Wilbur

I hope you are right. I hope you also have a couple good games this weekend, no way that Tech can skate with you.

I agree with what someone posted earlier here. One of these games will likely be a close hockey game. Look back to the last three times we played Tech in the playoffs on a Saturday night. ~The Parise group ends up going to OT on Saturday (actually trailed 3-1 in the game before they came back in the third period). ~Phil Lamoureax and company end up losing a 2-0 lead, getting scored on late to tie the game, and lose in OT. Then the Sunday game went down to the very end. ~2009, the Sioux win big in game number one, but hold on for dear life in the third period on Saturday, and escape with a 4-3 win. I say it as a coach all the time. Its tough to end a team's season. Especially a team that has absolutely nothing to lose, and is supposed to have their season ended.

All WCHA First Team: F-Frattin F-Zucker F-Jack Connolly D-Ben Blood D-Justin Schultz G-Dell POY-Frattin ROY-Zucker Coach of the Year: ~Dean Blais

I had to laugh last night when a BSU player came over and tried to hit him after Cepis slashed Bakala. As soon as the BSU player put his arms up Cepis went down like he got shot from behind, and jumped right up when the gophers got the power play. I wondered who the next Robbie Earl would be. Guess we found him!

The Sioux stay alive. BC beats Northeastern 3-1. Its all up to the committee now as the pairwise remains Dartmouth 8 and UND 9.

Yep. Teams are not reseeded at the final five, but before then they will be seeded based on winners points. Teams 1-8 have a possibility of getting a bye in the Final Five (A lot of crazy stuff would have to happen). If you are seeds 9-12 there is no way you will get a bye if you make the final five.

Positive Rep! I would love a BC vs. U of M first round game if the gophers made it. You couldn't be upset with either result.

Good call Goon. To make the NCAA tournament the Gophs will need two wins against Anchorage, a win against Duluth, CC or Bucky, a win over the Sioux, and a win against UNO or Denver. The Breakdown.....Gophs must: ~Beat Anchorage twice ~Beat Duluth, CC, or Bucky ~Beat a rested North Dakota team ~Beat UNO or Denver If the gophers make the tournament they will deserve too after that breakdown.

~Sioux in two. UND could sit the pony express and still probably win the series. Tech with just too many injuries this year. ~Denver in two. Mankato is reeling. Phil Cook will have to play out of his mind to make it a three game series. ~UNO in two. A lot depends on if Matt Read plays. If he plays, UNO in three. ~SCSU in three. Really the only upset that I'm picking in this one. Mike Lee has been playing tremendously, and the Dogs aren't great at their new rink yet. ~Minnesota in two. Would have loved to see Gophs vs. SCSU-Bucky, but the gophers final five trip is now punched. ~CC in three. They outshot the badgers twice at the Kohl center. Probably the biggest toss up, but I'll pick CC.

Cornell beats Dartmouth. As of right now the Sioux sit at 9th in the pairwise.....doesn't look good....

They need to schedule the entire ECAC next year, and after they beat every team by four goals maybe the NCAA will realize how tough the WCHA women's league is.

Sioux drop to 9th in the pairwise.....hopefully we get some losses from other squads.

3-0. Hopefully this doesn't end the season for the sioux.

Most important shift is one right after a goal. Can't take a penalty....

Getting some chances on the pp.....turn this game around ladies!

Not a great first period in terms of shots on goal, but the important thing is that they got out of the period 0-0. The longer they keep Bucky off the scoreboard the longer the seed of doubt is planted. They need to get a powerplay at some time in the second and get a goal here. Play well in your own end, chip the puck out, and bury the chance that you get.

Completely agree. It takes one stupid goalie playing the game of his life and you're season is over (see Adam Berkhoel..... ) I wish BC would run into a situation like that.....they always get the bounces and find their way to the frozen four. I want them to run into a goalie who makes 57 saves, and they lose 2-1.

You've got to remember, if there is an upset and a team wins their conference tournament who shouldn't, away goes a team like BU. Those bubble teams need to hope that no team goes on a run and ends up in the tournament, like Duluth did a couple of years ago.

Agreed. You will see the playoff lineup on the ice on Friday night. Saturday could be different with Eidsness possibly getting a start in the net to give Dell a bit of a break. If the Sioux lose on Friday night I would almost expect them to have a playoff like attitude on Saturday, even if they win the cup by Denver losing on Friday night. I'm of the belief that you need to have all guns blazing going into the postseason. I would hope that UND goes into Houghton this weekend and tries to send a message to Tech that there is no way they'll win a series in Grand Forks.

I would assume they would wait to give the Sioux the cup until they have concluded their postseason series with Tech. If Tech found a way to eliminate the sioux in the WCHA playoffs there is a good possibility that the sioux wouldn't get a chance to skate the cup around this season in front of their fans (because do you think any of them would honestly be in the mood to skate the trophy around the rink after losing two of three to tech?). Brucy should have brought the cup to UND this weekend and let the seniors skate it around on senior day. Nice once Brucy....

They just updated the women's pairwise rankings and the Sioux and Dartmouth are now tied for 8th. I don't know a ton about women's NCAA hockey, but I looked over Dartmouth's schedule and they don't have anywhere close to the schedule that the Sioux played. I hope UND's season doesn't end because they are playing the #1 team in the nation, and they drop below Harvard or Dartmouth.

Thinking the same thing. Although Wisconsin is #1 which shouldn't hurt UND in the pairwise. An upset win would guarantee a tournament berth, thats for sure.

Alright, never mind. It won't be 4-1.

Shoot....and Clarkson had the lead in the third period. Its all in their hands tonight. Win and keep playing hockey, lose and stay home. They're going to win tonight though!

WCHA league champs. Four games in a row vs. Tech......alright.