The Sicatoka

Are you sure your statement may not be better phrased as: "What or who those were is anyone's guess."

He's Ryan Potulny's buddy: GFRR, Lincoln in the USHL, that other WCHA program they're both at.

Are you saying we can all pack it in now because you have the answer key to the 2004 football season already?

Drake and Valpariso? In the 2002-2003 academic year, UND averaged more fans per home game than either Valpo or Drake did per home football game. Now, let me finish that sentence: In the 2002-2003 academic year, UND womens basketball averaged more fans per home game than either Valpo or Drake did per home football game.

How about "The Star Spangled Banner" right after the last game of an Olympic hockey tournament? OK, OK, I'd be fine with "Oh Canada" in that situation also.

Why do ticket prices go up? Because things cost money. Link to that story. Even the BCS-types are having to increase revenues to pay increasing costs. Only the SEC has been "in the black" for all ten of the years from 1993 to 2002. You have to pay the bills.

Depending upon what the Coroner finds, the SIQ may have more than one problem. According to this page, there are a host of crimes that can lead to the Federal death sentence. We've been focused on the kidnapping aspect of this. The others are things I choose to not think about but that the Coroner may report happened.

Who is UND Sports Facilities Inc.? As a non-profit corporation, guess what they have to do with any profits the may acquire along the way? Give them away to a charitable organization. I wonder who UND Sports Facilities Inc.'s favorite charity is.

I said "May." That's my hope. Let's let them do their jobs and file their findings, whatever they may be.

Mentioning The Betty .... http://theralph.com/construction/

Then it needed to happen again because apparently some folks just don't understand it.

I can't believe no one has rolled out the old legal axiom: Possession is nine tenths of the law. Last I saw it, NDSU's Blue Key gave it to UND (namely the UND Student Senate with the UND football team serving as their proxy for receiving it) and UND has possessed it ever since. Possession is nine tenths of the law.

Forgive me for being somewhat unemotional and objective at this point: Dru is now with the Ramsey Co. Coroner's Office. (They handle autopies for all of MN.) May those people, with some of the most difficult work known to man, find the evidence needed to convict the culprit and help bring the culprit to the strongest justice possible under the law.

Genoway did a very nice job at center with Bochenski this season.

I'm probably digging myself another hole. I wasn't real excited to hear "bad bounces" and "wasn't our night" and "they're a good team" talk from the captain after some of this season's losses in the post-game radio show. I wanted to hear more "we need to work even harder" and "we need to raise our intensity to meet the challenge" more often from the captain. Having said that, .... I'd move the "C" onto Matt Jones and I'd put an "A" on Bochenski and Schneider. Now, I am basing my assessment on what I see and hear in the media. If what happens in "The Room" makes my assessment void, meaning Schneider really does "rally the lads with rousing words" there but withholds them from the media (and the other team's locker room door too), so be it. Have him keep the "C" and put an "A" on Jones (and still Bochenski). I'd expect the "C" to go onto Prpich in fall of 2005.

For those of you asking me to give grades, I'd give the entire team, each player, an "I" for incomplete. They didn't do all the work I expected of them; they can make it up next season.

That's what the letter said. Plus, that's what it says in here: One FSC Century Club membership allows you to buy two hockey tickets.

I'm just going to say "$27.50" and bolt for the door. Well, hold it, I'll say "$27.55" to any NDSU fans that may read this.

And all but 1 of the 11 points were against Mankato or Tech. (The 1 was a goal against Minnesota in the Final Five.)

