Sioux_Hab-it

Nice night for Stafford, I hope he can repeat tomorrow night. 4-0 Sioux

Skippies are the easiest to troll for. I don't recognize you, would you like to hear about my favorite moment from the WJC.

Take a stiff drink because Ziggy is in nets.

Agreed, they are much classier like their coach.

Finally, a pretty goal by Oshie. Waited and waited for Ziggy to go down and shelved it. 3-0 I am drinking Drambuie to try and kill my cold

Got your bottle of Aquavit and your Landsoldat chasers all charged up.

Ziggy gets beat from another bad angle short-side. 2-0 Sioux

Obviously they have yet to learn the don't take stupid penalty lesson yet because they will have to kill a 5x3 now.

Watching Dataflix

You can never go wrong by shooting the puck but Ziggy looked a little shakey on that one. 1-0 Sioux

I did watch the game and the USA haven't come together as a team, most likely due to the lack of practice time. It would be tough to comment on Blake's play as they all looked more like individuals than linemates and unfortunately they have little time to try and get it together. Italy actually played evenly with Canada for the whole first period in their game and they are made up of mostly minor league Canadians whose parents were Italian. Latvia is also mostly non-NHLers who like the Italians have probably had plenty of time to practice together. I still think not picking Miller as Team USA's goalie was a huge mistake.

Perhaps the Gopher dream for Minnesota hockey players is quickly fading. Tough for every elite hockey player in the state to realize that dream when they watch slots being given to North Dakotans, Canadians, Austrians, and yikes someone from Wisconsin. Better to go where you are wanted, needed, and can get solid development versus being just another cog in a media circus.

Nice of him to predict the Sioux sweep but what terrible things does he envision for the Dogz on Saturday night if he thinks they will beat themselves 5-1.

I hate to see this happen to any college athlete but if it had to happen why couldn't have been at the end of January. I believe it was Slattengren whose missed shot hit the end boards funny and bounced back out onto Crabb's stick for CC's comeback goal in their win. http://www.gazette.com/display.php?secid=3

Oh how I wish the Sioux had a Lacrosse team in the seventies and I maybe could have been one of those overage Canadians. My poor skating wasn't going to take me any further in hockey so I made the switch and had a decent junior Lacrosse career with Cornwall.

You mean his bride-to-be's restraining order.

Exactly, and remember Ken Dryden 6'4" and what he did for Cornell.

Actually, it is to Bochenski's benefit because he will continue playing while the Olympics are on. His chance is coming as the Sens haven't been scoring and others will get to experience the minors.

Stafford, is acutually a perfect example of someone who should stay the full four years. We tend to forget how young he is and unless he goes on some kind of magical scoring streak the rest of the season, with the lineup that Buffalo has generated this season he would be looking forward to at least a full year in the minors. I believe that the two bigger flight risks from this years team are Smaby and Parise

Actually, I won't be surprised to see MTU take one. They are capable of playing good physical hockey which could knock the Gophers off of their game. Talk about a thread that is designed to lure the trolls in. I have my trusty whack a rodent mallet standing by.

I share the same sentiments as most of this post and would add that although he was only here a short time you could tell Belfour was going to be something special in net. Best Rodent exterminator was definitely Mike Commodore. Ask me the same question in a couple of years and the names Oshie and Toews may be on the list.

Heck I will take care of this one for you. For the benefit of Slappy lets discuss his team and get off of this stale topic. In everyones opinion who is the bigger sieve, Briggs or Hauser?

That hurts and some upperclassmen still aren't contributing on the scoresheet.

36 here in Ottawa with Showers which is ruining our Winterlude.

So you are saying that todays kids are all starting to talk like Woog. That is both scary and a shame.