The Sicatoka

The supporters win one thing: Not having to listen to their non-sense ever again. The anti- folks will get something they didn't expect: Banishment to the realm of inconsequentiality.

No citing where that notion came from?

That's a low-hanging fruit guess for two reasons: - My blog was written before USHL protected lists came out (with Cichy and Bruneteau on them) and before Forney's departure was announced. You got to cheat off of that. - About two weeks after my blog (at Sioux Boosters in Fargo according to my sources), Hak said those four forwards are coming in. To me the only remaining question (given Kozek staying) is Finley; however, I'm guessing Big Joe stays.

Nailed it.

More proof of what I've said for a while: Ron His Horse is Thunder = Kim Jong Il Go Cavalry.

Hockey in HD makes hockey on television.

I know this is crazy to ask, but do folks think about trivial things like having a center on each line? I sure am glad Hakstol does.

Looked just fine in NBC HiDef (and sounded fine in Dolby surround too). About FSSN: They just need to change the filter/polarizer on the main camera at REA. When they do that they could get one of those remotely operated cameras for the red line and eliminate the small camera box between the two team benches.

Fienhage? Knowledge or speculation? I'd guess Andrew MacWilliam (AJHL experience) over the guys who played Minnesota HS (Fienhage, Gleason) last year.

How ever will Ryan Duncan survive on a team without a guy named Stafford, Zajac, Toews, or Oshie? PS - Duncan was third in league scoring out there that year, behind a guy named Andrew Kozek. Shouldn't the same (or maybe more) questions apply?

He's quiet. He's humble. He leads by example. He shows up every night. He does the job in front of him. He shows up in headlines and pictures ... with a Hobey Baker Award. Hang a "C" on him. Tell the rest to learn from the model.

"ZOD" is a reference to Superman's enemy General Zod. Zod was dispatched to the Phantom Zone* by the Kryptonian-American from Kansas with the Kryptonite intolerance. "Bow Before Zod" (or something like that) was a Gopher (Handyman? Is that you?) inside joke/comment amongst Gopher fans on USCHO a while back (reasons/history unknown). * The "Phantom Zone" is "a featureless state of existence from which inhabitants can observe, but cannot interact" with what is in front of them. Interesting that Gopher fans would revere someone banished to the Phantom Zone given its eerie similarity to Mariucci.

I thought he was playing puck with the 'yotes. His brother really (quietly) fixed his bad penalty problem this year too.

You da man!

I suppose the football scholarship Wes first arrived on was "charity" too.

Today's compare and contrast moment: MSU-Moorhead pole vaulter wins womens DII title: Front page sports, Fargo Forum, Saturday UND wins how-many-again DII individual titles: Nada. Can't find anything about DII track in the Fargo Forum. Coincidence? I think not. PS - I'm not a track and field guy, but winning is winning. Good job UND Tracksters. EDIT - Ooops. My mistake. There's a "near the fold on page whatever" mention of another MSU-Moorhead DII finisher.

It think about those a great deal also, but I also see a lot of folks and think ... You drag it around like a ball and chain You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain You wave it like a flag; you wear it like a crown Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down Complain about the present and blame it on the past I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ...

Some old song lyrics started to roll through my noggin for some reason ... Today I made an appearance downtown; I am an expert witness because I say I am.

Jack (a surely credible source) Weinstein's public web page. Be sure to enjoy the link titled: "Want to understand Karl Marx flawlessly and dance around with your dog at the same time? Here is am important study aid!" Dance, Fido. Dance.

FERPA.

So if it's not Wheeler who are the unhappy upperclassmen?

Reusse makes mention of unhappy upperclassmen on the Gopher roster. Need I point out that Blake Wheeler left the Gophers, gave up a senior year, with no signed professional contract.

I don't have to. "star2city" already provided the teaser:

How many open meetings law violations was JQP involved in during his tenure? Let's see, one during the Potts fiasco. Then another (in Joe Chapman's office!) less than a year later. That's basis enough right there.