stickboy1956

It's time for Blais to get his shot. Actually, Head Coach of USA Hockey would have been a good title for Herb Brooks. If the suits at USA Hockey would have let him have the reigns, he would have turned the NTDP upside down. He wanted to emphasize summer "development" not "evaluation." He was no fan of the Ann Arbor program. We know what Brooks thought of the sissy Euro's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5PPxaEoTno...C7&index=25

I disagree. When you make $100K+ as a coach at a public university, that makes you a public figure. It comes with the territory/notoriety/money. He could stop the speculation by telling us what he and his doctors know. It will all come out eventually, anyway. BTW - I would believe the same for a Sioux coach as well.

McCollum is currently the 2nd leading goalie in the OHL this year. http://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/statd...ype=top_goalies Josh Unice led Kitchener to the finals of the Memorial Cup last year. McCollum is having a bad day - he and Unice belong on the team.

http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/ Finley will play tonight

Winter Classic Coverage - the rink is under construction http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hocke...13.photogallery http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-wrigley-...70085.htmlstory http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?locat...terclassic/2009

http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20081216&am...su&gender=m Mattson assists on ENG in U18 4-2 win over Mich State

Tue Dec 16 U18 4 - Mich State 2 Nick Mattson assists on an ENG http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20081216&am...su&gender=m

Who's still alive from Sat?

What about "Fight on Sioux" from the pep band? It worked 25 years ago. This is college, by the way.

You can even get hurt playing hacky-sack

Jess doing/writing anything he can to tweak Sioux fans.

Sorry if this is posted somewhere else (I did do a search) - Is there anywhere in GF where you can get "authentic" numbers and names sewn on Sioux jerseys?

If our D are the problem, why are we out shooting our opponents (33.5 to 28.5 ave.)? Our GA/D is fine - we need our scorers to keep scoring - Harvard is a good start. Let's make it a trend this weekend.

Right - overreaction by WCH, not AZSIOUX

Overreaction - read the wcco story - it's based on a single discussion point, not a real proposal. Also - I doubt the State High School League will do anything to hurt high school hockey (it's cash cow) as long as former Sioux goalie Craig Perry is one of the Directors.

Kozek

Kristo has already been drafted, which means the clock is ticking on his time at UND. He will not be a 4 year player and his year at the USHL may mean he may not be a 3 year player - which is why it would have been nice to see him here this year. I think we have room on this team for a forward who can score.

I don't say he should play every night either - but he shouldn't sit entire series either (AA, Duluth - he was an emergency fly-in at CC). Other more experienced D have had their share of blunders this year as well. If one bad mistake means riding the pine we would need 75 players on the roster. Back to Miller - if we are struggling for consistent offense (we are) and he is playing better why not move him back to F with the injury to Trupp. He could still play point on the PP - that's where he gets most of his points anyway. Fienhage is not going to develop unless he plays. I don't see much of a difference between his play and the rest ot the crew, exept Genoway.

The USA has their camp in August, not to conflict with the NCAA season. Hockey Canada and the CHL work together so a Dec camp for Canada is OK. I think there are more politics involved selecting the USA team vs. Canada. I don't think Pat Quinn is going to listen to any Hockey Canada "bureaucrat

Given this I don't understand investing the time to turn Miller into a D when he will only be here one year. He is taking up playing time from others that will be here longer and it is just delaying their development. If Miller is playing so well, why not move him back to forward. Our main problem is inconsistent offense and maybe his improved play can help there. Our GA is not the problem, finishing is.

I wish he were here already. FYI - he is older than Jordan Schroeder and about the same age as Fienhage and D Toews, which is why Kristo was draft eligible last year - Schroeder was too young.

Kristo did make the roster for USA http://www.usahockey.com/world_junior_cham...etailedNews=yes 4 NCAA players were invited to Team Canada's tryout camp. http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/feature/?id=11732 Cody Goloubef - WI Brendan Smith - WI Patrick Wiercioh - Denver Riley Nash - Cornell

DANNY MATTSON - F - Holy Angels - HS | 3 assists Tue vs. Red Wing

Per. Brad's Blog World Junior team announcement coming http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/ Note: this will be the first year in a long time that no player on the Sioux roster has WJC experience (Chorney and Oshie were too old last year but they played in previous years). David Hale played in the 2000-1 WJC team and began his UND career on the 2000-1 team. Players like Jones, Greene, Parise, Murray, Stafford, Spriko, Lee, Chorney, Oshie, Toews have followed. There is much discussion in other threads on this board about the talent level on this year's team. WJC experience is one barometer to confirm there is no "elite" level player on this team. That does not mean this team cannot make a run, but it is unlikely. Looking back at recent NCAA champs, Mich State had probably the least amount of talent and they had some WJC experience (Abdelkader, who is now playing in the bigs with the Wings). Kristo will probably start a new string next year.

It sounds like JL wants the Wild to play "Gino" hockey. http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/wildbl...ctice-update-4/