farce poobah

PP over, Fabian down hope its not serious WORK? On saturday night?

0-0 early Sioux on the PP

This was pretty much a perfect night - Sioux win, St Cloud loses, Bemidji winning, Notre Dame drops out of TUC land ... Seems that IF UND can win Saturday and win the 1st round WCHA series, that we're into the NCAA. Lose tomorrow and all bets are off - we could fall out of the top 16 entirely. Very very tight. Other things that can help UND: New Hampshire is now #16 in the RPI. If they win a couple more, and if they move into #15 or better, UND gets a quality road win bonus (.003 or maybe a bit more), which would be huge. If Bemidji wins the CHA autobid, they become a TUC, and UND picks up 2 wins vs TUC and wins a couple more comparisons. ==================== Weird that we could still get a high #2 seed OR miss the NCAA entirely, this late in the season.

Wasn't that Armbrust's 2nd career goal or something like that?

I'd rather play St Cloud.

UND will indeed get a CHA team. In the 2nd round.

In a related story, Sheriff Todd Anderson determined that the accident was Greene's fault, and suspended his license for 1 game.

Unbelievable. I knew you were amazing and this just proves it again. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BC won 6-0 Thursday. Comon Sioux!!!

Tied after 2 ... biggest 20 minutes of the season coming up. Elsewhere, we are getting a LOT of help, as teams right above us or near us are losing (BC, Michigan, Ohio State, Providence) or tied (St Cloud!) while teams we've played won, helping our strength of schedule (Nhew Hampshire, Harvard). 20 minutes from a perfect weekend, guys. Dig in, strap on the helmets, and beat those DU-mba$$es

He'd look good in Kelly Green

This calls for a sign the next time DU comes to town, or maybe in St Paul: I'm Curious, George: [insert picture of monkey or the above] Can you spell DUMB without DU? PS Prpich, please stay in the lineup.

83 to 67

Landcows ring up another one. 6-3 I LIKE the Prpich-Duncan combo ... I hate that its b/c Fabian is out. 10-8 SOG in favor of SIoux

We're gonna need more territorial advantage here, soon. Dang near impossible to give DU all that zone time and keep them off the board. Elsewhere: Landcows 5, Bucky 3, end of 2 (!) Harvard wins, New Hampshire gets a tie off Providence, good night so far

IIRC, the other impact they have on the bracket is that if you get the autobid, you are automatically a TUC. This year, that could make a difference ... for example if Bemidji were to win, UND picks up 2 wins vs a TUC - and that would be enough to swing several pairwise comparisons. IIRC, that is.

I actually think this is a very clever ploy used by USA coaches. They most likely believe Switzerland is the best matchup, and what with Switzerland on track to win the other pool, finishing 4th is the perfect placement.

New Hampshire!! beats BU 7-4. THAT will help pairwise wise as some wise guy says.

http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/whocke...RELEASE_ID=4571 Congrats to the women on a great win. Watching the Olympics, which are basically a series of UMD alumni games, makes it even more impressive.

Last night, I found myself wondering whether it was just a coincidence that the Sioux had the weekend off...

Cool game. Good outcome for UND/WCHA NCAA hopes. But whoever does the schedule for tOSU should be fired - I did not realize they had Michigan State Thursday, UW today, Miami Tuesday. All that conspires to help the Sioux, a smidgen, since we played all 3 opponents but not OSU... Green Bay is natural hockey country, with not a lot going on in winter, and with the 40k turnout, I wouldn't be surprised if they do another one. Maybe Sioux-UW on Sunday with UW playing the Gophers on Friday-Saturday first...

Two great teams, both carrying some baggage. I didn't realize how banged up tOSU is ... 3 guys out for the season, 3 more who are out for today. Hard to say they are the favorite. OTOH, Wisconsin is 1-5 since pounding CC. Loved the USCHO article where Eaves talks about how the game sounds different outside. But I don't recall any -15 rule in Grand Forks ... Excerpt: Yet there's something about playing outdoors that brings the game back to its roots for Eaves, who started playing hockey outside in Saskatoon, Sask. There, kids were allowed to play until the temperature fell below minus-15. "Playing outside has a uniqueness about it that is hard to relay to people that have never played outside," Eaves said. "The sound the skate makes when it cuts the ice, the sound that the puck makes on your stick when you catch a pass and you slap a pass, it's a very unique game of its own. "It'll be fun. What it does, it takes you back to the last time you played as a child. That's what will be fun for a lot of the kids that have skated outside, to revisit that time in their life." http://www.uscho.com/news/id,11880/MoreThanAGame.html ========================== Interested in your thoughts on the game, and if anyone has memories of playing competitive hockey outdoors. Probly a lot of us have played on the outdoor rinks, with nearly all of that just for the pure fun of it. Did ya ever play a high school game outside, etc?

The UND coaches and players can't say it. But I can. This morning is pretty much a Dream Bracket.

How about nominations for the most unheralded player to become the greatest success? Two come to mind right away: Matt Henderson, from walkon to MOP at the Frozen Four. Phil Sykes, no publicity initially, MOP at the Frozen Four.

BU vs the Green Monsters. Like it.