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Gorg and LaPanta in Serious Car Accident
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:55 am
by bauerhky22
I'm sure this has already been posted on here, but I figured I would let people know that already didn't know.
Kevin Gorg, Anthony LaPanta, and another FSN crew member were in a serious car accident Saturday night at about 9:30 PM near Blackduck, MN. They were driving back from the Baudette Bay Classic, when Gorg's van struck a snow drift in the middle of the road. It spun the van sideways and brought it into the ditch where it rolled 4 times. The van stopped on its side and they were able to escape from the back hatch. They ended up losing their cell phones during the accident so they couldn't call for help. Luckily, minutes later a car drove by and helped them out. They ended up getting the state patrols and a tow truck there within minutes.
Funny part of the story is that they had two options when the tow truck got there. They could either get towed to Bemidji and spend the night and rent a car the next morning, or get towed all the way back to the Twin Cities. The tow guy agreed to take them all the way to the Twin Cities. So the driver, Gorgie, LaPanta, and the other FSN crew member crunched together in the front of a single cab tow truck all the way down to the cities. (5 hours.) Luckily nobody was hurt in the wreck.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:03 am
by Cabela10
Crazy. Good thing nobody was seriously hurt.
Re: Gorg and LaPanta in Serious Car Accident
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:08 am
by 61ache
bauerhky22 wrote:I'm sure this has already been posted on here, but I figured I would let people know that already didn't know.
Kevin Gorg, Anthony LaPanta, and another FSN crew member were in a serious car accident Saturday night at about 9:30 PM near Blackduck, MN. They were driving back from the Baudette Bay Classic, when Gorg's van struck a snow drift in the middle of the road. It spun the van sideways and brought it into the ditch where it rolled 4 times. The van stopped on its side and they were able to escape from the back hatch. They ended up losing their cell phones during the accident so they couldn't call for help. Luckily, minutes later a car drove by and helped them out. They ended up getting the state patrols and a tow truck there within minutes.
Funny part of the story is that they had two options when the tow truck got there. They could either get towed to Bemidji and spend the night and rent a car the next morning, or get towed all the way back to the Twin Cities. The tow guy agreed to take them all the way to the Twin Cities. So the driver, Gorgie, LaPanta, and the other FSN crew member crunched together in the front of a single cab tow truck all the way down to the cities. (5 hours.) Luckily nobody was hurt in the wreck.
Glad no one was hurt and think, since no one was hurt, is a kind of funny image. Just keep thinking about Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and "Freak Show". "Juuuust don't do nothing the good Lord wouldn't do".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-03IlWs3xA
Could anyone put Gorg and LaPanta's heads on this clip?
It was cold enough that night, I bet those boys were puckering a bit before that car showed up--I know I would be.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:56 am
by Pioneerprideguy
All in a day's work for the game of hockey. Nice work guys & hope all is well.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:14 am
by wbmd
Was Gorg busy yapping as usual and didn't see the snow drift in the road?
Good there were no serious injuries.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:07 am
by MN Pond Hockey
wbmd wrote:Was Gorg busy yapping as usual and didn't see the snow drift in the road?
Good there were no serious injuries.
Gorg was talking so much the windows probably got fogged up and he couldn't see, causing the van to hit the drift and go into a twisted wrister motion.
Jokes aside, I am glad they are all ok!
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:50 am
by Indians forever
I would hate to see what that tow bill came to. Good thing no one got hurt..
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:51 am
by koho snipe
they almost lost their lives for hockey. That is why MN is the state of hockey!! Dedication......Some people call them obsessed, others just call them warriors
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:54 am
by SB24
MN Pond Hockey wrote:wbmd wrote:Was Gorg busy yapping as usual and didn't see the snow drift in the road?
Good there were no serious injuries.
Gorg was talking so much the windows probably got fogged up and he couldn't see, causing the van to hit the drift and go into a twisted wrister motion.
Jokes aside, I am glad they are all ok!
HAHA

Good News
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:14 am
by northwoods oldtimer
Glad to hear the boys came out that okay!
You will see the end result of that tow bill soon enough when FSN splits off their service as a seperate package....only $6.95 a month....
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:17 am
by Can't Never Tried
Indians forever wrote:I would hate to see what that tow bill came to. Good thing no one got hurt..
I'm sure it was free it gave Goober a chance to get out of Mayberry

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:34 pm
by STEV16
Suprised I didnt hear about this until it was posted on here..
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:03 pm
by PASTRAPIDSFAN
Glad no one was hurt.Thats a lonley stretch of road could have been stranded
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:53 pm
by wbmd
PASTRAPIDSFAN wrote:Glad no one was hurt.Thats a lonley stretch of road could have been stranded
That's what Gorg was saying on KFAN this afternoon. The highway patrol basically told them that since it was so cold out that they were lucky that anyone was even out on the road as it usually deserted at those times.
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:52 pm
by The_Phantom_Enigma
Rumor has it Gorg was trying to drive AND wax his eyebrows at the same time when the accident occurred!
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:13 pm
by 61ache
The_Phantom_Enigma wrote:Rumor has it Gorg was trying to drive AND wax his eyebrows at the same time when the accident occurred!
Buwahaha, way to work in the eyebrows. Well played sir
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:19 pm
by Bigcat99
He has eyebrows?
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:20 pm
by The_Phantom_Enigma
Bigcat99 wrote:He has eyebrows?

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:44 am
by BranchesMagnum
I am just glad that Gorg can keep doing the faceoff with Greenlay during the wild games. We could have lost one of the best announcers/analysts the game has ever seen.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:21 am
by The_Phantom_Enigma
BranchesMagnum wrote:I am just glad that Gorg can keep doing the faceoff with Greenlay during the wild games. We could have lost one of the best announcers/analysts the game has ever seen.
No, No... This is about Kevin Gorg... Not Zoeller or Cat...

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:12 pm
by BlueGoose5
If no one was hurt, how could this be a serious car accident?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:10 pm
by ColdasIce
BlueGoose5 wrote:If no one was hurt, how could this be a serious car accident?
exactly my thoughts, just wanted to grab our attention I guess and it worked.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:39 pm
by Goldy Gopher
BlueGoose5 wrote:If no one was hurt, how could this be a serious car accident?
Because the van rolled over 4 times? Can't get much more serious than that.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:53 pm
by BlueGoose5
Well, from the standpoint of the van, I guess it was serious. Otherwise, without any injuries sustained, it wasn't serious or critical.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm
by GR3343
BlueGoose5 wrote:Well, from the standpoint of the van, I guess it was serious. Otherwise, without any injuries sustained, it wasn't serious or critical.
Does that really matter? Would it have made you feel better if either of them had actually been injured?
