Wilbur

Believe this is the last trip to Anchorage, at least as a member of the WCHA. Brad talked about it a bit on his blog.

Sioux on their heals a bit here. Got to get out of the period.

Paging fourth liners.....you can't take penalties....got to get a kill here.

Starting to come together Pepper....starting to come together.....

Was thinking the same thing....like...did the Sioux travel to Europe to play this game? O'Donnell is going to be a stud.....I hope he's around in three years.

Good post. Extremely realistic results. Hopefully the Sioux are able to get a sweep in one of those likely split series, or three of four.

I'm not a huge fan of the goal celebrations in the video, but then again you've got to let a kid be a kid, and enjoy playing the game. Can't stand jersey popping at all.....leave that to the NBA....or gopher hockey.

Ahhh.....yeah. Both with 17 points in 11 games....wow. I'm thinking the Tigers should enjoy having them around for this season before parting ways with them. They're both at a 1.54 PPG average......by garsh. You could put you or I on a line with them Brian and they'd still be top ten in points....well, top five with you....top ten with me.

Not one of Mario's best weekends on the ice, but you've got to give him credit for rallying the troops and getting them ready to go. He said all the right things to the media this week, and I'm sure he had some words for the team in the locker room that got them inspired for the weekend. I agree though.....4 penalties from the captain....I'm sure the coaches will address this.

Good time for a TV timeout. Get everyone a breather, and get the defensemen set up like you want to. Although I don't think Blood will leave the ice.

Under 2...lets go sioux.

Great play by Gleason.........And why aren't the Schwartz brothers in the NHL? 4-3 Sioux.

McMillan-Parks-O'Donnell line has all the makings of becoming a Pony Express line if they are all around for four years. Good chemistry with the puck coming out of the zone.

Wow.....great shot.

Dell with some nice play to keep the Tigers off the score sheet on this powerplay.

I wish the Sioux could play CC every game....best games of the year are always against the Tigers. Got to find a way to close out the game. Win the third period, and get two big points.

Lets hope the Sioux get their first sweep of the season tonight, and start to turn the corner! Here are the lines as per Brad. Some changes for the Sioux, with the third line, and Pattyn not centering the fourth unit. UND’s lines 29 Brock Nelson–10 Corban Knight–7 Danny Kristo 11 Derek Rodwell–9 Mario Lamoureux–27 Carter Rowney 21 Brendan O’Donnell–16 Mark MacMillan–15 Michael Parks 28 Stephane Pattyn–13 Connor Gaarder–20 Joe Gleason 4 Derek Forbort–24 Ben Blood 2 Andrew MacWilliam–5 Nick Mattson 18 Dillon Simpson–22 Andrew Panzarella 32 Aaron Dell 31 Brad Eidsness 35 Tate Maris Colorado College’s lines 8 Jaden Schwartz–13 Rylan Schwartz–27 William Rapuzzi 16 Alex Krushelnyski–22 Nick Dineen–25 Scott Winkler 9 Dakota Eveland–11 David Civitarese–21 Jeff Collett 12 Archie Skalbeck–23 Tim Hall–15 Andrew Hamburg 10 Gabe Guentzel–4 Joe Marciano 20 Ian Young–6 Peter Stoykewych 5 Aaron Harstad–28 Mike Boivin 31 Joe Howe 39 Josh Thorimbert

PS: The Johnson kid and the LaDue kid are great hockey players. In no way do I believe that Vaaler insurance has anything to do with them playing for the Sioux in the future. Just pointing out that every university has had their Willy Marvin at some point in time.

I think my point was the fact that sometimes players end up at certain institutions for other reasons than their athletic ability. In the instance of the Parises, I believe the elder was brought in effort to keep the younger in Grand Forks for a longer period of time. But I think everyone and their hunting dogs know that.

Other than the Schwartz line the Sioux match up well with the Tigers. Hopefully the Sioux can match the Lamoureax line up with the Schwartz brothers as much as possible. Can not take an abundance of penalties against the tigs.....their powerplay moves the puck better than some NHL teams with the extra man.

Hahahaha.....calling a spade a spade. Jordan Parise was your average USHL goaltender, who just happened to end up at UND. Take nothing away from Jordan, the kid played lights out in the net for UND, and won them some hockey games they probably shouldn't have won (darn near won them a national championship). But I think we all know how/why he ended up in a Sioux uniform.

I know that officials are pretty lenient on too many men, but this is getting ridiculous.....Bemidji could have been called for too many men like four times already. On the penalty kill they had five guys (other than the goalie) on the ice for three seconds and even the broadcast crew thought it should have been called.

If he tries to come back it does. If he makes an appearance in one of the Sioux's games after the midway point of the season it doesn't matter if he has played in less than 30% of their games or not he loses the entire season.

Yikes....losing Rocco for 6-8 weeks and maybe the year hurts. Given the start of the season and the age of the player, I'm surprised that Rocco and the coaches didn't opt for surgery. This could be a nagging thing his entire career if he doesn't get it fixed, and he could gain a medical redshirt because of the lack of games he's played in. Got to win games ugly...3-2.....3-1....2-0.... If the Sioux have a one goal lead late in the third period hopefully we don't see the fourth line.....call a timeout.....have a guy pull a Kyle Rau....do something other than put them on the ice. My favorite one is the "goalie equipment issue"

Hopefully UND's defense can keep them in the game. Dante Warren will be tough to contain but hopefully Brent Goska plays the best game of his life in his last game in a fighting sioux uniform.