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One common denominator between all the players mentioned, all from Minnesota. Minnesota seems to have an a lot of players that don't respect the game with their diving, chirping, what have you.

Don't know why he is leaving, but I would hope the New York Rangers knew that he was going to be a slow developer and needed the time to put on strength and bulk.

Two phrases you say that don't go together. "Even if Wheeler did" and "extends his hand in a show of sportsmanship". If Wheeler did, then he wasn't extending his hand in a show of sportsmanship. We know Finley was dumb and broke the "sanctity" of the handshake line. Because of the circumstances, and the people involved it is also believed that Wheeler broke that sanctity in a different way.

Forgive me if I choose to believe that people don't just arbitrarily pick someone out of a handshake line and focus on them. Why not take the first guy in the line then. But I guess we should be proud as Sioux fans because your obsession with our program speaks volumes!

Wow, you really have no ability to be objective whatsoever. I could understand you thinking Blood was an instigator, but the Sioux just finished a successful weekend in Minneapolis, so who do you think would have had a level of frustration, Finley or Wheeler. Let's be clear, Finley and Blood made poor choices regardless, but I tend to believe they didn't decide to wait to retaliate for something that transpired during the game until the handshake line. Gopher fans always complain about the Sioux taking cheap shots throughout the game, so why would they wait? True, Blood and Finley are no schoolboys, but what about Wheeler and Rau's reputations leads you to believe they wouldn't do such a thing. Let's face it, plenty of people would like a piece of Rau because of his chirping and actions on the ice. But of course Rau wouldn't chirp in the handshake line.

Is he transferring, or is he just being funny because of how cold it is today?

You can! But life is too short to always be negative and always look at the downside of everything, especially for those that can't look at the positive side of anything. People can say duckies and bunnies all they want, but there is an opposite side of that spectrum, and I choose not to be part of the doom and gloom crowd led by Irish.

Did anyone see Tom Chorske say that there should have been more Minnesotans on the Olympic team but they weren't taken because they were from Minnesota? Seems to me they got a lot of Minnesotans on the team, including several that were on the bubble like Oshie, Wheeler and Martin.

It seems odd that you say that you cannot claim you know why they left unless you know the players, yet you know that less players would have left if there was a coach in place by December 10th. You then use boosters talk to change your opinion of Brian Faison. Depending on which booster you talk to, Dave Hakstol doesn't deserve to be head hockey coach either.

Yeah, like if you told all the players they would keep it quiet. Some names are out now, but what if candidates didn't want their name out there to protect their current jobs? You tell the players, the fans would know within hours after that.

Wait, it looks like he might be hiring your man. Looks like your reputation will be on the line if your guy is hired and it doesn't work out. Oh wait, you already have a reputation ...

Has the U.S. ever won a World Junior tournament without a UND player? I know they had Parise, Murray and Stafford in 2004, then Kristo in 2010 and finally Grimaldi last year. Of course a number of colleges can probably say the same, but I choose to look at it with green colored glasses.

They certainly have the talent, but no Seth Jones or Jacob Trouba this year, so will have to be a solid team.

Thought there were at least 3 obvious calls down the stretch that the refs didn't call on Northern Michigan, including a couple interference calls that looked like no-brainers.

Nice unselfish pass from Parks. Was sure he was going to try his wrap around, but am glad he found Ausmus.

I know you are being a little tongue in cheek, but there aren't a whole lot of garbage hockey teams out there that aren't able to pull out a win here or there. If Northern would have pulled out a sweep from us this weekend, they would have had a better record than UND. Also, not many teams that you can drop 6 on anymore, because even the less talented teams have good goaltending and the ability to play a defensive system that can at least keep them competitive for parts of the game. Would be interesting to see the percentages on scoring 6 or better goals in a game.

It would be nice to sell out this regional in 10 minutes and make the NCAA ponder how many more seats they could have sold had they not been so hypocritical. Of course we know the NCAA isn't about making money though, it is about being fair to everyone.

Murphy seems faster than Mitch, and I don't care how old you are, there is a transition. Mitch has had four or five years to make that transition, why not put someone in who still hopefully can find the speed of the college game. True, he may not make that transition, but might as well find out because I don't think either one are going to tear it up, and you might have Murphy here for 3 more years.

My bad, was thinking the Colorado State win was Wyoming. Of course Gene Taylor was so happy with that win that he made it known to the President of NDSU that nobody would be suspending any players.

Whoever gets the NDSU job is going to have a lot of pressure on them. Of course they also have a lot of resources and recruiting advantage that other programs don't have right now. I think the great senior class of NDSU has made Bohl look good too, and the dominance most certainly wouldn't have been the same next year, regardless. NDSU fans have been spoiled, and if their expectations are too high for the new guy, they could put a lot of pressure on him after a few years of even moderate success.

Would love if UND can get good enough in football to have FBS schools stealing their coach. Am glad the hockey program here is considered a destination, not a stopping off point. Of course if coaching salaries in college hockey become as crazy as they are in FBS football, that could change. Just didn't expect Bohl would take a job at Wyoming, a team NDSU beat not too long ago.

No doubt you'll be able to try the donuts at the Ralph at some point, since they already have a coffee/hot chocolate stand.

Don't know about Parks, as he is scoring goals at the same clip that Danny Kristo did in his career, and you would think he would have a good Senior year to improve on that. Don't think Parks has seen near the powerplay time that Kristo did either. Keep in mind he did miss half of the year last year, and when he did finally play, he is half a year behind the rest of the players in conditioning and game speed.

Sounded on the coaches show like Hakstol was going to move Caggiula to try get him going. Whether that means he won't still be with Rocco, I don't know. No question we need production out of him, and really, now that we are half way into the season, we should expect guys like Tambellini, Murphy and Johnson to start finding their stride and putting in a goal here and there to chip in as well.

Keep the Montana quarterback away from her! I know, I know, he was acquitted of the charges.