Witnesses to the Wisconsin-North Dakota 'Water Bottle Game' 40 years ago relive the mayhem

[Da-news-now]

A bench-clearing brawl became a symbol of a tense rivalry in 1982. Here are the recollections of those who watched it or tried to intervene when a water bottle led to a fracas between the Wisconsin and North Dakota hockey…

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[Keg Man]

The links aren't working for me regarding men's hockey.


But my favorite fracas moment was at the old Coliseum had to be in '76 because I drove to the game between Bucky and MN at the old Dane County Coliseum. The fracas broke out. Bucky fans certainly were certainly voicing their pleasure at the fracas. A MN player jumped up onto the edge of the boards, grabbed the plexiglass, poked his head over the glass, and a well meaning bucky fan dropped him. Ah the good old knuckle dragging pre-mask (hockey mask) days

 

[Crease Creature]

I was at this one in , and sadly it stands out as the highlight of my recollections of Kyle Turris' one-season playing career for the Badgers