T'was the night before the tournament, and all through the town,
not a Gopher was stirring, not even Joe, the locker room clown.
Their gear was hastily stuffed into their bags with no care,
And the foul smelling odor, you wouldn't smell on a dare!
The Gophers were burrowed deep into tunnels with no lights
With dreams of festering Wolverine bites!
With Jonathon and Sunny preparing their minds for the game,
Anders and Kannon talked of penalty minute fame!
When out on the East rink there arose such a clanging!
It was pucks hitting crossbars and boards and players banging!
There were gold jerseyed Gophers skating with passion
and coaches John, Todd and Brian shouting "Gophers! Let's see more passing!"
The fluorescent lights of the arena shown brightly below
on Payton and Brett shooting shots from down low.
When what to my amazed and wide eyes should appear
But a wrist shot from Sunny hitting Jake right in his ear!
With Coach John changing drills so deftly and quick,
I knew in a moment, a Gophers shooting drill was next!
He shouted to them each and called them by name
as he reminded them all "Tomorrow's a big game!!"
"Now Woody and Zach! Blake, Garrett and Joe!
Get off your butts, it's time to go!"
Keep both hands on your stick! Someone go to the net!
Vegas says I could win 20 on a 10 dollar bet!
As the zamboni cleaned the ice after the hour of hockey,
I was reminded of a lesson my own dad once taught me.
He told me to always take pride in my play
and play the game the way it's meant to be played
and even if the buzzer sounds and you've lost on that day
There's something you get, that won't ever go away
The great feeling you feel when you look down the bench
and see friendships so tight, they're as strong as a wrench
You played hard as a team and they can't take that away
And you're stronger as young men for playing this way
So, win lose or draw, know you fought the good fight,
And whatever place you're in, when they shut off the lights,
Know your parents are proud of you, no matter what the score
And the friends that you've made, could last forever more!
Go Gophers!!!
not a Gopher was stirring, not even Joe, the locker room clown.
Their gear was hastily stuffed into their bags with no care,
And the foul smelling odor, you wouldn't smell on a dare!
The Gophers were burrowed deep into tunnels with no lights
With dreams of festering Wolverine bites!
With Jonathon and Sunny preparing their minds for the game,
Anders and Kannon talked of penalty minute fame!
When out on the East rink there arose such a clanging!
It was pucks hitting crossbars and boards and players banging!
There were gold jerseyed Gophers skating with passion
and coaches John, Todd and Brian shouting "Gophers! Let's see more passing!"
The fluorescent lights of the arena shown brightly below
on Payton and Brett shooting shots from down low.
When what to my amazed and wide eyes should appear
But a wrist shot from Sunny hitting Jake right in his ear!
With Coach John changing drills so deftly and quick,
I knew in a moment, a Gophers shooting drill was next!
He shouted to them each and called them by name
as he reminded them all "Tomorrow's a big game!!"
"Now Woody and Zach! Blake, Garrett and Joe!
Get off your butts, it's time to go!"
Keep both hands on your stick! Someone go to the net!
Vegas says I could win 20 on a 10 dollar bet!
As the zamboni cleaned the ice after the hour of hockey,
I was reminded of a lesson my own dad once taught me.
He told me to always take pride in my play
and play the game the way it's meant to be played
and even if the buzzer sounds and you've lost on that day
There's something you get, that won't ever go away
The great feeling you feel when you look down the bench
and see friendships so tight, they're as strong as a wrench
You played hard as a team and they can't take that away
And you're stronger as young men for playing this way
So, win lose or draw, know you fought the good fight,
And whatever place you're in, when they shut off the lights,
Know your parents are proud of you, no matter what the score
And the friends that you've made, could last forever more!
Go Gophers!!!
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