farce poobah

I know. I know. Oooh. Ooh. The guys deliberately gave Princeton some great chances there so that Lammy's Hobey Highlight video could be longer. Give the voters a good look at the best goalie in the country.

Malone moving his feet ... drawing the call. (Everybody pay attention to the moving the feet thing.)

Good thing we're not playing Denver again this period...

Even so, it would good if Lamoureux got at least 1% of the vote.

Wow, what a game in CO tonight. If there's any team in college hockey that can come from 3 down after 2, it would be CC. But they've dug themselves a huge hole.

Game 2 underway in the Springs. CC audio:http://www.coloradocollege.edu/athletics/varsity_sports/Hockey/listen.asp

Meanwhile ... China steals one in the second end. 2-0 after 2 ends. Upset in the making.

SLAM. The sound of the Hobey Baker door closing on anyone not named Porter.

"I need all the karma I can get."

For those of us forced to listen, we can at least pick up the CBC broadcast of the Ford World Women's Curling Championships. http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-cbc-sports.html WOOO!!! Go Canada.

Just proves Hockey East isn't any good either. OK but seriously, in any given game in the NCAA's, anybody can win.** Even Princeton, if UND isn't careful. ** Except St Cloud State.

Yes

Nice reference by the UNH audio guys - who are really very likeable: "Notre Dame played like champions today."

Badgers down by 12, 11 minutes left. Yes, its basketball.

OK, here's a variation on the idea: "Oshie wants to go to The Can"

A big part of it comes from the days when their big-name schools were in the WCHA. Some of us really liked seeing Michigan come to Grand Forks every year. They played with an edge, the Sioux always played with an edge, and it was like smoking at a refinery. Sooner or later something was going to blow up. Epic, epic battles. One game in 1979 lasted 3 1/2 hours ... it was 9-8, there were 3-4 fights, and it went into overtime. I liked watching Michigan State back then, but for different reasons. They were so hapless you didn't know what would happen next. In the playoffs (79 or 80, I forget), a Michigan State guy skates out to the blue line, wipes out, and knocks over the goalie and another teammate. In addition to the largest roar a visiting team ever got in GF, it was fodder for the wipeout that was yet to come. The games weren't even close. Notre Dame was just sad. This school with all the great sports traditions, and a bunch of schmucks playing for their hockey team. Er, um, sorry Don. Other than those 3 (plus Ohio State who never was in the WCHA), its a bunch of classic underdogs that are underresourced, underpaid, overworked. I'm happy to see any of them rise up and bite the big dogs in the butt - it just hardly ever happens.

Lee logs a ton of ice time in a late comeback win for the Sens: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=280325002

Kangas is nearly a year older than Toews.

They are really smart.

Congratulations on setting a NEW Siouxsports.com Record!!!! for the most ridiculous first post ever.

... and in the regional hosted by ... yes, College of the Holy Cross. I would much rather see UND in that draw at Worcester than go into Colorado Springs - even as the home team.

One thing that has been constant in the last 30+ years that I've been watching Sioux hockey is pride. When the guys put on the jersey, they play hard. Today will be no different. I'm optimistic because I think we match up better with CC than with DU, even without Trupp in the lineup. CC brings tremendous speed, and repeatedly blew past Gopher D last night. BUT I think both Owens and Hakstol leave some tricks in the bag. I expect/hope we roll 4 lines and 6 D, I hope we give Oshie a little extra bench time between special teams, as he's clearly not 100%. I hope we see this as a chance to polish skills and playmaking against what I see as UND's co-equal as the nation's top team.

The winning goal was pretty fluky, but Minnesota was dominating the OT before then. Your guys played gritty, a performance by the Gophers to be proud of.

Gophers nearly got one there. CC with a number of tries. Entertaining 1-1 game.