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Just do a google search for hotels close to the University. Trying to be in the Christmas spirit I want to wish all of the Sioux fans a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Years. Win all of you NC games. The WCHA needs the power ranking.

I hate to miss this series (Gopher season ticket holder) but I will be on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This was the only time I could make the trip. I will have to wait until th WCHA FF to see your team live. You have to love the way Oshie plays the game.

Nothing wrong with the hometown boy (home state boy) wanting to stick it to his home state. How many Minnesota kids that play for other div. 1 team get jacked up to play the Gophers. I started watching Gopher hockey in 1971 and the list of Minnesota players that did not play for the gophers is long and distinguished. Minnesota kids want to do well against the Gophers. PK wants to do well against Becky and the ND kids that play for the Gophers want to do well against UND.

Long way to go yet. MSU 1- UW 0 after 2 periods. U of Minnesota 4-U of Michigan 2 after 1 period.

The game was not at the X, it was at Mariucci. ALL the fans were not cheering for Ferris State, because I was there with my Gopher Jersey on pulling for the Sioux. Other than that your statement is close to accurate.

The season is underway. You would think UND fans could find something to talk about other than the Gophers. Oh by the way and this is not confirmed yet. There is a rumor on www.collegehockeyeast.blogspot.com that Sam Gagner has committed to Minnesota.

Call the Duluth ticket office direct. Then you pay a one time $5 s&h fee instead of the rape charge ticket bastard charges of $6.50 per ticket. 218-726-8595 or toll free 1-877-221-8168

The UMD tickets go on sale Oct. 3rd.. You can mail order them ahead of time if you have their order form. Download it from tickets@d.umn.edu If you don't mail order them you will have to buy them from ticketbastard.

The one you have to worry about is becky. You know Tech won't be there and you know the Gophers will be. Because becky is the host school there fans have alot of tickets for the FF. If becky (WHEN) losses, there will be plenty of tickets to go around. Now my only question to you is why to you want to drive to Milwaukee to watch the Gophers play Denver?

Mark Sturat will forego his Sr. season aa he signed with the Bruins. I think this hurts the CC team almost as much as if they would lose either Sertich or Sterling.

Are they sure there won't be a girl's high school bouncyball tourney there that week-end.

Mafia Man, If your saying that the sports writers were looking to lynch the Don I would agree with you. The sports writers in this town have it in for the Gophers and don't cut them any slack. If your talking about the Gopher fans than I would say your wrong. I picked them to be top 5 in the WCHA and to make the FF only because they had the regional at home. With the youg D we had and loosing 3 underclassmen to the NHL (Well the other league anyway) you have to say it was a good season. Not great, because we didn't win it all.

Not looking forward to that non-conference schedule, but we still get Michigan and Michigan State. Guess no one wants to schedule the Gophers next year.

I don't know if your serious on that or not, but the problem then is the kid will leave early for another level. Oshie dream is to get to the NHL or whatever league there is. He won't stay in school any longer than he has to. I think your better to get him early where you will get a minimum of 2-3 years and probaly 4 years.

No one would do that around here

I guess I fail to see how I did not handle the comeback on the Sioux board. A UND poster took exception to what I stated on GPL and thats fine. I would not expect a Sioux poster to agree with my opinion about who has the best hockey tradition. I also do not go on the Sioux board to pick an argument and make that statement on your board as the Sioux poster did on GPL.

When I come on your board I show some respect because it is your board. If you read my posts on USCHO I am mostly neutral toward the Sioux program. When someone come on the Gopher board and makes a statement that I feel belittles the Gopher program, then I blast him, but only on the Gopher board. I enjoy reading the Sioux board because you have alot of great posters with good college hockey information. Sorry if what I said on the GPL board offended you, but you have to remember what board you were on when you read it.

Not to rip on Marto, but how long will you have to wait for that to happen. By the time the kid comes into the league, Hag's and Goli will be Juniors. I don't think a freeshman D man is going to be skating circles around either one of these two.

I have no info on this I am just asking this question and throwing it out to the Sioux faithfull. IF some of your underclassmen go NHL next year (Greene, Smaby, Stafford, etc.) what is plan B. Are there a couple more recruits waiting in the wings or do you bring in Oshie and VanDevelde next year? Who else are you looking at for D?

I am not sure who upchuck is, but even a Sioux fan wounln't wish him on the Gophers, whould you.

Okay, you got me on that one. When you get old the memory is one of the first thinns to go 93-93 season we played in Munn arena on Michigan States campus, 94-95 we played at the Dane when Wisconsin called that home ice, 95-95 back to the MUnn arena and 01-02 we played CC at Yost. Throw in a couple of Van Andel apperances over the years and I would say it was time for the Gophers to get a few game at Maruicci in a regional.

Will you be saying the same thing next year when UND hosts at the Ralph. It goes in cycles and every team had the same opportunity to bid on the regionals. Late 90's we got had in the Yost more than once. The last few years we have been lucky enough to host the regions three time. Once we were not in it, but the other time certainly helped us get to the FF. You will have the chance to win a region on your home ice next year, left see what you do with that advantage.