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I started thinking about next year and the players coming in. With four senior forwards (Frattin, Trupp, Malone, Davidson) and three senior defensemen (Marto LaPoint, Genoway) gone for sure, it seems a little strange that we only have one defenseman coming in. Let me know if I'm missing something but what I see coming in next year is:
Nick Mattson (D), Mark MacMillan (F), Michael Parks (F), Rocco Grimaldi (F), JT Miller (F), Colton St Clair (F), Brendan O'Dponnel (F).
If things stay where they are today and noone leaves early that leaves us with
Defensemen: MacWilliam, Forbort, Blood, Simpson, Gleason, Mattson, Hill. So only 7 defensemen with Hill never really playing and Gleason hardly playing D this year.
Forwards: Lamoureux, Gregoire, Hextall, Kristo, Knight, Rowney, Rodwell, Nelson, Cichy, Bruneteau, Dickin, MacMillan, Parks, Grimaldi, Miller, St Clair, and O'Donnell. So 17 forwards. Man that's a lot of forwards.
Goalies: Dell, Eidsness, Maris (I'm assuming they leave Gotheberg play another year in the USHL. So that leaves us with a 27 man roster.
Am I missing an incoming defensemen or is Gleason expected to play regularly and somehow Hill has developed into a reliable backup without ever playing a game?
I'm actually fine with Gleason playing everyday. He performed well last year but I think we need one more defensemen on this team.
And looking at the forwards man are there a lot of good players going to be sitting every game unless some leave due to not getting the playing time they'd hoped for.
Thoughts?
Well they picked up Panzarella so they have at least one more defenseman coming in. USHL though not BCHL or AHL. I'm guessing we might even sign one more unless Hill is progressing.
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If you see an Omaha fan at the game or out and about in Grand Forks, thank them for coming to Grand Forks for the games.
I always thought we were nice people but when we went to the games earlier this year I could not believe the number of people who thanked us for "coming down" to the Omaha games. They were super nice and even some firemen we ran into thanked us. Please reciprocate!
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We can all say that the ECAC is weak but so far this year some of their teams have had some nice wins outside their league:
Yale: Beat Colorado College and Vermont
Union: Beat Minnesota and Alaska Anchorage but lost twice to Western Michigan and once to Alaska
Brown: Beat BU and tied BU, UNH, and Providence
St Lawrence: Beat New Hampshire and tied Mankato but lost twice to Ferris State
Clarskon: Beat St Cloud but lost twice to Duluth
RPI: Beat BU but lost and tied Colorado College
Dartmouth: Beat New Hampshire but lost to Vermont
What I'm getting at is their overall schedules may be weaker than ours but they have been able to win games against the Big Three conferences (WCHA, Hockey East, and CCHA).
After seeing Bemidji State (CHA), and RIT (Alantic Hockey) make the frozen four recently and then getting beat by Yale last year in the regionals it shows that you can't take any team lightly and you better come with your best game every night once the playoffs start. Competition may make our team better but we have to use those experiences to beat teams we should beat. No taking periods off once we get to the playoffs like we did the first 1.5 periods against Yale last year.
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Frattin
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I started thinking about next year and the players coming in. With four senior forwards (Frattin, Trupp, Malone, Davidson) and three senior defensemen (Marto LaPoint, Genoway) gone for sure, it seems a little strange that we only have one defenseman coming in. Let me know if I'm missing something but what I see coming in next year is:
Nick Mattson (D), Mark MacMillan (F), Michael Parks (F), Rocco Grimaldi (F), JT Miller (F), Colton St Clair (F), Brendan O'Dponnel (F).
If things stay where they are today and noone leaves early that leaves us with
Defensemen: MacWilliam, Forbort, Blood, Simpson, Gleason, Mattson, Hill. So only 7 defensemen with Hill never really playing and Gleason hardly playing D this year.
Forwards: Lamoureux, Gregoire, Hextall, Kristo, Knight, Rowney, Rodwell, Nelson, Cichy, Bruneteau, Dickin, MacMillan, Parks, Grimaldi, Miller, St Clair, and O'Donnell. So 17 forwards. Man that's a lot of forwards.
Goalies: Dell, Eidsness, Maris (I'm assuming they leave Gotheberg play another year in the USHL. So that leaves us with a 27 man roster.
Am I missing an incoming defensemen or is Gleason expected to play regularly and somehow Hill has developed into a reliable backup without ever playing a game?
I'm actually fine with Gleason playing everyday. He performed well last year but I think we need one more defensemen on this team.
And looking at the forwards man are there a lot of good players going to be sitting every game unless some leave due to not getting the playing time they'd hoped for.
Thoughts?
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- SiouxSax - Knight, Fratts, Pony, Kristo
- Sparky Knight, Pony, Fratts
- siouxknocka Knight, Kristo, Trupp, Fratts
- Upper Deck Knight, Pony, Fratts, Kristo
- MissSioux85 Lamoureux, Kristo, Pony
- Budwmn Knight, Fratts, Trupp
Those moving on to tomorrow are listed above. If you are in bold, you need to make tomorrow's pick by 6:37pm! Good Luck to everyone and good job to Sioux17!
