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Thanks for reminding me. [shrink, hide, pretend to ignore I ever posted it] I guess when God handed out the precognitive abilities, I must have been somewhere else. Mi cabeza no en casa. And, besides, I still think we'll make a run for the playoff titles. (Especially if #4 can get back into the lineup.)

Gee, I was hoping that we had a new recruit named Kwitcher Whining. I heard he's going to SCSU.

Interesting perspective ... Maybe we could get Myron Allen's "family advisor" to apply some persuasion ....

I wouldn't jump out of the window just yet, nor would I give away my tickets to Buffalo. Lot of season to go...

OK, the instant I turn on the car radio this morning, its pumping out Queen - "We are the champions, my friend... and we'll keep on fighting to the end ..." A sign from God? Cosmic Coincidence? Or just a fanatical passion for Sioux Hockey? You decide. GOOOOOO SIOUX!!!!!

I think the comparisons between the teams' second line and defense are distorted because Lundbohm gets a lot of PP points playing the point ... where it looks like CC goes with 2 defense. If you adjust for that, the statistics look pretty even. The biggest differences, stat-wise are the special teams. Which makes me nervous. Thanks for the coaches show recap, good to hear we are working on PK....

Damn right. Given the choice between a loved one with breast cancer or getting blasted in the corners by Mike Commodore, I'll take Commodore. College, plus college hockey, requires 100% focus to succeed at the level these guys play at. Its amazing they were able to stay in the game at all. And its good to have them both full strength. Nice article PCM. If Virg ever retires ...I'll vote for you.

A lot of goaltending success is confidence, and I think that's the case here, because the raw talent is there ... quickness, eye-hand, etc. But I think his confidence got shaken early by a bad outing at St Cloud, followed a month later by a bad outing vs. MSU-Mankato ... I think Jake will be fine, and I agree with jimdahl's insightful observation that we talk about goaltending so much because that's the one spot on the team that's not fully resolved. Let's have a good argument about ... who should be centering the fourth line. .... or which forwards should be on the 3rd PK unit.

Samurai Goaltender! We can bring him in on a Samurai scholarship, and he can play goalie for the hockey team. Plus if you score on him, he slices your head off. Hat trick prevention.

Another way to look at this ... is against common opponents, the other 2 first-division WCHA teams, CC and SCSU. Vs CC (playing at home): Mankato took 2 points, MN-TC took 1. Edge Mavs. Vs. SCSU (playing home and home): Mankato took 3/8 points, MN took 1/4 points. Edge Mavs. That said, I wouldn't have a problem if the mavs swept either. The Sioux better bring their A game to mankato in February ...

Which means, I guess that UND would be an awesome team, if they put Dubielewicz behind the Sioux defense ....

Excuse me, but we were talking about how good Mankato is. Mankato will have matchup problems, I think, vs MN. But they've been getting much better goaltending, and they have some bona fide snipers. ... They are climbing the ladder. After the series in GF, Blais said they look to be just 1-2 players away from really contending; I agree. I predict split.

I think CC has a good chance of sweeping Wisconsin. But I wouldn't mind if the Badgers softened them up a little bit. And Im glad Zach will get a few extra days to heal his wrist injury ...

Also ... Andy Schneider is (I think) the #2 scoring defenseman with 26 points on the year, behind just Preissing of CC (28).

Good thing for us that Sal and Prideonice don't have weapons of mass destruction.

Speaking of rankings, I think we should loan Canisius some players, to help their RPI ... And I'd ask everyone to root against the 2 western regional hosts ... so that if UND gets that far, there's a better shot at neutral ice games ... Maine deserves to be #1. Look out for Denver and St Cloud ....

I thought the fourth line looked pretty decent. They only got in trouble once, that was early, when they couldn't clear the zone, and Minnesota pressure forced a penalty that led to the first MN goal. Other than that, Fylling had a couple decent chances, and Connelly let go a couple slappers .... not bad. I was expecting we'd have to go 3 lines ...

He could have played goalie

If the Sioux finish the NCC season behind NDSU, SDSU, Augie, and USD we deserve to be no better than #8 .... ... but I think this team will do better...

Agree. Label doesn't matter. Its just kinda unthinkable that's all. Like getting old, recruiting a tall goalie, or having the Gophers introduced as "your national champions...." at The John.

I could have sworn you said Parise was centering the second line.

The other reason to really REALLY want to finish 3rd or better - or even 2nd ... is the first round opponent. Big difference between #8-9-10 (WI, UAA, MTU) or #7 (UMD, Mankato or the Gophers).

My dad said I'm not s'posed ta say who, but his first name begins with a Z.

OK, OK, I'll ixnay on the Ach Zay playing oalie gay. I mean... he'll probably play forward .... well that is if there's room on the roster ... still ... what with everyone else playing so well ... wouldn't be surprised if Zach spent Friday doing the shot chart with Siembida. I hope you're satisfied, PCM.

I can see why LA traded him, wouldn't want all that energy on your team. NOT. No big surprise he's doing well, I just hope he can stay healthy. Thanks for posting.