Finland's ties with the Minnesota Wild?
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gphr513
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Paul Bunyan
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We also have Finntown up North in Virginia (as well as other parts of bigger cities, but that's Finntown U.S.A.).
Oh, and a Finland, MN. Yeah, that exists.
As for the bars up in the Range, I go up there every once and awhile and several times in the last few weeks -- Virginia actually has a few decent places, just don't expect them to be open until 2am.
I'm not Finnish, but my Gramps grew up in Finntown as a Croat. The Finns struck against the mining companies, and they brought in the Croatians to combat that effort with the reasoning different language and different church. Yeah, that backfired because the Croatians and Finns united likely because they were both treated like crap, so I've always had a positive feeling towards the country and people, as well as Finnish-Americans.
To me, in terms of smaller ethnic groups in the US, they are the closest to the Irish in terms of celebrating their ancestry than most others.
Oh, and a Finland, MN. Yeah, that exists.
As for the bars up in the Range, I go up there every once and awhile and several times in the last few weeks -- Virginia actually has a few decent places, just don't expect them to be open until 2am.
I'm not Finnish, but my Gramps grew up in Finntown as a Croat. The Finns struck against the mining companies, and they brought in the Croatians to combat that effort with the reasoning different language and different church. Yeah, that backfired because the Croatians and Finns united likely because they were both treated like crap, so I've always had a positive feeling towards the country and people, as well as Finnish-Americans.
To me, in terms of smaller ethnic groups in the US, they are the closest to the Irish in terms of celebrating their ancestry than most others.
nickschultzfan
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And it' really nice to hear stories from overseas too . About roots, culture, language and accents, cities and villages, even bars.. While I've never been to America, I think it's easier to imagine how's living there up north than for example in Texas or California.
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You live in New York, IIRC..? How did you become a Wild fan? Are you native Minnesotan then moved or something?
behemolari
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lets put it this way, right after last nights shootout i went to outside for cigarette. i am living middle of nowhere and i have one neighbour and he came exactly same time about 5am to doing same thing. apparently there is two things for us fins to do middle of week at that time, and watching wild game is number one. cheers.
nickschultzfan
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Grew up in Twin Cities metro area (well just across the border in WI). Married a girl from Manhattan. It's another planet here in NYC.
gphr513
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Ha, somebody shared this article on my FB feed.
#21 is St. Urho’s Celebration in Finland, MN. I had never heard of Finland, MN before. But I've seen it referenced twice in the last week (once in this thread, and once in that article)
#21 is St. Urho’s Celebration in Finland, MN. I had never heard of Finland, MN before. But I've seen it referenced twice in the last week (once in this thread, and once in that article)
keeneyedobserver
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It's on the north shore
I remember visiting as a youth when we would see our cousins from Silver Bay.
I remember visiting as a youth when we would see our cousins from Silver Bay.
PariseNation
I hope so
Relavent article on Finland's presence in MN > http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=737343&navid=DL|MIN|home
nickschultzfan
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Haha. I am a lot smaller than Marshall, but I constantly run into things, or bump things, or knock things out of my hand, but everything in this city is way too close together.
MMANumminen
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I can admit than I am a "bandwagoner" since I started to support Wild pretty late, and only beacuse of Granny and the other Finns. But maybe I'll grow to be a fan of the team itself, even if it had no finns at all.
I was Red Wings fan since 1990 to 2010 and the didn't have many Finns at all. There has been too many swedes for a long time now and I just can't support them like before since all my favorite players have retired already.
Also...
Team Finland:
Usually controls the game, good skating and possession
Hard nosed, hard working team but not overly physical or big
Can not score goals
If leading in 3rd, turtle is coming
Have potential to epic meltdowns and comebacks
Sound familiar?
I was Red Wings fan since 1990 to 2010 and the didn't have many Finns at all. There has been too many swedes for a long time now and I just can't support them like before since all my favorite players have retired already.
