Wilbur

The Sioux nearly lost to a team that was trailing Minot State in the fourth quarter in their home stadium in a game earlier this season (might have been last week). Something needs to change in the football program. Maybe getting into the Big Sky next season will make the change happen....then again, I'd rather lose every game in the Big Sky than have UND play close games with NAIA schools.... I hope the change is made at the conclusion of the season....think Bubba.....think Bubba.....

Its kind of unfortunate that Grimaldi is injured because the way that things sit right now Rau is the league ROY. Grimaldi would have to have an unreal finish to the season to catch Rau, and playing hurt doesn't really make that a possibility. I knew Rau was a good player, but the start that he is off to has been fun to watch. Hopefully the Sioux find a way to limit his chances this weekend.

I worry a bit about how the defense has struggled, and of course about the size of the rink. Now when you turn the puck over in your own end you're turning it over in addition to giving the offensive team 15 extra feet in which to work. It works for both teams, and guys like Kristo and Grimaldi truly will shine with the extra space, but the way the Sioux have played in their own end just worries the heck out of me in this series. Five Keys: ~Special teams....don't spend too much time killing penalties. ~Aaron Dell. Needs to play like an All-American this weekend. ~The defensive end....no stupid turnovers. ~Limit Kyle Rau's line ~Greasy goals.....need at least two both nights, and need to get in the face of Patterson. If he sees it he'll likely stop it.

Very excellent news. You almost wish the kid could graduate in December, enroll at UND, and then be in camp for spring ball and start in the fall. I watched some stuff on him on youtube and he looks like he's got a great accurate arm. I'm anxious to see when he'll make his first start for the Sioux.

Yikes.....almost ended up in the Sioux net....great play by Blood picking up that stick....

Blood on the ice the entire penalty kill....thats a way to kill a penalty.

Penalty on the Sioux......need a kill here.

Nice play by Lamoureax....great scoring opportunity. Still throwing the puck around in the defensive end.

Need a spark here from someone. Next goal obviously huge, and right now it feels like SCSU will get it.

Bit of a sluggish start to the third in the defensive zone. Got to maintain defensive position in the zone, don't get caught jumping up into the play.

2. WWII

These last five shifts have been amazing to watch....

Great pass from Grimaldi...great vision.

Got to get a goal here....and then try and bury them. Not a great start to the powerplay...

No way....you take away the goalies vision....you don't do the one timer from the point that the whole world is expecting....and you score..... Nice to see that the power play has gone back to the umbrella concept.

Imagine a Hextall, Gregoire, Miller line.....yikes is right. I'll be the jerk fan that everyone hates that preaches patience. Young team....its only October.....plenty of hockey to be played. We do live in a results now driven world. Rome, wasn't built in a day....it'll take some time.

Let Garmin play QB....COME ON!!!!!

I think regardless of a split Minot will still only be able to house one high school hockey team. The numbers aren't there, or the facilities for that matter to have two different teams. I mean right now you have three sheets of ice, with a junior team, a college team, a boys and girls high school team, and a youth program. I can't see Minot adding another varsity program in hockey at least.

On the goaltending front so far not bad for the Gothberg kid from TRF. Has a .915 save percentage, and has played pretty steady for the Fargo Force. His GAA is a bit high at 2.76, but I'd take that for Dell or Eidsness now.

6-1 with Landry? Glad you put the smiley there.....

So here is my question as a fan who has never seen Mollberg play. Is he ready to step in as a true Freshman, or does he need to redshirt a year to learn the offense so we don't have a freshman out there with absolutely no clue?

Still baffled that Garmin wasn't redshirted.....

Brad posted the lineup for the Sioux on his blog. Most notably, the top line is back together. Dell in the net....no surprise there. Lets hope the Sioux get two points, and get the hell out of Wisconsin.

I think the Sioux really miss out on the good forwards they lost because a lot of the time they weren't playing hockey in their own end.

QB play has hurt the Sioux for a couple of years now. Need to get the kid from Detroit Lakes into school (forgot his name), red shirt him for a season to learn the offense, and then let him have at it. As for next season.....uhhh.....ummmm.....Garmin?