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The Bruins are stacked between the pipes with Rask on a long-term deal and Subban and Svedberg in the system. I'd be very surprised if Zane isn't at UND next year.

Check the 1:58 mark of this most excellent video!

The Wild played well last night, no doubt, Pittsburgh looked quite disinterested. I'll be at Tuesday's game and I hope the Bruins put forth a good showing. Despite clinching the East, the guys really seem to be intent on not letting complacency set in. I'm a little bit worried about the Bruins' consistency in the D zone against speedy teams heading into the postseason. I think Tuesday's game against the Wild will be a good test.

In your expert opinion on having pride for your own team first, where does trolling a rival message board rank? One more thing...the REA was quite loud for two other games not involving the Sioux that I can recall - WJC Christmas Day USA/Russia and the gold medal game full of crazy Canadians.

Anybody see a pattern here? Again....take your own advice:

In college fighting is not allowed. It is policed out of the game with DQ penalties. You fight, you are out of the game...and the next one...and possibly the next three...and then possibly the season. In the NHL, just as with other penalties, you serve your time and you continue in the game. I guess that is what I consider "allowed" or part of the game. You tell others to "get a clue," or "grow a pair and accept the game for what it is" when it comes to questionable checks and dirty cheap shots "within the context of the game," yet you can't stand the idea of a fight breaking out - even though there are no rules in place to completely police it from the game. Take your own advice, grow a pair, and accept the NHL for what it is. As for play between the whistles...I wonder what percent of actions levied by the department of player safety is for incidents that have happened within the context of the game vs. fighting? Apparently the league is "trying" (term used loosely) to police some of the garbage out of the game the rest of us just need to accept for what it is.

For what reason? If you're thinking speed, why wouldn't they put him in the lineup against MN who is arguably as fast as BC?

I agree. Looked like he launched a bit in order to follow-through on the hit.

Slightly reworded for consistency.

Even though we give credit to Blais for having more of a "speed" system, his teams could cycle the puck like CRAZY. I still haven't seen a Hakstol team as good at cycling the puck despite the perception that is his token "style."

Well, BC has twice as many alumni in the NHL as UND, so perhaps the players have something to do with how their systems look.

Way to put yourself out there!

Coleman and Czarnik will be RETURNING to Miami OH.

I would definitely add Luke Johnson to your list. He has been pretty quiet. If he can find the score sheet with some regularity in the F4, especially on the PP, we will be extremely tough to beat.

Invest in a good internet connection for Sioux hockey. I have DirecTV as well and am very happy with it. I cannot speak for Dish since I've never had it.

The lack of a PPG is biting us in the butt. We've had our chances to open up a bigger lead but couldn't. I like our game otherwise as long as we can keep composure.

I understand that we don't clear the front of the net like we used to, but it is also often brought up that we don't "stand 'em up at the blue line" like we used to. This got me wondering if there is even a team out there that can do that any more? The way interference is called now, all an attacking forward has to do is chip the puck by the D and it then becomes a race to a loose puck instead of a body play. If you try to stand someone up and he chips the puck past you you're probably looking at a 50/50 chance of an interference call. I like how we've transitioned to a more mobile group of D.

Even thought the ushers were kind of pains-in-the-a$$ (at least where I was sitting), they were very good about not allowing people to return to their seats until a whistle. Gotta give 'em some credit for that.

Can't tell if you're dogging him for attitude or suggesting a possible injury. This time of year I guess one could always suspect injuries.

Both were at TC. Denver beat us in '99 title game, and we beat Wisco in '00.

And your post had zero to do with a frozen face off review. I enjoyed being in downtown Minneapolis for a change. St. Paul got to be quite stale after 13 years. The biggest issue was the target center. The seats were pitched well, but the glass warped the view of the ice. I will be moving higher up next year. The staff were a little too "aggressive" with their pat-downs and asking to see tickets when going to the seats. It was a bit annoying. The lack of closed-circuit TV in the concourse and a decent scoreboard made it feel "old," but hopefully that will be addressed when they update it as part of the Vikings Stadium finance package. That's still happening, right?

Ha ha...thought you were still stuck in Duluth! We'll be invading downtown Minneapolis tomorrow afternoon.

I've noticed this too. In particular, in OT vs. CC, they had iced the puck and Owens sent about 8 guys out to the faceoff dot. Confusion ensued, and it took about 30 seconds to get the puck dropped. I was screaming for a delay of game...I wish they would just drop the puck and assess a too many men penalty. I remember a time where they threatened to drop the puck within 15 seconds regardless...boy has that gone by the wayside.

Since this is not an NCAA sponsored event and not on a dry campus arena it does not have to be "dry." The X was not a dry venue, either.

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