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Yup and we need to keep our head. Think of it as practice for beating BC.

Badgers go up 2-1 on a ppg early in the second. PP created by Roe yappping at the end of the first.

Roe has definitely gotten under the skins of the Badgers. They are all over him, and its cost them 3 powerplays so far. Something to be aware of for next weekend ...

St Cloud scores late in the 1st - 1-0 huskies. Wisconsin comes right back 1-1.

In the Twin Cities, SCSU and WI are on cable - 0-0 half way thru the 1st.

I was speaking figuratively, well to be exact I know its senior night there. Wouldn't be surprised if they cook up something special for her, though.

Denver and Tech getting it on. no score 12: in. MEg Night at the MacInnes. free audio at pasty.net (mix 93.5)

6: left still 2-0

11:30

Great shift by Trupp Frattin and Malone. Hope they get some more today.

Well, I can check one more thing off my life list. "Oshie upended ..."

Nice work by Trupp to draw the hook...

Our PP shifts are too long ... and we're not moving the puck aggressively enough coming out of our own end.

Second PP not very good - we'll need to make the adjustments ....

I don't know why Hakstol keeps playing Lamoureux when we have a guy on the bench who's never given up even a single goal all year.

The Sioux odds look about right. But there's some overpriced teams out there, and some bargains. If this was like a stock market, I would establish long and short positions on my $10,000 portfolio: Short Notre Dame $5000 ... Western 3, ND 0 sinking like a rock, the coldest contender in the country. Short Miami $2500 ... say no more Short Wisconsin $2500 ... 10/1 is way over priced Long CC $4000 ... gotta be the favorite, with a home regional and their record at the Springs. Long New Hampshire $4000 ... a bargain Long SCSU $1000 ... after Michigan State won last year? Long Mankato $1000 ... ditto

There is no "D" in "M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A", either.

Just for the first round. The elite eight will be ALL-WCHA.

I'm torn. Is it better to be in Miami's region or Notre Dame's? Western Michigan 3, Notre Dame 0. Which just proves again how much the CCHA stinks.

Wisconsin is all over St Cloud. Score is only 2-1 Badgers, but SCSU looks just plain awful.

WOOOOOO! Mankato 2, CC 0 in the first. radio: http://www3.mnsu.edu/athletics/ Edit: Now CC on the PP 2-1. Rau. Editeidit: End of 1 at CC - Mankato 2, CC 1. Go Mavs!!!

4-3 in the final minute OSU on the power play 6x4...

According to Wisconsin radio the only thing that happened was the "runs the kid into the boards" part.

There was the one time where the Sioux got really lucky. The Sioux guy batted the puck out of mid air and into the net. It was in overtime so there was plenty of time for fighting before then but no actual fighting. That seems like a bad win if you ask me.

I agree with the observation about what the Sioux need to do, and I'd go a step further and say we'll probably need to sweep SCSU to win the comparison. The comparison over Miami (since we didn't play head to head) has 3 points. Currently: Point 1 is for RPI. Sioux .589, Miami .579 2 is for TUC, currently 0-0 since Miami has only played 9 TUC's. And if VT disappears from TUC status, that point likely won't come into play. (They would play at most 2 games vs TUC's in the CCHA playoffs.) Even if VT stays a TUC, if Miami loses to a TUC (State, Michigan or Notre Dame), then UND wins the comparision provided we win 6 of 8 remaining. 3 is for COP, currently Miami leads 3-0 vs 2-1. (But if we sweep SCSU, and if they lose to Michigan State, it flips to UND.) Looking forward to the end of the season, each of the 3 points in the comparison could swing either way. While the Sioux best chance is to sweep St Cloud AND to win at least 6 of 8 (keeping our TUC over .65), IF Miami wins 1 TUC game and doesn't lose to any other TUC's, AND if they don't lose to Michigan State, they'll win the comparison with UND regardless of how well we do. I'd really much rather be a #1 seed, assuring we don't get sent to CC and making it much less likely that we get sent to play Wisconsin in Wisconsin. Anything else would be easy.