Two unbelievable state championship games in the MN high school hockey tournament

Summary

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Garage Logic – "Two Unbelievable State Championship Games in the MN High School Hockey Tournament"

Date: March 9, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”)
Panelists: Pat Reusse, Joe Christensen, and others

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into two stunning state championship games in the Minnesota high school hockey tournament, with the Garage Logic crew providing colorful analysis, anecdotes from Minnesota sports past and present, reflections on high school athletics, media changes, and the ever-evolving sports landscape in the North Star State. Along the way, the hosts weave in stories about local institutions, college life, pro sports, and their signature mix of wit and nostalgia.

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Key Discussion Points

1. State Hockey Tournament: Two Dramatic Finals

• The main focus is the extraordinary nature of both state championship games, with teams overcoming three-goal deficits in the third period and forcing overtime.
  • "Two teams coming back from three goals down in the third period and tying it in the last minute after pulling the goalie and Minnetonka." (Pat Reusse, 07:11)
• Discussion of Minnetonka and Wayzata, dispelling stereotypes about affluence and backgrounds of the players.
  • "There's this notion they all are rich kids from the lake, but they're not. Wayzata’s on the lake… Minnetonka's got some kids with money, but they also got areas that are more blue collar." (Pat Reusse, 07:45)
• Emotional fallout for the Minnetonka players after a heartbreaking overtime loss.
  • "They were heartbroken. And they did have a little petulance going for them, you know." (Joe Christensen, 07:39)

2. Minnesota’s High School Athletic Standouts

• Shout-out to standout athletes with multi-sport success, especially Edina's Chase Bjergaard.
  • "He's going to be a 12-letter man in three sports. Yeah, he's lettered in all three—football, hockey, and baseball—starting as a freshman." (Pat Reusse, 10:14)
  • "Holy mackerel." (Joe Christensen, 10:35)
• Reference to high-profile multisport careers and the pro routes athletes might choose.
  • Development pathways and the influence of family, e.g., the Cullen and Feeney families in Moorhead.

3. Athletes and Social Media Pressures

• Reflection on how modern high school athletes deal with public scrutiny and criticism online after major games.
  • "These modern high school athletes now know how much abuse they're going to get on all their social media sites when they fail. People are celebrating failure rather enthusiastically." (Pat Reusse, 20:10)
  • "How do you take a second overtime loss and call it failure? Somebody's going to get a puck in the net in overtime." (Joe Christensen, 20:33)

4. Arena Upgrades & College Campuses

• Impressions of St. Thomas’s new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena.
  • "There’s two full size rinks in that building… and then you have the men’s basketball gym above that. Three levels of arenas and gymnasiums…" (Joe Christensen & Pat Reusse, 02:32–03:45)

5. Changing Times in Sports Coverage

• Concerns about shrinking newspaper coverage, notably for the Twins during spring training.
  • "I have never seen the Twins getting as little publicity in spring training as they are this year. It’s unbelievable." (Pat Reusse, 11:44)
  • "If you’re still subscribing, at least to the sports section, you’re a warrior and patient." (Pat Reusse, 15:06)
• Lighthearted laments about the logistical hassles with out-of-state newspaper printing and delays.
  • "They got here about 11... there’s a little snow on the ground. Might have had trouble getting here from Des Moines." (Joe Christensen, 15:50)

6. Local Industry and Real Estate Anecdotes

• Observations about the boom and subsequent emptiness of warehouse developments in Maple Grove and elsewhere.
  • "Just go by this collection of warehouses... there’s space for 500 companies and there’s four of them there. It’s just empty." (Pat Reusse, 17:45)

7. Pro Sports Tangents

• Discussion of the Wild’s playoff prospects, NHL trades, and the rise of names like Quinn Hughes.
  • "They just got, who they gave up two number ones for, scored the tire for them. The kid from Minnetonka Brink?" (Pat Reusse, 31:55)
  • "Quinn… He's unbelievable. He just holds the puck all the time. He's starting to get a lot more national pub." (Pat Reusse, 32:22)
• Golf coverage: Akshay Bhatia and spring golf tournaments; the lighter side of athlete biographies.
  • "He’s only 24 years old and already has seven professional wins." (Host 2, 28:25)

8. Minnesota United & Soccer Scheduling Concerns

• Debates about the new MLS international schedule and its winter implications for Northern teams.
  • "We're going to have early December and February and March home games… You'll die." (Joe Christensen & Pat Reusse, 37:13–37:14)
  • "Three of them ended up in the hospital hoping they’d save their digits." (Pat Reusse, 37:22)

9. Sidelight Stories & Off-the-Wall Observations

• Old-school media stories: bar-room imitations of coaches, parking lot tailgating, and the beginnings of downsizing at stadiums.
• Amusing asides about long, unpronounceable athlete names and spelling struggles.
  • "There was a guy playing for [the Raptors]. He can’t even spell his name... MAMUKELASHVILI." (Pat Reusse, 45:55)
  • "We can't have them—that can’t be, that shouldn’t be allowed!" (Joe Christensen, 46:07)

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Timestamps of Notable Segments

| Segment | Time | |-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------| | Impressions of St. Thomas Arena | 01:55–04:48| | Recap of dramatic state hockey tournament endings | 07:09–08:26| | On Edina’s Chase Bjergaard—“12-letter” multi-sport athlete | 09:36–10:35| | Shrinking newspaper sports coverage & Twins spring training talk | 11:44–15:34| | Modern athlete pressures & the brutality of social media | 20:10–21:23| | Humorous asides: Unpronounceable names, old sports stories | 45:39–46:36| | Minnesota United & winter soccer | 36:44–38:12| | NHL Playoff predictions, Wild’s odds | 31:08–33:00| | Gopher basketball, tournament outlook | 41:10–42:22|

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the heartbreak after the high school hockey final:
  “They were heartbroken. And they… did have a little petulance going for them, you know.”
  — Joe Christensen (07:39)

• On evolving high school hockey talent:
  “The quality of play is amazing… They can do stuff with the puck that people weren’t doing a long time ago. The hand-eye coordination is extraordinary.”
  — Joe Christensen (21:10 & 21:23)

• On modern athlete vulnerability:
  “Complicated for these youth right now… there’s going to be some people that don’t like them. Right.”
  — Pat Reusse (20:46)

• On shrinking sports page coverage:
  “I have never seen the Twins getting as little publicity in spring training as they are this year. It's unbelievable.”
  — Pat Reusse (11:44)

• On absurdly hard-to-pronounce names in sports:
  "We can't have them—that can't be, that shouldn't be allowed!"
  — Joe Christensen (46:07)

• On Minnesota’s winter soccer future:
  "You’ll die."
  — Joe Christensen (37:13)

• On pro athlete bios:
  "All those senior golfers who are, you know, the nice, polite sport, but they're really interested in is companionship."
  — Pat Reusse (30:53)

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Episode Tone & Style

The classic Garage Logic banter shines: witty, irreverent, conversational, and deeply knowledgeable about Minnesota sports and culture. Personal reminiscences, playful ribbing, and skepticism about the pace of change (from college traditions to media cutbacks to soccer scheduling) color the episode. The hosts skillfully blend recent headlines, nostalgic storytelling, and generational perspective.

