Rick

Mark Senden signing at Wayzata High School this morning.

Dagies, that is something you should never have posted in a public forum. Now, if you ever decide to sell your house you'll have to answer the following question honestly in the disclosure section. To your knowledge, has lutefisk ever been manufactured or cooked in this house?

The only thing stopping UND from taking this path is You. Get out your checkbook and send Faison the money today and I'm sure he could make the announcement tomorrow.

How Much you asking? I've purchased some from you in the past and they've all been in disrepair. I'd want a 5 year maintenance plan included in the deal.

Nope......Mod's could you suspend this guy for posting something on the wrong topic? :-)

Actually, UND would bring some credibility to Big Ten hockey. Instead of a half empty Mariucci Arena their season ticket holders would start attending games again. The Kohl Center would fill up and each the other Big Ten schools would sell several thousand more tickets.

McDonald probably came out of the same mold as Ron His Horse is Thunder, David Gipp, Leigh Jennotte, Erich Longie and Lucy Gange. If so, they should have also named someone like Sam Dupris to the committee.

gfhockey, is that you writing this? ;-)

Yup, I think you nailed it....CC vs Nebraska-Omaha (30,000 viewers).....Nebraska-Omaha vs Denver (38,000 viewers)......North Dakota vs Nebraska-Omaha (146,000 viewers). I wonder why UNO was able to pull in so many more viewers when they played the Sioux?

I read last week that she's appealing the decision.

No, it's not apples to apples. You're saying that SCSU is as big of a draw at The Ralph as the Sioux are in St. Cloud? Not even close. Why is Mariucci Arena packed and buzzing when the Sioux are in town? Why was it half empty and like a morgue last weekend? SCSU's next home games are on January 2nd and 3rd. Go to those games and then report back on the great atmosphere at the Brooks Center.

You say "go to a game or two this weekend". Have you ever been to an SCSU game other than when the Sioux are there? It's not all that impressive. It's quite naive to come to the conclusion that SCSU has overall great atmosphere on their big weekend with the Sioux in town. It must be like this all the time, right? You ever been to Magness Arena when the Sioux are in town? You ever been to Magness Arena when the Sioux aren't in town? You ever been to Mariucci Arena when the Sioux are in town? You ever been to Mariucci Arena when the Sioux aren't in town? You ever been to the Kohl Center when the Sioux are in town? You ever been to the Kohl Center when the Sioux aren't in town? You could make your comparison with just about every team in the country. These arena's are dead when any team, other than the Sioux, is in town. Overall, The Ralph's atmosphere is better than any other arena in the country. You just need to get out and make apples to apples comparisons.

Nephew, he was also an assistant captain of the National Team with great leadership and character skills.

Five Nations Tournament that the U17 team played in Germany.

I'm guessing Hak was in Germany last week.

Very well put Dagies. Isn't that what I said?

This is really a stupid comment. (no disrespect)

No he couldn't have.

No he wouldn't. There are a lot of hockey players who would prefer to be at UND but their not. There are a lot of hockey players that would prefer to be at Boston College, Michigan or Wisconsin, but their not. Just because a player would prefer to be at any of these schools doesn't mean he will be.

Sorry about that. I meant to say I doubt his decision had anything to do with the Rangers putting pressure on him.

You're wrong. I don't believe the NYR have a strong preference for the CHL over the NCAA. I doubt his decision had nothing to do with the Rangers putting any pressure on him. I suspect he'd prefer to be at UND but sometimes it just can't work out.

Not sure what you're getting at here. Please explain.

Proper grammar is "have gone".....You must have gone to NDSU.

You should be drinking Summit. It's brewed in St. Paul and the owner/founder is a UND grad from Wahpeton. All the beers at Summit Brewery are good but try the Oatmeal Stout. :-) www.summitbrewery.com

I see Brad Schlossman noted that 6 former Sioux are Captains/Ass't Captains on NHL teams: Toews, Oshie, Greene, Parise, Stafford & Zajac. That seems like a lot. Do any other college teams even come close to that? What does it say about the coaching staff's ability to develop top players and leaders?