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In Mpls, 3-3 after 2. Tech and Michigan scoreless late in the 3rd. Denver leading Dartmouth, early, 1-0 RPI leading CC 2-0 after 2. CC playing without 5 players.

End of 2, still 3-2. Zamboni coming out soon.

No Lady Byng for Duncan.

1: left Duncan and Fritsch coincidentals.

1:30 left, 3-2 still SOG 22-19, but we're getting the good chances, UNH with more long uncontested shots. Doesn't seem to matter which line, we're getting pressure.

2: left, still 3-2. On yet another transition, Lapoint (!) with a couple chances right in front of Regan. This sounds like a broken record, but we are repeatedly beating them on transitions.

4: left in the second, still 3-2. Finley, on yet another transition, leads the Sioux 4-3 into the zone. Can't get a good chance.

Duncan with 2 great chances on another transition, then Lapoint stopped. Sioux looking good now.

Vandevelde sets up Watkins for a great chance on the doorstep. Regan right on it. Then UNH comes down with a couple nice chances. Still 3-2, 5: left.

A bit of color for our colleague in the Persian Gulf. Sioux are transitioning really well tonight. We're getting some 3-2 and 3-1 rushes but haven't converted (except for 1). The UNH goal came after a 3-2 shorthanded rush, and we just didn't get our coverage set before it was in the net. Overall, we're looking pretty good. Especially for a Saturday.

It was well executed by UNH, but our box got overextended and we gave them the cross-ice pass.

On USCHO, someone (a Gopher fan) posted its 2-1 RIT in Minneapolis.... edit - now 2-2

National anthem on.

I don't think it was an acting job at all. I think he got the wind knocked out of him.

I liked the moves. I like Oshie at center. (Of course, we should all be worried about where the Blues want Oshie to be played. ) I also like VandeVelde at center. Splitting them gives us better scoring balance - teams will check Oshie-Duncan-[anyone] pretty hard anyway, so better scoring threats elsewhere up and down the lineup will help take the pressure off. I agree about Genoway-Trupp-Frattin. They created a lot last night and could have had more than one. Before the break, faceoffs were a problem for the Sioux. And we didn't have as much puck possession as we're used to. Check the faceoffs from last night, an early indicator of what's working: http://www.fightingsioux.com/downloads1/30...DB_OEM_ID=13500

Condolences also to Tim and family. I only met him once (long long time ago), but his familiar voice makes him feel like family. Godspeed.

OK, nobody i) shave; ii) change their underwear; iii) wash their socks; iv) sit in a different seat; v) eat a different pre-game meal.

Once again, Wisconsin dragging down the conference RPI ...

One word: Toews.

Tech with the ENG Tech 3 Defending National Champions 1 :40 left in Detroit. Now 4-1 (with Lerg back in).

"A normal night for Adam". LOL

I like the new line combos. Nice chemistry across the board. Interesting that the PP units look to be the same as the old units/lines. (Hard to see the ##'s on the videocast.)

He landed awkwardly... agree

I don't think Lammy hit his head. I think he got the wind knocked out of him - landing flat on your back will do that...

New Hampshire barely saw the puck while Oshie and Duncan were killing. Radke simply can't take stupid needless penalties like that. Absolutely uncalled for.