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For First-Time Listeners

This episode captures the heartbeat of Minnesota’s prep and professional sports scene, mixing hyper-local insights with universal sports themes: heartbreak, hope, the pressure of public scrutiny, and the passage of sporting traditions. If you care about high school hockey, the realities of local journalism, the idiosyncrasies of modern athletics, or just enjoy good-natured sports talk, this is a rich and entertaining listen.

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Transcript

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[Pat Reusse]

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[Joe Christensen]

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[Joe Christensen]

Alberger hit it twice in the playoffs. Onto the rough. You can't get to 18 if you're in the rough. Hey.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes, Joseph.

[Joe Christensen]

I got to the St. Thomas arena, the Lee and Penny Anderson arena, and boy, was I impressed.

[Pat Reusse]

That's. It's a little bit of an upgrade from when you went there and they, the.

[Joe Christensen]

I think they played outside.

[Pat Reusse]

They played hockey outside, I think. But upstairs in basketball they had the third floor, the, the hot box, they called it. And unfortunately they had the weight room downstairs. Right. So that they dropped the weights in the basketball floor and row up above would go like, would rotate.

[Joe Christensen]

Pat, there's two full size rinks in that building.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes, they got a practice one.

[Joe Christensen]

I don't know how they got it all in there.

[Pat Reusse]

No. But also two basketball gyms, two practice basketball gyms, one for the men and one for the women.

[Joe Christensen]

Unbelievable. I didn't know where I was on the compass. When I'm sitting in the press box watching a hockey game. Does the hockey rink east west?

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, God. Yeah. I haven't seen a hockey game. I've seen basketball games.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, it'd be the same thing.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

I think it's east.

[Pat Reusse]

West, going towards the Cecil's. I think it's going to that.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, that. That would be called east.

[Pat Reusse]

I think it's going towards going towards Cecil.

[Joe Christensen]

Why in the hell did you come

[Pat Reusse]

up with Cecils and get corned beef all the time?

[Host 2]

That is pretty good corned beef.

[Joe Christensen]

But Seagulls really isn't anywhere near the arena.

[Pat Reusse]

Eight, 10 blocks. Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

All right, 15.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, whatever.

[Joe Christensen]

It's beautiful. It's a nice deal.

[Pat Reusse]

And it is amazing how much they squeezed in there because you got the hockey practice rink, then you got the women's basketball gym just for the women. And then you have the men's basketball gym above that. Three levels of arenas and gymnasiums in the back there.

[Joe Christensen]

I went real early to give myself a tour, and. And I'm walking around and through a window I'm seeing a whole other rink. And I thought, wait a minute, am I in the wrong spot? It was very confusing.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes. But they do, you know, they. You know, they play the. The main arena houses both hockey and basketball, so I wonder how long it takes. Somebody told me, like three hours to make the switch.

[Joe Christensen]

I'm sure they got the crew and the whole deal.

[Pat Reusse]

They got to kind of do it.

[Joe Christensen]

Two Zambonis.

[Pat Reusse]

Did they have a decent crowd?

[Joe Christensen]

No, I was surprised by that little minimal crowd. But it was state tournament weekends and, you know, I don't know.

[Host 2]

Well, I suspect that maybe they might be on spring break, but that. Is that too early for spring break?

[Pat Reusse]

No, they've already finished it.

[Host 2]

Oh, they have?

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Pat Reusse]

No, wait. The one that I was there, the first time I was there, it was that week. They take off at the end of J term. J term? Oh, yeah. What a scam that is.

[Joe Christensen]

They didn't have that when I was older.

[Pat Reusse]

The only thing J term is is for the excuse for the parents to spend more money as the kids decide that.

[Joe Christensen]

Let's see. I think I'll be in Madrid.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, I think I. I gotta study in Madrid for three weeks.

[Joe Christensen]

I got one in Madrid right now.

[Pat Reusse]

Right.

[Joe Christensen]

Not even on break.

[Pat Reusse]

Just for fun, right? Yeah. Oh, just for fun.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah. Paid her own way, though.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay. Good for her. But I remember when Ryan, out at Regis, which is the same as St. Thomas, except it's in Denver, had J term in Ireland.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh, that's great.

[Pat Reusse]

He was there three and a half weeks. I called it Guinness 101.

[Joe Christensen]

That's.

[Pat Reusse]

Trust me. And the Good thing is, two years later, we went out there for his graduation, and we didn't know he was going to graduate on Monday because he hadn't turned in his paper yet for the Ireland, you know, two years later excursion. I don't think he can remember what happened in those three weeks in Ireland, but he turned it in and graduated.

[Host 2]

I heard a great line over the weekend where someone said, oh, what are you. What are you going to USC for? And the guy said, I'm going for four years.

[Joe Christensen]

I would have said for a while.

[Pat Reusse]

You know, that's a private college. People don't. A lot of people don't realize that

[Joe Christensen]

UCLA is a public school.

[Host 2]

Isn't that, though, where all the celebrities got busted for paying their kids to get in?

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, right. Yeah. What did. What did we care? What did the federal government care if they were taking it. Taking it in the pocket there at Southern Cal? Who cares?

[Joe Christensen]

I don't know.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know.

[Joe Christensen]

I don't know, Pat. I don't know anything anymore.

[Pat Reusse]

No, No. I think you ought to be able to bribe people to go to some private school.

[Joe Christensen]

Why not?

[Pat Reusse]

Who cares? You know? Hell, did I see that our University of Minnesota acceptance rate is now like 80%?

[Joe Christensen]

It wouldn't surprise me. It's a. It's a business. We'll take your money.

