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I heard the same thing from Spirko's girlfriend.

Playing Indiana and Purdue is cool, even if we get cleaned out. Of course, the big 1011 continues to duck the UND women's basketball team ...

Bogey, great work, AGAIN, on this recap. You have a terrific artist touch, and thanks for sharing it with us.

OK, so Lacrosse would make sense from several perspectives. A few other questions: 1) What about conferences and scheduling? 2) Does the Big Sky have lacrosse? 3) How would opponents feel about playing indoors? (Will quality opponents come to GF?) Seems like we need a conference to make this work ... or, more accurately, it needs to fit the plans for conference affilation that anyone prudently planning for a D-1 move would make. I note that DU's lax results show well over 2000 for big-name schools (Notre Dame, North Carolina), and less (1000-1200) for lesser names.

U R AWESOME!! Thanks a million for doing that.

Setting the nickname aside for a moment, I am particularly pleased that the University is moving to advance the cause of providing educational opportunities, including a scholarship endowment. Count me among those who are proud to be alumni of a school dedicated to doing everything possible for Native Americans. There's a lot MORE that can be easily done to build relationships, educate the non-Natives; there will never be a better time than now. A tip of the cap to President Kupchella, and others at the U who are on the right track in that regard.

Coool!! Another USA sweatsuit for his collection. And another good pickup for team USA.

... not to mention its nicer than about 40 other D-1 arenas (except for the rust and the roof that is)

Devils looking really good right now. Hale getting some decent time, as did Zach. After Madden got his hat trick, some dude threw his hairpiece (toupee) onto the ice. Plus there were a couple hundred hats. Good crowd, by the sounds of it on OLN.

I think that whoever uses the most exclamation points wins an argument.

Antidote For Offseason.

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And people think Sioux fans are obsessed. http://board.uscho.com/showpost.php?p=2545805&postcount=256 Get used to it. This one will be around for a while.

Brian Lee makes tough plays look easy, and unless you're really watching (as in isolation-cam style watching), its easy to forget what he does because its not memorable. He doesn't make the flashy hits or wind the big slapper a lot, but that's fine by me. What he does do is play great position - really I can't think of a time in the whole season where he got totally caught in the wrong spot. Defensively: What I remember is how well he plays 2-1 and 3-2 or 2-2 rushes. He'll hold his ground and flick the puck into the corner at the right moment, retaining his spot between the man and the net and in the passing lanes. Offensively: agree with some of the comments here ... if he gets 1/2 step quicker, a lot of the plays attempted will succeed. Don't really agree about the big slapper because in this day and age it never gets through. Would like to see more willingness to heave it into traffic for a tip .... He reminds me a lot of James Patrick, who played a similar style of game and was also a fluid agile skater. Patrick also got criticized for not making big hits, but came in to UND at 18 and played 20 years in the bigs. I agree he has a lot of improvement potential. How far he comes, and how good he gets, in my opinion, is up to him. Of all the great talent on this year's Sioux roster, he may very well have the longest NHL career.

Yeah and he had a worse GAA, proving once again that Atlantic Hockey > WCHA.

I didn't remember that song, but thank you for reminding me. All I can remember is Another One Rides the Bus.

Fixing GPL rash is easy. Wave a cross-shaped object and click this link: http://college.holycross.edu/wchc/hockey.htm Badger rash will be harder, for the next 11 months.

OK, so here's how it plays out: 1) St Louis drafts Toews. 2) Frozen Four is WHERE next year? 3) FFWG is Oshie from Toews. To coin a phrase, I get all tingly inside just thinking about it....

Guys, thanks for the explanations. Seems like nonconference planning becomes vital if an RPI measure gets used more prominently. Heck, in hockey, you can hide 2-3 games vs [bottom dweller]. But in football, the scenario Jim lays out becomes pretty high-risk. It also makes the handful of games the NCC plays vs RMAC or NSIC take on critical importance for the whole league...

Dumb question - how does playing a 10-game or 11-game schedule affect the arithmetic for qualifying for the D-2 playoffs? Does it make a loss harder to overcome? Ignorant minds want to know ...

You ARE the brute squad.

Lee, thanks for all the hard work and dedication you put in during four years with our beloved Fighting Sioux hockey team. It is clearly hard for those of us fans in the stands to fully appreciate all of your contributions to the team's success. However, after hearing Coach Hakstol talk about "leadership from our seniors" and how the team chemistry was influenced by the seniors and the upperclassmen, it becomes apparent that those close to the program, in the best position to know, understand and appreciate all you've brought to the program. Those same qualities are valuable in any endeavor you take on, and I wish you the best in all your pursuits. Thanks again, for everything. Aloha.

Low Tech Counter: 170 days to Hockey.

ARGH! Say it ain't so! We can replace Stafford, Parise, Smaby, Oshie, but this would be a disaster! Think of the humanity! Think of the carnage! Think of all those UND fans sitting in the dark wondering what's really going on in the press box and in the locker room. [/depression on]

Mike, I've been thinking about the right compliment and what I can say is that the way you play the game is timeless. You would have fit right in on the teams I saw in the 1970's with guys like Craig Ludwig, Marc Chorney, Cary Eades, and Doug Smail every bit as well as you did on the 21st century Sioux. Hard work, get-hit-and-get-right-back-up, get the other guy to lose focus, get the other coach kicked out are all qualities that people inside the game and those of us on the outside enjoy thoroughly. And thanks for giving us fans a look inside your character. Wherever the road leads you, I wish you well. Come back and see us sometime, or drop us a line and let us know how its going. Aloha.