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Given that Women's Worlds were in Burlington Vermont not that long ago, it would seem indeed that a bid from the Ralph would be well received by IIHF.

Its also their first Big Ten win.

I can't believe our own TV guys don't know the rule about entering the crease before the puck. THat was the right call. stays 4 to 3 Could have been a UNO penalty for goalie interference

That is a REALLY SOLID 40 minute effort. Let's keep it going through the last twenty.

He's not just captaining it. He's making sure the magazines explode with the ammunition aboard. (What kind of lunatic tries to go into the opponent locker room between periods to pick a fight? And how predictable was it that Calgary could get Tortorella that far off his game just by starting their 4th line?) Monday, he gets an in person hearing with NHL brass, following which a fine and suspension are almost a certainty. Next step will be Gordon Lightfoot writing a song about the wreck of the Vancouver Canucks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

Team Canada announces captains of their men's Olympic Team: C: Crosby A: Toews A: Weber http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=701346&navid=nhl:topheads Congratulations Johnny!

Right now, he's playing like Perry Berezan. Nobody can knock him off the puck.

That's a nice fish.

Vancouver is also en fuego, but in a different kind of way. A melting down kind of way. Last night getting blown up 9-1 by Anaheim. That included picking 2 fights with 7 minutes left and giving Anaheim 7 minutes of 5x3. (Yeah, I'm smiling inside. It couldn't be happening to a more worthy team.)

That's just BSU trying to keep all the UND fans in Grand Forks.

TPT MN - channel 202 via Comcast in the Twin Cities

I'll drink to that.

According to Hammer, the goalposts are also named Thorimbert. And St Clair changed his name to St Cloud.

I would like to see us use the occasional one-timer. Not all the time, but really .... more often than rarely.

I agree we look very sluggish. That said, CC needs to stop shooting themselves in the foot.

Brandon Bochenski is 4th in the KHL in scoring. http://en.khl.ru/stat/players/244/skaters/

Yes, you can drive it. Bloody brilliant. Go Canada. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3i_bsfwPE1s

Duncan Keith has to be a lock. Michigan State. Patrick Sharp has a shot. Vermont. Chris Kunitz is a longer-shot, but he played at Ferris State.

Glad to have T! J! Ooooshie named. I suspect the big ice was a factor in his selection. And I have to say Parise4Captain.

I get chills just thinking about that game ... On the other side of that coin - "the most improbable game lost" - just 8 years earlier at the DECC, UND had a 4-zip lead with under 10 minutes left, only to see Duluth tie it in the final seconds. 35 years later, I can still see the puck rolling up the arm and over the shoulder of UND goaltender Bill Stankoven, and drop just beyond the goal line with less than 10 seconds left. Of course, after all that, UMD won it in OT. And perhaps the most "improbable game won" also happened at the DECC. It was 1999. UND trailed 3-2 in the final minute, then scored to tie it and send it into overtime. BUT WAIT! UND scored again (Adam Calder from Jason Blake) at 19:58 to win 4-3. I don't ever being quite so stunned as that night. Link to boxscore: http://www.uscho.com...nnesota-duluth/

I was one of those that thought we would be able to make some hay over this 12 game stretch. We are on track so far, with the promise of getting guys healthy over the next 26 days going into the CC series at the Ralph. Its good to see the boys beat teams that we should beat. And I'm still optimistic that by the time February rolls around, we'll have improved enough to win a few against the top of the NCHC (St Cloud, Miami). One of the optimistic signs of the last 3 weekends is that our young defensemen are picking their spots well to jump into the attack. Ausmus' goal last night - he read the situation and reacted quickly. Given that we don't have a gaggle of top-flight snipers (yes, I miss Frattin and Kristo) we will need to create offense from the D-men. Keep playing this way, and we could get to see the legendary Circle of Sticks again.

Well, for 40 minutes, the test pattern that kept interrupting my webcast was more interesting.

A little bit of progress today, in that Phaneuf got 2 game suspension for boarding Kevan Miller. That would never have been a suspension in the past. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=695249&navid=nhl:topheads

In a related story, Gene Taylor said "Chyzyk has suffered enough, so he should get to play".