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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.

Shh. You wouldn't want to de-motivate the team and fans.

I really wish there was a statistic on "penalties drawn". TJO would be leading the NCAA in that category - maybe 3 per game. What's 3 powerplays worth ....

Who'da thought back in October that the next Sioux goalie to get a shutout would be Walski? Lammy has a lot of almost shutouts since then ...

Check back later in the week ... a link might be added...

Finally some chances. Finally some urgency. Can't put it in. STILL 0-0.

Bad shift there for Marto-Lapoint-7-10-16. May be time to split up the rookie D .... Otherwise, we just plain look like Wisconsin. No urgency (yet).

YOur wish is granted.

Bonus hockey at the John. 4-4 still...

The only help the Sioux got is that the road for WI to make the NCAA's gets tougher unless they come back. Sioux at Madison at the midwest regional would be fine by me - but only if we don't have to play WI there.

Spelling bee at the John. 4-3 Gophers. Barriball with a water-bottle backhander from in close. 15 minutes left.

Agree. Looks like the Sioux need to win the next 7 at least to get a #1 seed.

CC radio guy with a great trivia question. Name the only three schools to win the Macnaughton (unshared) three years in a row. I was close, but didn't get it.

3-3 at the John. Another long on-ice wrister gets past Kangass.

End of two in SC, 2-0 SCSU. Tech can't buy a break.

Yup A SCSU CFB was followed about a minute later by a Tech CFB. LOOOOnnng stretch of 4x4.

They are spelling in Minneapolis. 3-2 Gophers. halfway thru 2nd.

CC up 2-0 after 1. SOG 10-6 CC. With CC's short bench, it would seem possible to mount a 3rd period rally against them. If the Dogs can close the gap in the second, it might lead to some fun in the 3rd.

Yup.