Jon Marthaler

that glorious 1993 season when former Gopher Brent Gates was tearing it up in Oakland. No I'm not dating myself, and I'm definitely not an old person, why do you ask

Absolutely loved this profile of John Klein from @nightengalejr.bsky.social.

At my core, I am naught but a parochial nitwit, one who used to study the "Minnesotans in the majors / minors" table in the Sunday sports section like it held the secrets of the universe, so I'm all-in on Klein.

I await the launch of your sister site, "Once A NSC ThunderStar."

now do 1990-2016

Loons ride Kelvin Yeboah’s goal for a 1-0 win in home opener Minnesota defeats Cincinnati for first victory of season.

WARM FEELING.

In coldest #Loons game at Allianz Field, #MNUFC gives its fans a good vibe with three points in a 1-0 home-opening win over FC Cincinnati. Kelvin Yeboah scores in consecutive games to start the 2026 season.

Recap:
www.twincities.com/2026/02/28/l...

To continue a bit: (/clears throat) language

I dunno if it's good game-state planning but I do enjoy watching the Loons thunder around high-pressing in the 86th minute #MNUFC

he's riding the bull, he's feeling the flow #MNUFC

You and me both.

#MNUFC signed James Rodríguez and somehow he's in the same roster category as DJ Taylor and Kyle Duncan

I could repost every one of Aaron's articles and just say "this kind of expert analysis is what keeps me coming back to the internet," but that would probably get old if I kept doing it every single day.

Anyway, this kind of expert analysis is what keeps me coming back to the internet.

Good for these things to go through the proper process.

They say it's spring training for everybody, but Dan Gladden just called Roman Anthony "Ramón Anthony," so danged if some folks aren't already in mid-season form

I feel for Eric Ramsay. He's a good man that took a tough job and it didn't work out. Here's hoping his next situation sees him someplace calmer.

Or that #MNUFC owner Bill McGuire goes full Steinbrenner and repeatedly hires and fires him, a la Billy Martin. That'd be fun, too.

Still can’t comprehend that this isn’t AI generated

Maybe what hockey needs is more normal kids

Jesper Wallstedt probably should start packing some stuff when he gets back, now that Bill Guerin has a chance at having the best season for a GM in sports history

I cannot get over the teams on the ice in overtime. Canada put out McDavid, MacKinnon, and Makar, and the U.S. beat them with Jack Hughes, Dylan Larkin, and Zach Werenski

American soccer found a game that took nothing but a ball to play and said, "Yeah, but what if it ALSO cost thousands of dollars a year"

Sports are the best thing humans have ever come up with. I grant you that the wheel was a good invention, but it rarely has caused people to find themselves jumping around the room and yelling, unsure of when or how they even got to their feet, just screaming into the void out of pure joy

I thought I couldn't enjoy this morning any more and then they went through the medal lines handing stuffed animals to NHL players

"Not now, Bill Shakespeare, we're drinking and having a good time!"

@cjzero.bsky.social Please post a gif of Brock Faber looking at his medal with wonder and saying "Holy s***!"

I had too much coffee Andrea, I'm sorry for what I've done

The American hockey teams have inspired a generation of American parents to look up how much hockey costs and say, "Nope, forget it, we're not doing this."

Connor Hellebuyck stopped Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini on breakaways and they weren't even among his five best saves of the night

The weird Hughes family genetic experiments may have caused Quinn to see the undead every waking moment of his life, but overall they're paying off for American hockey

don't try to yuck this yum

It's just so beautiful