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I don't have a problem celebrating a game winning goal as long as it isn't in someone else's face. Kristo likes to celebrate his goals a bit too.

Didn't hear Gorg talk about Knight's hit, but it wouldn't surprise me. I used to respect Gorg for his knowledge, but the more I listen to him, his knowledge is based on X's and O's and even that sometimes appears to be a load of crap. I did hear someone call up and talk about how nice it is to have players stay in college like Jonathan Toews, and there was no response from Gorg that he was only there 2 years and left after he was 19 years old. He has become another gopher tool that doesn't respond to things like Brian Schack's two attacks from behind, but focuses on when the Sioux stick up for their own. Of course, he believes in that when it comes to the NHL, but doesn't when it comes to college, or at least when it pertains to a team that he doesn't announce for. He doesn't have a whole lot of knowledge about the college game outside of the gophers.

Frattin on Friday Kristo on Saturday

I hope the fact the Sioux are now tied with CC doesn't cause the Sioux to feel comfortable again. I think they really need to get that Friday game, because the Sioux don't need to give CC any confidence when they have lost some recently. If CC won on Friday their confidence would be up and they would smell home ice the following night. I really hope the Sioux look at this as an opportunity to keep their pairwise ranking and gaining home ice at the same time.

It looks like it would go to league games if they split and both scored the same number of goals in the series.

I think if we split and tied on total goals in the series, we would have an advantage on total margin of victory for the rest of the WCHA schedule.

I know it would be a rivalry series with Denver, but it might be possible that Denver could already have clinched the WCHA title, and there will most likely be a letdown after that. I would think we should be able to beat Tech at home, but stranger things have happened with more talented Sioux teams.

I think it might be head to head goals against, but not sure. It would be nice to put a licking on them on Friday just to take a little pressure off.

Should they split this weekend, and then finished tied at the end of the year, what are the tie break criteria beyond head to head and league wins?

Tim Hennessey said this morning that they got Simpson, but missed out on a guy to Major Junior. Any idea on who that might be?

Rau just got his hat trick. Fast and good with the puck and already has 30 goals this year. Wonder how many schools he is considering?

Even taking injuries out of the equation, are we all thinking that the season is going to continue to go as well as it has to this point? Every season has its ups and downs, and I doubt this one will be different. If someone's performance doesn't meet the standard, and a message needs to be sent, or if someone is taking penalties that hurt the team, I am sure Hakstol wouldn't hesitate to teach a lesson. If that happens, it is up to Fienhage to take the ball and run with it.

If he wants vicious, he need look no further than comments many gopher fans have about him right now.

I call sandbagging, and if there is one thing we know up here in the Red River valley, it's sandbagging!

Friday: Zajac Saturday: Kristo

I think the Sioux are interested in Sahir Gill from Chicago as well.

Bet losing to NDSU was fun too! Too bad you didn't play for a trophy, then you will have yet one more empty trophy case. At least the Sioux still have the Nickel Trophy.

I guess I haven't heard that he is a bad teammate, so any personality quirks wouldn't be a disqualifier for me. We have had some odd ducks at UND in the personality realm as well, but their team seemed to either like them or put up with them. I know I was glad we had Jason Blake, even though I heard he didn't have the best personality.

I think tickets are very hard to come by, so I don't think they would go without some possibility of having tickets.

I know many gopher fans are calling for Lucia's head, but I have a feeling they will get well against Anchorage this weekend, and once they get their scoring confidence they will turn things around. It would be nice to see Anchorage take them out at least once, but in Minneapolis I think Minnesota gets on track.

That is the sign the defense has problems. Remember when our linebackers were always the leading tacklers? Now our secondary is leading that category. Either the defensive line isn't opening it up for the linebackers to make plays like the defense was set up, or our linebackers just aren't making the plays. I can't remember when the Sioux didn't have a big name defender that they could count on game in and game out. Hopefully those players are waiting in the wings.

I don't think Nick Mattson is eligible to be here this year, as I don't believe he accelerated.

I think the latest shows he is tied for the points lead on Shattuck with 15.

There is no excuse here, but I would hope that it would make fans take a close look at their behavior when it comes to getting into people's faces. I witnessed Sioux fans that were getting in gopher fans faces who were just trying to have a conversation with each other between periods. I was ready to confront those idiots myself. Fans like that make it hard for Sioux fans who make the return trip to Minneapolis, because many fans look at it as a chance to get even. Grow up!

I agree that Kristo needs to be a little more selective, but I think the Sioux need someone who isn't afraid to take a shot from a bad angle. Ryan Duncan and Brandon Bochenski made a living off of bad angle goals. As long as the people down low are ready for it and in position to screen and/or get a rebound, I don't have a big problem with getting shots on net from the point. See two of Genoway's goals and Marto's goal for confirmation of that. Perhaps when he gets that monkey off his back, he will be a little more selective. The only problem I see is if he doesn't get the puck to our playmaker (Gregoire) and our horse (VandeVelde) enough for them to do their thing. I'm sure if Hakstol had a problem with him in that regard, it would be addressed.