Snake

1-0 SCSU after 2.

I second that.

Well, wake everyone up and put them to bed again in about 15:00!

Denver going on the PK. 3:14 remaining in the 2nd.

Replaced by Fisher

4-1 Dogs Mannino pulled.

No fair, you must be watching on cable! Damn Satellite!!

3-1 Dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Dogs score 2-1!!!!!!

3-0 Sioux, 2:00 to go.

Duluth Scores 1-1

5 on 3 for UMD.

Paukovitch for holding. C'mon Dogs, tie it up!

Duluth killed the penalty.

Denver going on the PP. A little over 12:00 to go in the 2nd.

Mannino stones Raymond on a clean Breakaway - darn!

Easy, guys! There's still a job to be done!

Sawasdee Flatland! Gotta work tomorrow! Plus, I stayed out way too late last night and the 4-hour drive back to ER after the game would have been BRUTAL! Hey - aren't you supposed to be working?

Sharp for UMD off for CFB Yuck

That's what I thought too. Then again, this is the WCHA and the refs can just "...make $hit up as they go."

Isn't the over-the-net camera angle the only one the refs can use for an official review? I doubt they could determine a high stick from that angle. It's good.

All around, much better game last night. The defense stepped up and made things difficult for the Maverick forwards - particularly David Backes. I hope they continue to make his life miserable tonight. Great job. It was great to see Zajac carry the load tonight & show us why we've expected him to be a big-time player all season. Oshie was a monster. Great effort by the Sioux last night. Keep it up!

Again, the Freshman thing just isn't cutting it for me. They've been playing "big games" since they got swept by SCSU at home. The entire team was sluggish which is extremely puzzling to me. On the 2nd Sioux goal, I was immediately quesitoning if it was tipped with a high stick, but after I thought about it I remembered that it appeared the puck went into the corner of the net at an upward angle, because when it hit the net it bounced downward and out. That would indicate it was heading upward on it's way into the net, meaning it was tipped from a point below the crossbar. Of course, I was sitting in the upper level so my angles could have been off. I will agree the officiating was horrible, but the Sioux put themselves into this situation by coming out flat for the better part of 2 periods. It just sucks that the message of "play hard every weekend, every game" has to be delivered after they find themselves behind the 8-ball.

Denver Won the Final Five last year. My guess is you meant the year before. Anyway, to say they wouldn't have won had they made it that year is a tough call. They still could have rested their injuries while fielding a team to compete in the Final Five, so who knows - the injured guys still would have been rested.

I think the "young team" excuse is BS at this point in the season. Everything you spoke of is driven by motiviation and desire. Right now I don't see the desire. Even young guys can have competitiveness. Youth leads to poor decision making - the effort should still be there. I'm looking for the Defensemen to step it up tonight and start trying to hold the blue line. They were allowing MSU to back them into the circles way too often last night. Smaby looked off to me last night, so he needs to rebound big-time and be a force out there tonight. If Stafford's a no-go for tonight, I hope Hak reunites Toews with Oshie. TJ has been pretty quiet, and I think he would benefit greatly from Toews the way he's been playing. Jonathan is the straw that stirs the drink on the top line. Please, please Zajac - step up and be noticeable tonight!