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I know this may seem a little crazy but I looked at the entire Sioux Hockey schedule and predicted all of the games for next year. I thought I'd better post it before the season starts just in case I am clairvoyant. So take a peek and see if you agree or disagree: Of course I've been a little biased in my predictions
Here's my predictions:
Oct. 3 -- MANITOBA (ex) W (doesn't count on our record)
Oct. 9 -- MERRIMACK W
Oct. 10 -- MERRIMACK W
Oct. 16 -- MINNESOTA W
Oct. 17 -- MINNESOTA L
Oct. 23 -- at Anchorage W
Oct. 24 -- at Anchorage T
Nov. 6 -- at Mich. Tech W
Nov. 7 -- at Mich. Tech W
Nov. 13 -- ST. CLOUD L
Nov. 14 -- ST. CLOUD W
Nov. 20 -- at Denver L
Nov. 21 -- at Denver T
Nov. 27 -- MIAMI L
Nov. 28 -- OHIO STATE W
Dec. 4 -- at Duluth L
Dec. 5 -- at Duluth W
Dec. 11 -- WISCONSIN L
Dec. 12 -- WISCONSIN W
Dec. 19 -- US WORLD JR (ex) W (doesn't count on our record)
Jan. 2 -- at Notre Dame tour. W (Tourney includes Notre Dame, Colgate and Niagara in Chicago)
Jan. 3 -- at Notre Dame tour. W
Jan. 8 -- MSU-MANKATO W
Jan. 9 -- MSU-MANKATO T
Jan. 15 -- at Minnesota L
Jan. 16 -- at Minnesota W
Jan. 22 -- at Cornell W
Jan. 23 -- at Cornell T
Jan. 29 -- DENVER W
Jan. 30 -- DENVER T
Feb. 12 -- at St. Cloud L
Feb. 13 -- at St. Cloud W
Feb. 19 -- DULUTH W
Feb. 20 -- DULUTH W
Feb. 26 -- at Colo. Coll. W
Feb. 27 -- at Colo. Coll. T
Mar. 5 -- MICH. TECH W
Mar. 6 -- MICH. TECH W
Final Regular Season record: 22-8-6
WCHA Record: 16-7-5 for 37 points and a second place finish behind Denver
Let me know what you think.
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The fact that he hasn't made a committment leads me to believe that he is entertaining other offers.
I guess we will find out soon.
I'm sort of with you. I think he's looking at going someplace new where he doesn't have a track record with the coaches but probably doesn't want to lose a year of eligibility.
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For forwards, this is how Brad has it for committed recruits on his blog:
Danny Kristo, F, 09
Mike Cichy, F, 09
Brett Bruneteau, F, 09
Mike Fink, F, 09/10
Danny Mattson, F, 09/10
Corban Knight, F, 09/10
Carter Rowney, F, 10
Derek Rodwell, F, 10
Matt White, F, 10/11
Michael Parks, F, 10/11
Brendan O'Donnell, F, 10/11
If we have a logjam for the 2010 season, then White, Parks, and O'Donnell could all wait until 2011 to come in.
To replace the five departing forwards this year, you have Kristo, Cichy, Bruneteau, possibly Forney, and then one of Fink/Knight/Mattson. Two of those guys if Forney doesn't come back.
The following year with VV and Zajac leaving, you bring in whoever didn't come in from the Fink/Knight/Mattson group and then Rowney. Maybe push Rodwell back a year? Or in case of an early departure.
I guess it all depends on what Forney does. If he comes back, I would guess that Knight is the other forward. If Forney doesn't return, then Knight and Mattson come in (Fink waits until '10).
Definitely a lot of forwards. That's still 12 less than what UW has on their potential roster though.
Well if Rowney waits until 2010 we will have fulfilled the "21 year old Canadian" stigma.
Fink played in 59 games this year in the USHL and ended up with 19 points, 6 penalty minutes and a -21. I know he was hurt last year but does anyone know what's up with him? Not the sort of stats you'd expect for a future Sioux.