I'm probably going to win the "Most Inflammatory Posting of the Off-Season" award with this. Somebody has to. Remember, these are my opinions, they aren't right, they aren't wrong, but they are what I would feel comfortable or dare saying to the face of the player. Here's what my report cards to individuals and groups would be after the 2003-2004 season: PS - I'm only going to comment on guys I saw play in person and for more than just one game. Report Cards: Schneider: Where were you, especially offensively? After a super-soph campaign I'm not sure what happened. I hope you do. A return to that sophomore year form would be good for you and the team. Jones: Very nice. Keep up the good work. But you did take a couple of questionable penalties late in the season. Keep those in check. Thanks. Fuher: Mr. Unsung Hero. Work on the strength in front of your net. Greene: Excellent progress this year. The next step is more confidence on the offensive end of the ice. Marvin: You had the toughest role around. Being short on lefty forwards, were you a defenseman who could play left-wing, or a left-wing playing back? Either way, keep playing smart hockey when you're out. Smaby: You're coming along nicely. No defenseman feels comfortable in the WCHA in their first year. Next year is when you start to control your end of the ice when you are out. You're right on the pace Greene and Jones were on. They're on the track you want to be on. Bina: What a pleasant surprise with the puck. Work on decisions and positioning when you don't have it. Defensemen: You all need to work on getting the shot from the point past the first defender. Bochenski: Everyone thinks someone else made Bo. I remember your 17-15-32 freshman scoring line. I recall you getting four on a future Hobey finalist goalie when your centerman was in Nova Scotia at the WJC. Who made who? This team will go as far as you decide to lead them. Canady: Love the speed and work. You need to focus that on the goal (as in, the goal, shooting and scoring) and work on the self-discipline. No more silly penalties. Fylling: Some games you are a world-beater with speed and intensity. Other games I can't find you. I need to know you'll be there every game. Genoway: I'm sure your role confused you. Let's make this simple. Your job is to come off the ice with a better plus-minus than the guy you're facing. Outscore him, because I know you can. Massen: The hands, the shot, the ability, you're using all the assets but one: the body. You're bigger than most you face. Use it to your advantage. And please start moving the feet. You not just cheating yourself when you don't. Stay in GF and work on those this summer. McMahon: Your first responsibility will be always be defense because you are an expert at it, but you have to bury the chances you create or that are given to you. Prpich: The agitator extraordinaire. Keep it up, but be conscious of taking dumb penalties also. You, like McMahon, need to bury everything that gets onto your stick. You'll be a junior. You need to take more responsibility in the offensive end. Considering you are one of the few lefty forwards, this is especially so. Fabian: Keep doing what the coaches tell you in practice and work on those feet for speed. Do those two things and you'll create a spot for yourself on the left wing somewhere. Murray: No longer the freshman and no longer in the shadow of your centerman, this is your time to show everyone what you can do, just like you did in Salmon Arm. Porter: The most pleasant surprise of the year. Nothing like seeing a big strong fast left-handed wing working the puck free along the wall and setting up scoring chances. Stafford: Amazing start, quiet finish. I'm not sure what happened. I suspect the long season (including a gold medal) wore you down. A full season at the torrid pace you started at and you'll be rewarded at the next levels. Forwards: We need 12 guys working as four lines all working to outscore each other (nothing like a little friendly competition) and the other team every night. And outscore doesn't necessarily mean outscore either: It means getting the goal you need when you need it, to win, either 2-1 or 7-6. If you don't do it, who will? Brandt: Another year of outstanding numbers and no credit. Follow the advice I was told that your father gave you: Simplify. When you do that you are outstanding. Parise: One of the best freshman goaltending performances in UND history. I could argue that you put yourself on pace to be the Parise that people will more remember in the future. Trust your defense and coaches. They know you can move it; they know when it's better for you not to. Trust them. Goaltending: The nay-sayers don't believe in you. The numbers don't lie. Keep putting up the numbers and making the nay-sayers look foolish.

You could use the "Edit" button on the original post and fix it.

You got it, 'Sergei.'

Now, do you mean "season" or "calendar year." Think about it.

Former Gopher Mike Erickson (moving on to Western Michigan of the CCHA) and Rastislav Spirko are both USHL 2nd teamers. Here's an excerpt from an interview of Erickson: Not a bad endorsement.

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