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Go Dogs! I smell another 3rd period collapse by the Arrogant Ones. Or maybe its just wishful thinking.

10:30 left. still 5-2. Faceoff in the sioux end. This is no time to be sitting on a lead. Gotta keep skating. No sooner said than Kozek gets a great setup from Oshie but backup sieve stops it.

Mavs looking disorganized on the PP. I'd like to say it was a great PK, but they were that bad. back to 5x5.

Hard to argue with it. 13: left, :45 of PP ... still 5-2.

Now a terrific extended period of pressure in the MSU end. First the Oshie line, then the VV line. "Its not a powerplay but it looks like one" according to the MSU announcers. 15:40 left. 5-2 SIOUX

You know things are going well on the road when the opposing/home PA starts playing Tom Petty "I Won't Back Down".

Genoway from Finley and Frattin. 2:38!! AND ANOTHER at 3:00 Trupp!!!! nice wrister from between the dots!! great sniper wrister. Backup sieve coming in.

Watkins hauled down to prevent a break. 1:13. Sioux PP coming up.

Game on.

Not a lot of ice time. What I can recall is they have done a decent job of playing the straightforward game, get it deep, keep it deep, don't get caught behind the puck. If there's less special teams in the 3rd, then we'll see more of them.

Sioux 3 Mavs 2

Down goes New Hampshire. Down goes New Hampshire. A little help in the pairwise from the Indians Big Green of Dartmouth.

Too dang bad we weren't playing in Denver, where periods are only 19:59 long.

DAMN. Mavs at 19:59 Mavs from right on the goal line. That one is Phil's fault. Let's seee if we can survive a softie. 3-2 end of 2.

Interesting how very VERY different our PK strategy is this week vs. last. SCSU has skill guys so we laid back. MSU doesn't so we pressure. Penalty killed.

Not keen on having both Duncan and Oshie in the box...

Bina tripped, NOT CALLED, and goes into the boards hard. Duncan goes ballistic... 5x4 for the Mavs.

GOAL Stands! Kozek from Genoway and Frattin. 13:55

GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!!GOAL!!! Kozek!! Edit - under review. Kozek may have been in the crease....

Decent shift. Chorney with a blast from center slot. Duncan goes high glove. Very nice, but long, shift for our #1 PP guys. Just couldn't get it past Zacharias.

Now Oshie draws a penalty and its 4x3. Come on guys, let's build that lead. 7:46 left.

Yup. Mankato executes a beautiful 3 on 2 and the trailer shoots it wide high-glove. We got lucky.

Half-time! Still 2-1.

Wow! Oshie with a glorious chance. Came down the right side, faked the shot, then circled and almost beat Zach to the far post.

Yup. We had almost nothing. I don't like the smell of this. MSU jump is good right now.