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1. I think if Forney wants to come back to UND he deserves a shot. We recruited him and due to injuries etc he didn't play. Now that he's been an everyday player in the USHL and lead his team in scoring he deserves a shot assuming he wants to come back.
2. I orignally thought that Mattson exepcted to come in this year and then after I started looking at the ages of the recruits I changed my mind. Let's take a look from oldest to youngest of those with shots to come in:
Mike Forney: 5/14/1988 (would come in as a junior)
Brett Bruneteau: 1/5/1989
Aaron Dell: 5/4/1989
Carter Rowney: 5/10/1989
Andrew MacWilliam: 3/25/1990
Joe Gleason: 3/30/1990
Danny Kristo: 6/18/1990
Mike Cichy: 7/7/1990
Mike Fink: 7/7/1990
Derek Rodwell: 7/8/1990
Corban Knight: 9/10/1990
Danny Mattson: 11/20/1990
If you went strictly by the cut off dates for high school only Knight and Mattson would have been in high school this year.
My thought is this, assuming Forney comes back: You bring in Dell, Forney, Bruneteau, Rowney, MacWilliam, Gleason, Kristo, and Cichy. Knight and Mattson play in the USHL and AJHL. You don't want any '89s still in the juniors so I think Rowney needs to come this year.
Dell replaces Walski.
MacWilliam and Gleason replace Finley and Jones.
Forney, Bruneteau, Rowney, Kristo, and Cichy replace Duncan, Miller, Martens, Watkins and Kozek.
If Forney doesn't come who knows which one of the 4 forwards left you pick. Maybe Knight or Mattson.
2010 is the scary one. With only VanDeVelde, Genoway, and Zajac graduating you have two defensemen in the wings with Forbort and Nick Mattson. I'm guessing Mattson is the call here. Then you have Fink, Rodwell, Knight, Danny Mattson, and Matt White waiting. You only need two if no one jumps to the pros so now what?
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Morin said he really liked North Dakota and BU and particular he liked BU but he wants to go pro as soon as possible and didn't think college was right for him. He's hoping he goes high in the draft and gets to play right away.
After watching the US team play 3 games I thought Morin was good but he didn't stand out over the other forwards. Now defenseman Cam Fowler stood out. He went end to end a few times and played his position very well. If he sticks with the verbal to Notre Dame he'll be a beast for some time.
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Ok. Let's see what we're losing and what we're gaining.
Walski being replaced by Dell: Since Walski rarely played I'd say this is an upgrade. Potentially a great upgrade sicne Dell is matching or breaking Eidesness's records in that league.
Finley being replaced by MacMillan. This is a downgrade since Big Joe was a steady influence. We'll need to see how MacMillan adjusts.
Jones being replaced by Gleason: Jones was steady but he was also a healthy scratch numerous times. I think we'll see Gleason have some problems but overall I'd say an upgrade.
Kozek replaced by Cichy: Kozek had his games but also disappeared a lot. By the end of the season hewas not on the PP or the PK. Potentially an upgrade.
Duncan replaced by Kristo: Obviously a downgrade and we'll hope that Kristo can show us some of Duncan in his play. Older forwards will need to step it up to replace Duncan overall.
Watkins replaced by Bruneteau: Watkins was great on the PK and could put a lot of pressure on. Brunteau is rather small so we'll have to see how this plays out. Downgrade for now.
Martens replaced by Forney: Martens was a healthy scratch most games his first two years but worked his way into the lineup and was a steady player the last two years. Forney is playing very well in the USHL and I'm hoping he's matured enough to be a factor. I'd say for now this is a wash unless Forney shows us more than he did the first two years he was at UND
Miller replaced by Knight/Rowney/Mattson: Even though Miller played defense most of this year he will be replaced by a forward. As a forward Miller was average and sat a lot. I'd say this is a slight downgrade at first but if Mattson is the guy it could be a big upgrade by the end of the year.
Now don't get me wrong. I really like Miller and Martens and the rest of the seniors but you have to remind yourself that Walski, Miller, Martens, and Jones didn't play a lot their first 2 years with Walski rarely playing. So if the freshmen can produce quickly we may have a better team this next year as long as we can get some leadership.
