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Tickets are readily available after the regionals. If Denver or CC aren't there you should be able to buy tickets for less than face value on the street. Like Sioux-cia said if you go to USCHO right after the regionals you can get tickets. Just remember that all of us that got tickets in the lottery are in the upper deck so the seats aren't great but hey you will be there.

My two cents: Duncan leaves along with Oshie. St Louis really liked Duncan at their camp and I think he'll jump Kozek stays. Until this year He was a decent player but at times played on the 4th line. He's got a great shot and can play in the NHL but I think he'll stay through his senior year. VandeVelde stays. He has progressed the fastest of the sophomores. He's strong on the puck and has developed his passing. He now needs to start scoring more. One more year for sure. Forney? I really don't know the story but with all of his injuries and hype who knows? I felt he should have done what Quinn Fylling did after his freshman year and went to the USHL for a year. I'm guessing he's played 6-8 games over his first two years. Tough to develop when you don't play. I don't know if he is just not that good, always hurt, or what. With all of his hype I'd expect him to play regularly. I'll agree with AZsioux and say he's going someplace next year and not stay with the Sioux. I forgot about Bruneteau's concussion. He won't be here next year. From the talk in the cities Gleason is ready now. Fienhage is a little like Finley and needs some time to develop his skating. I'm expecting Gleason next year and Fienhage to play a year in the USHL. The guy I've heard very little about is MacWilliam. Anyone have any insight? Currently the players I think need to step up their play next year are Miller, Zajac, and Malone. Miller has been sitting recently. Zajac and Malone are playing but are not that noticeable which is bad for a forward. I'm also hoping that Martens continues to improve and gets better and better. He creates when he's onthe ice but needs to improve his defensive play. With Bina gone and Finley and Chorney probably gone we will be very young on the blue line. Very scary in the WCHA.

I started looking at the possiblities for next year's roster. I went with the likely possibility that Oshie, Duncan, Chorney, and Finley are leaving early. What I was left with was: Seniors: Kozek, Miller, Watkins, Martens, Jones, Walski Juniors: Genoway, Zajac, Forney, VandeVelde Sophomores: Trupp, Frattin, Marto, LaPoint, Davidson, Malone Freshmen: Eidsness, Gregoire, Blood, Hextall, Lamoureux, Toews, Cichy, Bruneteau, MacWilliam, Gleason (the talk is they will also add another goalie, I had Gleason coming in and Fienhage waiting a year) Goalies: Eidsness, Walski, and ? That would give us 7 defensemen with possible pairings of: Jones, LaPoint Blood, Genoway Gleason, Marto with MacWilliam trying to break the lineup Possible forward lines: Toews centering Kozek and Trupp VandeVelde centering Watkins and Frattin Cichy centering Gregoire and Hextall Martens or Bruneteau centering Malone and Zajac That leaves Miller, Davidson, Forney and either Bruneteau or Martens in the stands. Of course this could all change depending if any of the four players I mention comes back as well as how these other players have developed. Thoughts?

Andrew " Lumberjack" Kozek

I will take T.J Oshie

Ryan "Major Duncs" Duncan

I need to make two picks also since I won't have access to a computer on Friday or Saturday: Friday night: Ryan Gopher Killer Duncan Saturday night: Chris VanDeVelde (assuming Major Duncs scores on Friday) Thanks.

TJ Oshie

I'm in: Chris VandeVelde

Gone next year and their replacements: Seniors: Lamoureux: (Eidsness) Kaip: (Gregoire) Bina: (Blood) Radke: (Hextall) Underclassmen: Oshie: (Toews) Chorney: (Gleason) Finley: (Fienhage) Duncan: (Cichy) That

Well we are the most penalized team in college hockey this year. Not saying they were all deserved but we do take a lot of penalties.

Kaip's scoring more and he's getting chances to play in situations that he didn't get to last year. Kozek is playing much better than he did the first two years and so far I'd say he is the most improved. One player not mentioned is our walk-on and very much improved player, Ryan Martens. Martens has gone from a healthy scratch to a player that creates on the ice. Even before the last two weekends when he got put together wirh Zajac and Radke he showed a lot on the ice. Without a lot of real game time I think he's shown he can play with everyone. My two most disappointing players are Miller and Chorney. I barely notice Miller on the ice and as a forward that's bad. I notice Chorney all the time and as a defensman that's worse. So Kozek and Martens: Improved Miller and Chorney: Not improved

I don't agree. The first goal was all Chorney. Lasch comes in the zone, Chorney looks up, no one trailing, all he has to do is body Lasch like all defensemen are taught to do and he never lays a hand on him until he scores. Weak goal for Lammy? yeah but if Chorney plays the body likes he's supposed to there is not a shot on goal. Now the second goal was not all Marto. The forward coming out of the zone coughs it up while still in the zone. Marto tried to take it back out on his own (his mistake) and coughs it up. They score. So my take is it's not Lammy. My big problem is why the Heck do our defensemen think they are forwards? You have to pick your moments as defensemen to jump into the play but for some reason our defensemen jump in constantly. Don't they realize their position is defense. How many times do I need to see Genoway, Bina, Chorney, LaPointe, and even big old Finley deep in the zone and then nothing to show for it. Hey that's fine but when we give up lots of odd man rushes because of it, IT SUCKS! Play your position and take the man. That's called playing defense in hockey@!#$

