Speez

Quit smoking on Jan. 1 after almost 40 yrs. & haven't had one yet. Probably the toughest thing I ever did. Still have a way to go before I consider myself off them for good. Still love the smell of a burning cigarette but the old stale odor is now nauseating. Illinois had a state wide smoking ban start then & that along with other reasons convinced me to quit. The part I thought I would cause me the most trouble with quitting was smoking at work. The owners & 90% of the people smoked, so I was able to smoke in my office. When the ILL smoking ban started to my suprise the owners said no more smoking in the offices. That definately made it a lot easier for me to quit. So far I made all the goals I set for myself. The big one is making it to the one year mark. When I make that one, it will be time to celebrate.

Bingo!! Give that man a cigar, or a beer & a cigarette.

anyboby listening on the internet. can't get the Sioux feed of TH.

Hated to see the Sioux lose to Denver, but can't say I was too suprised. They can't score goals & haven't for a while. With the leading scorer having 17 goals for the year, the playoffs are going to be a tough challenge. Previous teams had multiple 20+ scorers with scoring lines that would dominate the action. Role players would score 15-20 goals per season & would get flack on these boards for not scoring more. Now we have guys making 1st. & 2nd team WCHA honors & can't get 20 goals. I know scoring is down with great goaltending all around the leagues but a final push to get the offense flying is the only way this team is going to get to the FF. Sioux teams have the reputation of wearing the opponent down & dominating the 3rd period. I'm still waiting to see that this year. The Sioux may have dominated the action in the 3rd. today,but they haven't dominated the scoring.

NDH, member #559, joined in March '03. I would think you've been around long enough to know Jim is providing a great service to the fighting Sioux community without asking for anything from us. This site has come along way since I first found it on the starting of the message board phenom. To just find any info on the Sioux was a major pain, but Jim was at the forefront of getting this started. This site has provided me with insights & info I never would have know. It also provided me with a sounding board for things I wanted to say about the team & things I probably shouldn't have said. I don't post much anymore, but I am an avid fan that gets a great amount of entertainment from this site. Too many posters here take for granted the great site that Jim has provided to us. Thanks Jim for the many years of service you have provided to the Fighting Sioux community & for my own personal enjoyment. Speez

Dagies, Once a Sioux player, always a gopher hater.

As my favorite Sioux player once told me, " I hate the Gophers, & their coach & their penalty box guy & their cheerleaders." "I even hate the Zamboni driver." Give em' hell tonight & kick their arses. Don't be playing games with them, just go out & bury them from the drop of the opening face-off.

That guy sure gets around. I've seen him on a lot of teams.

The Blackhawks could always use more scoring help. Oh yeah, they already had him & blew it.

Don't forget the Hale Bros.

You think you're getting gouged, try Chicago area prices. $3.37/ gal was the cheapest I saw on way to work this morning. That's in the suburbs, Chicago is even more. At least they came down about .10 in the last week, but we're still getting robbed

can't get video or audio.

The real question is, how many cool ones he expects to score. Tip one one for me dagies. Go Sioux

and Father-in-law to former Fighting Sioux forward Ryan Hale. Former color commentator sidekick to Tim Hennessey on the radio broadcasts, who still occassionally fills in with his wit & knowledge of Sioux hockey. I'm surprised the petition ever saw the light of day if it was only sent to Tim.

Dagies, Your current one is a spitting image of you. Speez

Great for Bo & I'm sure he 'll get plenty of ice there. Unfortunately for him the Hawks will still suck until Wirtz & Pulford are gone & sell the team to somebody that wants to be a winner.

I guess hostile & abusive to some may not mean the same thing to other people.

Interesting article about a few American Indians that have a different take on things. http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_3317763

Congrats to Jason. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He definetely deserves a shot. Now this guy, HKNTSMN, I'm not so sure about. j/k John

"Lundblom"

How about the current jersey? It's seems to me you guys give up too easy.

See ya. Enjoy the desert

ESPN, I'm a born & raised south side Chicago boy, yes Sox fan. As long as I can remember the loop is downtown. If it's not, let me know where it is. Chicago is a great city & Mayor Daley does a great job of keeping it clean. It's tough with a few million people living here & quite a few tourists. Maybe it's the wrong side of the city your visiting with that old decrepit ballpark called "Wrigley". It was a dump the only time I was forced to go there a long time ago & still is. Mainly a tourist trap, but I guess you know that. Old Comiskey was a classic dump, great for games, but a dump just the same. They should have built the new one somewhere else, but that is another story. The "Hawk" may be getting a little old & with a few tired expressions, but he speaks his mind & tells it like it is. The announcers for the Cubs got bounced last year for not towing the "Tribune" line. Who do they have now?? I couldn't answer that, but I don't follow a decades long losers. Sure Chicago has it's bad areas, but it's changing & people are putting a lot of money into run down areas to build them back up. Short lived tourist like you may not notice that. Gilbert,Az. I bet there's more to do in Grand Forks than there. I hope you enjoy it there more than your brief stint in the Great City of Chicago.