[Pat Reusse]

Scott is still like, 30 or so.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh, I didn't know that. I don't know anything anymore.

[Pat Reusse]

No. Well, anyhow, quite a hockey tournament.

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[Joe Christensen]

It was great.

[Pat Reusse]

To overtime. Two. Two teams coming back from three goals down in the third period and tying it in the last minute after pulling the goalie and Minnetonka. I had written a column on Tuesday on the Minnetonka fellas and was out there, and I'm understanding. I didn't see. I didn't. I watched till the end of it, and then I turned it off. I didn't stay for the ceremony. They didn't conduct themselves terribly well.

[Joe Christensen]

They were heartbroken. And they. They did have a little petulance going for them, you know.

[Pat Reusse]

Now there is this notion that they all are rich kids from the lake, but they're not. Wayzata's on the lake. Wayzata's got the campus that looks like Yale, you know, Minnetonka is. I'm sure they got some kids with money, but they also got areas that are more blue collar, you know, so. And there's also the myth that they've all come from someplace else, and I don't know.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, all I know is in over time, anything can happen. And just think of the odds of even getting to that position in this state are extremely small.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes. You know Morehead, though, what an athletic year, by the way. What? Here's the great thing.

[Joe Christensen]

How many kids is Matt Cullen sent through that school? Just the two on the team right now?

[Pat Reusse]

I think so. Yeah. I'm not sure.

[Joe Christensen]

They're the next Hughes brothers, by the way.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay, how about, what grades are they? Are they still going to school?

[Joe Christensen]

I think, I think it's a junior and I think there's one younger than the junior.

[Pat Reusse]

Well, Coach Fleck has gotten commitments from three of their football players. Three of their football players. The quarterback, who's going to be a senior. The lefty and the coach's kid. And then the wide receiver, who's this guy's ace wide receiver and best buddy, apparently the Feeney kid. The Feenies never come home. That this receiver isn't in the house eating, eating, eating in the kitchen after school or something like that. David Matthew lives right down the street. And then another. Another kid. But here's the greatest story of them all for the preps this year. The running back from Edina.

[Host 2]

Yep.

[Pat Reusse]

What's. What's his last.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh.

[Host 2]

Cause he's going. Who drafted him? You're talking about the hockey player, right?

[Pat Reusse]

No. Yes. He's the goalie in hockey.

[Joe Christensen]

He said running back.

[Pat Reusse]

He's the running back that rushed for over 300 yards in the title game against Morehead. When they beat Morehead in the title game. Now in the semifinals, he's the goalie.

[Host 2]

Is it Chase?

[Pat Reusse]

Chase Bjergaard. Now he's the goalie. So usually you don't see think of goalies as great all around athletes, but he was a great running back. He's also a baseball prospect.

[Host 2]

Wow.

[Pat Reusse]

He's Addie Dinah. Addie Dinah. Which has got some athletes. He's going to be a 12 letter man in three sports. Wow. Yeah, he's lettered in all three of them. Football, hockey and baseball. In starting as a freshman.

[Joe Christensen]

Holy mackerel.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, big kid too.

[Host 2]

I'm looking at his, his Twitter account. He's 6 foot 2. 15. Holy cow.

[Joe Christensen]

Now Fleck has him committed.

[Pat Reusse]

No, no, he's Dinah. I don't know where he's probably going to end up signing baseball. I don't know. Maybe I thought.

[Host 2]

Is he not the one that got drafted in the NHL or was that the quarterback? Because remember, the big story was.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh no, that was the quarterback.

[Host 2]

That was the quarterback. Okay.

[Pat Reusse]

West the quarterback. West is. I think he's off playing hockey now in the juniors or something. I don't know. No, he might have played for Edina this year. I don't know. I don't know if he played hockey for Edina. But he played quarterback for Edina. Anders Lee did the same thing.

[Host 2]

That's right.

[Pat Reusse]

He stayed in school to play quarterback for Edina his senior year and didn't hurt him. He's played about 10 years in the NHL.

[Joe Christensen]

If I had that kind of record in high school, I would go with baseball. Just have a long career where I don't have concussions.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, that's true. That's true. You gotta, you know, as long as you can duck in the batter's box, you probably won't get a concussion. Yeah, so.

[Joe Christensen]

Or get kneed in the head at second base.

[Pat Reusse]

I was in a conversation today. Joe and I go back to 1961 with our twinks. Right. I have never. Now, part of it is the decline of at least our newspaper. But I have never seen the Twins getting as little publicity in spring training as they are this year. It's unbelievable.

[Joe Christensen]

I have the paper open today, a four page paper. I don't think they're in the paper.

[Pat Reusse]

The other day they were. Sunday, they weren't in and I don't believe.

[Joe Christensen]

Okay. They're not in the paper today.

[Host 2]

I did listen to a little bit of the game yesterday. It sounded like they. I didn't look at the box score, but sounded like they had some people there.

[Pat Reusse]

They did because it was. Who was there?

[Host 2]

They were playing. Oh, that's a great question.

[Pat Reusse]

They had over 8,000.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Pat Reusse]

They had a good crowd, so. Oh, Phillies.

[Host 2]

That's right. They're playing the Phillies and there's a

[Pat Reusse]

lot of, you know, when. The Phillies.

[Host 2]

That's a pretty easy drive.

[Pat Reusse]

Well, there's a lot of.

[Joe Christensen]

Philadelphia beat the Twins 6 to 5.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes. No, I thought the Twins beat them 7 to 6.

[Joe Christensen]

Philadelphia 6, Twins 5. Results Sunday. That was Sunday in your paper? That's it. That's the only mention of the Twins in today's paper.

[Pat Reusse]

I thought they rallied for two runs and won it seven to six. But maybe we only ran the line score after eight innings.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, I was going to say. Well, in the Arnold Palmer. You got Daniel Berger and Batia tied, battling through 17 holes.

[Pat Reusse]

Why do we bother?

[Joe Christensen]

And it says time ran out. No, it says. No, the round was not completed when this edition went to press.

[Host 2]

Joe, calm down.

[Pat Reusse]

You ready? Yeah.

[Host 2]

Pat's right.

[Joe Christensen]

What?

[Host 2]

The Twins won 7 to 6.

[Joe Christensen]

They got a 6, 5 score. In here?

[Pat Reusse]

Well, is the bottom of the ninth in there?

[Joe Christensen]

It's not even a box score. It's just an agate one line score.

