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I thought I heard them say that Matt Van Voorhis (sp) who played for Edina is originally from North Dakota. I think he is listed on Heisenberg's 2011 list, so I was wondering if anyone knows where in North Dakota he is from, and does he have an allegiance to the Sioux?

Didn't Wisconsin finish 3rd? If so, it couldn't be the play-in game they play against each other.

I'll only say that guilty by reputation can go both ways.

Yeah, and according to the WCH blog, you need to be down and out to warrant a suspension, nevermind the fact that this guy has a long reputation. His hypocrisy is becoming more and more amusing.

If memory serves me correctly, the Sioux already had Mattson on board at the time and got a verbal from Garrett Clarke. I know the Sioux were interested in Schmidt to some degree, but does anyone know if Clarke wouldn't have been on their radar, would the coaches have pressed for Schmidt harder, or would he have been a gopher regardless? Not saying the Sioux weren't interested, just wondering how things played out in that whole scenario.

I'll wait until after Gleason and Fink get here and the coaches have had a chance to work with them to see how things will pan out. After all, Ryan Martens was a good walk-on that they brought along to be a very good player. Remember, Jake Marto was sort of an afterthought by many fans when talking about that incoming class, and he has arguably been our best defenseman, especially the second half of the season. I think the coaches will put both these players in a role where they are most likely to succeed. It might not be the role the player, the fans or the coaches expected from the start, but players can grow into some roles and be very effective at them.

For a team that was picked by INCH to finish 7th, everything else is gravy. Wow, where did that pick come from?

We can be thankful that he didn't become a Wisconsin "Dell"!

Don't act like some great parent, because I have never seen someone as antagonistic as you on numerous subjects. You seem to be playing the role as the instigator in hockey. If you bring your kids up like you act, guess what, they will run into someone who will fight them, whether they want to or not. I am not saying that is a way to handle things, but there are people out there that don't put up with people who run off at the mouth. Like it or not, it is reality, where the on-ice stuff isn't.

The thing is we are talking about all of this in the confines of a game, not real-life blows. Do you honestly believe if Commodore punched Matt Greene on the street, Matt Greene would be giving him a pat on the back for a job well done? Get a little context here.

Somehow I don't think Greene thought Commodore was trying to injure him, because if you notice when Commodore was on top of him, Greene gave him a pat. Hmmm, sounds like a brotherhood to me!

I thought that Olsen said that Duluth was on him early.

I'm assuming you were just looking for a place to take a shot at Colorado, because you can't actually believe that scoring a goal against Colorado is somehow less of an achievement than scoring goals against other NHL teams.

I believe they tried cooling it down in the arena a few years back, even went so far as to tell the fans to prepare for it being colder. Obviously it didn't work, or they heard a lot of complaints.

It only takes one good win to regain some of the lost confidence. I for one won't bury the gophers until they are out of the NCAA tournament. It is not like Wisconsin and CC outplayed Minnesota badly, in fact it was quite the opposite in some circumstances. Why is it we are so disposed to think the Sioux have a run of bad luck and puck bounces, but it doesn't happen to other teams. From what it sounds like, they are still working hard but a bounce here or a bounce there isn't going their way, and we all know that in the WCHA that can be the determining factor, whether you outplay a team or not.

I would think that Gregoire would have just as good of a chance at All-Rookie as Connolly, since he has more points and has been a major contributor on the powerplay and shorthanded. The league traditionally has rewarded players on teams that finish high if there isn't a huge difference in numbers, and let's face it, that is what it comes down to a lot of the time.

Yes, this is what I was referring to. By most of the talk about the hit on LaPoint, it appears that Sioux fans are a little more objective.

Why should Bruess not have been in the game? Even if he got booted for a check from behind the night before like he should have, he wouldn't have to sit the next night unless they called a game disqualification, which is rare for checking from behind.

Just as I predicted Chris from WCH fails to mention anything but the LaPoint incident, and none of the stuff that was not borderline. Like I said, the guy has no credibility. If it would have been a Sioux player, you can be sure that it wouldn't be something unfortunate that happens in hockey all the time if I might paraphrase his blog.

A sweep and a split by CC and Minnesota I believe would secure home ice for the Sioux, but I'm still hoping the Sioux sweep and CC sweeps.

I think for the mostpart, Mankato is a hardworking team like the Sioux. I don't think you can hold the whole Mankato team responsible for the actions of Bruess. True, the slash at the end was uncalled for, but I think that was frustration coming out. I'm not saying it was o.k., just don't think it is a true representation of most of the Maverick players. I think Bruess better hope they don't play the Sioux early in the year next year, because I think they will set the tone for the year on him.

It will be interesting to see what Chris has to say about the cheap play of the Mavs this weekend. A kneeing by Bruess, a check from behind by Breuss, not counting the one I thought happened to Lapoint, a roundhouse slash by a Mav player after the game. Let's not forget Bruess was involved with Kaip two years ago when Kaip was begging Hak to be able to let him have it, then he did get what for from Kaip last year when he was running JPL. Add the concussion to Lucia to the list, and you have an out of control player. It's funny how things like this seem to miss the eye of Chris, but then again his credibility is very suspect.

Don't you think it was predictable that the Sioux would see much more powerplay time after the hit on LaPoint? Since I was at the game and didn't see the replay, I only know that I thought it was another hit from behind that went uncalled, and put us in a bad situation for the rest of the game. I was pretty sure the refs would try make things right, except how do replace a defenseman possibly for the year.

Saturday tickets are also sold.

I believe Kevin McKinnon left and came back playing really well.