Wilbur

Here's a Sioux fan that is thrilled to see Eids back in Grand Forks for another year. Two All-WCHA goaltenders pushing each other in practice and for playing time all throughout the hockey season.....I'll take that any day of the weeek. Dell should stay with the white pads, Eidsness should go back to the black pads. Like someone already said, this is a good thing for Gothberg as well so he can have a full season in the USHL of being "the guy".

My favorite moment of the 2011 season was the comeback win against UNO at Omaha. What a tremendous game to listen too. Back and forth the entire way with the Sioux pulling it out at the end with Dell getting the win in relief. Second place is the sweep at Wisconsin. That was nice too.

I believe that a majority of the faculty are for keeping the nickname. I bet if you polled it by departments everyone could guess the buildings that would not be in support.

USA wins 5-4 in OT over Canada at the U-18 hockey championships in Germany. Miller had one helluva game for team USA scoring a goal, with two assists, and finishing the game +3. The U.S. did blow a three goal lead in the third period, but won in O.T. Grimaldi finished the game +1 with two penalty minutes. They play Sweden in the championship game. Kristo-Gregoire-Miller....gotta believe right?

I think the Sioux easily finish in the top 5 of the league next year. Obviously Denver should be the favorite with all the young good kids they have, and the great goaltending. Here is how I think the WCHA finishes up next season. 1. Denver-If Zucker is back 2. CC-A lot depends on Jaden Schwartz coming back. Lead the team in points after only playing 30 games. 3. North Dakota-Gregoire....Hextall......could be up or down from here. 4. Omaha-A lot like UND, lose their top three, lot of guys coming back, also Faulkner. 5. Wisconsin-Do not return a goaltender with college hockey experience.....yikes. 6. Minnesota-Patterson....and......Rau maybe? Will be a young squad that looks for an identity all year. I hope they are at the final five though. 7. Duluth-Some good recruits, but they lose alot, and could have to put a new system in place with a new coaching staff. 8. SCSU-Could be ahead of this point....a tough team to read. 9. Anchorage-Lost Tommy Grant, but have some decent goaltending coming back. Showed some real grit at the end of the year. But don't return tons of points. 10. Bemidji-Losing Matt Read hurts, but they have some great goaltending coming back with Bakala. 11. Mankato-Youds gone.....Phil Cook will see fifty pucks a game.... 12. Tech-If Cary Eades is their coach they won't finish twelfth in the league. There...I said it.

Anybody else think they should play the game at Memorial Field? Or is the stadium condemned or something?

Horrible location.....glad that it got booed at the championship game. I wish they put the fricken thing in a hockey city every single year, or in a hockey facility every single year (yes, I'm looking at you Ford Field). Why not Chicago? The Qwest Center in Omaha? New York? Newark? But of all places Tampa....... If not those, jump back to Boston, Detroit (Joe Louis though), St. Louis, Buffalo, Columbus.

Would love to see Chay make it up for a couple games with the Wild. I'd hate to see them add some excitement to their lineup....

Very much agreed sir!!!

I guess what I have enjoyed is how much this championship has meant to the fans of Duluth. I read some interviews on line with long time fans and talked to some after the game, and just the gratification that they got was something nice to see. Its been so long since the Sioux got #7, that the next time they get it done it will mean that much more to me. Duluth has a lot of underclassmen. They could easily be back next year. Lose the goalie, lose Fontaine, probably Faulk, but if both Connolly's stay they have a good foundation built. Plus Brown is one helluva player....wow.

Congrats to your team. The better team won that game, Duluth was very deserving of the championship.

You spending your time on this SIOUX website trying to tick people off is classy. Heck, your profile picture is ultra classy. I didn't realize that you were such a big Michigan fan....wow....classy..... You of all people talking about class? $100 says that you'll come back here and make more stupid posts.....