[Host 2]

And that game was over with at 30.

[Pat Reusse]

We're supposed. We were supposed to be having a five o' clock deadline every day except Saturday. But I think they've fudging.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, there is a line. I'm sorry, There is a line.

[Pat Reusse]

Not complete.

[Joe Christensen]

Wait a minute. I said.

[Pat Reusse]

You said Twins. You said Red Sox. Philadelphia beat the Twins six to five.

[Joe Christensen]

Six to five. And what are you saying?

[Host 2]

The Twins website says that they won 7 6.

[Joe Christensen]

Okay, that's also in here.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, what?

[Joe Christensen]

So in the under this just results Sunday, just one line scores, Philadelphia 6, Twins 5.

[Host 2]

Oh, did they do a split squad under that?

[Joe Christensen]

No Twins line score Sunday, Twin seven, Philadelphia six.

[Pat Reusse]

What happened was whoever was doing the Agate didn't had the Twins losing probably, and then didn't update it. Removed it, Got it. And a hectic situation and didn't change it. So if you're still subscribing at least to the sports section, you're a warrior man and patient.

[Joe Christensen]

I gotta go. I gotta go strictly online. I hate to enter the world of the 21st century, but I have to do it.

[Pat Reusse]

What I miss was. Is the graphics of the. Of the print paper. I mean, like a photo like that which is over too large. But it doesn't have any impact on the. On the Internet photos don't have any. Any, you know, impact. So anyway, it's. You're a warrior. God almighty.

[Host 2]

Are you watching any of the.

[Pat Reusse]

You should have seen our Sunday sports section did. It was the damnedest thing. I think it was only four pages. It was unbelievable.

[Joe Christensen]

I looked Saturday, by the way. The papers didn't get here for a while.

[Pat Reusse]

No, they got.

[Joe Christensen]

They got about. They got here about 11.

[Pat Reusse]

I got mine because they're a little

[Joe Christensen]

snow on the ground. They must have had trouble getting here

[Pat Reusse]

from Des Moines 35, because the first day that they very first printed them, right. That the two papers printed them. 35W was closed. And they never. They never made it like two days later. Right.

[Host 2]

And you know how I knew that? Monitoring your Twitter account.

[Pat Reusse]

Des Moines.

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[Pat Reusse]

The Pioneer Press, the Star Tribune, the Kansas City Paper, the Sioux Falls Paper, and their own paper.

[Joe Christensen]

What was wrong with printing it here? How much money are they saving?

[Pat Reusse]

Too expensive. Too expensive?

[Joe Christensen]

Oh, for God's sake.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know if they're gonna. But you got this huge building down there at the end of Plymouth Avenue. Down Airplane.

[Joe Christensen]

What?

[Pat Reusse]

Who's gonna buy it? I don't know. It's not like we need more warehouse space downtown. No doubt. So. I told you, you should just. For someday when you're killing time, drive out to Maple Grove, take a right on 63rd exit, take a left and go by this collection of warehouses as far as the eye can see. That had to be built. Had to be planning and started. Built before the pandemic. There's. There's space for 500 companies and there's about four of them there. There's nothing. It's just empty.

[Host 2]

Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know. It's.

[Joe Christensen]

What was it supposed to be?

[Pat Reusse]

Don't know.

[Joe Christensen]

A military thing, maybe?

[Host 2]

No, no, no. They're. Because there's a similar one down that I drove by on Saturday and. Same thing. It's just retails. Retail space like this.

[Joe Christensen]

I mean, nobody wants to do business in this state.

[Pat Reusse]

Well, this was for companies.

[Host 2]

That's where I was going.

[Pat Reusse]

This was for companies that were going to make stuff, you know, manufacturing and whatnot.

[Host 2]

Okay.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know, but it's.

[Joe Christensen]

I probably won't do that. I probably won't drive out to Maple Fighting Chance.

[Pat Reusse]

You're not going to do that. What if. What would it take to get you to drive to Maple Grove?

[Joe Christensen]

A lot.

[Host 2]

A grandkid playing a varsity game?

[Joe Christensen]

I probably would, then, yes.

[Pat Reusse]

Or. Yeah, that. That could. Dance recital or something.

[Host 2]

Well, the first thing he would do is.

[Joe Christensen]

No, no, I'm not doing that.

[Host 2]

He would have to spend at least the previous two days worrying about how he's gonna get There and get back.

[Pat Reusse]

Thank you.

[Host 2]

The route.

[Pat Reusse]

Think how much easier your life was though. I mean, certainly there were trips to be made and things like that and the expense. But if, if your first family hadn't moved to Chicago, oh my God. The number of events you would have had to go to on weekends, it would have been.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh, that would have been. Yeah.

[Host 2]

You would have been putting more miles on than me.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah. It was one of those Chicago kids who wanted to take the confirmation name of Saint Homo Bonus and his parents drew the line and said, just for fun, I know the kid and I guarantee you he looked up the weirdest name he could find.

[Pat Reusse]

I didn't know how that came up. That was the talking about with these, these modern high school athletes who are now know how much abuse they're going to get on all their social media sites when they fail. There's people out, people are celebrating failure rather, rather enthusiastically.

[Joe Christensen]

How do you take a second overtime loss and call it failure? Somebody's going to get a puck in the net in the overtime.

[Pat Reusse]

But there's not a logic.

[Joe Christensen]

It was a legitimate goal too. There were nothing fluky about it.

[Pat Reusse]

Not a lot of logic out there. So anyway, Complicated for these youth right now because when they spend all their time looking at the telephone, there's going to be some people that don't like them. Right.

[Host 2]

That's just it. And they're very thin skinned, especially the, the athletes are very thin skinned with that kind of stuff.

[Joe Christensen]

But the quality of play is amazing.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh God. I mean, I saw that Minnetonka team in person at their practice. They're all six foot two. You know, they're all like athlete, you

[Joe Christensen]

know, they can do stuff with the puck that people weren't doing a long time ago. The hand eye coordination is extraordinary.

[Pat Reusse]

It is. If we go back and watch the original North Stars, you know, where they. Moving up.

[Joe Christensen]

Hell, they had a cigarette hanging out of their mouth.

[Pat Reusse]

Moving up and down the. Moving up and down the rink. I gotta find out from Sean Goldsworthy. Talk to him tonight what kind of. What kind of loser dad was. How he took defeat, how gold he took defeat. I wonder. Louie a bad loser, Louie. Bad loser. Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

No one's heard from Louie lately. And he didn't do the tournament.