So far to me it seems like there a number of men that could be thought of as MIA: Let's see: Martens has played 10 games, has 1 point (no goals) and taken 7 shots Zajac has played 12 games, has 2 points (no goals) and taken 9 shots Trupp has played 13 games, has 3 points (1 goal) and taken 19 shots Miller has played 11 games, has 4 points (2 goals) and taken 12 shots Watkins has played 13 games, has 6 points (2 goals) and taken 36 shots Kaip has played 13 games, has 5 points (but 4 goals) and taken 26 shots. One thing I will say is that Martens has not played a lot even when he's dressed and the same goes for Zajac. Since we are the most penalized team in the country right now neither of these guys plays on the power play or the penalty kill so their ice time is a lot less than Miller, Watkins, and Kaip. What actually amazes me is that Bina and Chorney have not scored a goal yet. We need them to start scoring especially on the power play.

I predict that Derek Sheppard is the referee.

I just saw that as of this moment Duluth is ranked ahead of us in the Krach and Pairwise rankings according to College Hockey News: http://www.collegehockeynews.com/ even though neither is official yet. Duluth has swept St. Cloud, split in Denver, got swept at CC, and won and tied Tech. They have the second toughest schedule so far behind only CC. These should be good games but we need to sweep this type of series at home to get in the top half of the league especially since we go to Denver next weekend. LET'S SWEEP the dogs!

I saw and read this thread but it was not specific about the Sioux. Thus the new thread.

I'm not sure I know what you mean when you say the problem with the list is that it goes completely by the teams they play. Of course it does. The reality is that we should sweep a Mankato at home but traditionally we haven't or at least it seems that way. I feel that we have the toughest league schedule this year. The two top teams we only play one series against are Wisconsin and Colorado College. But that is offset by only playing a single series with UAA and Mankato. So we need to take care of business against the teams that are not as talented as we are. No more making their goalie look like he's a superstar.

This summer I predicted that this year

Yes I'm a Who fan. My brother-in-law and I flew from Fargo to Cleveland a few years back while John Entwhistle was still alive. With Zach Starkey on drums they were one of the best live bands ever. Oh and we were trying to fly United directly out of Fargo since no layovers but if Northwest is cheaper who cares.

Reserve your hotel room now. You can always cancel. We're staying at the Adam's Mark. Price was $149 when we reserved which was actually a good price. Now if I could only find decent airfare. Last I checked it was $388-$420 for a ticket either United or Northwest. If anyone finds cheap airline tickets please post.

Click on the link and then make sure you click on the Brian Lee link in the story. Brian doesn't look the same

Hey AZ, I sent an email 4-5 weeks ago to you but I'm not sure if I'm signed up. I looked at your web page and I didn't see me there. Is it too late or can I still get in?

Hey I'm going to predict even a little more. I sent this to a friend this morning after I told her to book her hotel in Denver since I got 4 extra tickets to the Frozen Four. She stated the last time she planned a trip to the Frozen Four the Sioux didn't make the NCAA tourney. Here was my response. Don't worry they will not only make the tournament but be a Number 1 seed and go to Colorado Springs for the regional. Where we will overcome the debacle in 2003-2004 when Denver beat us 1-0. We will sweep through the regional and then play Clarkson in the first semi final game in Denver. We will beat Clarkson handily and then meet the winner of the prior semifinal between Boston College and Minnesota. Either way we dominate the final game and win 6-3. TJ Oshie is named tournament MVP barely nipping out Taylor Chorney. Lamoureux plays decently but the Sioux basically outscore the opponents and with a veteran defense allow few shots. (Hey it could happen) Now for the WCHA: 1. North Dakota: Solid from top to bottom. Need upper class forwards to score more and solid goaltending 2. Minnesota: Will try to outscore everyone with all forwards back but have to rely on 3 freshmen defensmen and Frazee 3. St. Cloud: Only real question is goaltending. I think they can overcome Bobby's loss 4. Colorado College: Will have a solid team. Lost no underclassmen and have a nice class coming in 5. Wisconsin: Lost a lot but probably have the highest touted incoming class. 6. Denver: Peter Mannino and sophmore forwards 7 Michigan Tech: I'd like to see them do well and I expect they will but not in the top 6. 8. Mankato: Could finish higher but I don't know who they beat out 9. Minnesota Duluth: Lost too much but will upset some people. 10. UAA: Back to the old ways of not being that competitive. I think the WCHA will put North Dakota, Minnesota, St. Cloud, Colorado College, and Denver in the NCAAs. Even though Wisconsin finishes ahead of Denver in the league Denver ends up ahead of them in the pairwise. Minensota and North Dakota will be Number 1 seeds. Minnesota goes to Madison to play and North Dakota goes to Colorado Springs.

I agree mostly with this but I think the real reason we need Greico to step up is that we cannot handle the loss of Phil. If he gets hurt or tweaked like he did last year we need a respectable backup that can handle the load. Also with more experience you prepare your young goalie for next year. As I had mentioned in a previous thread the thing I'm concerned about with Greico is if he will continue his "not so good" practice habits of last year. My understanding was that he did not practice hard and never truly convinced the coaches that he was ready to step in consistently. If he can change his behavior and realize that the he will play if he is better that week in practice than Phil is maybe we will have a nice goaltending duo. I think Phil is the man but we need Greico to be able to come in at any given time. That