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White Stripes-Seven Nation Army should be played in full. Occasionally you hear the bassline but then they have to cut it when the puck drops. I do love the band's frequent renditions of In Heaven There is No Beer. Good stuff.

I just can't see how last year's team and this year's can be compared in a meaningful way. Half the apologists on here say that this year's team is full of freshmen and they need time to get better etc. True they are freshmen and last year's team, especially on D, was senior laden or experienced. As far as I can tell, the only way the two teams are similar is that they both donned a Sioux uniform. Red, you never fail to surprise me with your unbridled (and sometimes virtually unrealistic) hope, but do you really think this team will go 8-2 over the last ten??? I don't know what the bookies have those odds at, but I'd love to buy into some of that action.

Other than the first game against Mankato, I have not seen them come out for a game with a really good jump. They seem to wait for the opposition to take it to them and somewhere around the third period they seem to get it and begin playing SIOUX HOCKEY! That to me is the biggest and weirdest thing. When you read the comments in the paper it seems they all know it but they can't seem to change it. As skilled as they may be, they sometimes seem to want to make the extra, pretty pass or something when shooting should be the option. I keep thinking about Dave Tippett. This team has plenty of skilled players but no Dave Tippett type who would have clenched the puck in his teeth to kill a PP or gone through the boards to send the opponent a message. It needs a leader like that in my opinion.

I couldn't have said it better myself. The thing that grates on me is that many will say that I'm not a "good fan" because I see how they are playing and I don't like it and I say it so they say I have a dim attitude or that I can't lose hope or it's important to keep the faith, blah, blah, blah. But if you are a long time Sioux fan you EXPECT more than this. You EXPECT SIOUX HOCKEY TO BE GREAT NOT MEDIOCRE!!!!! PERIOD.

You know, I like how the Fabian, Prpich, Kaip line will bang people around. However, when they are on the ice I get the feeling that there is almost no chance that they will score. Even checking lines should be able to chip in with a goal now and then. Goaltending has not been the problem. This team has two very good goalies that both deserve to play.

This is my first BB thread and though I respect what Glas has accomplished it appears it may be time to move on. Plus I love this type of speculation and c'mon, you gotta have some what-might-have-beens when you see what Mac is doing at UNI.

I prefer to be hopeful about things that offer HOPE. For example, that stock I own that has lost money for the last two quarters is probably not gonna turn into a goldmine just because I hope it will. Same with this team, but it doesn't trouble me if you want to keep the hope in your heart, I'm just going to live with reality, thank you.

Forgive me, but I thought (expected) this was one of the "easier" home series. If they go 5-3 you think that's gonna be good enough or that it's a win-or-go-home first round proposition.

I expected the rah-rah replies, but c'mon...two goals at HOME against SCSU??? C'mon!!!! We have to CHEER about that??? I may be heading to AZ to golf in March, and I can't wait.

You're right. You did say "potential." I just get turned off about even naming pros that college freshmen may be like some day as there is really no way to make a valid comparison because they are freshmen and so many things would have to go exactly right to become that great player.

First, with the schizophrenic way this team has played (some good moments followed by many bad) I'm not predicting anything for them. Second, I know the second goal was a bad one, but it got deflected and the reason for the loss last night was not goaltending it was the other 20 guys in front of the goalie getting less than great scoring chances all night. A lady down my row was sleeping during the second period and I felt jealous of her.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there Red. Chorney, freshman Sioux defensemen, being compared to All Star NHL defenseman Lidstrom. Uh...not yet. Chorney has improved a bunch this season, but he's still a freshman and has work to do especially with his strength and he does not control the puck offensively like Lidstrom or Lee for that matter. He's good, but there's room for improvement and he is getting better and we will have him here for at least a couple more years.

Yup, co-defensive player of the week and he's rolling pretty well now, so I'm hoping Hak stays with the hot hand.

NO KIDDING! I saw the Harvard SHUTOUT!! Nothing is a given. In fact, I haven't seen them win at home since the first game of the DU series. YIKES!!! Maybe I shouldn't go this weekend.

EXACTLY!! Some have used the rationale for playing Parise instead of Phil is that the "team" plays better in front of him. I don't understand that, and in some ways it turns the issue on its head as ostensibly a team may let down or relax in front of what they perceive to be the better goalie. Redwing makes a good point about Goering/Kollar and how injury can make the coach's decision, and I agree with riding the hot hand. That said, if Parise doesn't play this weekend, and Phil plays like he did last weekend what happens?

I could be wrong about this, but usually a coach likes to ride one goalie into the post season. I attended UND during the Casey-Jensen years, and I can't recall how Gino did it, but I don't remember them taking turns in the playoffs. Am I wrong?

So with his first career shutout, followed by a game in which he saw more rubber than a tire company and prevented it from being a double-digit score, followed by a game in which he was clearly the player who made the difference, is Phil the #1 goalie?? I hope so. I was there last year when Parise almost single handedly won the Wisconsin game that really turned the season around and I loved what he did during that stretch. I see great similarities to what Phil is doing NOW. That was then; this is now. Let's move on with Phil!!!!

WOW!! They win ONE game against the Gophs and they get the #2 seed in the regional?? WOW!!!

He shouldn't have done it. It was not a criminal act, but it was clearly negligent to do so. I bet he wishes he hadn't. I bet he was sick and tired of pucks after seeing 50 shot by or at him that night. But there's no defense for this-it shouldn't have happened.

Naw, none of them would have known what to do with it. Now can I complain about this team's effort?

As a season ticket holder and a former student who attended the games at the old Ralph, I agree with those who say it's not worse than it was in the past. It is however about MONEY. I have good seats behind the net so I'm not near the student section so I have no idea what type of vulgarity the letter is suggesting nor do I think that standing has been a problem this year. I wish the students were more involved. A lot of us old farts do just sit there waiting for something to happen though I despise that stupid noise meter thing they put up on the big screen to get us to "make noise" as compared to having the team cause us to do so. Bring these messages to the meeting to show to Dr Buning that many of us have no problem with student behavior. (Though I suppose those in charge may tell you they don't give a crap what some idiot named Shep has to say about the subject.)

I got two words for the Goofer newbie: Spell check Dude, I will take you up on the comment about Irmen and Potulny going to Rodentville because they want to win a National Championship. I bet they don't win one while they are there. Put your allowance where your mouth is.

Do they vote befoe the Regionals?? I ask b/c a great tourny may help. I'd go with Weisgarber too.

Like the Goofs did a month ago in GF.

If memory serves me correctly, they had a 6-4 for the last minute plus of the last game against the goofs and didn't score. It's not a gimme by any means.