Pointing Upward

Austin, MN – The Minotauros closed out October the same way that they opened the month, with a weekend sweep.  The Aberdeen Wings were the victims at the start of October and this time it was the Austin Bruins who felt the Tauros’s wrath. The Tauros started Friday night’s game (box score) the same way […]

Fighting Back

After getting out of the gate hot starting 6-0-0 the Tauros went 1-2-2 in the next five games.  The Tauros bounced back in a big way on Saturday night getting a 5-2 win in Aberdeen while pushing back physically as well.  The win was a big one as going 2-2-2 over the last three weeks […]

Back On Track

The Tauros bounced back from their first losses of the season last weekend by taking three of four points from the Brookings Blizzard this weekend.  The Tauros fell in overtime on Friday night in a seesaw affair before getting a win on Saturday in what may have been the Tauros final game in the old […]

Ready and Rolling

By: Ken Oda, minotauroshockey.com Minot, ND – The best start in Minotauros history continued this week as the Minotauros swept the Aberdeen Wings.  Coming off of a 4-0-0 showing at the NAHL Showcase the Tauros opened divisional play with a dominant performance over the Wings as they improved to 6-0-0 to start the year. On […]

Showcase Champs

Blaine, MN – The Minot Minotauros won a thriller on Saturday night to finish the 2016 NAHL Showcase as the only undefeated team.  The Tauros never led Fairbanks in regulation as the battled back from three one-goal deficits to force overtime and eventually won in the fifth round of the shootout to claim the Showcase […]

Finding A Way

By: Ken Oda, minotauroshockey.com Blaine, MN – After an emotional win on Thursday night the Minotauros came out of the gate slow on Friday afternoon in a quick turnaround game.  The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights outshot the Tauros 12-7 in the first and scored the period’s only goal when Jimmy Elser got loose on a breakaway and […]

Bullish

By: Ken Oda, minotauroshockey.com Blaine, MN – The Minotauros and Lone Star Brahmas promised to be one of the marquee match-ups of the 2016 NAHL Showcase, and the two clubs didn’t disappoint.  The Tauros finished last season with the 6th best record in the NAHL and the Brahmas the 3rd.   The two teams met in […]

Good First Impression

By: Ken Oda, minotauroshockey.com Blaine, MN – The Minotauros got off to a strong start beating the Kenai River Brown Bears by a 4-0 score Wednesday at the NAHL Showcase.  10 different players posted points and Lucas Murray made all 25 saves required of him as the Tauros cruised to victory (box score). Chase Springman […]