farce poobah

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I was encouraging the wise and savvy folks at FSNN to "check the ratings". I confess to not having those facts, but nobody ever said that was a requirement for posting on a message board.

Johnny!!! definitely put some sweeeet goals in the net last weekend. Twice he turned Mankato D into traffic cones and his wrister for Saturday's 4th goal was an outstanding find-the-itty-bitty-corner shot. (I sit behind that net and the shot basically went along my line of sight right into the goal, so it was cool to see him find the spot and put the puck perfectly there. He's playing very well right now. (Have FUN!)

Why? Because their fan base is obsessed with Sioux Sports!! Not to mention, check the ratings for Sioux-Gophers and compare to their other broadcasts ....

Well. There's a shocker.

Agree. Always reassuring to share an opinion with the Arena Reporter. Definitely,MSU needed to take the Sioux off our game, and it worked. A bit off topic for this thread, but think about how much worse things would have been with Kaip out - not overstating to say that his presence may have been the difference between a tie and a loss.

Unnamed sources indicate it went for $700. Count me among Lee's fans. Last night, I think we saw what his absence would mean to the team.

If I were an NHL team, I'd want him on my bench just for special teams play. Spot shift during the 5x5 banging, but on the PK and PP, I can see him being very effective.

I think we should blame Lee. OK, seriously, we missed him more than Mankato missed any of their thugs. Lee logs a TON of ice time, nearly all of it against the other team's top players, powerplay, PK. I think that last two minutes plays out differently with Lee on the ice. I'm more than a little puzzled by a lot of what happened in the last 2 minutes, including line choices and that we didn't use our timeout so that Oshie-Toews could get a breather while killing off the last :30. Probably what happened is that Hakstol realized that our PWR is helped by keeping MSU in the top 25, so we gave them one point on purpose. Yeah, that's it. ...

I'd really like the Sioux to sneak into 3rd place WCHA, so I guess I'm rooting for Tech. Besides I hate DU.

ARGH! Denver scores on a shot from center ice to tie Tech 4-4. 3 minutes left in Houghton.

The only scenario that worries me about tonight is if the Mantankos decide to try to get our best players ejected before they score 8 goals, (rather than after they score 8 goals). Otherwise if we put in the effort, we'll win. PS, I agree that Radke is the most likely to open the can of whoopa^^ tonight. Friday, he jumped in to defend Chorney after an uncalled slash/trip...

Box score is up at http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0607/boxes/mmnsndk1.f09 Franzen is just lucky that Spirko isn't here anymore to whoop his a$$.

It started with a fairly innocent play in front of Walski, but a couple cross-checks later everyone paired off. I am still amazed that Jones managed to not get DQ'ed.

Jackson: "Your goalie is NCAA - no class at all." Jutting: "We keep giving him a goalie glove but he keeps going out there with a boxing glove." Jackson: "Well, THAT explains the save percentage. You sure are a good coach." Jutting: "Oh yeah? Well, I'll see you down in the tunnel after the game." Jackson: "Your last chance, what with Blais coaching your team next year."

I would be interested if anyone heard what was said between coaches near the end of the fight. Hak looked peeved, and I saw Jutting leaning over the partition to yell at the Sioux bench. Anyone else see that or hear anything?

There's two things I hate about getting old. The first is that I'm losing my memory, and the second ... well ... umm ... I forgot.

That's only because the NCAA made them invite us.

Final in Anchorage 2-1 Gophers.

Just after the Gophers hit the post twice in 10 seconds, Wally Shaver says "we'll take a short break here to repaint the goal posts".

Ya, fer sure. I just think our NCAA dance chances are really small if we don't get past the first round of the WCHA, and home ice is (usually) a good way to help that.

too bad about Wisconsin ... CC is up 3-1 Looks like we may be headed for a first-round matchup at the REA (I hope!!! please please please) vs the Evil Red Empire.

OLE! OLEOLEOLE! OLE! OLE! OLE! OLEOLEOLE! OLE! OLE! Mankato ties it at 1

Maybe in the polls, but not in the PWR. Gonna be hard for Notre Dame to get above #4 because their strength of schedule is so low - very few games vs. RPI top 25.

8-2 gophers