Here is what I'll miss about each of them.... Davidson-Did whatever was asked of him. A true team guy. LaPoint-Coming back from the injury, and elevating his game. A solid four year defenseman. Marto-Could play anywhere they asked him to play. And was successful wherever they put him. Trupp-His creativity with the puck. The goal against the gophers was amazing......He scored a couple of goals that I'll never forget. Malone-Put his body on the line over and over again and was never afraid to go into the rough areas with the puck. I think he'll have a good career in the NHL. Frattin-Just the comeback he made. Turning his life around. A lot of players would have just took the money. He made things right with the university. Genoway-Great skating ability, and maneuverability with the puck. I'm so glad that we got to see him play another year. Talk about a kid that was hit with injuries time and time again, but always came back. No, they didn't win a national championship, but I still consider them to be an extremely successful class. Two McNaughton cups, two Broadmore trophies, two frozen fours. I know success is based on championships at UND, but these guys played their hearts out each time they stepped on the ice.

Go to Brad Schlossman's blog, and read what he has to say about the Frattin hatred. His quote, not mine...."That being said, I

Congrats to Miele. My green heart wanted Frattin, but Miele was a very deserving candidate as well. Lots of Frattin hatred around the country. It amazes me how many people around the country never have made a mistake in their entire lives, and never made a mistake in college. Lots of halos to be handed out!

I have a buddy who said the same thing to me last night. That he has cursed them! Please don't do this. It has nothing to do with you. You only live so long, and why take a year off of rooting and watching your favorite team?

I have heard this as well. I am related to some huge Montreal Canadian followers in Winnepeg, that know more about the Habs than I can ever imagine (I don't know how they find out some of the NHL moves before they happen), but I got the word from them that it is only a matter of time before Kristo signs with them. Please be wrong....please be wrong.....please be wrong.....

Would love to see Eidsness stick around another year so Gothberg gets another year in the USHL, hopefully being "the guy".

Wilbur's possible see you later players...... Kristo (Likely) Gregoire (50/50) Blood (50/50) Eidsness (90%)

Thank you to a group of guys that played their hearts out the entire season. In the one and done scenario anything can happen. One goalie playing the hockey game of his life unfortunately ended our season. Thank you so much seniors! It was a pleasure watching you play for my favorite team. Trupp, Frattin, Malone, Marto, LaPoint, Davidson, Genoway.

Can't believe that Notre Dame is going with a 2-1-2 forecheck with the FCC line on the ice.....my gosh, talk about wanting to give up oddman chances. Maybe they thought they'd surprise them by pressing that line in their own end.....Jeff Jackson is wiser than I, he must have something in his back pocket with this.

Less than a day away from the game.......of course I can't sleep.... If the Sioux play their A game no one in the nation can beat them. Get up on them, get the crowd into the game, and leave little doubt. Go Sioux!

Agreed, he dictates a lot of the posting that I do. AZ does an outstanding job setting up the game week threads. I think this game will be dictated by specialty teams. If we see a lot of powerplays both ways and the flow goes out of the game with a lot of stoppages, advantage Michigan. The sioux take three or less penalties, and 90% of the game is played five on five, advantage sioux. Hopefully we have an officiating crew that allows the physical play, and doesn't over-officiate the hockey game. If the Sioux aren't killing penalties and rolling four lines they'll be tough to beat.

You know speaking of Junior Lessard, he reminds me of a story from the USCHO hockey site involving Drunk Hockey Guy. I used to post over on that site, and the incident occurred shortly after Lessard had his extremely unfortunate incident on Lake Superior the summer before he won the Hobey Baker award (where he and a teammate were swimming and he nearly lost his life). Well anyways, a fan of another team (might have even been the Sioux) ripped on the fact that Lessard almost lost his life and about his swimming ability. Drunk Hockey Guy went nuts after the guy made these comments about Lessard, and scolded everyone about the fact that "this isn't something that should be joked about or brought up in a public forum". Funny that all these years later DHG feels its acceptable to bring up the Kristo incident on public radio......

Cancer takes another victim far too young to leave us this early. Prayers to the family and RIP Mandi.