http://www.thehockeynews.com The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. en 2007 Medias Transcontinental Fri, 09 May 2008 15:34:14 -0400 60 http://www.thehockeynews.com/imgs/design/logo_thn_print.gif http://www.thehockeynews.com/ http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15714-Year-of-the-Ram-From-Roseau-to-Kazan.html 2008-05-01 11:50:05 Year of the Ram Minnesota and Kazan, Russia are about as geographically far apart as you can get in the world, but when Roseau Rams defenseman Aaron Ness got the call from Team USA, it was a no-brainer he would be getting on that plane. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15318-Year-of-the-Ram-The-next-step.html 2008-04-17 10:44:00 Year of the Ram It’s been more than a month since the Roseau Rams ended their season on a down note at the state championships and the team has understandably moved on. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14894-Year-of-the-Ram-A-northern-homecoming.html 2008-04-03 13:22:16 Year of the Ram The sixth annual Roseau old-timers tournament took place on the weekend, a gathering that has doubled the number of teams since its inception and draws a wide array of former Rams and other Northern Minnesota hockey folk. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14502-Year-of-the-Ram-Back-to-smalltown-life.html 2008-03-20 13:43:35 Year of the Ram Trying to contact one of the Roseau Rams on a weeknight after their season has finished would seem to be an easy task, but as always, most of them are at the rink after dinner. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14278-Year-of-the-Ram-Championship-dream-ends-in-semis.html 2008-03-13 11:53:05 Year of the Ram In the book White Fang by Jack London, the titular wolf-dog tears through a slew of other canines in grisly fights, only to be stymied by a bulldog whom he cannot turn over. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14075-Year-of-the-Ram-Showdown-in-St-Paul.html 2008-03-06 13:40:36 Year of the Ram About this time last year, Roseau Rams right winger Jason Fabian was experiencing brutal, crushing pain on two different levels. The first level was emotional: Despite the fact Roseau had won the sectional championship, Fabian would not be playing in the state tournament. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13898-Year-of-the-Ram-A-ticket-to-St-Paul.html 2008-02-28 14:06:43 Year of the Ram The vibrations in Minnesota are getting stronger every day. As the sectional championship results begin to trickle in, fans from across the state are using whatever medium possible – TV, radio, Internet radio, message boards – to follow their favorite high school teams and create new legends out of wide-eyed teenagers. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13674-Year-of-the-Ram-When-every-shift-could-be-the-last.html 2008-02-21 11:29:30 Year of the Ram Patrick Sandland can see the end coming. It could be this weekend, it could be next month, but it’s coming. “I just hope it’s in the state championship,” said the senior defenseman. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13493-Year-of-the-Ram-The-Regulars.html 2008-02-14 14:36:30 Year of the Ram In what was, on paper, one of the team’s better foes and, in reality, one of its most grueling tests, the Roseau Rams defeated the Blaine Bengals 1-0 in an outdoor game played last Saturday on Baudette Bay in northern Minnesota. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13301-Year-of-the-Ram-Take-it-outside.html 2008-02-07 13:10:45 Year of the Ram It’s difficult to say an undefeated team scoring more goals than they were at the beginning of the year is heading towards malaise, but that’s exactly what coach Scott Oliver hoped to prevent when he put together the schedule for his Roseau Rams this season. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13121-Year-of-the-Ram-Defending-on-all-fronts.html 2008-01-31 12:15:48 Year of the Ram When Mitch Martinson graduates from Roseau High School this year, his best-case scenario for the future is a spot at the University of North Dakota. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12942-Year-of-the-Ram-An-eye-to-the-future.html 2008-01-24 13:15:08 Year of the Ram It’s been awhile since the Roseau Rams have given up a goal. After an 8-0 shellacking of the Bemidji Lumberjacks on the road, the Rams completed a series sweep of the Moorhead Spuds, downing their old rival 4-0 in the friendly confines of Memorial Arena. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12753-Year-of-the-Ram-Knochen-em-out.html 2008-01-17 13:40:12 Year of the Ram In late 1955, employees of a Roseau farm equipment shop put together their first snowmobile while the boss was out of town. Using a grain elevator conveyor belt as the track and the bumper of an old Chevy, the men used the vehicle to get to their hunting shacks without having to cross-country ski there. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12559-Year-of-the-Ram-Warriors-come-out-to-play.html 2008-01-10 13:49:02 Year of the Ram It would make for a much better story if the rivalry between the towns of Roseau and Warroad, located just 22 miles apart in Northern Minnesota, was a vicious one. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12369-Year-of-the-Ram-These-Rams-go-to-11.html 2008-01-03 11:53:33 Year of the Ram The Roseau Rams high school hockey team hosted its annual holiday tournament to end off 2007, and did so in eviscerating style. The Rams, taking on two nearby teams and a Winnipeg school, drilled the Lake of the Woods Bears 11-0 on Friday, the River East Kodiaks 11-3 on Saturday and the Farmington Tigers 11-1 on Sunday. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12202-Year-of-the-Ram-One-second-to-midnight.html 2007-12-27 19:18:23 Year of the Ram Sunday afternoon provided a nice diversion for Nick Oliver. The 16-year-old forward for the Roseau Rams wasn’t on the ice - he was on the snow. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12082-Year-of-the-Ram-Youre-on-the-air-with-Landman.html 2007-12-20 14:56:34 Year of the Ram Once or twice a week, Roseau Rams center Tyler Landman leaves practice at around 5:30pm and heads down to one of his part-time jobs. He sits down at a desk, dons a pair of headphones and becomes the voice of Wild 102, Roseau’s “No. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11889-Year-of-the-Ram-Mashup-in-Moorhead.html 2007-12-13 11:42:16 Year of the Ram The electricity is starting to build. It’s in the standing-room only sections of local rinks, where fans huddle over railings with their coffees, and it’s coursing through the fiber-optic cables of computers in rec rooms and office cubicles across the state of Minnesota, where message boards are already abuzz with passionate, yet polite debate about which high school team will claim the crown of state champion this year. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11686-Year-of-the-Ram-On-St-Cloud-nine.html 2007-12-06 14:23:50 Year of the Ram On Saturday morning, with the Roseau Rams high school team getting primed for their first home game of the season, goalie Mike Lee came to the rink early in search of coach Scott Oliver. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11475-Year-of-the-Ram-Preying-on-the-Prowlers.html 2007-11-29 14:29:03 Year of the Ram Jim Lundbolm is now in his 21st season as an assistant coach with Roseau. Like many in town, he is a graduate of the team himself, as is his nephew Andy, now in his third campaign as an assistant. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11290-Year-of-the-Ram-Get-on-the-bus.html 2007-11-22 12:54:59 Year of the Ram For the vast majority of Minnesota high school teams, an away game means a Greyhound-style bus with bathrooms and adjustable seats. “Roseau has never used those,” said coach Scott Oliver. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11091-Year-of-the-Ram-Separating-the-herd.html 2007-11-15 11:21:09 Year of the Ram As you read this, there are 42 students at Roseau High School in Northern Minnesota with a lot on their minds. If they’re not learning American history or trigonometry, they’re on the ice, hoping to make the cut as a member of the Roseau Rams senior hockey team. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10862-Year-of-the-Ram-Welcome-to-Roseau.html 2007-11-08 13:50:06 Year of the Ram Welcome to hockey heaven. The town of Roseau, Minn., is home to about 2,700 people, yet it boasts three indoor rinks – that’s one for every 900 people in town.