Also...
Team Finland:
Usually controls the game, good skating and possession
Hard nosed, hard working team but not overly physical or big
Can not score goals
If leading in 3rd, turtle is coming
Have potential to epic meltdowns and comebacks
Sound familiar?
PariseNation
I hope so
thought I would give this a bump after revisiting these posts. I'm always excited to see the Finns represented well at the X, which has been the case at the games i've attended recently. Lots of quality posts in this thread.
& happy belated b-day Lapa! That's an awesome and passionate story about traveling long distances to see Koivu. One love.
& happy belated b-day Lapa! That's an awesome and passionate story about traveling long distances to see Koivu. One love.
Paul Bunyan
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We have Finnish rap in the warm ups now.
I thought there is a place called Finland in somewhere in Minnesota?
But I guess both places are alike; got high hopes that will never realize
Lapa
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Thanks!
We have Finnish rap in the warm ups now.
Cheek is pretty much the Finnish version of Pitbull.
Hamstorm
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We have Finnish rap in the warm ups now.
Yeah. It's this song, btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Ejyr-ddgw#t=119sCheek is pretty much the Finnish version of Pitbull.
"Diamonds Are Forever". DJ Dumba asked Granlund for some good Finnish music - he said Koivu likes that song. Koivu burst into laughter and started skating around when he heard it for the first time.
Paul Bunyan
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I thought there is a place called Finland in somewhere in Minnesota?
But I guess both places are alike; got high hopes that will never realize
There is, my fake ID at uni was a Minnesota one from there.
I also have a "Pesäpallo" hat from up North too that my Gramps always wore (he is a Croat who grew up in Finntown).
Cheek is pretty much the Finnish version of Pitbull.
IT'S SO FITTING.
Next we need some Apulanta, Happoradio, Kotiteollisuus and Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus.
Paul Bunyan
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Any recommendations let me know! I do have more Finnish stuff too, but I don't think reggae at a game of puck is going to fly for most people.
Finns are a good group to have supporting us! Always had a lot of respect for the way Finns and Scandinavians in general do things. I like the dry sense of humor and I respect that every Finn out there is tough and just quietly does his part. Seems like Finns are tough, practical people.
Also the Finnish defense of Russia in WWII was ridiculously impressive and probably saved Europe when you think about it. If the Red Army wasn't stymied by the Finns in such embarrassing fashion, it is arguable that Stalin never would've realized how inept his army really was and wouldn't have been able to punish the Nazis on the eastern front. So yeah Finland is awesome in my book.
Also the Finnish defense of Russia in WWII was ridiculously impressive and probably saved Europe when you think about it. If the Red Army wasn't stymied by the Finns in such embarrassing fashion, it is arguable that Stalin never would've realized how inept his army really was and wouldn't have been able to punish the Nazis on the eastern front. So yeah Finland is awesome in my book.
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I remember reading once that our losses at 39-40 were 25 thousand and they were somewhere in the 126 000 range, we won't give up no matter what
It was embarrassing to read how they tried to make it that we started the war against them even though Russia+Hitler had made a deal how to split europe and Finland was meant for Russia. Our guns were nowhere near the spot they claimed them to be.
You see that attitude in hockey, if there's a finn in your team he is probably one of the hardest working players on your team, won't cry
when it hurts rather says I wanna go back. The plan is to outwork your opponent every time because we just can't score
I started to watch Wilds games right away when I was able mainly due to Granlund and wanting to see how he will do but didn't take long for me to become a fan, also for some reason I really like to watch your home games, I don't know why but I like the Xcel energy center.
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Some of them are just plain badass.
Like the White Death. Over 500 sniper kills during the winter war with a plain old rifle. Got his face shot up and lived through it. One of the toughest S.O.B.'s I've ever read about. You'd have to tone down his kill count if you made a movie about him just to keep it within suspension of disbelief range for the audience.
