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Two seed today, Grand Rapids would be fine, but if we lose to Duluth I think it becomes golf season. Its that close. Our record vs TUC's is right around .500 along with a lot of teams around us. Lose to UMD and we drop below 500 vs TUC's and a bunch of comparisons go against us ... WIN BABY WIN.

I think Thursday will be an exciting game - Mankato vs. Anchorage. Sioux dominate CC in the Friday afternoon semi. It all gets fuzzy after that ...

30 years ago, women's basketball was forgotten while the Sioux men played every game to a packed house at what was then the Fieldhouse. Today ... the women draw as well as the men. Sometime in the future, I can picture the Sioux women's hockey outdrawing the men. As skills and coaching improve, and as the team becomes competitive, the Big House will fill. As for today, I'm happy to see the women improving and getting more competitive ...

I think we'll win it. Sioux!!! are the hottest team in the league coming in, with a 4-game unbeaten streak, the longest of ANY WCHA team. (except Minnesota and UMD)

vandevelde with a strong effort. I did not realize until tonight that Greg Shepherd is also in charge of MN HS referees too.

Congrats to Roebuck and the Sioux women on winning their 5th consecutive NCC playoff title. THAT is excellence.

NICE! Lowell loses. Dartmouth loses to Yale... Help from the teams around us losing ...

Reportedly, Yale is leading Dartmouth 4-2 !!! would be BIG for our PWR if it holds.

Interesting comments in the Grand Forks Herald from St Cloud's coach about how loud and intimidating it was in the Betty. If 1500 people, last nights attendance, can be intimidating, imagine what 4000 would be like.

Thru 2 periods ... I don't recall EVER seeing a team play airtight team defense as well as Mhd. DE has had 1 scoring chance so far (maybe 2). I can't recall an odd man rush for DE. This is not just having a couple great players, but everyone playing outstanding terrific position hockey.

end of 2 in St Paul, Moorhead 2, Duluth East 0 2nd goal was Vandevelde from Lee SOG are like 39 to 10

Vandevelde of Moorhead High with 4 SOG in one shorthanded shift. Lou Nanne says "he reminds me of Thomas Vanek ..."

Sioux lead St Cloud by 4 ... !!! ... in women's basketball (halftime)

10 of the last 12, now, to CC and UND - 5 each.

As long as we don't have to kill a bunch of 5x3 penalties, JPar is the better choice, IMHO. Lammy is the more acrobatic goalie, and you need to be acrobatic to 'tend 3x5. OTOH, I believe JPar plays the angles better - which is why the puck hits him a lot. And, as someone who remembers a tired Goehring going into the playoffs a couple years, leg weary shouldn't be a problem for our goaltenders. This too is good. After all, there's still 11 games to play.

Wisco announcers bitching about Earl getting called for diving. HA! I laugh at you... HA!

A win by the Sioux tomorrow brings the Pairwise comparison with Wisconsin into shouting distance, AND every win vs a TUC this time of year puts the Sioux in good shape for making the Final 16. Will see what kind of legacy these guys want to leave ....

JUST what we needed! 4-2 final. The Roll Begins.

Well, our RPI got a little help tonight with Maine winning, MSU beating Denver 8-5 ...

Here's hoping the Sioux guys take it as another reason to believe we can pass the Rodents for 4th ... and finish the regular season strong. (I would really rather not play UMD in the first round....)

The math is simple - 18 full rides, coaches can allocate to 18 players and give zero to the other 7-8 roster players or more likely 8-10 are full rides and the rest vary from 0 to 75%, depending on production, potential and how valuable to the team ... It does seem that 18 is too low a limit. Seems like 22-25 would be a better number, more fairly reflecting the effort expended. But in a world where Title IX considerations dominate it seems unlikely that NC$$ will increase the limit.

If Duluth shows up, they can beat anybody. The question is whether their case of senioritis outweighs their desire for revenge. Great news that it will be on TV ...

Me think am in bizzarro WCHA. Good teams am losing. Bad teams am winning. UMD and UND not at top. UND has best goalie, no scoring. DU has best scoring..... Probably Michigan Tech or Alaska Anchorage am going to win NCAA Frozen Four this year.