Also #OTD in #Minnesota Sports History (2005) #Vikings RB Onterrio Smith is caught at the MSP airport with a “Whizzinator” and a vial of dried urine. #SKOL #NFL #SOD
Also #OTD in #Minnesota Sports History (1974) Mike Walton is cut in the face by the stick of the Aero’s John Schella. After the ensuing brawl, Walton (who required stitches) was ejected and Schella received a 5 minute major. #ASlapShotInTime https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100171179/
Bill Goldthorpe served Walton’s major. As soon as penalties expired, Goldthorpe went after Schella on his way out of the box.
Official: “You forgot your stick!”
BG: “Don’t worry, I’ll be right back.”
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100171188/
#OTD in #Minnesota Sports History (1961) The #MNTwins play their first game at Metropolitan Stadium, losing 5-3 to the new expansion Senators who had replaced the old Senators/Twins when they left Washington. #MLB https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100171087/
Photo of Paul Gerhardt, the man who had previously owned the farm land that Met Stadium was built on.
A Slap Shot in Time
The Wild but True History of the Minnesota Fighting Saints.
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#ASlapShotInTime #WHA50 #WHA1972 #MNWild #FightingSaints #NHL
