Frontroguy

Whups, can't type through the tears. Game ended, my kids are still crying. Dang. Well, lets get together in about 7 months and do this all over again. Good luck in St. Louis! Frontroguy

Good luck on Saturday. I have never been a big Michigan fan, and a rematch would be great. Winner gets the national championship?

Back when the had the Pizza joint upstairs, and the dog was downstairs. You could get a little more than just a beer there. At any rate, glad you enjoy it. My house is about 2 miles from there, I know the owner. I won't go in there. Good luck next weekend!

Sludge as the good guy? That was sarcasm, right?

Free food is always good. Rice St. at bar close is not a good place to be either, but that is not unique to the Doggsbreath. Glad it all worked out.

I did not think the green and white dogged it either. I was there with a buddy (Sioux fan, in jersey, in the seats that I bought......) and as the game was going into OT, I told him that even if the Goph's lost, I would still be happy, it was a great game. I found plenty of well lubricated fans wearing green and white, and maroon and gold. My 7 year olds got taunted by Sioux fans after the Holy Crap game. The line I remember most was Effing little A$$ Gopher losers. Nice, made them cry. The positve is that hopefully they will remember how it felt and not do it when they get older. We also met plenty of decent Sioux fans as well. We just need to work on educating the knuckleheads. It is just a game. Next weekend should be a fun. Looks like the winner of our regional should be the team to beat. Good luck.

**Gopher fan alert** Holy Cross!!! How did you guys decide on the Hogsbreath? I live about a mile and a half away, and even I do not go in there. For being in a suburb that place has had a rough history. (drug raids, and the aformentioned issues). As much as I am a Gopher fan, I would hate to have any hockey fan get hurt there. How were you treated?

I thought I was dreaming, until shut off my phone alarm, and got this kids up for hockey practice. Turns out it wasn't the alarm, it was a message alert. It wasn't 7:30 am, it was 5 something. Ahh, well. I had to get up anyway, right?

Were you just abusing the Gopher fans , or was there a time glitch this past weekend? I have a 612 (Minneapolis) area code, and got updates til 3 in the am. Which is fine, unless you use your cell phone as an alarm clock.

He definitely was pushed. He also definitely could have entirely avoided Fisher. Interestingly enough, Fisher flopped on Friday night leg his leg had been removed from his body. So, he can act, too.

As you all know by my posts (few they may be, I just don't believe in trolling), I too am a Gopher fan. Mainly in support of keeping the Sioux name, but an occasional hockey thread as well. I truly believe that come March, I will be lending my support to whatever team has to face the Sioux on Thurs or Friday. I expect your record to pick up some steam this weekend, and make it to St. Paul in March. (of course, I can't cheer for your squad anymore than you can cheer for mine) Don't drink the Koolaid!

I actually had not considered parking in the crease one way or the other. The only thing I know for sure about parking in front of the net is you get the crap beat out of you. I was pointing out that for all of the posts on this topic, none had even mentioned, let alone be bothered by the retaliatory crash. As for running the goaltender, I don't think there is an official stat for it, but I doubt the Gophers do it any more than the Sioux, Badgers, Huskies, Wolverines etc.

Who cares about the early season polls? Do you think the Red Menace will remain unranked at the end of the year?

I have not read anyone mention the Maverick player still churning his legs as he crashed into the Gopher goaltender. I doubt that running over the netminder is a part of the Gopher game plan.

Last I heard it was a tendon, and surgery was supposed to be today. I did not play hockey as a kid, but am wondering if you are on your back sliding toward the net, do you move your body so you go feet 1st rather then head first? Do you have enough time to make and adjustment?

Thanks to all that responded. At this point all 16 tickets are spoken for. If that changes, or if they offer up some other plan, I will let you know. Thanks, I hope you sweep in Wisco, and we have a ND/MN championship game in the Frozen four...

When interested, you can email me at mmurphy@rayven.com. I have had a pretty good response so far. It did not take long to get rid of them last time, although I am starting a bit earlier this year. I just like to sit closer, knowing that there are thousands of badger fans, with seats that are not nearlier as good as the ones my group will be in...

Hey everyone. I know it is a little early to start thinking about road trips, but here goes. Same deal as 2 years ago. (you guys did not go there last year. Had to deal with CC fans....) We get better seating if we buy in a 4 pack. We had awesome lower level on both nights. I am interested in the Gopher Sconny series, and would sell the Sioux Sconny at face to whomever is interested. You guys fall in pretty early in Wisco, Oct 13/14 while we have to wait til early January.. I will have 10-20 tickets availible each night. I want to sell them so you get Fri, and Sat. Just less hassle for me. Let me know if you are interested.

As a Gopher fan, my condolences on losing this battle. As many of you have posted already, I sense that the war is just begining. Perhaps there is a link in this thread somewhere, but has the NCAA ever stated the difference between Fighting Sioux, and Fighting Irish? I bet that would be a pretty good laugh. Damn, I bleed maroon and gold. My Kids cried when all you jerks cheered at Holy Cross's OT goal (well, I teared up a bit too), but I might just have to go out and get a Sioux Jersey in protest of this.

I don't think the Gophers were really trying to win the WCHA Title. With Sconny collapsing, and ND coming on from so far back, it just kind happened. If you read Lucia's comments on it, he really does not care about the regular season title - so I do not buy they worn out by the grind. Minnesota's season was just as long as everyone elses. I will buy into them taking SCSU way to lightly combined with not having much competition at the end of the season (UMD, and 4 games of AA) allowed them to breeze through games, and not be sharp. I have never seen them play with heart in a 3rd place game, so I was not shocked at that either. So for the weekend, I see MN beating HC, with ND using the home ice to beat Mich. I hope my club wins sat night, but it should be a great game. See you there.

Hate to be a buzzkill on the parade, but another way to look at it is while the club went 10-5, 9 of those games should have been gimme's. (2MT, 2 UMD, and 5 MSUM) of which they went 9-1. The balance of the games were from midddle to upper level teams in the WCHA (SCSU, DU, and CC) when the club went 2-4. So there is still plenty of work to do. Should be a great game this afternoon. See you there.

For the championship game you can always get tix. There are 3 teams that travel well, (well, my club does not have to travel much... ) but even a fan from Mankato state can figure out at least on fanbase of the 3 (North Dakota, Sconny or the Gophs) will not have their own team to root for... Best place to pick them up is find someone in a jersey who's team has just lost on Friday. They can trade tix for cash or beer to drown their sorrows! See you there.

I just can't understand why Sconny vs OSU? Why not the Gophers, or the Sioux? With either of those two teams, it would have been a sell out already. I would have gone to the game for either one of those matchups...

The pass interference was a jickyjack call, but the Rothlisberger TD did not bother me. Official called in on the field (albeit belatedly) and I did not think there was enough to overturn it. 3 I thought it was out of bounds 4 was a horrible call. I only hope they had the wrong # becuase the guy they called it on was not holding. All in all, it was better than the Pitt Indy game.