farce poobah

A lot of us think of UND as a sudo D-1 team ...

Hard to imagine more than 10-11k at Thursday night's game ... 8-9 more likely.

Friday afternoon, go for the $8 tickets because there will be a few thousand empty seats.

SIOUX CAN STILL GET A #1 SEED!! Can you believe it? I didn't until I ran enough numbers. IF: * everything runs according to form, except, * Sioux win WCHA (duh) * Gophers lose twice * Michigan loses twice * Cornell loses twice A little motivation never hurts ... YATC is a great tool.

I heard those tapes were all accidentally destroyed.

Peter Sejna with the great overtime goal ... puck bouncing across the slot and literally out of nowhere, he whips a wicked boot-high one-time snap shot past Bruckler. Thursday night I think James Massen gets the GWG.

Formerly the Dane County Coliseum ... where the Evil Red Machine played for 30+ years ... They got bumped from the Kohl by the Wisconsin Girls HS Basketball Tournament. Imagine if the Sioux had to play at Old Engelstad ...

Safe to say, the consensus of this board is that allowing the players to be physical is just fine. And with WCHA refs calling games in St Paul, I like our chances against anyone right now. I worry about us getting a billion penalties in the NCAA's tho.

The upper class played tonight with a great deal of passion and urgency, I thought. One fun example, in the 3rd Bina knocks down a Dog at the blue line, causing the play to go offside. As Bina skates away, Canady, Massen and Schneider give him high fives. Ya just don't see that every day. I just love seeing Canady Massen & Fabian on the powerplay. I hope to see it in St Paul next week. Upon watching the Dogs a second game, I think its unfair to say the whole team bagged it. But a bunch of their guys were just awful (#13 Mcknight, #29 Miskovich, #22 Stauffacher ...), where was the Evan Schwabe that is so flashy? When we got goal #2, it was like they lost heart. I may be reading too much into it all. Unbeaten in 6 games now. The Roll continues ....

Sioux looked really tired late ... I think only 6 players got time. Sad that Maffin had to watch. I was surprised we pressed with such a short bench... and I wonder if it cost us late. Yes #3 got a lot of points, but Hausauer did a great job on #24 (pazzini sp?). Lot of missed FT, lot of rebounds that we were slow to, and my best guess is fatigue. Even with it all, we got 3 great looks in the last :30 and none of them dropped. If 1 goes in, its OT. If 2 go in, we win. Congrats to the team on a great season.

Cornell on a regular ice sheet is an opponent to be respected. Cornell on the big ice gets dismantled by any of the WCHA teams that get into the Dance. I actually hope Minnesota gets the #1 seed, because I think it is fairer (competitive equity) but also b/c it increases the odds of 3 WCHA teams at the Frrrrozen Ffffour.

Friday attendance: 9400 UND 5400 BU and BC (combined) 9300 Michigan State and Ohio State (combined) 11200 ECAC, the whole da#@ conference (Cornell, Harvard, Vermont AND Colgate) Not too shabby.

After last night, it becomes increasingly likely that the Sioux make it in. A win in the UMD series would seem to make us a virtual lock. We got some help last night, again, when Maine beat Lowell. And everybody int he WCHA got helped when Michigan State beat Miami ... (Gophers are back to a #1 seed and that puts CC and DU somewhere else ...)

The Jones goal reminded me a bit of the gold-medal winning goal for Team USA at the 2004 World Juniors, goalie clears it off an attacker and bounces in..... IMO, last night was a case of UMD playing poorly even more so than the Sioux playing well. I'd like to wish I was wrong in that regard. Also, I enjoyed seeing Fabian and Massen getting double-shifted on the last Sioux powerplay. Bina and Smaby got some time on it too ... (Who'da thunk it?) Sportsmanlike gesture by Hak. I've seen the Dogs play nearly unbeatable hockey at times this year, and then like they did last night. Question is who shows up tonight.

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.