The Sicatoka
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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.
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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.
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I have two season tickets, I will only have to pay the FSC $110 once right?
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.
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Jeez, what happened to the days when the prices were the same for ALL games?
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.
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Stafford 11pts
And all but 1 of the 11 points were against Mankato or Tech.
(The 1 was a goal against Minnesota in the Final Five.)
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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.
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I have to stop making these mistakes or use preview ....
You could use the "Edit" button on the original post and fix it.
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You got it, 'Sergei.'
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Their last game of the year.....
Now, do you mean "season" or "calendar year."
Think about it.
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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:
(Interviewer): ... Who is the toughest forward ... you have faced this season?Mike: Forward would probably be (Rastislav) Spirko (Tri-City).
Not a bad endorsement.
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The next youngest players will be Zajac and Radke, who share the same birthdate - 5/13/85.
Better yet? Matt Greene's DOB: 5/13/83. There are three "May 13th" birthdays on one roster.
And as far as "young guys," that stallwart, dependable defenseman, the long-in-the-tooth, go-to guy, the senior this fall, Matt Jones, doesn't turn 21 until August. Robbie Bina and Matt Greene are older.
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Commodore did score the first goal of the 2000 national championship game against BC. It was a rebound off Brian Lundbohm's shot. Ulmer scored the game- winner in a simlar manner on a rebound off Goren's shot.
Isn't it amazing what happens when, in a close game, you actually shoot the puck on net and not try to get really fine around the edges (and end up shooting wide)?
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I think that might have been his second. I'm thinking he scored one crashing the net in the Final Five or in the regionals that year too. But I could be wrong.
IMO eerily similar to watching Greene dangle with the puck at the point against Denver. Hadn't seen that from him before either.
I believe it was Commodore from Jeff Panzer and B. Lundbohm against Niagara.
Greene moving and firing with the puck showed me that he's grown as a player. For defensemen the transitions are normally (and each takes about a year): get used to the speed, control your end of the ice, improve the offensive side of your game, dominate the entire game. Seeing Greene do that says to me he's making the next transition.
If you're not sure what "dominate the entire game" means, reference Ryan Caldwell versus Maine.
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Interesting, so you're confirming that a D1aa football school is, in fact, a D1 school. Thanks for clearing that up.
Look back; did I ever say it wasn't? What I said was DI-AA is "DI small-ball football."
Good golly, even MSU-Mankato and UM-Crooston offer football scholarships, but, more than a quarter, approaching a third, of DI-AA "football" schools don't give athletic scholarships. There's a "competitive upgrade" indeed.
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I think I've figured out one funding stream for a new on-campus parking ramp that's been rumored.
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No, there's going to be a situation that I've heard coined as "goaltending is like money, there's no such thing as too much."
As far as "a mess in the crease" please refer to the Holy Cross goaltending department.
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I'm sorry, but what I watched Saturday night wasn't very "pure."
There was more obstruction in that game than in the most filibustered Congressional session.
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A platypus?
Maybe platypi? Or is it platypuses?
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Not so with ice hockey (either you're a scholarship team D1 or a non-scholarship team D3).
WRONG. Harvard, and the other Ivys, all DI schools, do not offer hockey scholarships and they play DI hockey.
And the DI-AA football scholarship limit is 63.
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... and you can't count out Denver after this year.
Berkhoel was a senior.
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No, BisonMav, you misintrepret the NCAA classification system. Division I is Division I; the A/AA/AAA only applies in football conversations. Thus, 33 DI schools play ice hockey (including Minnesota, Maine, and Denver, namely a IA, a IAA, and a IAAA). DI-AA is DI, DI small-ball football.
By the letter of the NCAA law, during this transition year, NDSU is still a DII. Yes, they're playing Minnesota in baseball on that date. Seen the UND swimming and diving schedule? Many occurances of a DII competing against DIs.
But then again, I'm forced to ask:
Don't you high-falootin' DI types have better things to do than play here with a lil' ol' DII school?
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Fear not 'jk' for tomorrow is this wondrous day.
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It's the theme Tim's used since he assumed the role of Execute VP: Riley, who's more familiar with campus of late than Tim is, because Riley's been there with Katie and Tim only recently moved back, leads him to places that Tim "rediscovers," places that make UND great. I thought it was pretty good when he came out with it.
It's the theme Tim's used since he assumed the role of Execute VP. Don't read too much into it.
Diggler: Can we get a couple of dingos or are they too dangerous?
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Genoway did a very nice job at center with Bochenski this season.