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Gregoire
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Anyone have an idea where the Sioux will be in the Final Five bracket after this weekend. I know they will be re-seeded based on regular season points (which Sioux are #1) but which game will they play on Friday? The afternon or night game? If I remember right from last year I think they'll play at 2:07pm.
Assuming we beat Tech, we will play the Friday night game unless there are upsets in the first round of the playoffs and Minnesota becomes a number 2 or 3 seed for the Final Five. If Minnesota is there and does not have to play the playin game Minensota plays Friday night. Money talks.
So we'll see after this weekend.
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Jones-Macwilliam
Finley-Gleason
We'll have 7 D next year we don't need another one.
I actually meant that we need to recruit another D for the future not necessarily for next year. Unless Forbort comes and plays right out of high school after next year when Genoway graduates there are no defensemen in the pipeline. Typically you like to see a D man play a year in the USHL once they graduate from high school like Gleason is to get stronger and to accilmate to the speed of the game.
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Forbort is a Jr. in HS. He would not come.
I don't think Genoway will go early - he is an exciting college player but he is not NHL or AHL ready.
Oops I thought Forbort was a senior.
Based upon Heisneberg's site: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pq-...RsjRw&gid=1 It looks like we need to recruit another defenseman even if Genoway doesn't go early.
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yeah i think having 2 extra forwards is the right move as well along with just 1 extra d man like always. i think vv will be leaving, just a hunch but then mattson or knight can come in. good point on the roster size
So what happens if Genoway goes early? Is Forbort ready or who would be a possible defensemen to bring in?
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With all of our seniors this year I was trying to figure out who is really coming in next year as replacements but I need help. So help me fill in the blanks. I'll give it a shot first:
Goalie: Walski leaves and Dell comes
Defensemen:
Finley leaves MacMillian comes
Jones leaves Gleason comes
I'm not sure where to put Miller but I'll put him at forward for now:
Forwards:
Miller leaves Bruneteau comes
Kozek leaves Cichy comes
Duncan leaves Kristo comes
Watkins leaves Knight comes
Martens leaves (Here's where I'm stuck for sure: Do I plug in Forney or Rowney or Mattson or ?
If no one leaves early we'll have 5 returning defensemen assuming LaPoint recovers , 10 returning forwards and 2 retunring goalies. To keep the same type roster of 15 forwards, 7 defensemen and 3 goalies we would need one goalie, 2 defensemen and 5 forwards.
That would leave us next year's team with 3 seniors, 6 juniors, 8 sophomores, and 8 freshmen. A very young team again.
So who am I missing?
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Our blueline had a rough game Sat. Joe needs to be our best D and he wasn't by a long shot. Rau's goal was all on Joe (not the goalie - note to the Ralph staff - he was the player of the game). Too many turnovers and too many gambles.
With CC's speed, fundamental hockey is a must (pucks to the net, finish checks all over the ice). Trying to be too fancy/ one-on-one won't work against this team. When we forechecked hard and physical, the puck stayed in their end. We need 60 min of that on Sun.
Did anyone else think the dump in on Rau's wraparound goal was icing? I swear CC was 2 feet behind the red line when they threw it in the zone. The linesman started putting his hand up and stopped. No Sioux was even close to having a chance to get to it.
The pucked bounced CC's way all night.
After Eidsness's save on McCullough I immediately turned to my daughter and said "Save of the Year". Thank you Parise that it at least gave us a tie.
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A friend of mine was a member of The Farce. He has the yellow helmet with the red light on top that got turned on when we scored. He told me that one time a lot of The Farce went to a game in Duluth. They were out bar hopping in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday and when they were walking from one bar to the next outside they noticed a crowd of people in front of the courthouse. They proceeded to chant: "We've got spirit yes we do, we've got spirit how bout you." He said that immediately they were surrounded by a bunch of guys with black suits and were escorted further down the street.
Hey how were they to know the guy talking at the Courthouse was Ronald Reagan and the black suits were Secret Service.
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I hope the speculation about Forney coming back to UND next year is true. He is really having a good USHL year...
