Wisconsin men’s hockey, which in the immortal words of former Star Tribune writer Tom Jones (when describing the Wild) tries to win every game one-half to zero, has bigger problems than a boring style of play. From Madison.com (and again, thanks to a heads up from Jeff Shelman, who can spot a RandBall-worthy story like an NL batter can spot a hittable Kyle Lohse pitch. Oh, and bold type for emphasis is ours, as usual):

University of Wisconsin hockey player Kyle Klubertanz and former hockey player Jeffrey Slinde were each assessed $200 fines today for tipping over a cow last August in front of the Kohl Center, home of Badger hockey.

Klubertanz, 21, of Sun Prairie, and Slinde, 22, of Madison, were on their way home from the campus bar scene at about 2 a.m. on Aug. 3 when they decided to tip over one of the more than 100 sculpted and decorated cows which graced various parts of Madison last summer as the Wisconsin CowParade.

They tipped over one of three cows which were placed near the Kohl Center and were spotted doing so by workers at the Kohl Center who called police.

When officers arrived at the scene and asked the pair why they tipped over the Badger-red clad cow, Klubertanz replied: “We were stupid.”

All three of the Kohl center bovines, “Moo Rah Rah Wisconsin;” “If you want to be a Moosaic, come along with me,” and “Looking for Bucky,” were tipped over during the summer, according to the Milk Marketing Board, which sponsored the event.

After a brief court session today, Klubertanz, who will be a senior in the fall, said he thought it was the Bucky cow that he and Slinde tipped over. The base of the cow was damaged as was the right side above the udder and the left hoof. … The primary beneficiary of the auction was the new American Family Children’s Hospital at the UW.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 at 4:08 pm and is filed under Main. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.