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That is the Stafford goal I was thinking of.

There was a great goal that Stafford scored in that Manitoba game that about made me fall over. I can't really remember it exactly but I know he fried the goalie and lifted the puck top shelf before the goalie knew what hit him. I vote for Sparky's goal against the Goofs as the best though with Fabian's first one in the Frozen four next.

Just got done listening to the USA's final round robin game. The US beat the Czech Republic in the Czech Republic 4-3. The US was down 2-0 and came back to win. I listened to it from a feed on usahockey.com. It comes in really good plus I needed something to do today since it has been a boring day at work.

I picked third but if both Smaby and Greene are back I would say 1st or 2nd. There is just too much up in the air right now. Who knows if the three Denver stars will be back? They all said they would but who knows. Same with CC. Stuart, Sertich and Sterling. If they leave CC could be in a hole. Which Wisconsin team will we see. They have everything coming back. And then theirs the Goofs. Can their D and goaltending improve enough.

I really think it is a toss-up who wins. Of course early departures and injuries are a key but I also wouldn't be surprised to see Wisc., UM, DU, CC or UND finish first. I would be surprised to see one of the five drop out of the top five though. They all return a ton of talent and only have more coming in. My pick is CC though because they really only lose a goaltender and in my opinion Zaba is every bit as good as who they lose.

I also agree with your here. I don't think we need to bring in another forward next year unless we lose one. As I see it we have 13 forwards with Marvin and Foyt playing in kind of emergency situations I believe that is plenty. Stafford Zajac Spirko Porter Toews Murray Kaip ? Prpich Fabian Duncan Kozek Watkins Miller Marvin??? Foyt??

I agree with you and I haven't seen Reaney play either but I have seen Vandevelde and Oshie numerous times and I don't feel they are ready yet that is why I think the USHL would benefit them very much. But if I had to choose I believe Vandevelde is more ready than Oshie.

I know this has been mentioned before but I think if we need to bring in another forward next year why not that Les Reaney kid from Canadian juniors. Yeah I heard that he might be a little overweight or lazy or whatever it was but he was the leading scorer in that league (or was for most of the season) and he wants to play at UND. I just say this because I think Oshie and Vandevelde would benefit tremendously from a year in the USHL. Just what I think because I'm not sure either one of those boys is ready for the WCHA. Anyways I could be wrong because I'm not sure Reaney is still available.

We can't cheer like the Canadians, beer isn't allowed in the student section <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The only suggestion I have to create a better atmosphere in the Ralph would be to simply cheer like the Canadians do. I'm sure some of you were at the championship game for the World Juniors. The whole place was red just like it is green for Sioux games and it was the loudest it has ever been in there and I have probably missed about three games since the Ralph opened. And as I recall the Canada fans were just loud fans chanting "Go Canada Go" the whole game and also they didn't do any cheers with swearing. So there are ways to liven up the Ralph but that would mean everybody would have to get into the games not just the students and a couple hundred other die hard fans it means the dead beats actually may have to stand up and cheer once in a while.

I heard a while back like sometime in Dec. or Jan. that Taffe got his a$$ kicked pretty good and had to miss part of the season if not all because his cheek bones where broke. Basically someone rearranged his face. Not sure if true but I think so.

I agree with everyone here great recap PCM not just this one but all year. They are great to read for a guy who isn't in the Grand Forks area anymore to listen to the show. Well done PCM!!

I have seen Lee play 6 games this year including all three at the state tournament. I agree that at times he seems a little conservative. I also think alot of times he just skated backwards and kept the forward in front of him rather than stepping him up at the blueline. I especially thought he did this in the finals against Holy Angels. Instead of stepping up early he let them into the zone giving them scoring chances. I don't know if it was because Holy Angels had faster forwards than hes seen or if he just thought they couldn't create many opportunities from where they were on the ice. Anyways I think all will be changed here at UND and Hak and Berry will make him into a phenomenal defenseman if he isn't already.

Thanks for the info. guys. I really didn't look up too many stats before I posted this. I was just going from posts from the former players post on here.

The AHL All-Rookie team was announced and Bochenski, Vanek and Rene Bourque were the forwards. Are you kidding me. Rene Bourque over Zach Parise. What a joke.

Of the freshman does anyone know who are centers. I think Toews is but the Canadian trio I am unsure about. Is Duncan a center and if so do you think he can play both ends well at his size?

Here's my lines for next year. Stafford-Zajac-Murray Porter-Toews-Spirko Prpich-Kaip-Fabian or Miller Watkins-Duncan-Kozek (not sure who is a center) Not sure on Defense too many question marks. Solid goaltending.

I know that defense is our biggest question next year but in my opinion I wonder if it will hurt us to not have a grinder type of line like the Massen-Canady-Fabian line. This line in my opinion turned the whole team around as well as turned many games around but just coming out and putting on a great forecheck. I was wondering what you guys think because we will have talented forwards top to bottom next year. I see Prp-Kaip-maybe Fabian as being that type of line next year. Thoughts??

I agree that I am hoping Matt decides to play his senioir season at UND but in my opinion he should leave. He does take a lot of penalties many of which are deserved but in my opinion many aren't. I have to think opposing coaches tell their players to take dives anytime there around Matt because the ref will call anything on him and he is treated unfairly take the first penalty against Denver for example. A big clean hit that is two minutes because it was #2. I hope he stays but he is an NHL defenseman not a college one.

I agree the first two goals were Smaby being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But the second one might have been a bad tie up. I'm not sure because I couldn't really tell on the replay but it looked like his guy got a stick on it and tipped it in or otherwise it was bad luck and it went off him. The third goal on the other hand was because Smaby was reaching and not moving his feet and was beat just in front of the blue line to set up an odd man rush in our zone.

I haven't seen this talked about anywhere so I wanted to start a new thread but was anyone else surprised to see Foyt play last night. Also is Marvin hurt or did Hak just go with the mentality of he who practices better plays.

I've been nervous for awhile now. I live on the Iron Range so I have a lot of Goofer fans ready to chomp in my ear if they should somehow win. They been talking a lot of trash and I have kept my mouth shout so far so I hope I will be able to run my mouth a little after Thursday.

That is correct. No one who has committed to a College plays in the Great 8. It is intended for players who haven't signed to have a chance to showcase their talents. Bochenski played in it his senior year.

Hey WPoS where did you get this idea from. Quite possibly from your Gopher site where a Sioux fan did this to your Gophers. Just figured I let you all know it wasn't original.

Is there anything better than a Minnesota Mr. Hockey player becoming only the second player ever to win the Hobey and Mr. Hockey and he doesn't even play for the Goofies. Sertich definitely has my vote. Actually the only thing better would have been if Zach or Brandon won it.