[Pat Reusse]

He didn't do the tournament. But he did a. He did do some games for the Wild in like New York and places like.

[Host 2]

Oh, see, I.

[Joe Christensen]

That's right, he did.

[Pat Reusse]

But here's the deal.

[Joe Christensen]

Six months.

[Pat Reusse]

Six months and two days. Yeah. You got to make sure you didn't miscount them. So you got to make it two days. And he was. Had to be back here for like two and a half weeks for the junior tournament, for the national. Was he in Italy with the boys World Junior?

[Joe Christensen]

I don't think.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't think he went. I don't think he went to the Olympics because that. Then he would have to stay there till July, for goodness sake. So anyway, yeah, I. But he has been on some wild games, I guess. I guess so. They just. By the way, they just put him in the high school. Hockey. High, not hockey. High school hall of fame. So I saw somebody said that's his 37th.

[Joe Christensen]

He didn't go to high school here.

[Pat Reusse]

Nobody did. All those games.

[Host 2]

Contributions.

[Pat Reusse]

Contributions. Being on the broad, on the hockey broadcast all those years. So I'm sure it was hard to talk him into it, though.

[Joe Christensen]

I bet he was there.

[Pat Reusse]

I think if you fly up in the morning and you fly back at night to Florida, you can count it as a day, Right? Can you count it as a day?

[Joe Christensen]

I just finished a book. I just finished a book called Gales of November.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

Probably the definitive work on the F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[Pat Reusse]

Wow.

[Joe Christensen]

Did I just say that? The admin. Fitzgerald.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

And just extraordinarily interesting. And I'm going to talk to Lewis.

[Pat Reusse]

That hasn't happened more often.

[Joe Christensen]

What? It hasn't happened since.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes.

[Joe Christensen]

No ship has sunk in Lake Superior since the Fitzgerald went down. Apparently the bomb. Because they improved the safety measures a hundredfold.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay. Apparently the bottom's full of them though. Right.

[Joe Christensen]

There's estimated 10,000 wrecks.

[Host 2]

Really?

[Joe Christensen]

30,000 dead people.

[Pat Reusse]

They're made out of wood. That's a problem.

[Joe Christensen]

But here, the point being, the Soo locks play a great role in this book. And Louie and Phil Esposito grew up in the Sioux.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah. Right.

[Joe Christensen]

And I. I would love to talk to Louie sometime of what. What role did that have in their lives? The. The locks were such a cultural. Culturally significant. You know, tourists went to the locks to watch the boats come through. And for all I know, Louie's dad might have worked on the locks. Do you know what his dad did?

[Pat Reusse]

I can't remember. I've. I've done some stuff on him, but I think the Espositos were like the next block.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

And then there was. In between the Espositos and them, and I can't remember who it was. There was another nhler.

[Host 2]

Wow.

[Pat Reusse]

I think he played with five NHLers on the junior team.

[Joe Christensen]

I want to ask you about the locks Wow.

[Pat Reusse]

I mean, he and the Esposito boys were. I mean, Phil was his best friend and. Yeah, they started playing when they were nine or something like that. And the sue, she'd freeze. I wonder if. Probably wonder how early with all that water. Maybe not freeze quite as early as the.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, the shipping season stops.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes.

[Joe Christensen]

For the Fitz, it didn't stop soon enough. They were trying to make a last run. But I bet you Louie was well aware of the launching of the Fitzgerald, which was a huge deal in that part of the world because of time of year, because it was the biggest, newest boat to be ever launched on Superior. Well, in the locks, wherever they launched it. Yeah. In Sioux. No, wait, they didn't launch it there. It was built somewhere else. But the first time it came through the locks was a big ceremony and.

[Pat Reusse]

And then. But it was later that it.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, it would have been the summer of 58. Louis would have been about 12 or so. 11, 12, 13.

[Pat Reusse]

And you know, the good thing about Louis is even if he wasn't there,

[Joe Christensen]

he might still give you some quotes about it.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, right. Yeah, you'll have a full memory of the thing. I haven't seen a son of a gun in a year. I'll bet you. I love that guy.

[Joe Christensen]

I'm going to call him and ask him about the locks.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, God, he'd love to talk to you. He's kind of. You should go down and see him. He got a nice little spot.

[Joe Christensen]

I know where his spot is.

[Pat Reusse]

A nice little spot.

[Joe Christensen]

I played his course.

[Pat Reusse]

I think you got a nice little spot when Tiger and the former Mrs. Tiger's yachts are both parked below. And you can see them from your deck up there.

[Joe Christensen]

Now, the former Mrs. Sager has a yacht, too.

[Pat Reusse]

She had the second husband had a bigger yacht than Tiger.

[Joe Christensen]

Really?

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

Boy, she landed on her feet.

[Pat Reusse]

I think she might have been buying the yacht. With what she got out of Tiger?

[Joe Christensen]

I don't know.

[Pat Reusse]

But yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

Is he coming back to play at the Masters, do you think?

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, God, no. He can't play his back.

[Joe Christensen]

Plus, he's 50 now, right?

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah. He just turned in 50, right? Did he turn 50 December 2nd?

[Joe Christensen]

I think so.

[Pat Reusse]

I think that's. He's December 30th. It's in December or something.

[Host 2]

That's coming up already.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

The Masters of the Players this weekend.

[Pat Reusse]

Wow. Yeah. That guy's too skinny, man.

[Joe Christensen]

Akshay Bhatia.

[Pat Reusse]

Have you seen him?

[Host 2]

No.

[Pat Reusse]

125, max.

[Host 2]

How do you spell Akshay?

[Pat Reusse]

AK any way you want to.

[Joe Christensen]

I want you to find out for me is he Indian or Pakistani?

[Host 2]

Akshay.

[Pat Reusse]

B h a T I a. B h a T. He is a

[Host 2]

skinny son of a gun.

[Joe Christensen]

Akshay is ak.

[Host 2]

I got it, Joe. I got it.

[Pat Reusse]

I think he's an Indian.

[Joe Christensen]

S H A Y A. I bet it's India.

[Pat Reusse]

The family.

[Host 2]

He was born January 31st in Northridge, California.

[Pat Reusse]

I'm trying to find his mom and dad.

[Host 2]

Weren't they are from India and lived in Delhi before moving to the United States.

