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He got hit in the mouth with a puck during warm ups. lost some teeth and had a bunch of stitches, Coach McGroarty expects him to be out of the line up for about a week to recuperate.

The Lincoln Journal Star had indicated he went home for personal reasons.

I guess they'll find out in about a week or so who made the 30 man roster, which will be cut to 25 then 23 by the start of the season. I've heard rumors that Brett is looking to be traded, not sure how accurate that is though.

Pat Arnason was invited to the Lincoln Stars tryout camp this weekend.

That's pretty much correct, HIPAA is primarily for health care providers, if you worked at a hospital and found out by reading the clients chart, then you would not be able to share that information with others. But if you found out from the player or his friends/family you would not be violating HIPAA rules and regs. I work with Medicaid and Insurance so I have to be familar with who I can release information to and what information I can release. As far as coaches being careful with releasing injuries I wonder if that is more to not give opposing teams to much information. Pro's do the same thing with the "upper and lower" body injuries. You don't want your opponent knowing that a player is nursing a sore shoulder, especially during playoffs.

If Lincoln does/did add Hunter it would take a day or two to update the website, and I'm sure it's the same for Vernon

according to Pointstreak, the Lincoln Stars have added Hunter Bishop to their roster. Pointstreak- Hunter Bishop

That would have to be a tough decision for Mario, which brother do you play with Phil or PJ? Personally I hope he stays in TC and goes on to UND. Although my dream would be that he ended up in Lincoln before he goes to UND

You'd think SSM would have tutors. I don't really have a problem with him going WHL, even though I was looking forward to seeing him in a Stars uni. However I have to wonder, and it's probably not a popular thought, but are schools putting the success of the sports team ahead of academics?

I haven't seen Dowzak play, but Finley has not impressed me. I don't know if he hasn't grown into his size or what, but he didn't stand out to me at all ( other than being 6-7) I wonder if people are drooling over him because he's so big? Like the saying goes "you can't teach size"

I noticed that too... the LJS isn't exactly the mecca of hockey information. Minnesota, Michigan, they probably figured no one would know the difference.

From the Lincoln Journal Star : This could be a good thing, it looks like he's planning to play in the USHL. Maybe Sioux fans will get their wish?

According to the Sioux Falls's message board, someone contacted the front office who denied Hartzell as new coach. So who knows what is going on now.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I think Brian Lee would benefit from another year in Jrs. I don't know how much of his tenativeness came from not practicing with the Stars and only playing weekends. I really wanted to be impressed because of all the hype surrounding him, but I just couldn't. I don't know how he'd do at the college level, at times he seemed lost while he was in Lincoln. As long as UND eases him into the line up, he should be ok .

Very true. I'm sure the hockey fans in Lincoln would get a kick out of it though