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    Minnesota coach Don Lucia: 'All you've got to do is YouTube'

    By Brad Elliott Schlossman on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:33 a.m.
    Grand Forks Herald file photo of UND's Ben Blood (24) checking Minnesota Josh Birkholz to the boards. Herald photo by John Stennes.
    Minnesota coach Don Lucia was asked Wednesday, Oct. 18, at his weekly press conference about the history of the rivalry between UND and Minnesota.
     
    "All you've got to do is YouTube," Lucia said, "and you can see some interesting stuff that went on between the games -- a few gloves on the ice, some interesting handshake lines, maybe a bird flying through the arena."
     
    Indeed, the YouTube era has captured some of the rivalry's crazy moments.
     
    There have been scrums, fights, and yes, two handshake-line scuffles in the last 10 years.
     
    Some pre-YouTube era footage has even made its way on.
     
    Here are some of the wildest moments between North Dakota and Minnesota that have been captured on YouTube:
     
     

    https://youtu.be/tRiA8wdFkkM

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    Brad Elliott Schlossman

    Schlossman is in his 13th year covering college hockey for the Herald. In 2016 and 2018, he was named the top beat writer in the country by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He also was the NCHC's inaugural Media Excellence Award winner in 2018. Schlossman has voted in the national college hockey poll since 2007 and has served as a member of the Hobey Baker and Patty Kazmaier Award committees.

    BSchlossman@gfherald.com
    (701) 780-1129
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