[Joe Christensen]

Was he born in this country?

[Host 2]

Yes, he was born in California.

[Pat Reusse]

Delhi's a crowded place. It looks hygiene problems in that place. Too bad. I watched that movie when they were

[Joe Christensen]

jumping who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

[Pat Reusse]

They were swimming through the.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh, that was a bad scene.

[Pat Reusse]

Swimming through. Through the poop. I don't like. I don't approve of swimming through poop.

[Joe Christensen]

No.

[Host 2]

He's only 24 years old and he already has seven professional wins.

[Joe Christensen]

He's only 24?

[Host 2]

Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

Wow.

[Host 2]

24 years old. He was born in 2002.

[Pat Reusse]

He's unflappable.

[Joe Christensen]

Wow.

[Pat Reusse]

He's unflappable.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, twice. Burger hit it into the rough on 18 in the playoff. You can't get home from the rough on 18. He got close.

[Pat Reusse]

Was this guy on our. Was it last year? The Ryder cup was last year, right? Was he on our Ryder cup team?

[Joe Christensen]

I think so.

[Host 2]

I'm not seeing anything on their pat about that, but that doesn't mean I'm.

[Pat Reusse]

When is the Ryder cup back here?

[Host 2]

2028.

[Pat Reusse]

2028?

[Host 2]

Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

2028.

[Joe Christensen]

Is that the next Ryder cup in this country is here?

[Pat Reusse]

Yes. Yes, it's here. And it was last year, so. It was so.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, you'll still be ready to cover it.

[Pat Reusse]

I always vowed I was gonna quit after the Ryder Cup. I didn't know we were gonna have another one, though. That was too bad.

[Host 2]

Just think of all the great coverage you'll have on that sports page.

[Pat Reusse]

But as I told you the other day, after suffering a serious defeat in the game of flaws, I'm in no hurry to retire. I'm fine. I'm doing fine.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah, the flaws will do that to a fella. They'll make a guy wanna work a long time.

[Host 2]

Your guy, Akshay Batia.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah.

[Host 2]

His fiance is being pictured with him as. He's holding that.

[Joe Christensen]

I saw her yesterday. She an attractive, good looking gal? Very good looking, good looking gal.

[Pat Reusse]

She ethnic girl?

[Joe Christensen]

No, she probably from California someplace.

[Host 2]

You know she's a brunette.

[Joe Christensen]

Not yesterday. Oh, so maybe he's got a new one.

[Host 2]

Well, this is. Her name is. Oh boy, Press. Oh, you're right. She's not a brunette. I apologize. Presley Schultz is her name.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh, the old Schultz girl.

[Host 2]

You know, some of those pro golfers always manage to.

[Pat Reusse]

The main reason I miss the champions up here is to read their bio. And I've said this before, But Bill has four children. 32, 28. Four and two. Yeah, those are. I think there's another marriage in here that someone didn't. You know, all those senior golfers who

[Joe Christensen]

are,

[Pat Reusse]

you know, the nice, polite sport, but they're still like all athletes. All they're really interested in is companionship.

[Joe Christensen]

I'm glad you put that so charitable.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes, right.

[Joe Christensen]

Say you're wild. Are going for it this year. We're not going to use the C word, but they are definitely going for it. They rented that 38 year old defenseman.

[Pat Reusse]

Seventh can use it, man. Tommy Reeds and all those joints, they can use it.

[Joe Christensen]

Now they probably will have to start the playoffs against Colorado or Dallas.

[Pat Reusse]

Or Dallas.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, either way, that's a. Dallas just

[Pat Reusse]

got done winning 10 in a row. I don't know if they've gotten beat yet. Last time I looked, they'd won 10 in a row.

[Joe Christensen]

The boys pulled a point out of Colorado yesterday.

[Pat Reusse]

They were up to one late.

[Joe Christensen]

Right. They lost in the shootout. Did they?

[Pat Reusse]

That wasn't a pulled goalie tie situation, was it?

[Joe Christensen]

No.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay, but they. This guy that they just got, who they gave up two number ones for, scored the tire for them.

[Joe Christensen]

The kid from Minnetonka Brink.

[Pat Reusse]

No, no, no, no, not us. Oh, Colorado. Roy. Nicholas Roy or something. He must be a good player because they gave up two number ones. They should be going for it.

[Joe Christensen]

They're going for it.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, so.

[Joe Christensen]

And that's what you got to do. You got to pick your spots.

[Pat Reusse]

Our guy. How many draft choices is our guy? Traded here.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah, but they were seventh round.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, I know. A lot of them. Yeah, a lot of them are, but.

[Host 2]

But not for Quinn. They gave up the one for him, didn't they?

[Pat Reusse]

Should have given up about three of them. He's unbelievable. God, he's good. Just holds the puck all the time. And you know, he's starting to get a lot more national pub because as he came here, he was in Vancouver and they were buried. And now since the Olympics, people are on the bandwagon.

[Joe Christensen]

Oh boy. I'll tell you what, I never even heard of him when he's in Vancouver.

[Pat Reusse]

I knew that there were a bunch of Hughes's around. I didn't know where they were playing. Mom's now become an expert, though. They have mom on talking about other players.

[Joe Christensen]

She played college high.

[Pat Reusse]

Well, she was ahead of some. You know, I think you had to get along with her to be on the women's Olympic team for a while there.

[Joe Christensen]

So you think our twins will have a long playoff run?

[Pat Reusse]

Not unless they're fighting for the Grapefruit League title, which we don't do anymore. It is unbelievable to me the lack of. Now the Athletics got two guys down there and they're probably doing quite a bit, but I don't see it too often, so. But I don't know. We. Our guy Bobby Nightingale is great. His home now he's not even down there. So I don't know what we're. What's going on. But it's certainly not back in the day when we all had to go to spring training and stay there for a while.

[Joe Christensen]

God, even I stayed there one time a month.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, right.

[Joe Christensen]

It's rented a place in Winter Park.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, man.

[Joe Christensen]

Because the field at that time was Tinker Field for the days.

[Pat Reusse]

Winter park is what now. It took a while for it to stick, but maybe a couple of years. But Winter Parks probably the place that got me thinking that maybe I drank too much, you know, that maybe.

[Joe Christensen]

Can I name the place? You might have had a few beef and bottles.

