Speez

When they have a goon like Kunitz on their team taking stupid penalties it's bound to cost them.

I thought that was Parise that did the wine trick.

Good one!!

As my favorite Sioux player always told me: I hate the gopher players & the coaches & the trainer & the equipment manager & the cheerleaders. I even hate the zamboni driver.

Miller

Frattin

Trupp

Vande Velde for Sat.

Duncan

Looks just like your avatar aged about 40 years. Must be the Sioux early season starts wearing on you.

3 Players are randomly chosen from each team after the national semis & maybe the regionals. IIRC, After the 2001 semi win, Noterman was one of the 3 picked. He was so dehydrated after the game the team bus had to wait a while for him to donate his sample.

We have scouts checking it out tonight. Not me, wait for it to come out on DVD. Have to look into royalties.

What happened after the game? 10 minutes of public service announcements. I thought my computer switched to a Sunday Am christian broadcast. Never heard Tim with Hak. I hope the station isn't going PC & putting on a bunch of ******** . Was it just the internet or live also?

I like your pick.

IIRC Hak was associate head coach 01-02 & 02-03 seasons. He was handling most of the duties when Dean was taking care of his daughters illness. Most of the time the asst. coaches do the initial scouting & recommendations & the head coach makes the final evalutions & offers. When Deans replacement was being looked for, the Hockey team alumni had a golf outing. Hak was a near unanimous (sp) pick by these former players to take over for Dean. I would tend to agree with these guys opinions & not those of a the hockey experts on this board.

Martens

Friday - Kozek Sat. - Vande Velde

A little jumping to conclusions rw. It was just some ribbing of DaveK. Walski's name wasn't mentioned at all. I would be the last person on this board to bad mouth a current or past player unlike the bash fests that goes on sometimes. Anybody that can play for the Sioux has my respect as I know what it takes to get to that level.

DaveK ??

#16 - Duncan

I think fans forgot how quiet the Old Ralph would get. I'm watching the Wisco series on tape from the Old Ralph from the '00-'01 season on the Wisco MSC feed. Comments from the Wisco announcers about how quiet the crowd is both nights & the proverbial pindrop come up quite often. Their comments are true & it wasn't a blow-out by Wisco. First night was a tied game & I'm in the middle of watching the second game. The crowd is very quiet, even the student section. They're all standing but that sure isn't helping the noise levels as some people claim is part of the New Ralph's quiet crowds.

After the Illinois smoking ban went into effect all you had to do was be a "Hooka" (sp) Bar. The owner was able to have limited entertainment & refreshments. It was part of the culture & was given an exemption. Before there was a statewide ban, certain towns bannned smoking. The outcry of unfair advantage was always being brought up. I actually expected bars to become private clubs with nominal dues ($1.00) with one of the main rules to allow smoking. Don't know why it wasn't tried, but all buildings are non-smoking now. Even though I used the smoking ban to help me quit smoking, I can see the other side of the argument. If I owned a company or a business I would have a hard time not smoking in the building. To have all the responsibility to make the business sucessful & paying all the bills, I would have a tough time abiding by the ban. Looking back I would probably not abide by it. I would let it be known this is a smoking establishment or company & if your not inclined to smoke or tolerate it, Please Do Not Enter or apply for a job here. I know I couldn't get away with it, but I would give it a shot. Matter of fact the owner of our company just started smoking in his office again. Not sure if it's because the windows are open & he thinks no one can tell or if he feels the same way I would.

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.