stickboy1956

There's a big dent in the end boards at the National Hockey Center from our series this year courtesy of big Joe - I believe Lasch was the dent-ee.

It wasn't his best game of the year, by far. Goal 1 - if he stays on his skates on the initial shot, the second shot is an easy save. Goal 2 - didn't shut the 5 hole - it was a 2-1 though Goal 3 - didn't control 1st shot, led to 2 rebounds - it was a 4-2 though Goal 4 - bad coverage - where was Trupp? It's especially tough on the team when you give 3 light ones, especially when you control possession and territory for most of the game. It was good to see the team shake all the above off and play a great 3rd period, including Lammy. Hopefully he got this one out of his system.

Ness > Crowley

Don't forget about Kristo.

Dumb question from a current cable customer in Minnesota considering DirectTV/DishNet: Do you have to get a sports package to get FSN North in Minn?

Two Sioux recruits are finalists for Minn Mr. Hockey - Tyler Barnes, Burnsville (Wisconsin) J.T. Brown, Rosemount Corey Fienhage, Eastview (UND) Jake Gardiner, Minnetonka (Wisconsin) Joe Gleason, Edina (UND) Justin Jokinen, Cloquet Zach Lehrke, Park Rapids Aaron Ness, Roseau (Minnesota) Drew Olson, Brainerd (Duluth) Jake Youso, International Falls (Minnesota) http://www.areavoices.com/undhockey/

It looks like the ECAC would be the most likely candidate for a conf. tourny upset impacting the brackets. Clarkson is the only ECAC team in the top 14 - if Princeton, Quinnipiac or Cornell pulls an upset (it would only be a minor upset at that) the ECAC might get 2 teams. The question for Clarkson is that if they lose in the conf tourny, does that drop them below 14 in the PWR- they would be 13 this week.

Another interesting week for bracketology - here's how the WCHA teams rank in this week's PWR. 4 CC 5 Denver 6. UND 8. Minn St. 9. UMD 12. Wisconsin With this many teams in the tourny and the requirement that CC and Wisconsin have to be placed at home, it would be hard to avoid a 1st round WCHA match-up. I predict UCHO puts us in Worcester with a 1st round game v. UMD.

I think the best situation for us in the NCAA's is for CC and us to be #1 seeds. This keeps us out of Colo Springs, where the Tigers have been tough to beat. Also, if Mich keeps winning, they are likely to be the overall #1 seed in Mad-town. The scenario I would like is us to be #4 seed overall/Miami #5.

NH needs to lose to TUCs - this would help us win the TUC battle with them and flip the comparison to us. Remember - RPI is only on factor in the PWR comparison - and strength of schedule is not as important this year as it has been in the past.

That would move us to 21 PWR - and I mentioned this before about AA - if they move up to a TUC we could flip NH and have 22 PWR - which could tie us with Mich for 2.

Yes - not many details were given - he was impressed, though. His comments about Clarke were unsolicited.

Part of me dislikes Mich just as much as Minn. NCAA's at Yost perhaps? A victory over Mich did put us on the hockey map in the late 40's. It was before Minn was a factor

It didn't actually start with Travis and JT - Winnipeg native James Patrick played over 1000 games in the NHL. I'm sure there were others.

Just for one night - he will be back on FSN North Sat.

Since FSN North is not covering, FCS will probably pick up FSN Rocky Mountain coverage/announcers

They are on FSN Sat night as part of their Hockey Day coverage - Wild at 5pm, Goophs at 8pm - HS Hockey before and after.

This is why it would be good for AA to move up to a TUC (they are 27 in RPI - they would need to move to 25). Our 2-0 record v. AA would improve our TUC win percentage. We would probably win the NH comparison, which would move us to a #1 seed.

I heard David Carle will be making a decision soon - UND is not in the running but several WCHA teams are.

School - RPI Wayne State: 53 Ohio State: 47 Rensselaer: 44 RIT: 40 Air Force: 36 Some cupcakes to pad the non-conference record and stats. Fact: The Blues stated publicly they wanted Oshie to sign last summer. The Coyotes publicly stated they wanted Wheeler to stay in school. Why? He's not good enough.

He'd be the second PHX #1 to pass up the Blake-ster Fiction (often heard from MSP): The 'Yotes/Gretzky like the way Wheeler is developing at UMinn and are in no hurry to rush him. Fact: He has been an underacheiver and is not good enough for the AHL/NHL right now.

The first offense (DU at SCSU), which was a terrible call, still involved some judgement, however poor it was. The second offense was just plain carelessness and negligence. I don't think it mattered who the teams were - the fact that there were 2 incidents and the larger offense happened 2nd warranted the suspension.

AA victories this weekend could make them a TUC - they are sitting at 27 in RPI - you need to be 25. This wouldn't help us with CC or Denver (we all are undefeated vs. AA) but it should help us with our comparisons with NH.

He didn't dislike McWilliam - he just thought CF was better. Clarke and Mattson are the start to a great blueline in 2010.