stickboy1956

If we win Sat - we end up 7 and MN drops to 2, which would put is the same region anyway.

The good news is that some outlets will show it live, which makes it more likely it will be available at sports grill/bar near you.

Has anyone seen any post - game quotes from Hak - other than - "A heck of a play, a big-time play," Sioux coach Dave Hakstol said. "It was a hard-fought game," said Hakstol, whose team was 12-1-4 in its previous 17 games. "It was everything it was billed to be." http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/16927730.htm Did he speak after the game to TH on the radio?

I think the Gophers played a "10" and a the Sioux a "7-8". We took to many "away from the puck" penalties last night. We need to play more disiplined (Radke/Chorney).

Did any of you see this http://board.uscho.com/showpost.php?p=3069...p;postcount=175 Re: UND vs Minnesota WCHA Championship Game -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: Originally Posted by Bertogliat My tickets are right behind the Sue family seats. During the awards ceremony and while UND was still on the ice, Dave Hakstol comes running by me and goes right to 2 family members and pulls them out of their seats. I don't want to say that he had a look of panic on his face, but he definately had a serious and concerned look. I hope everything is all right.

From today's Strib http://www.startribune.com/512/story/1058468.html "The Gophers will be playing on an NHL-sized rink for the first time since Jan. 5 at Minnesota State, Mankato, so Lucia took advantage of available ice time at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday and Thursday to get his team acclimated to the change." Did all teams get 2 practice sessions at the X??? Conspiracy!!!

He made Goepfert and Elliot look bad last year at the F5.

I emailed Jason Moy to see if we could still drop below 12 with the MTU loss. He said the below results put UND 13 in the PWR and out of the tourny with 4 autobids below them. Highly unlikely but still possible. CCHA Semifinal #2: Michigan State defeats Michigan. CCHA Semifinal #1: Lake Superior defeats Notre Dame. CCHA Championship game: Michigan State defeats Lake Superior. CCHA Consolation game: Michigan defeats Notre Dame. ECACHL Semifinal #2: Clarkson defeats Dartmouth. ECACHL Semifinal #1: Quinnipiac defeats St. Lawrence. ECACHL Championship game: Quinnipiac defeats Clarkson. ECACHL Consolation game: Dartmouth defeats St. Lawrence. Hockey East Semifinal #2: Boston University defeats Boston College. Hockey East Semifinal #1: Massachusetts defeats New Hampshire. Hockey East Championship game: Massachusetts defeats Boston University. WCHA Semifinal #2: St. Cloud State defeats North Dakota. WCHA Semifinal #1: Wisconsin defeats Minnesota. WCHA Championship game: Wisconsin defeats St. Cloud State. WCHA Consolation game: Minnesota defeats North Dakota. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #2: Army defeats Connecticut. Atlantic Hockey Semifinal #1: Air Force defeats Sacred Heart. Atlantic Hockey Championship game: Army defeats Air Force.

Eliot looked good against a hard working team with no goal scoring talent to speak of. They created some chances but then proceeded to shoot the puck right at Elliot. The Sioux have solved Eliot before (F5 last year) and I don't think they fear any team/goalie right now.

The Sioux made Elliot and WI look terrible last year at the F5 - why should this year be any different? I don't think the boys fear anyone/anyteam/anywhere right now - no one wants to face the Sioux.

Expect LaPoint to be a 2 year guy. Don't forget Gleeson from Edina.

After his perfomance in the MN ST, we need an early committ from Ness ASAP. I also heard that DT is pretty much a done deal.

I thought someone posted Lammy's 2nd half stats on this board - does anyone remember? Maybe it was Brad on his blog? Edit - from the UND/MSM pregame last week: Goalie Philippe Lamoureux (Jr., Grand Forks, N.D.) has now started 18 consecutive games since Christmas, posting a 12-2-4 mark along with a 2.03 goals against average and .926 save percentage in those games.

They will be shooting (often) at the Zamboni/East end of the arena. 123/C36/226,227 are directly behind the goal. http://wild.com/arena/ArenaDiagram.html Will we be wearing the lucky black/fit jerseys Fri? We must wear green on Sat - St Patty's day.

Because of Denver/CC's demise, having NH and us as #1 seeds would be great. They would have to put NH at home, leaving us to be the #1 in Denver, with no local team to influence the crowd unfairly.

http://members.aol.com/cheisenber/Recruit07.htm NEW ADDITIONS 3/11: Gleason (North Dakota/Edna-MN);

One scenario on the USCHO that puts UND as a #1 seed would be for HE/ECHL/CCHA tournaments go to chalk and UND to win the f5 and SCS losing twice. That puts the #1 seeds as Nortre Dame, Minn, NH and UND, in that order, which would probably put us in Denver. Our bracket would have Clarkson and Maine/Mass and/or St. L. Not out of the question.

http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=238600

Also - have you seen our PWR today - we moved back to 8th - due to Mankato dropping out as a TUC. I know some of you are rooting for SCS and UMinn to lose game 3 today but it would help our RPI if we beat a higher ranked team in the F5. If they both lose, we would be the highest RPI team in the F5, with not much chance to move up in the PWR. If the NCAA started today we would probably have to play Mich in GR, with the winner playing UMinn, unless they get beat by Sacred Heart. Regardless of the numbers, we are a team no one wants to play right now.

It would be good if Dartmouth stays in the top 15 in RPI so our win in Dec gets us bonus points. Vermont is currently 16th in RPI one position behind Dartmouth and if they beat BU again they could move ahead of them. We are 7th in the RPI without the bonus, 6th with the bonus.

I wonder if aquiring road win RPI bonus points goes into the scheduling strategy? This year we only had 2 chances for those points (Dartmouth/BSU). Minnesota has a nice situation getting Mich/MSU on the road every other year. Neutral site tournaments really don't help us re: bonus points. Where would our bonus points opportunities be next year?

Headline: Badgers hope hard-fought scoreless tie provides boost entering playoffs http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/uw/index...585&ntpid=1 When is a 0-0 tie vs. ninth place UMD a boost when you are defending nat. champs? I have to laugh. Embarrassing - kind of like Lucia still blaming the WJC for the 2nd half swoon.

Maybe they would do this: BU/Den, Miami/Maine, BC/Mich, which would leave us to play StL.

I know the Pairwise rankings will change in the next 2 weeks prior to the tournament, but here's an interesting situation for the NCAA. If you add the bonus, BU/BC/Maine are currently ranked 8/9/10, which could make it difficult to avoid a Hockey East matchup in round 1, which the committee always tries to avoid. It gets even more complicated because Miami/Michigan and UND/Denver bookend the group in the middle, and they would have to avoid those matchups as well. I will be interested to see what Jason Moy at USCHO comes up with for this weeks bracketology.

I do remember Stankoven in goal at Williams Arena to clinch the WCHA title, though.