There wasn't a lot of love for Forney when he was with the Sioux but I hope you're right and he can produce at UND if he comes back. I always felt he should have gone the USHL route and got healthy before coming the UND but at the time we were short due to guys going pro so they brought him earlier than they should have.
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If Trupp and Toews are both still hurt I'm guessing we'll see:
First line the same: Duncan, Gregoire, Hextall
Second line: Kozek moves up to play with VandeVelde and Frattin
Third line the same: Zajac, Watkins, Martens
Fourth line: Malone, Lamoureux, Davidson
With two forwards hurt and one defenseman out for the season we need this to stop. We don't need no stinkin' injuries!
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Frattin (Trupp)
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Sitting down for breakfast at the Airport Marriott in Minnesapolis this past Friday 1/30/09, I happened to hear a couple of gentlemen talking hockey mainly about the UND/Denver series and the aftermath. I slowly turned my head and lo and behold who was it but WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod and head of officials Greg Shepherd. Of course my ears perked up to see what I coulld hear as I kept my back turned and tried not to let on that I was listening. Mr Shepherd says: "You remember when Bob Johnson walked on the ice right? I don't see what the big deal is now. Why are people complaining about what George got. We as a league only make recommendations and it's up to the schools to decide what penalties to give their players and coaches." Mr McLeod mainly agrees with uh huhs and yeses. Then Mr Shepherd says "What do you think people would say if we told them about all of the emails we've been getting to toss North Dakota out of the league?"
My mouth sort of dropped at that and I tried to hear more but the server brought us our check then and we had to leave.
The impression I had was that Mr. Shepherd was a little peeved about the many complaints that everyone had about the league and how they were handling the Denver/UND series from the week before. The impression I got from Mr McLeod is that he was taking it all in but really was not that upset about what was going on in the media and was ok with how things turned out.
And to those fans sending emails to toss North Dakota out of the league: FOR WHAT! Our team wasn't the one that lost it's cool and got many chippy penalties because they were getting beat. Our coach did not go ballistic with choking signs to the refs and then walk out onto the ice and afterwards break NCAA rules by coaching from the press box after an ejection, etc. Denver and it's coach lost their composure and their heads and looked like fools for doing it. Should we ask the WCHA to toss Denver out of the league? Of course not. What foolishness.
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Denver drives me crazy. They play what I would call a modified trap. Not as obvious as Tech or Wisconsin but they play it. The main difference is they counterattack very well. With Ruegsegger, Rakhshani, and now Maiani and Colborne that have some top skilled players. They also have a Duncan clone in 5'7" 150 pounds Luke Salazar so our defense needs to play well.
With 12 games left they still only play 5 of those 12 on the road. At the end of the regular season they will have played 35 games and only have played 12 games on the road. Due to the unbalanced scheduled they only play North Dakota and Minnesota one series each. Wouldn't it be nice to have that schedule. But this team has allowed the fewest goals in league play so we'll have our work cut out for us.
The biggest question though is what will George Gwozdecky wear each night. Maybe Malone?
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8315584?source=bb
I just do not like Dasher George.
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Yeah but it does proved that UND wasn't a bunch of 25 year old Canadians.
Yes but the big question is how Archibald could lead the team in scoring when he had 197 penalty minutes and in the box a lot every game.
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With the holiday tourneys completed it looks bad for the WCHA come playoff time this year. Teams that have traditionally not even been competitive against the WCHA have either tied or beaten the WCHA teams. So here goes:
Northern Michigan sweeping Wisconsin
Lake Superior tying Wisconsin
Holy Cross tying Denver
Yale beating Mankato after Omaha beat Yale 8-3 the previous night
Bowling Green tying Mankato
Sacred Heart tying Colorado College
Clarkson tying Colorado College twice
Air Force beating CC
North Dakota losing to Michigan State who hadn
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Hextall
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Hextall
2009-2010 Sioux Hockey predictions
in Men's Hockey
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Last year we had 4 ties. If you take all of the WCHA teams last year and average the number of ties per team, you get an average of 5.9 ties per team in the season.
So I guess 6 ties doesn't seem too out of the normal.