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GO SIOUX!

Hear hear. Thanks for saying what I was thinking. Only you did it better than I would'va.

Sioux-Gopher games always provide the unexpected. My least-expected outcomes: Friday, Minnesota's power play is good and UND's PK is bad, Kangas is a wall and the Gophers win 5-1. Saturday, Lamoureux has 14 saves and the Sioux win 4-0.

Star Tribune, Saturday Feb 2, 2008 (Sports, page 13, bottom corner.) Headline: Frazee Stones Bina "Jeff Frazee earned a bit of revenge by stopping Robbie Bina on a penalty shot in last night's hockey game at Mariucci. Bina's unconventional shot, a two-hop flip from center ice, hit the shaft of Frazee's stick and dropped on the goal line. Referee Randy Schmidt ruled that Frazee then kicked the puck in after he blew the whistle. North Dakota got six goals on the night from Minnesotans, and their goaltender grew up only a couple miles from Minnesota. Minnesota got its goal from a Minnesotan."

In a related story, Lucia bought stock in YouTube. I guess that means we'll see Frazee in net.

Along with faceoffs and "the battles along the boards", hitting is a good indicator of whether we're in the game. Mankato tried hitting the Sioux, which only got the Sioux to hit back. Along with that, we played some of the better hockey of the season. Friday vs UAA, we did some hitting. Saturday we didn't.

Maybe Puffy only watches the Sioux when they are in GF on Saturdays ...

They bought an indian reservation in Miami which was originally a casino, then moved the whole university into the casino. Since its no longer in Fairbanks, they had to change the name. And there's already a University of Miami, so that's taken. The only thing left was University of Alaska. But I have a hunch they will be hearing from the NCAA about housing a university on a reservcasino without using a Native American nickname. Either that or they just decided to change the name.

Count me in for some green. I have kids who wear Sioux jerseys to school in the Twin Cities, so this hits close to home in a lot of ways.

This is an un-researched guess - - Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin. (Pattern here...?...)

Print it out, put it under your pillow, and knowledge will seek into your brain effortlessly while you sleep. I learned Spanish that way.

I need a club that feels good if you hit it on the hozel, or just skim the top of the ball. Know any good ones?

I think the biggest difference between the team's play in November and the last month is in the defensive zone. We're making good decisions with the puck, quick solid passes or a clear to center if that's all that's available, and the result is opponents don't get set up in the zone. Undoubtedly, a team like CC would bring more pressure due to being the fastest team I've seen, but I don't think UAA will be able to sustain pressure if we play our game. Given that we aren't scoring much 5x5 (or giving up much 5x5, thankfully), it's going to come down to special teams. That becomes the area of focus going forward. I wouldn't be surprised to see some tweaking of the first and second PP units. Ideally, if we can get a lead this weekend, I'd like to see Marto and Lapoint get more ice time. That game experience is going to be valuable down the road, whether via an injury or next season.

On retrospective, I thought our whole D corps did a great job on the night keeping the puck out of our zone. They are making quick decisions, GOOD decisions, and not letting the other guys get set up. Also, our puck pressure was terrific. At times, even it meant 3 guys behind the goal line. Sorry I missed the Hak interview. My summaries are not as good as others anyway One last - 4 of the 5 biggest crowds ever at Mankato have been for Sioux games. Credit to the Sioux fan turnout, I think.

Sioux fans singing ... guess what song?

Davidson with some time on the PP in the last minute! Not surprisingly, nothing happened. FINAL Sioux 5 Mavs 3

Soft goal. Lookied like it just plain went over his glove.

Oshie with a brilliant play to draw a penalty with :59 left.

Mavs score on a wrister from the blue line. 6x4 goal ... 5-3 Sioux, just over a minute left.

Plus a reffing the scoreboard call.

Duncan gonna go. 17:26.

2:50 left. Net dislodged as the puck was shot in. Under review. No goal. No penalty. whew.

The FSN poll vote was 80% in favor of adding Bemidji.

We are under 5: to go. Still 5-2. Still 20 players on each bench.

Back to 5x5. Any bets on how long it stays 5x5???