This team reminds of on 1982 (which I thought had to be the best Sioux defensive team ever, but, was not, as last year's team was the best ever, and, as others have said, return their entire defense and goaltending).
Since there was no internet and message boards, goph fans couldn't go on about lost points, etc, etc (and many on the 80 ncaa championship team jumped ship after that victory). Apologies to sagard, who seems to have always placed returning defense first (as I think he predicted PMart would be the gophs biggest loss last year, before it happened).
The 82 team returned great leadership in Ludwig, Casey, Eades, Sykes, and Murray, and brought in possibly the best Sioux frosh class ever (Patrick, Zombo, Archibald, Sherven, Tippet, and Donnelly). If INCH had been around and not rated this class #1, they would have been wrong.
Forward to this year, with the entire record setting (in Sioux history) defense, with experienced goaltending, and leadership in Jones, Schneider, Greene, Fuher, Smaby, McMahon, Murray, Porter, Stafford, Prpich, the list goes on and on, along with another highly touted (and "small" in numbers) freshman class (Zajac, Spirko, Radke, Lamoreaux, Kaip), and it's safe to say expectations should be high in Sioux camp.
If you're going to worry, worry a year from now, when a large senior class is gone, along with inevitable early defections.