The Sicatoka

It's the conference that dissolved after North Dakota became a hockey-only affiliate member of the B1G.

Glad you clarified. Thought it might be "Alcatraz Class of '61".

Too late, I received an email notice thanking me for attending as the empty seat by the empty seat behind the empty seats a row over and a row behind the empty seats behind the home bench. At least I wasn't the empty seat behind all the empty seats in the upper deck.

Latest tidbits from Jim Dahl's http://collegehockeyranked.com/ Talk about a dilemma: Cheer for Harvard to make it tougher on Minnesota, but put in BC in the process.

They won't be producing that in Year 2.

No, no, no, I'm pretty sure "Random Dude" was doing the BTHC play-by-play on BTN yesterday, with "Some Guy" doing color.

I put it to intellectual or detail laziness. Yes. Laziness. There. I said it. Last fall I heard many people refer to FSU as "Florida". If you try to explain the Winston kid plays for "Florida State" or "FSU" they just nod, and say "Florida" again.

After the showing by tens of B1G fans yesterday, they still had a shred to shed?

You thought we were kidding or being overly harsh; but then ... And you now you realize it: Be sure to thank Barry Alvarez and the Big Ten Network for this magnificent recruiting tool ... for the NCHC, and heck, the WCHA for that matter. "Come play in the Big Ten Tournament at The Joe in front of tens of people!" Disclaimer: Yes, there's no guarantee that how things are today is how they'll always be. But there is a lot of hard work there to be done to get back to what Minnesota and Wisconsin had for a conference tournament.

Wow ... Michigan just takes two dumb defensive zone penalties. Wisconsin gets 1:03 of 5x3 upcoming.

Wisconsin scores. And now we get to listen to "On Wisconsin" from a Bluetooth speaker and Mafia's iPod.

Someone agrees with you Mafia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXdIK1xgfFk

I really didn't notice any difference in Wisconsin's offense.

"Dredd" (the 2012 remake, not the one with Stallone) is on Spike and that is more entertaining.

Wisconsin has scored 4 or more goals in a game just 4 times this season, and not since January. Game.

Ugly dying butterfly ... 2-0 Ugly Buckets.

Did that Wisconsin ad sound more like a paid political announcement than a standard "yay-rah-rah" message? I'd heard the state was looking to chop some serious funding from Bucky's budget. Guess it's so.

And it is easy to see there are more at this night game than were at the afternoon game.

How did Besse not finish that 2x1 ...

Michigan and Wisconsin underway. It looks like everyone that went to the afternoon game brought a friend! 2 x 0 = ...

At this time they've posted the box score for today's OSU/PSU game, but list the attendance as ... 0. http://collegehockeystats.net/1415/boxes/mosupsu1.m19 Disclaimer: They may update it later; however, there's nothing listed for attendance at USCHO.com either.

Oh really? 2012 WCHA Thursday afternoon game: DU and MTU - 11489 http://collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mdenmtu1.m15 2011 WCHA Thursday afternoon game: UMD and Bemidji State - 13131 http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mbmjmnd1.m17 So there's a "two close by" and "two nowhere near" and it still popped 11000 ... each time! Will there be 11000 in the Joe tonight?

With Michigan in the nightcap, there should be no excuses.

Picked by or given to them, they still have to look at what they find themselves in and wonder.

Mercifully ... over: 3-1 Ohio State.