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Blais gave Fabian very high praise in the USCHO recap, saying "he puts in more time than anyone else". Guys like that tend to find their way onto Dean's roster. Still, I gotta go with Brady Murray. His strong play all season has allowed Blais to split Zach and Bo, helping build the scoring depth we'll need down the stretch.

Yup - we got our work cut out for us. (Sioux just split with CC, they swept CC. Sioux split with Rodents; Dogs swept Rodents....) I like our odds.

Whole bunch of fighting majors with 5 seconds left. OK, I made that up.

Agree totally. We used up a month's supply of penalties this weekend. None left for next week.

Its been 20 years since I said it "come on Dogs, LOSE!" Tie game, UMD ppg 4:28

Good call.

CC leads 3-1 late in the first ... Badgers 1-0 after 2

Interesting strategy. Let's not try it again tomorrow.

The chickens should not be counted yet.

USCHO board says 3-2 Dogs mid-2nd

According to USCHO message board, Tech and DU are headed to OT 1-1 ============ and from FSN live, 2-2 UAA ties up the Gophers.

AND ... to finish the thought ... UMD gave UM-TC no time to float the long pass. Plus, UMD's defensemen jump into the play SO WELL, that the Dogs create a lot of 3-on-2's down low ... that's something that the Sioux have definitely changed style since Sandy left. (Nick Fuher will pinch effectively, otherwise our D plays conservatively at the point ...)

And when JPar faced a lot of shots (see Denver Saturday or at Minnesota Saturday), he played excellent ...

Time to split up Zach, Brady and Bucks.

Dogs speed is terrific. Reichmuth is stellar. They look tough. And the Gophers defensive effort looks MUCH better with Vanek in the pressbox.

Bruckler does.

Re - goalie meltdown Lamoureaux was the winning goalie in the USHL all star game ...

Deano was harsh on Brandt. I think the coaching staff needs to take a big chunk of blame too, not just players ... * Wisconsin scores the tying goal at 18:59, with UND's 4th line out there ... Massen, Hale, Genoway. Why are they on the ice in that crucial situation? If lines 1-2-3 are tired, * Why not take a timeout? I don't recall us taking a timeout.... Lundbohm statement taking accountability is a good sign. ============== The good news is we still have the #1 PWR, a favorable remaining schedule, and a very good team. The bad news is that tonight we have to play WI at the Kohl. Gut check tonight.

Why can't NDSU and SDSU just fill the schedule by playing each other a couple more times?

They didn't show anything at The John, because they don't have big-screen video. They do have a pretty funny public address guy, tho.

That 1980 Sioux team won their last 18 home games. The similarities to the 2004 Sioux are that the team was very young, had brought in some terrific (great) freshmen, and the team's leadership character (Eades, Smail, Taylor, Chorney, Walker) was very hard-working team-first.

In 1980, we started a petition for North Dakota to secede from the union, start an Olympic Committee, and get the Fighting Sioux into the Olympics. We thought it had a chance, especially since North Dakota was the world's 3rd largest nuclear power at the time. We figured the Sioux had a great chance at silver or bronze, but nobody dreamt of beating the Soviets.

Saturday reactions: Bochenski looked noticeably tired in the 3rd. Parise and Murray looked strong tho. Denver's only goal came with their top line (Gauthier et al) out against UND 4th line, middle of the 3rd period, one-goal lead. Puzzling, and I don't pretend to understand the coaches' rationale. Blais shortened the bench after the DU goal, but DU had the jump on us at that point. Much like the Saturday game at The John, we had chances early, didn't convert, and the opponent rallied.

No, I got it the first time; I was just being thick. Your point is well taken.

If Nash is so good, why did he chicken out of playing against Zach at the WJC? Besides, Nash has played more games, he doesn't have to drag around 3 guys on his back for the whole game, and the NHL is overrated.