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Many on here have reflected on the 2001 game at the X against St. Cloud. I was at that game, too. If you can ever be in St. Paul on St. Patty's day -- do it. Anyway, I was in the nosebleed section opposite the goal the Sioux shot at in the third. We were surrounded by the most obnoxious and cocky St. Cloud fans EVER! The fact that we were only down 1 goal with a few ticks left in the game was unfathomable, considering how deep of a hole we had been in. I will never forget Roche skating onto the ice. I leaned over to my mom, who was at her first Final 5 game. I told her if the Sioux win the draw and get it back to Roche ... we have a shot. Sure enough, true to script, Lundbohm got the puck back to Travis on the left point with 11 seconds to go. In my mind's eye, I still can see the back of the net give as the puck sailed into the twine. It seemed like eternity for the red light to come on, though it was surely instantaneous. I must have leaped 10 feet at that point. Even though, we lost in sudden death, the near comback tempered the Husky fans big time and their mood was more of relief than cockiness. I also remember reading about a young woman who was watching the 1997 Final 5 championship against the Goofs at one of those Sioux game-watching parties down south, maybe in Arizona. She was wearing Sioux gear like many in the room. After Peter Armbrust's game winner, the party erupted with joy except for the young woman. She was in tears in front of the TV. Another Sioux fan tried to allay her grief, informing her that it was the Sioux that, in fact, scored and had won. That's when she informed him that Peter was her brother. Damn, it's great to be part of the Fighting Sioux nation!

Word on the street is that DYB is among a number of layoffs handed down this morning at the Herald. Can anyone confirm this?

No, you are right; it wouldn't have made news. Whether right or wrong, the prominence of the people involved is part of the formula that makes news "news." Sucks, but that is reality. Although, if seven or so police cars did in fact show up at a residence in Grand Forks (as has been reported in the media in regard to the Clifford incident) and had some kind of charges been filed, you probably would have read about it in some kind of brief two-paragraph story on page 5B regardless of who the situation involved. The prominence of the Clifford Family elevated this particular story to 1A once the cat was out of the bag.

You have a good point. Although, I think the newspaper and Jacobs bent over backward with its very gracious coverage of Tom and his life in the days after Tom's death to give Tom the reverence and honor that he so justly deserved. Again, it was the TV news folks that opened up Pandora's Box for only sensational gain. It probably would have still been under wraps had DAZ not made its unfortunate decision. And now, the Herald seems to be taking the brunt of the heat for something that they weren't going to report on. How convenient for the TV station to be "break the news" and still be immune from all criticism (I'm not referring to everyone on this discussion board, as some people only learned about this from the newspaper.)

Jacobs also wrote that some people will will disagree with him, and that he himself will be second-guessing these kind of editorial decisions for the rest of his life. News judgment is never a hard and fast science, especially, when your in the eye of the editorial storm (weighing responsibility vs. public's right and need to know) And, plus, it makes for great blog fodder by we on the outside looking in. Funny, though, DAZ gets a pass even though it is the one that opened the whole can of worms to the greater public. I guess Jacobs is right in one regard: the printed version of the story lent credibility that the broadcast media just couldn't seem to muster. I think he was trying to say that once the story was out, it was the Herald's duty and responsibility, in an attempt to separate fact from rumor, to provide background, depth and context that the broadcast versions couldn't in 30-second sound bytes. This is the part that is up for debate. I don't know where the truth is. It is usually somewhere in the middle, but, I do like the fact that the local paper struggles with these decisions on these so-called "delicate" stories instead of just going off willy-nilly and half-cocked.

Kris Engelstad is continuing her parents legacy of giving in Las Vegas. Click here!

Well said. I am having no problem cheering for my beloved Canada, but, my hat is off to the Americans who do care about this game. Thanks for playing it with such skill and passion -- the way we intended for it to be played. Unlike the Europeans. I would be livid if our basketball team ever played the U.S. in America and the crowd booed our players, our Maple Leaf, and our anthem. There's no excuse.

A nice feature article on Commie from the Columbus newspaper. Click here!

The media doesn't typically do news stories on suicides. I have no knowledge of the incident listed above. But, according to my close ties in the media, if something like what is described above takes place (ambulances, police, body on stretcher) and you don't hear about it in the media soon after, you can almost always assume it was the product of a self-inflicted act. The media monitor police radios and scanners pretty well at all hours of the day. They also check police logs daily. So, a criminal or suspicious incident that leads to death typically doesn't fall through the cracks.

Good point. There might be someone out there with the right answer,but, I think a strict interpretation like that would preclude a player from even basic handling of the puck in a back-and-forth motion to set up a deke for a shot on goal, or it would preclude a player from drawing the puck far back on his stick for a delayed wrister or to shelf the puck. Maybe the key is that the player needs to be in forward motion, not necessarily the puck. During the spin-o-rama, Blaker was no longer moving forward, but, he wasn't moving backward either. It was more like a 360-degree pivot in basketball. Bottomline, it's probably ok to pivot in place and do whatever the heck you want with the puck during a penalty shot or a shootout. Thoughts?

I think the prettiest goal of the game, the night and possibly the month, was made by another former Sioux. Jason Blake makes Clemmentsen look silly with a beautiful point-blank, spin-o-rama move in the shoot out for the game winner.

SIOUX WIN!!!!!!!!

Yotes trying to ice kicker

left hand one hand grab

What a catch by Nicholas!!!!

Sioux within fg range!!!!!!!!!

Sioux nailed with holding, negates big play

It's third and three.

Sioux get first down!

Sioux get first down!

Sioux get eight on second down

Sioux incomplete, almost int.

Sioux start from own 18

1:38 remaining in game/