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Last year was better because, while Grand Rapids was kind of in the middle of nowhere, it wasn't that bad to fly into Chicago or Detroit and drive the rest of the way (though attendance there was HORRIBLE). But it's hard to do regionals last minute; you almost have to ask off the vacation and save the money in advance on the hopes they make it. At least with the Frozen Four you get two weeks to prepare (which still isn't enough for some jobs).

In the article it says 7pm central, which is right.

I'm not really certain. I haven't seen anything on where he's going, but he was only a freshman, so it's quite possible he's just transferring.

Brandon Wahlin leaving UMass. His brother Jake decommitted from there about a week and a half ago.

Josh Manson left Northeastern to sign with Anaheim.

Trevor Van Riemsdyk left UNH to sign with the blackhawks.

Ryan Carpenter left Bowling Green.

I feel really dirty about the picks I just put in. The plus side is the Sioux tend to do better when I actually pick them to lose. So....here's hoping that pattern still holds true this year.

That's my thought too. If UND beats Wisconsin, they'll get past Colgate (who I expect to beat Ferris). But the Sioux beating Wisconsin is highly dependant on which Sioux team shows up for that game.

It's being left unnamed this season.

At this time of year, more players than not are battling injuries that we don't know about. Knight with a broken hand (which makes his face off dominance that much more impressive), Green with his shoulder, etc. I'm willing to give Schmaltz the benefit of the doubt on this one.

The thing that irks me about the Caggiula penalty is that it wasn't called until the player couldn't get up right away and the rest of Miami freaked out. There was no initial indication that a penalty was being called. Which brings us right back to the situation we had with Denver...why is the outcome being used to determine whether or not a penalty is called?

Union could possibly do it. They haven't lost for the past month and a half. I certainly wouldn't be surprised to see them emerge from that regional, at least.

I would guess it's a combo of the refs being willing to call diving (which rarely happens here) and a team's intolerance of their players diving (which Wisconsin clearly doesn't have). I just thought it was a striking difference from his days at Wisconsin.

Players do it because, sadly, it works. I watched Robbie Earl (or Mr Robert Earl as they called him) play in Austria, and he never dove once. He actually played through a hold or a trip. Considering how much he flopped around in college, I think that has to be an officiating thing.

Based on the other scores around the nation, we are entirely dependent on Wisconsin coming from behind.

It certainly wasn't HD, but I didn't think the video quality was that poor. Watching the NCHC Goals of the Week videos, on the video for some teams, you could barely even tell where the puck was. While I wasn't in love with some of the camera work, this was nowhere near that bad.

Canisius down 2-1 at the start of the 3rd. Ferris State also down 2-1, end of 2. Wisconsin down 2-1, end of 1. Union up 1-0, mid 2nd. Denver up 1-0, early 1st. Based on all those scores, Wisconsin has to win because the backup option isn't looking very likely.

Well, Michigan has 12, and they just missed their second year in a row.

Apart from it dropping everyone at the same time, I thought the webcast was great. Considering the WCHA didn't provide any webcasts, and the NCHC provided not only this one but every single game of the best of three playoff series (for FREE!), I'm not about to complain about sound or a little buffering. That being said, I'm glad they synced it up with Tim after the first.

Mankato currently up 2-0 in the first. That's not good for us if Wisconsin loses.

Even if the other requirements don't fall into place (I'm not very confident about Wisconsin beating Ohio State), I want the Sioux to win so they can still go out on a win (though I'm sure that's little to no consolation for the boys) and because it means we kept Michigan from making it. I'm hoping that with the season on the line, the Sioux pull it out. Wouldn't mind a little payback for the Penrose, too. Hopefully, Western Michigan is too deflated to offer much of an effort, though I'm sure they'd love to end our season.

Tied 4-4 now at the end of 2. That games sounds like it's been a crazy one.

Maybe write the scripts for azithromycin 1 gram instead of the zpak?

Dislike times 1000. For as pathetic as the crowds were in Grand Rapids last year, props to the restaurant/bar that hosted Sioux fans. They even had a huge interlocking ND painted on the window!