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2nd period starting ... OSHIE! with a good chance. and MARTENS! off the post

Interesting penalty sequence: Zajac gets 2 minutes for slashing Boyle, Parise steps in and gets a fighting major, but Boyle gets 4 for instigating, 5 for fighting and a 10-minute misconduct. Maybe our boy Parise stepped in to defend his teammate. Zach with a Goal also. Just needs an assist for a Gordie Howe hat trick. EDIT: and in St Paul, Gleason draws a trip in OT, 4-4 Edina and Benilde ... PP coming up.

Kaip-VV-Watkins with 2 great chances at the 18 minute mark. 2: left in 1st, still 0-0. I think SCSU got a shot in there somewhere. I didn't see it.

11: left, still 0-0 Teams feeling each other out. Looks like we're matching lines.

Ole oleoleole ole ole Mankato scores first 1-0 vs Tech.

8:30 in. SOG UND 5 SCSU 0 We look to have good jump so far. STill 0-0

Miller hooked at center. At least that's a hook in any other LEAGUE IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!

Question - anyone out there wanting bona fide updates? I know that's been the case in recent weeks. Just checking. 16: left, 0-0.

Gleason with the Sweet Goal. I'm skipping the Wild, and have rodents on the radio.

FYI, as usual, Comcast is carrying WCHA hockey - tonight its the Mankato vs Tech game, which just dropped the puck. If you are in the Twin Cities or Minnesota, you may be able to pick it up.

Gleason with ANOTHER goal ... hard slapper from the left point. I think he should turn college in the middle of the season.

1) Go to google earth 2) Search on Ralph Engelstad Arena 3) Draw a circle with radius of 400 yards. 4) There's your hub.

Time to bring out an oldie - doubtless TJOshie has gotten better since 2005: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZACw1sVuPs#

Gleason's season is over on Saturday at the latest. Maybe he could join the team next weekend ....

Two of those were empty-netters. Except for the one (nightmare) game vs UNH, its 2 goals in 6 games.

Well, now that you mention it, Michigan and Michigan State were originally WCHA teams. Plus Hockey East really improved after that interlocking schedule in the 1980's, so we can count them as WCHA schools. That makes it: WCHA 12 CCHA 1 ECAC 1 AHA 1 CHA 1 Hockey East 0 Does that look better?

Even the best coaches need a couple recruiting classes. Let's give the new guy a chance.

I don't see a Saturday fight as a possibility. SCSU needs all their guys on board for whoever they play in Round 1, just like UND does. However, nobody should rule out a Friday fight. Guys get their game served on Saturday, and get back in the lineup for the playoffs. Unlikely the Sioux start it, b/c of the injuries, but if SC throws down the gauntlet, I can see one of our non-suspended guys calling their bluff (Davidson, VV, Jones).

Spirko, spirko. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVzWFE3UmI I love Spirko.

End of 1. no score UMD pp for 1:55 to start the period. We miss Genoway. We look a little intimidated. Actually both sides look a little intimidated, moving the puck a bit too quickly ...

For UND to flip the comparison with New Hampshire, two things need to happen. First, we need to keep on winning, enough that our RPI stays ahead of them. Second, we need to flip the "Common Opponents COP" part of the PWR with NH. For that to happen, i) we need to play and beat CC, and ii) NH needs to play BC and lose to BC. If that all happens, we flip the New Hampshire comparison. (Theoretically, it might be possible for the TUC comparison to flip, but that's such a remote possibility we can count that out.)

If UND and CC are both #1 seeds, then we won't get sent to CC for the West Regional. Count on it, even in the world of NCAAism. Madison is a possibility, but Albany is even more likely. (Sending Michigan to Madison for a heavyweight Big Ten matchup in front of 15000 at the Kohl would be the NCAA $$wet dream.)

With a win Sunday at Duluth, UND would move up to #1 in the PWR. (Flips the Michigan comparison and we'd win the tiebreaker based on RPI.)

THAT is a REAL character win for Mankato, with everything theyve been through this week. (Death of a player's dad, loss Tuesday, travel, etc).

MAVS WIN IT IN OT!!!! OLE!! OLE!!OLE!!OLE!! OLE!! OLE!!