farce poobah

http://www.snappytv.com/shows/final-five-championship-north-dakota-vs-denver

ticketmaster.com or the Xcel box office

Those are EASTERN times. Everybody get your butts over to the X - 1230 Central on Saturday!!

He tried to check Kristo and his skate got caught along the wall ... looked like his ankle/knee may have taken the twist.

In another sweet bit of poetry seen in this fabulous season, who was the guy in possession of the puck as the horn sounded - on what might be the last games as "Fighting Sioux"? It was the 4th line forward, converted from defenseman, a freshman and a walkon if I'm not mistaken. Dan "Jim" Senkbeil. Sweet indeed.

I wouldn't be too critical about timeouts. There were plenty of TV timeouts in the middle of that Sioux rally. If you read the boxscore and look at Minnesota's minuses - and who wasn't minus! - you can get a sense of where the problems were. Although Minny's 4th line didn't rack up minuses, I don't recall seeing their 4th line - Serratore-Sacchetti-Boyd - out there very much. Link to Boxscore: http://www.fightingsioux.com/downloads2/448950.htm?ATCLID=205399206&SPSID=58684&SPID=6405&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500

Red Bull.

11 minutes in still 3-3

I'm hoping for an epic game that fits the epic characteristics of this rivalry. Toe to toe, no ground given. I'm also hoping for a massive Sioux fan turnout.

embarrassing also

BC vs Providence on NBC Sports Network from the Boston Garden. Looks like about 3000 people there.

Of course, if these team want to beat each other up for a couple more periods, that would be fine by me. Going to OT.

Denver looks weary. I'd rather play them tomorrow night.

Sure it helped - to inflate their statistics.

Run the table and get a #1 seed! Go SIOUX!

that was the wink wink nudge nudge part. Although I wouldn't be surprised if either MacWilliam or Forbort or both turned pro.

An outsider to the team can't help but wonder whether our redshirt goaltender might have helped the team enough this year to get them over the hump. Otherwise, moving MoLam back to the blue line definitely put a damper on the offense against a quality opponent like Minnesota.

An elite recruit on defense would likely get a lot of quality playing time next year, considering that we have some large holes to fill on D. Wink wink nudge nudge knowwhatImean knowwhatImean.

Good for them ... so we can pencil in Oshie Jr. for a scholarship in 2033. Maybe another in 2035. Nice to see him playing toward his potential - leading the Blues in scoring.

Nice results from the CCHA tonight. Four possible Cinderellas went down. Of those left, 3 of 4 have virtually clinched, and only Western Michigan is on the bubble.

Hey, UND>UM, just a reminder that teams are reseeded after the first round. If Wisconsin defeats DU, UND would move up to #3, for example.

One other note while we are reviewing WCHA Awards ... In an era where puck possession is more and more important, your top face off guy is a valuable penalty killer, and a valuable component of your powerplay. We've been spoiled at UND in having some of the best around, going back years and years (Dave Tippett and Troy Murray among a long line), but Corban Knight has been phenomenal all year long, going most nights up against the other team's top line. Through Saturday, at 480 wins, 338 losses. 59% in round percentages. Over the season, 70 extra puck possessions, and many of those in man-advantage situations. He is fun to watch, varying his approach game by game, but almost always with a disproportionate degree of success. The combination of strong own-zone play and faceoff success makes me think a role like Dave Bolland has with the Blackhawks might be in his future.

If I'm starting a WCHA team from scratch, picking any six, my first team is: Forwards: Schwartz, Jack Connelly, Bjugstad Defense: Schultz and Blood Goaltender: Patterson POTY: Patterson. Minnesota doesn't win the Macnaughton without him. ROTY: LaLeggia. Phenomenal production. COTY: Hakstol. Taking half a roster and finishing 4th? Unbelievable. Eades and Jackson should get credit too.

Cool. Do you have a link for that?