[Pat Reusse]

That's where we started.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

And then we went to someplace. Then we went to someplace else. There. But that's when Rich the great. The late great Richie Nestle and the late great Steve Pacenti, Both from Channel 11. Steve got killed in a car accident driving out the RFK when he was like 40. And Richie, a Vietnam vet with issues but a cameraman but great guys. And I've told this story a hundred times, but we're in my room at 2:30 in the morning as hammered as three guys can get when Richie decides that Steve Pacenti should start calling Rosen and RJ Fritz and everybody else. Schmitty. Yeah, Schmitty. And doing his Freddy Goodwin imitation, complaining about the kicks covering. So that's how long. This was a goal. Three in the morning. He's calling up these. Doing his Freddy Goodwin invitation. It was pretty funny.

[Host 2]

Oh my God, you know funny.

[Pat Reusse]

His. His imitation of Freddy was fantastic. It was great. Lack of kicks. This was like 80 or so. I think it was the 1980 because they were starting to get less pub because they started charging for parking. And the crowds, you know, the greatest, the worst PR move ever. They started Charging for parking.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, the parking lot was the whole reason to go.

[Pat Reusse]

Right. And then they started driving. God, they had horse. Horse riding. Police driving the fans inside at halftime to get them out of the parking lot. You were supposed to go inside.

[Joe Christensen]

We didn't come here for the game.

[Pat Reusse]

No. God Almighty. My. I was only out there, like, a couple of times because I was covering the Twins for most of that run. How often did you get out there?

[Joe Christensen]

More than I wanted to.

[Pat Reusse]

You know what you were watching.

[Joe Christensen]

I didn't really. I don't really. I'm not a big soccer fan.

[Pat Reusse]

No, no. It's that in the game, so much different now. I mean, they change. They change players here, like, every week you got three new guys. We had this. We had the Same kicks for 5 years. The same Brits for 5 years.

[Joe Christensen]

Plus, I don't get the season. Why are they playing in the winter? Wait until.

[Pat Reusse]

They haven't officially started it. But starting next year, we are going to the international schedule, which is why Britain plays this way. I don't know. But we're not going to have games in June, July and half of August. We're not. Then the season starts. And then now they're going to take a month off in December and January, but the season starts. You're going to have early December and February and March home games.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, you'll die.

[Pat Reusse]

I know. I know.

[Host 2]

What country came here for a friendly?

[Joe Christensen]

Honduras. There's 20 below.

[Pat Reusse]

Three of them ended up over in the hospital regions. Regions hoping they save their digits. Yeah, I think one guy had two toes cut off. And they're gonna be home games now. It's unbelievable.

[Host 2]

He had a bad trip. That guy had a bad trip.

[Pat Reusse]

And when the. When it. When it. When the plug comes out and people stop coming, it's gonna go, really, don't you think?

[Host 2]

Well, yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

I mean, because right now they still got the loyal 18,000, but all of a sudden, when it, you know, if you get there and there's not as many people singing and stuff, and all of a sudden I go, whoop. I think it's going to be this, this, this. This new schedule could not have been improved by owner McGuire, I'll tell you that. He got to be outvoted.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, how many teams are in the Northern Belt?

[Pat Reusse]

Quite a few. I'm not sure.

[Joe Christensen]

There can't be a team north of the Twin Cities.

[Pat Reusse]

No. I'm not sure how many are in actual winter, you know, like Seattle's north,

[Joe Christensen]

but Seattle doesn't have real winter.

[Pat Reusse]

They don't have Winter.

[Host 2]

So Kansas City has a team.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah.

[Joe Christensen]

They don't have sad winter.

[Pat Reusse]

That's true. I don't like Cleveland and Denver can

[Joe Christensen]

throw you a 60 degree day in January.

[Pat Reusse]

Cincinnati's.

[Joe Christensen]

They can throw you 60 degree days.

[Pat Reusse]

Well out New England and New England, New York. They all play outside New England, New

[Host 2]

York and because don't they play at the Patriots Stadium?

[Pat Reusse]

I think they do, yeah. I don't know. I can't. I go and just sit there and I don't go anymore because I don't serve any purpose. I can't. I don't know what I'm watching. I don't know who I'm watching. I don't know how to spell their names. If I do, you know, we're just. Does no good to have me there.

[Host 2]

So you aren't going to be covering the World cup again when it comes to.

[Pat Reusse]

No. What's going to happen if this, if the difficulties with our partners continue here? I hear Iran, the Iranian said it's doubtful whether they're going to be here or not. I think that.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, the Iranian women's team is in Australia. Five of them have sought. Five of them have sought.

[Pat Reusse]

Sought not to return home.

[Joe Christensen]

To return home. And Trump says if Australia does not take the whole team, he will. This country will give them. What's the word I want. What's the word when you seek asylum? Asylum.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay.

[Joe Christensen]

They don't want to go back.

[Pat Reusse]

No. Well, I, you know, and it might be, you know, they don't want to go back because they might get bombed is one reason. You know, they might not like the politics. But then there's also the fact that how many we killed now? 7,8000 we're up to.

[Joe Christensen]

I don't know the number. I don't know what the end game here is, Pat. There's only three options. Say you won and come home.

[Pat Reusse]

You know what I could write as a column about Minnetonka being bad losers. What do you expect when we're in a country being run by the worst loser in the history of madness?

[Joe Christensen]

No, he's a sore winner.

[Pat Reusse]

He's a sore winner too. Yeah, but he was a sore. He's still mad about the one he lost.

[Joe Christensen]

I don't understand that one. What, what demon does he have that still has him upset about 2020

[Pat Reusse]

margin was larger than the one he won by. Which he should be now when he

[Joe Christensen]

wins, he's still bitching about 2020. He's a sore winner.

[Pat Reusse]

He's a sore winner. That's right.

[Joe Christensen]

The sorest winner we ever had. Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes. It's. It is. It's unbelievable. So, anyway.

[Joe Christensen]

All right, what.

[Pat Reusse]

What else? Let's see. Topic.

[Joe Christensen]

Go for basketball.

[Pat Reusse]

Go for basketball.

[Joe Christensen]

Nice victory over Northwestern.

[Pat Reusse]

They tested that out, man. They. They played bad for the last 10 minutes, but at the end, that Langston Reynolds, the fullback of basketball, he just puts his head down, goes to the basket. Wasn't supposed to play that much till everybody got hurt. He's great. He's a warrior, man. He won the game for him. Went in, shot two layups in the last minute. That won the game for him.

