
farce poobah
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I smell an opportunity for some enterprising business to sponsor the shuttle ... for a modest (and advertised in the arena) donation that pays for driver and gas. During January, your business could generate a lot of goodwill. (Think insurance agent, bank, health care provider, Columbia Mall ...) That translates into tangible customers down the road. For games in October, this is not a huge deal. (And if someone in the party can't walk the 6 blocks, drop them in front of the arena and then someone can go park the car.) But when its 10 below and wind is howling ... you can make a lot of friends quite quickly by sponsoring a shuttle bus.
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I am impressed that 1,357 fans turned out for the game. Nice.
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Besides the ouches ... Montana State up 30-19 on SMU in the 3rd.
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Hi Coach Bohl. Were you there? Tell us how you can read a short newspaper article and pass judgement that's better than the Ward County Attorney. Or is it simply clear that "these young men have suffered enough". Good grief indeed.
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I like it .... how about a little Monty Python: Oh I'm a BisonHack and I'm okay I fight all night after stealing all day I fake petitions, I cut class I tell the judge to kiss my a$$ ....
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I was hoping Doug Smail, Dave Christian, Kevin Maxwell, Howard Walker, Mickey Volcan, and Bob Iwabuchi would have stayed around for the 1980-1981 season ... so that we could have redshirted Troy Murray and not had to bring in James Patrick, Rick Zombo, Gord Sherven, and Dave Tippett early the next year.
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Especially if the Redwings or Blackhawks are in town.
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Summit League could take over NCHC to survive?
farce poobah replied to SiouxVolley's topic in NCAA News
Interesting hypothetical, but one that creates as many problems as it solves. A lot of issues with the scenario. First and foremost, Douple, as SiouxVolley notes. Second, the NCHC broke off because they wanted to be with schools that share a "hockey-excellence" mindset. Going back into Summit means risking becoming a backseat sport. Third, the rest of the Summit knows that Douple screwed over UND, or tried to, and that bad blood exists there. Asking UND to join the Summit is a slap in the face to UND. Now if Douple were to step down as a condition ... that might fly... Fourth, UMD faces political opposition from UM-TC if they want to go D-1 across the board, not to mention the money side of it, and the number of sports sponsored, and the loss of long time Northern Sun rivalries. Fifth, the MNSCU politics of letting two members move up (SCSU and MSU-Mankato) and thereby gain a disproportionate share of resources would result in a hit to Moorhead State, Bemidji State, Winona State, and the rest of the MNSCU. This one seems really REALLY unlikely to happen, except in the unlikely event that SCSU could come up with the money themselves, that Mankato could too, and that all seems highly unlikely. Certainly, Denver is in a tough spot. It would seem their Athletic Director and/or administration have badly misread the tea leaves here (not to mention messing up a great hockey program by canning Gwozdecky). That said, hockey and lacrosse, their two highest-profile sports are in a solid position. Interesting to hypothesize about, but the solution creates more problems than it solves... I'm expecting to hear that the Summit gives some remote desperate school a sweetheart deal to get the conference back to AQ status. Its worth a lot of money to them... -
Boston's style of play changed tonight. Most nights, they've been physical. Tonight they were headhunting. Tonight, they changed into Mankato. Looks like they are starting to think the only way they can compete is to injure enough of Chicago's roster. I have a lot of respect for Boston, but tonight was not it.
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Think back to the Gophers' defense when John Hill was coaching them.
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Tonight, Chicago scored first and held the lead. That forced Claude Julien to change matchups of forward lines - which meant less of Toews line vs Kreicji line and more of Toews line vs Bergeron. Result? Kane +2, Toews +2, Bergeron -2, Marchand -3. Back in Chicago, Quenneville gets choice of matchups. I expect him to assemble a third line that matches up better against Boston's third line, and to put a little more speed into the lineup. Dave Bolland started to look more like the Bolland of old tonight. Marian Hossa (with one arm?) is still a force. Duncan Keith, somehow, ended the night +3. Boston looked tired at times, both forwards and defense. Perhaps the shorter bench is wearing on them. More likely is that playing from behind forced them to open up, which plays into Chicago's hands. Key stat: faceoffs (after Boston domination in game 3) were even. After the series, I expect a lot of revelations about who was playing with injuries, and how severe those are. There are a few hints in the statistics ... but that's outside speculation at this point.
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Claude Julien doing a masterful job of working matchups based on the score and the situation.
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But it would be a shame if we let someone like that interrupt a nice round of Bison bashing.
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So many straw dogs, so little listening ability. Five conferences are making the proposal ... the Big 12 happens to be the host of this set of discussions. But make no mistake, this is a pitch from all 5 conferences. And, without doubt, those 5 commissioners went through the agenda and selected the person best suited to make the pitch. Bowlsby got the privilege of leading the presentation, for political reasons which I don't understand. He is a Moorhead State grad after all, which obviously makes him one of the elite. Pretty clearly this kind of change doesn't happen in a year, or even in less than 5 years. But the discussions have to start sometime, and no doubt there will be lots and LOTS of meetings and preparing positions ... the politics of this are massively tricky for the Power Five.
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Normally the team down 0-2 or 0-3 gets the calls. (Not as bad as they do it in the NBA, but still...)
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NHL.com is running a "best player drafted at position #__" ... 30 first-round picks, 30 days in June. Brock Nelson, 2010 draftee, got a vote as the best player drafted at #30. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672524
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I'll make no secret of being a Blackhawks fan. Before the Boston-Pittsburgh ECF started, I found myself believing that Boston would be the easier opponent, should Chicago get past LA. I changed my mind.
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So Chicago has 14 playoff games under their belt, and are finally in a "net goals allowed" position on their penalty kill. (2 goals allowed shorthanded, 1 goal scored shorthanded)
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I can think of a few lawyers I'd like to deliver a clean body check to.
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I didn't call him dirty, so please don't create straw dogs. Yes, he plays hard, but the rules of hockey say that the onus is on the player attempting a body check to control himself. Reckless abandon is no excuse for leading with your elbow. Setting that aside, he's one of the NHL's best players and I have a natural liking for hard nosed guys who play both ends of the rink and can also score. (Matt Frattin, Brad Malone, Travis Zajac, to name just 3 of UND's alumni.)
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Brown did it again tonight, leading with his elbow attempting to check Duncan Keith. Fortunately Keith fell and Brown missed.
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2-0 Hawks after 1 period, but LA playing a lot better than yesterday. Something tells me this is about to get nasty.
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Hey thanks - I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waiter or waitress.
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Meanwhile out West, yet another coach opposing the Blackhawks talks about how his top line didn't play very well. He sounds a lot like Mike Yeo in round 1 and Mike Babcock in round 2. The Kings felt they were better in the third period, but coach Darryl Sutter commented on how he didn't get nearly enough from his top players throughout the game. Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter, Richards and Doughty combined for four shots on goal. Sutter said they were "having trouble keeping up." "We had guys fall off," he also said. "Shifts fell off primarily from the top end of our lineup. It's tough to sustain it." This is the effect that playing against Toews and Hossa (and Keith and Seabrook) has on people.