schmidtdoggydog

Obviously, the arresting officer wasn't!

In MN, if probable cause exists that someone is driving while intoxicated, you have to submit to an Intoxilyzer test (breath), but you also have the right, by statutue, to an independent examination of either your blood or urine - which one is opted for is solely the defendant's choice, but it typically has to be arranged and paid for by the defendant. What it generally entails, is contacting the local paramedic to come to the jail and draw blood or hold the cup while you pee in it. The evidence collected is then sent to a lab for analysis and the results are generally returned in two-four weeks. To clear up a few things that NDH posted, if MG is charged with misdemeanor dwi, he will likely pay a fine and receive a sentence of stayed jail time (meaning he won't actually serve any jail time). There is no minimum mandatory jail requirement on misdemeanor dwi's in MN and I have yet to see a judge require someone to actually sit time on a misd. dwi. If MG invokes his constitutional right to a trial and is convicted, he will lose his privileges to operate a motor vehicle in MN for 90 days (I am assuming he is a Michigan of ND licensed driver). If he foregoes a trial and pleads guilty, he will losing his driving privileges in MN for only 30 days. Either way, it will cost him $680.00 to get his MN privileges reinstated and he will also lose his license in the issuing state. As for $5000.00 and you walk, that is nothing but a farce. That may work in the metro area, but in the rural areas, no way. I work in Clay County (Moorhead) and have for years and this County Attorney's Office has taken a hard-line stance on DWI's. They do NOT negotiate. It doesn't matter if you are Gerry Spence or some lowly poster from this board . If the client is over 0.10 and there was a legitmate basis for the stop, the defendant is screwed. They can plead guilty or go to trial. And let me tell you, juries have no patience, sympathy or love for those on trial for DWI. In fact, in this county, prosecutors have taken 0.07's to trial, which they can do by statutue when the defendant fails several field tests providing evidence of intoxication, and won convictions.

And according to that buddy, you smoke truckloads of dope! Any truth to that rumor?

It is hard to know at this point whether it is a positive or negative that he requested an independent examination of his choosing, in this case urine and not blood. What is not good is his choosing a urine test, which typically yields higher alcohol concentrations than either breath or blood. The fact that he failed the preliminary breath test (field breath test - pbt) is of little consequence as those results are inadmissible should this matter make it to trial. Its sole function is to help the officer establish probable cause that the driver had a blood alcohol concentration in excess of 0.10. But often times the PBT calibration is manipulated by law enforcement agencies to yield a higher result and assist the officer in more easily establishing probable cause. In my opinion, it is a positive that he didn't refuse to submit to alcohol testing. If he had done so, he faced, as NDH explained, a refusal to test charge, which in MN is a gross misdemeanor - a more elevated charge than the majority of first-time DWI charges.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's not be so quick to condemn this young man. If Sioux fans presume his guilt, imagine the backlash from fans of other programs. I, for one, will acknowledge the presumption of innocence and allows the facts to be gathered before forming an opinion. And although I certainly don't condone driving while intoxicated, at this point his blood alcohol concentration has not even been disclosed. Until then, I will remain thankful that no one was injured during the alleged incident and hope for the best possible resolution to the situation.

and better, evidently!

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Well said - thanks for concisely summing it up!

I am going to raise the ante and say he actually called a fairly good game (note: I still believe, overall, that he does a poor job reffing most games)!

Of some significance perhaps, the last two games that Briggs has started the Gophs have given up twelve goals (six in each). With the one eng last night, that is 11 GA's for Briggs over two games against two of the lowest ranked teams in the WCHA (and please no excuses about Hagemo not being in the lineup - as good as he can be, his absence would not have made that much of a difference).

Not necessarily: 1980: Mark Taylor, senior, was definitely a leader, but it was not a role he solely held. Take the NC game, for example - Doug Smail, MVP of Frozen Four, was a junior and had four goals in that game. Phil Sykes, a sophomore (walk-on nonetheless) had a goal and four assists in NC game. '87 - extraordinary year, dominating team: Joyce (captain) Jr. Hrkac (Hobey) Soph. Steve Johnson (part-time first liner) Jr. Kidd (All-American D) Soph. Belfour (no description needed) Fresh. '97: Curtis Murphy (All-American) - Jr. Jason Blake - Soph. transfer David Hoogsteen (All-American) Soph. Matt Henderson (FF MVP) Jr. '00: Lee Goren, senior, definitely took a leadership during the second-half of the season, but consider some of these names, all of whom stepped up in some way during the season: Goehring - Jr. Panzer - Jr. Commodore - Jr. Bayda - Fr. In the past, UND's program had great success when players, other than seniors, assumed leadership roles. At this point, though, I don't care what year they are, would somebody on this year's team please step up!!!

If that is one of the traditions that contributed to the seven prior national championships, I am all for the silent treatment!

CC 28 46 UMN 28 43 UW 28 39 Denver 28 39 UND 28 32 UMD 28 23 Mankato 28 20 SCSU 28 18 AA 28 14 MTech 28 6 Mine stayed pretty true to the first go around, but I have UW jumping up a spot.

More importantly, what is it?!

All I know about that year is Philion had almost as many points (15) in three games than he did (18) in four years at UND! The show he put on during that hs tourney was something to see.

Updated WCHA penalty leaders (team) courtesy USCHO: PENALTY MINUTES Rk Team PEN/MIN AVG 1 Minnesota 145-for-336 21.00 2 Minnesota State 167-for-377 20.94 3 Minnesota-Duluth 175-for-366 20.33 4 St. Cloud State 138-for-292 18.25 5 North Dakota 167-for-364 18.20 6 Alaska-Anchorage 122-for-287 17.94 7 Denver 115-for-238 17.00 Wisconsin 149-for-306 17.00 9 Michigan Tech 124-for-267 16.69 10 Colorado College 114-for-239 14.94

As of now, WI is #14 (UND t-12) in the power rankings. I realize there is a ways to go, but with the two auto bids, WI is definitely on the bubble at this point. There is a short discussion by the bracketology author on USCHO regarding WI.

You are correct. According to the official boxscore, Smaby, Radke, Bina, Fabian and Canady were on the ice.

Considering the number of minutes he skated last Saturday, I am guessing he is fully healed!

Cary Eades had 164 points in 144 games, placing him 16th all-time in scoring at UND. Of the 164 points, 85 were goals!

I agree with you. Oshie wasn't given a lot of room, but he is very strong on is skates. I didn't think Lee showed up, except for the penalties, until the third period and then his good play carried over into the overtime. I was very surprised to see him knocked to the ice a couple of times earlier in the game. It seemed like Hardwick skated about 50 of the 59 minutes and appeared as strong at the end of the game as the beginning. We commented, as a group, that we were shocked he hasn't signed LOI with anyone. If his play last night is any indication, I would love to see him wearing the green and white. VandeVelde was a nonfactor, but I do like how he skates - I see a Chris Porter-type player, but haven't had the opportunity to watch him play very often so that may be an inaccurate assessment.