The Sicatoka

Too bad NDSU is newbies and has nothing "DI-AA" to say to them.

Hockey is a team sport. Team first. Then individual honors.

I believe that's the last time the MacNaughton Cup has spent a part of a summer anywhere in Minnesota. 1998 North Dakota 1999 North Dakota 2000 Wisconsin 2001 North Dakota 2002 Denver 2003 Colorado College 2004 North Dakota Heck, the State of Minnesota has to rely on UM-Duluth in 1993 for the last full-summer MacNaughton sighting!

(shudder)

The 1997 University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Mens Hockey Team - WCHA Regular Season Champions - WCHA Tournament Champions - NCAA Champions The "Trifecta". I think there's only one greater feat: "The Hrkac Quad" from 1987. - WCHA Regular Season Champions - WCHA Tournament Champions - NCAA Champions - Hobey Baker Award winner* * You need solid supporting cast (linemates) to win a Hobey. Somebody has to bury your assists and you have to bury what you're given.

Hot against whom? - The #10, #4, and #2 teams in the WCHA, or - the #16, #8, #4, and #2 teams in the nation? Best of the best when it mattered: There's the point. However, your agreement has me seeing that UND's 13 WCHA regular season banners are nearly as stunning of an achievement as the 7 National Championships.

University of North Dakota Mens Ice Hockey NCAA National Champions: 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000 NCAA National Runner-Up: 1958, 1968, 1979, 2001 Other NCAA National Semi-finals appearances: 1965, 1967, 1984 NCAA National Appearances (all): 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 WCHA Regular Season Champions: 1958, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004 WCHA Tournament Champions: 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1997, 2000

I like the previous answer a whole lot. Then again, there's always room for more of those banners. I've said UND should hang the seven WCHA tournament titles it could lay claim to. This is how it was explained to me: You hang regular season banners to show that you were the best during the long haul, over the whole season: Proven performance, no hot goalie weekends or fluke goal wins gets that banner. Winning a national title shows that, at the end of the season, you were among the best of everyone out there and beat them at the end. The best of the best, and the best of them all, matters. What's the WCHA tournament title? It's not the long haul and it's not the largest (and best) field that you're playing against. To win a WCHA tourney you need to be good for nine days and you'll be playing against at least one team that isn't near "the best of the best" (a non-NCAA qualifier). Anything can happen in the WCHA tournament (just ask Wisconsin this year or CC from a few back). Being tops amongst your peers over the long haul or being the best of all in the field at the end is noteworthy: Hang it.

I'd have to agree with your first sentence. His "trash containers" experience served him well seeing how comfortable he looked cleaning up in the Bison backfield.

Feel better? Done ranting? Now go and read what I posted in this thread earlier. Be sure to read and understand the UND Athletics budget (linked to in that thread). The prices have to be set so the bills can be paid. You don't have to like it but it's the reality.

Looking for single-gamers? Keep an eye on: - http://www.fightingsioux.com for a date - check the Buy/Sell/Trade board at http://www.theralph.com

So how's that bode for Goldie in 2004-2005?

Preference points: http://www.undalumni.org/fsc-priority-points.htm There's plenty of good reading at: http://www.undalumni.org/fighting-sioux-club.htm

Wouldn't it be either the athletic department (Roger Thomas) or the alumni association (Tim O'Keefe)?

Why not go above him? Who's he work for? That's what I do when I can't get a response.

No one likes price increases: Just ask the students about the 16.5% tuition increase. That tuition increase translates to increased costs for scholarships for UND teams as well. When you look at the UND Athletics budget, even if you held the line on every other cost item the scholarship line item goes up 16.5%, or $217,839.00, for FY 2005. Where's the extra revenue to cover that come from? The Sioux-per Gala raised about an extra $150,000.00 (per the June "Sioux Illustrated"). Take the four sections (302A, 303, 306, 314) being asked to join FSC this year and guess that those are about 1200 seats (5000 seats in the upper and those section are about 1/4 of them). For every two of those is an extra $110 to FSC this year: 1200/2 * $110 = $66,000. Between the Gala and the new FSC requirements you've raised $216,000.00. That roughly covers the tuition rate increase. Now remember: We started this exercise holding the line on every other FY 2005 budget line item. Just another reminder of one of the simple rules of life: Things cost money. PS - Where are those seats they let go? I'll pick them up.

Gotcha. Back to subject: I'd resend and try calling too. If nothing else, see if you can't face-to-face with him at the nearest golf outing. I've seen him at a couple of those too.

That letter went out to folks affected by the changes to Sections 302A, 303, 306, and 314. If you're a Coaches Club Level member of FSC, why'd they send it to you? You already were a member at or above the level in question and probably don't have seats in those sections.

I've sent email to Mark at that address and I've gotten responses in under five days each time. I'd say try resending or maybe call. He lists a telephone number.

Official: Ballard a Coyote

As bad as I feel for Commie, I feel for Rhett Warrener. Why? He played for Buffalo against Dallas in the Cup Finals when Hull scored a goal that wouldn't have been a goal during any other game that season. (They had waived off a ton of similar goals during that season after video reviews. They didn't that time.) This time, in Game 6, the puck off of Warrener's teammate Martin Gelinas' skate wasn't (it seems) properly reviewed at the time. A review of that may have made it 3-2 Calgary.

I've come down on Sioux players for being unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly. I'm being consistent.

Cheating is such an ugly word. I like to think of it as getting away with unsportsmanlike conduct. It sounds better, but it still wasn't called.