[Host 2]

Because the tournament is this weekend, correct? The Big Ten.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes.

[Host 2]

Tournament is this weekend.

[Joe Christensen]

This week.

[Host 2]

You're right. I'm sorry.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah. You're right. It starts tomorrow. Selections Sunday. Is this coming Sunday, correct?

[Pat Reusse]

Tuesday we don't have to play. That's when 15 plays. 18 and 16 plays. Day till Sunday. Wow. I don't know where it is this year. Is it Indianapolis?

[Joe Christensen]

That's a good question.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know if it's. I think it's Indianapolis.

[Joe Christensen]

So the Gophers need to win that tournament.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes.

[Joe Christensen]

To be selected.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah. They're not, but I don't think. Do we have those B squad tournaments anymore? Well, we have the crown, but I don't know what it is.

[Joe Christensen]

This Medved gets rave reviews for a team that hasn't distinguished themselves. He gets. He's getting really good favorable.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah. Because they lost before the season started. They lost two guys, and then they've lost three starters since the season started. And he came in with.

[University Maintenance Announcer]

No.

[Pat Reusse]

With what? One awesome one was the only leftover. Basically, we're back in Chicago for the tournament. Ooh. But Mr. Reivers didn't talk you into going down.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah. Is your dad gonna bug you to drive down there?

[University Maintenance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Host 2]

You know, we. We. We did make. Did make plans to make it there this year, but we might. Might have get it.

[Minnesota Golf Passport Announcer]

It was fun.

[Pat Reusse]

We wanted to be in Chicago, though, when you go.

[Host 2]

Oh, yeah. You have to have it.

[Pat Reusse]

For God's sake.

[Host 2]

Why aren't we getting one? What's going on here?

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know. What. What arena?

[Joe Christensen]

Target Center.

[Host 2]

Target Center? Couldn't you play it there?

[Joe Christensen]

Grand Casino.

[Pat Reusse]

We're all man at Target Center.

[Joe Christensen]

They're not going to turn U.S. bank into a basketball stadium.

[Host 2]

Well, they did it for the Final

[Pat Reusse]

Four, but that's about it, right?

[Joe Christensen]

That's.

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, yeah.

[Host 2]

You mentioned something earlier. Pat and I forgot to pass this along, but Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is in the news. There hasn't really been much happening with the Vikings on the first day of free agency.

[Joe Christensen]

I see what Dak's problem is. What is it?

[Pat Reusse]

What'd he do? Girlfriend.

[Host 2]

He has a fiance, but it's being reported they are no longer getting married because she allegedly refused to sign a prenup before the ceremony.

[Pat Reusse]

Well, good for her.

[Host 2]

And I believe they have a child together.

[Joe Christensen]

Well, plus, there was a dust out up at the. They had a combined. Her party and his party, and it was combined and I.

[Pat Reusse]

That's not a good idea.

[Joe Christensen]

I'm letting my imagination run wild. I bet that. I bet that got a little different. I bet that was different. You know? Next thing you know, we're not getting married.

[Pat Reusse]

You can if you have them separately.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah.

[Pat Reusse]

Keep the goings on private. That's okay, then. Yeah. Stuff can happen. With the fellas?

[Joe Christensen]

I think so.

[Pat Reusse]

With the gals?

[Joe Christensen]

I think so. Yeah. Well, they had a little problem there, and the next thing you know, it's off. We're calling her off.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay. But the kid still gonna get pretty good. Yeah, I'll be taking pretty good.

[Joe Christensen]

Did you see the Dolphins let Tua go?

[Host 2]

Yep. They released them.

[Joe Christensen]

They gotta pay them 100 million or something.

[Pat Reusse]

Yes. 89 million.

[Host 2]

Yeah, something like that. And they signed the packers quarterback, Willis. Willis, yes. The guy that is now the head coach of the Dolphins was the packers defensive coordinator last year.

[Pat Reusse]

Well, when you got to take that 80 million, 89 million, that cap hit, that kind of says you're going to have troubles for a couple of years, so.

[Host 2]

Well, if you're Tua, you take the money and you call it a day.

[Joe Christensen]

Would the Vikings be interested in him?

[Pat Reusse]

No. He's had a bunch of good.

[University Maintenance Announcer]

He's.

[Host 2]

Yeah, he's one hit away from his career being over.

[Joe Christensen]

Right. I know. I understand that.

[Pat Reusse]

I don't want him. I don't want him anyway. I can never spell it.

[Host 2]

Too much trouble?

[Pat Reusse]

Yeah, too much.

[Joe Christensen]

I don't even. Can't even say it. What's his last name?

[Host 2]

Tug of Ayaloa.

[Pat Reusse]

There was a guy playing bass. I went to the game Thursday night. There was a guy. Look up the Toronto Raptors roster for me, will you?

[Host 2]

Yes.

[Pat Reusse]

There was a guy playing for them. He can't even spell his name. It's actually.

[Host 2]

Do you remember the jersey number?

[Pat Reusse]

Oh, you don't have to.

[Host 2]

Sandro Mama Kalazi.

[Pat Reusse]

The one that gets spelled. That last name.

[Host 2]

M, A, M U, K, E, L, A, S H, V, I, L, L, I.

[Pat Reusse]

We can't have this guy. We can't have them.

[Joe Christensen]

That can't be. That should not be allowed.

[Pat Reusse]

No, no. Yes.

[Joe Christensen]

You got to change your name.

[Pat Reusse]

You got to ban Slovenians from.

[Joe Christensen]

How would you even say that?

[Pat Reusse]

I don't know.

[Host 2]

I'm gonna see if I can do a pronunciation deal on that.

[Joe Christensen]

The dictionary wouldn't know that.

[Pat Reusse]

No.

[Joe Christensen]

Mashalo.

[Pat Reusse]

You know what it says when you put that in there? Screw you.

[Joe Christensen]

Yeah, I couldn't pronounce that.

[Pat Reusse]

Do I gotta. Should I do a canopy ad? Because I need the copy.

[Host 2]

We. This is to be pre recorded.

[Pat Reusse]

Oh.

[Host 2]

Because this gets inserted into the program.

[Pat Reusse]

Okay, Very good. Thank you.

[Host 2]

Let's try it here.

[Pat Reusse]

I was at the canopy group the other day because I was going out to Minnetonka High School. Oh, sure. Right there. Right. Right down the street.

[Host 2]

All right, we'll see you later.

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