbly equipped, professionally
   coached Hornets that seemed to catch every break, including all those
   interference penalties around the goal that were never called.
   And oh, once in a while it happened, the glorious upset years when
   dropped coins would land on their edge and Edina got beat. The
   afterglow would last well into the summer. But then the Tourney was
   expanded and the music died.
   This morning, I heard that #1 Edina got beat and I got that old
   feeling. It may be for the wrong reason, but I may have to start
   watching again, for that old feeling is still in my heart!