From the picks it looks like Sparky, Siouxknocka, Upper Deck, and Budwmn move on but SiouxSax, and MissSioux85 got knocked out this round since they both picked Pony tonight and he didn't have a goal. Is that right?
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I voted for Dell as the first half MVP. After the way Eidsness played I was very concerned about our goaltending. Dell had played very few games last year and looked lost when he was in goal at home. Then to see him come in and take over as our goaltender and to now lead the WCHA in wins as well goals against average...,
I had hoped for it but wasn't expecting it. Dell has stepped up and took over when we most needed him.
So even though Frattin gets the press because of all of the goals I just hate to think where we'd be without Dell in net.
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Frattin
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I have two tickets for sale to the Saturday night St Cloud game on Dec. 4th.
Tickets are in Section 303 Row J seats 15-16
Paid $40 each, just looking to get some gas money for them so would take $20 each.
Feel free to call me at 701-371-6062.
Will be in Grand Forks both Friday and Saturday so could meet either Friday night before the game or any time Saturday before the game.
Or if you're in the Fargo area I could meet Friday before 3:00PM
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The thing that bothers me is that we have a veteran team. We only lost two players off last year's team. After 10 games we're sitting at barely over .500. With the schedule coming up we could easily be under .500 at Christmas if we continue to play the same way. Some may say "yeah but that's UND. not very good early but turn it on after Christmas". That's fine when you are bringing in tons of new players but we should not be where we are now. We should not get embarrassed on national TV and fall behind 5-1 in the first period against Maine. It's not just goaltending either. it's entire team defense plus lack of scoring from key players. The only two games all year we played well defensively is against Fairbanks and the Friday night game against Duluth.
I was expecting more from this team and I want to see them play to their potential. I knew we had a tough schedule to start with but I expected us to beat both Alaska teams, sweep Bemidji, split in Maine, sweep Denver (who had to replace almost all of their top players), and split with Duluth. That would put us at 8-2 right now. That's what I'd expect with a veteran and talented team like we have. I guess we'll see if they can put it together against Wisconsin who plays 8 freshman.
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It just occurred to me just how front loaded UND schedule is. After 2 tough games at Wisconsin, the Sioux should be favored in every game after that except 1 game in Duluth. St. Cloud looks to be not as good as expected and Nebraska Omaha may be a challenge. I look for a huge 2nd half run.
I don't agree. With us sitting at 5-4-1.
Wisconsin should be favored over us especially in Madison. Their record is 6-2-2
Omaha should be favored over us especially in Omaha Their record is 7-1
Notre Dame should be favored over us Their record is 6-2-1
We should be favored over St Cloud since we're at home
Then we'll see where we sit.
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Just talked to Al Pearson. He has a bus going to Omaha for the Nov. 19-20th series and one to Duluth on New Year's Eve for the Hall of Fame Game.
Do you have Al's number so we can call and get the details?
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Gregoire
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So are any of these guys about 5'6" and 155 pounds (Joe Whitney like) or 5'8 and 165 pounds (Cam Atkinson like) and is extremely fast?
I think we need a few of those guys.
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Where is everyone sitting for the final Five? I'll be in section 116 Row 9 seats 9-12.
Hey Matt. We're one row behind you seats 1-6.
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Six of us sitting in section 116 Row 10 again. On the aisle. Every year since the X opened.
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Call me stupid, but did I read somewhere that Hak can ask for a new officaiting crew in game 3? If he can, I think he should excersice that option.
I think the rule was that no crew could ref all 3 games so I'd expect a new crew tomorrow night.
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Cepis has now taken over the crown from Robbie Earl as the biggest diver in college hockey. Touch him and down he goes and half the time the stick goes flying too. What a piece of crap. The worst part is Derek Sheppard believed it every time. Game tying goal beause of a dive. What a waste.
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Friday: Gregoire
Saturday VandeVelde
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I do not want this to fester all weekend. Lets get it settled first 5 min of Friday. We may lose a couple guys and so might they. Then we can start with trying like hell to get as many points as possible.
Knowing St Cloud I highly doubt their players would drop the gloves. This is a team that has prided itself on low penalty totals. With the Shepherds there everyone will be looking for the Sioux to retailiate. The way you do this is hit them every time they touch the puck, make them pay to get into the zone, and pay special attention to Roe and Lasch so that by the end of the game their entire team is battered and bruised but even more importantly we are ahead on the scoreboard. Play physical, tough hockey and win the game.
Like I said, if we challenged Marvin or anyone else to go I'm guessing we'd see them hiding behind their coach.
Just win baby!
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This is how I remember these games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OxZE1H9Vbk
VandeVelde had two in that game.
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I have a bad feeling about this weekend and I hope I am wrong.
You too. Knock it off.
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Considering where they are in the standings and where we are in the standings, I don't think it's a good idea to post stuff like that with karma being what it is. If we can win one game in the National Concrete Center, I'll be thrilled.
Prediction:
Friday: SCSU 3, UND 0
Saturday: SCSU 1, UND 0 ("hot goalie" again!
)Considering my sometimes bad record on sports predictions, we could do better than this. I sure hope so.
Knock it off!
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Bandwagon? We don't need no stinking bandwagon!
We're Sioux fans and will always be Sioux fans!
Sioux Survivor Game 5
in Men's Hockey
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Knight