The Sicatoka

Fair enough. But I've also seen him not tie up a man in front for the goal to tie (v. UNH) that started their run. And Friday he just kept giving and giving ground and watched Lasch go around him for the first one v. SCSU. Even in the replay I couldn't figure out why Taylor wasn't stepping up on Lasch and burying him.

Never truer words typed, and especially so for the bolded part.

Aren't the real NFL junkies watching ESPN from about dawn onwards to kickoff?

Defensive defensemen (Finley, Jones) are out there not to score but to make sure no bad things happen in their end of the ice. Anything positive in Plus/Minus for a defensive defenseman is, quite obviously, a positive.

Can you use that word on this forum? ;)

The best Plus/Minus on the team so far this season belongs to ________.

What'd be bettter is not putting a "number two" into their own Tacklas in the third (like they did Saturday v. UNH and Friday v. SCSU).

I'd love to hear the training regimines of guys like James Patrick or Chris Chelios, guys who played or are playing in the NHL into their late 70s or early 80s .... OK, just 40s (Chelios is skating a top four D shift at 45!), but you get the point. It'd be interesting to see what that could do for an 18-23 year old.

Question: "25 year old Canadians at UND, Where did they go?" Answer: The nursing home?

The one CC's Chad Rau scored a shorty in. No, wait, that doesn't help narrow it down .... he got a shorty each night!

Evan Trupp seems much more confident on the ice of late in comparison to October. Andrew Kozek seems intent on being and staying a top-six forward, and that's a good thing. VandeVelde just needs to come every day with that "A"-game of his. And I know some will disagree, but when you don't notice a defensive defenseman it means he's doing his job. (You only notice defensive defensemen when they get torched.) Zach Jones has been very unnoticeable, and that, for his style of defensive play, is a great compliment. A Saturday +5 at SCSU gets Joe Finley a special note here also. Taylor Chorney isn't the Taylor Chorney of last season inside of his own blueline (see: first goal Friday night). I'm not sure what's going on with that. Brad Miller is playing the same way he did last year and earlier this season: great with time and space on the big rinks, but struggling on the smaller rinks (where there's more play along the boards) and things happen more quickly. Ryan Duncan seems tight, like he's trying to justify that award. Fuggidabowdit. Just go out and have some fun.

During Saturday's CC at UW game (sorry, with no Sioux on the tube I decided to watch that one with the radio tuned to Hennessy in the background) the CSTV announcers talked about two things that Colorado College is doing: 1. Owens has them working under the philosophy of getting a shot on net in 8 seconds or less after taking possession of the puck, no matter where on the ice they start from. At times they seem to sell out defensively to do this, but it sure put a ton of pressure onto the UW defense. 2. Owens has them all on some sort of special diet where just about everything they eat and drink is monitored. Many of the Tigers are down weight from last season. But under this regimine they all claim to be faster and feel stronger. I don't know if it's a new trend (the last being Dean Blais' "we're just in better shape than you are" off-season training), but 14-6-0 (and 13-3-0 in league) to this point sure seems to point that it's working for CC so far.

Assumably this would be in Boston at either BU's rink or where the Bruins play, yes?

Don't blame me. I've never updated that one. (I keep my own list. )

Given that my question had merit (Hak revealed the Dean of Students has gotten involved) and others heard Hakstol talking on Friday's pre-game ... I could but the Dean would be legally precluded by FERPA from answering. So, given that, I'm a little shocked that Coach Hakstol would bring such a matter up in a public forum like the radio pre-game show. And apparently Hak did. I'm trying to figure out what Hak (note: HAKSTOL) said, in a pre-game show, streamed worldwide on the internet, about this matter. Why are you surprised that "Member 10" is interested in what Coach Hakstol told the world in the Friday pre-game? What was I wrong about? The Dean of Students getting involved? Hak said that on the radio. So if you're looking to rip someone: Rip Hak. But (based on past advice I've been repeatedly given) I'm going to trust Hak and assume he did what he did for a good reason.

What all did Hak say pre-game on Friday? I heard from another (I didn't have it on) that Hak said Oshie's "A" is gone from his jersey for the year and that he'd sit Friday. But was there also a mention of involvement of the Dean of Students in this matter?

That's nice, but a large annual check would mean more.

It's 4:31. Do you know who your coach is?

This whole matter has turned into a real pissah. [/best New Hampshire accent]

Where'd Mussman graduate from again? I seem to have lost that knowledge in a .... Cyclone. PS - Is it good karma for UND to hire a Cyclone when they're playing them in MBB tomorrow?

I'm going to patent the "Elevator Monkey". Press a button and monkey comes out, gets up on the roof of the elevator car, climbs the cables, and gets help. For an extra $1000 we'll add the supplementary "comes back with a bed pan" feature.

Uh, folks? http://wiki.siouxsports.com/doku.php/2008_...uit_commitments

This is kind of like "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" ... Kill and Bohl were eyed for the Northern Illinois job. Kill took it, leaving SIU, and thus making the opening for Lennon. If Bohl would have just gone to NIU we wouldn't have this thread because Dale would still be at UND. Does it make sense to bring up Bohl now?

"Four whole fried chickens, ... and a Coke." "Dry white toast."

It's pretty simple when you break it down: You want to be in the spotlight (in a jersey, in public office, whatever) you buy the whole package deal: the spotlight, the attention, and the scrutiny.