Bear Man

Red Wing - what are the radio guys saying ? I'm watching the game - albeit very grainy picture - to me the calls look about right both ways. Sioux picked it up good towards the end of the first. We almost gave up one at the end though with time running out - good opportunity in the slot - puck just slid by th post. Beavers are very very aggressive on the penalty kill . We need to move the puck more quickly to catch them out of position.

Woo Hoo !!! The refs were calling a penalty on the play when Stafford scored. I guess that nullifies the penalty ? Now if we can get it going on the powr play. Watching it on TV - Charter Communications. Picture is awful - but at least I get to watch it !!!!

I believe it is the great game of Harvard versus Dartmouth. I can hardly wait to see it.

Did anybody read this from Inside College Hockey website ? This dumbass rips us fans pretty good. I've enclosed the quote from the article below. Gophers. Colgate, BC and Sconnie in the final 4 - - What a giggle! So much for credibility ! Does talk about the great move Oshie made versus the Goofies last weekend so he makes honorable mention for rookie of year so far. I don' think there was a mention of Toews. Here is the quote: n that spirit, it's time to hand out the first-ever Mike Check Mid-Season Awards. Winners, when you hear your name called, proceed to the front of the room to receive your $5 Hardee's gift certificate and a signed copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence Officials" by Jim Roque. Please hold your applause until the last name has been announced. North Dakota fans, you may begin sending angry e-mails now. (Seriously, NoDak-ers, is it a requirement for you to lambaste anyone who doesn't agree with your view of the college hockey landscape? Are you members of a genetically engineered sect whose primary physiological advancement is an extra bile duct? If I were asked to pick a celebrity to represent every team's fan base, I'd choose Dennis Hopper to be your proxy. Or maybe post-motorcycle accident Gary Busey.

We always get great recruits and I'm confient Hak knows what he's doing. Is it a concern, though, that everyone in the WCHA has more recruits committed than our Sioux ? According to Chris Heisenberg, here are the recruits for the other WCHA teams. This is total recruits and not all have signed a letter of intent yet. In addition, some are 2007 and 2008 kids. Nevertheless, the numbers seem a little troublesome to me. Sconnie - - 10 Goofers - - 10 SCSU - - - - 8 Dogs - - - - 8 Denver - - - 8 AA - - - - - - 8 Tech - - - - - 7 CC - - - - - - 7 Mankato - - 5 Sioux - - - - 4 There are still some great "gets" still out there. Maybe we can surprise everyone and get Sam Gagner. I think Sconnie is the front runner though. What's everyone think ?

Any chance whatsoever that Toews could talk Esposito into coming to play for us ? Or is he more likely to play for Michigan or someone from the East Coast ?

Thanks for the apology - no offense taken. Sometimes losing to our arch enemy makes all of us say things on the board we wished we hadn't said (me included). I won't regret saing this ................we need to beat Bemidji State TWICE next weekend. I don't think a split is acceptable at this point.

I agree with you Shep. I jumped in the game thread last night - page 5 I think - said we should quit complaining about the refs and just start playing better. I quickly got chastised from a 1000+ poster who questioned why my posts always criticize the Sioux in a backhanded way. Jeez - - I've only posted 9 times and unlikely to post anytime soon. I wanted to be a part of this forum to discuss Sioux hockey as I see it. But it looks to me like unless I spend most of my time complaining about the conspiracy by the refs against the Sioux, how gutless, arrogant, and stupid the opposing team players are - I'm a bad egg. I plan on still reading the threads from time to time (future prospects, Sioux in the NHL, etc) - but I don't see any reason to jump in on the name calling and bitching.

Can we just ONCE stop bitchin about the refs and how miserable and cheap the Goofies are !! For heavens sakes - WE SIMPLY NEED TO PLAY BETTER !! We're getting beat - so far - by a better team. No amount of complaining is gonna hide that. Let's not give up - - but we cant start takin cheap penalties.

I've seen Kessel play quite a bit this year on TV - as much as we don't like it - he is the real deal. Great speed and great shot. I heard that he has twice as many shots as the next gopher player. He is very dangerous on the power play and I sure hope we stay out of the penalty box tonight. I wished I felt better about our chances tonight.

Briggs is in the net for Minny tonight. Lucia must not have had confidence in Frazee.

Our endless whining about Irmen and the refs doesn't make me feel any better about losing. Were there bad calls - - absolutely. But, they went both ways. Dont forget in the first period with Minnesota up 1-0 one of their guys came down the right side on his way to a break away and was tomahawked from behind with a two hander and didn't even get a shot off. It was blatant and made a huge impact on the play but no penalty was called. If they score it's 2-0 and it could have gotten ugly. Irmen did showboat - I thought it was over the top especially getting a lucky pass to get a goal out of the penalty box. Bringing up his family and criticizing them on these boards is also over the top. We better be ready to play tonight. I'm worried that the Goofies may come out and play relaxed which I think benefits them - especially if we play tight. Toews looked great last night - hope he gets a couple tonight.

Don't understand the concept that Toews is too young. If he's too young for Canada - then maybe Kessel is too young for the US ? Kessel Date of birth - - - 10/2/87 Toews Date of birth - - - 4/29/88 Kessel about 7 months older - is it that big a deal at their level of experience ? I just think Toews is good enough to be on the team.

Yes the BADgers had a great penalty kill at the end. But, to be fair to the Goofers - they dominated the last 7 minutes of the game and had several chances to tie it up. The last penalty on Wisconsin WAS legitimate - cross check into the boards at center ice. Elliot made a GREAT save with 25 seconds to go laying on his back - Goofer had open net - didnt lift it high enough - Elliot able to glove it. BADgers are a great team - no doubt about it. I still worry that the Goofers are getting better and better. They outshot the BADgers about 38 - 25 or so ?? Sioux getting better by the day too - - let's plan for a sweep this and next weekend.

I agree. We look like we're infatuated with Kesel. We call him the Mr. Media but spend half our time talking about him. Enough already. Let's see how he plays in 8 days and talk about him then.