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I just heard Hak on 740 The Fan with Dan Hammer. Regarding Chay Genoway's return to the ice he said " ... it'll be a while ... "

You too? I'm thinking this guy served in a M*A*S*H unit in Korea under the name Capt. Tuttle.

The options were: - be sued under Title IX of US Federal law - drop a mens sport - add a womens sport

Oh, I'm sure it's in the book somewhere. It's like when Don Adam finally read (note I don't say "and understood") the hockey rule book and came up with the "I intended to blow the whistle" call to waive off a UND goal. In honor of that referee, let's all do a demonstrative clapping gesture.

Those are criminal acts, and are obviously outside the Code of Conduct for REA. Those acts should not be tolerated anywhere.

Folks, you're making way too much out of this. Here are the simple steps to stay in compliance: - Search for George Carlin's "7 Words You Can't Say on TV." - Make sure if one of them escapes your lips during a game that the only people that can hear it are within arm's reach. - If you do get a dirty look from a person that hears it, say "Oops. Sorry" and try to not have it slip next time. Done. Pretty simple really. And in an act of full disclosure: One of the "7" escaped my lips more than once with Kristo on the point during powerplays. But only those within arm's reach heard it.

The AD, ... and the NCAA.

Question: Does the MWC want to continue to have a Central Time Zone presence? Yes, TCU is having an amazing football run, but if the MWC were to pick up Boise and Fresno that moves the MWC further west. So, does the MWC want to continue to be spread over three time zones? If not, taking Nevada would be a clear signal that TCU is too far east already.

The league was smart enough to keep Marvin off the ice Saturday. I was expecting that a number seventeen body bag would be needed at the visitor's bench Saturday.

How about rotating Marto, LaPoint, and Gleason through and at the end of the power play (last 20-30 seconds) putting Blood out there. Those first three can thread a shot through and will play smart back there. If you really want a forward back there I'd say Toews and put Knight or Cichy out with Trupp and Malone for a second PP unit. For that matter, of all the forwards, based on the Friday performance I'd say the one that deserved to be healthy scratched Saturday was Kristo. Cichy played a smart, tough game and he doesn't give up the puck very easily. No, he's not flashy or fast, but he doesn't make mistakes with the puck either.

We the fans deserve officials of the calibre of the playing talent on the ice. We have NHL calibre talent with beer league, low-bid refs.

If I ever see Kristo out there on the point during a power play again it'll be too soon.

It's too bad we didn't get the Gophers at a time where we could use "Beaver Rejects!"

Are you sure the purple you're seeing isn't the inside of a bottle of Crown Royal? PS - Shiancoe is a tight end.

What's going on in Minneapolis? http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/?blog=63978

More interesting data on hockey attendance in this region. http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/?blog=63950

A little slow on the uptake, eh?

We came up with this cheer 'cause we can't say f... f-forget this idea. Nevermind. A simple rafter-rattling, thunderous "Lets go Sioux" is the most intimidating thing to the opposition. It makes it very clear they aren't playing against 20, but against 11,020.

I've heard Brian Faison talk about how at a previous school, in basketball, after warnings, technical fouls have been dropped onto teams during games for fan behavior. He doesn't think we're there yet and that the situation can be remedied before coming to that, but he's seen it happen and doesn't want the conference or NCAA to start mandating penalties for fan behavior. We don't need the cussin' cheers going out over TV just like UMD didn't need this article being written. I miss the creativity of "Martha Stewart" aimed at that former CC player. I know that creativity is still there. So let's see it! UND says: Innovative. Creative. Entrepreneurial. Spirited. I say: Be better. Be North Dakota.

You should be. Ken Massey has them ranked ahead of you too.

Brand didn't enact the policy. The NCAA Executive Committee did. They're still there. And we know how they think: They tried once before. And we know how idealists can be persistent.

The NCAA could change its policy to "We don't care if you have tribal permission or not." Nothing is stopping the NCAA from doing that.

They have some flashy-blinky-whiz-bang stuff on that opening page so I'm sure if you don't have the right add-ins on your browser it looks rather grey and box-ish.