farce poobah

The last sweep in Minneapolis was in 1979-1980. It was fun.

Badgers and Gophers BOTH sweep for the first time ever in the Showcase. That oughta help our KRACH get bigger.

Thanks for the updates ... I'm in the dark too. Well not after the updates. Go Sioux!

Matt Greene was +5 Saturday ... an awesome stat. ... on the road, vs the #8 team in the country. ... Jones was +4. Up front Prpich and Genoway were +3. I'm still a bit surprised by how large the final margins were, both nights. The combination of DU with a short bench and UND conditioning maybe?

Who's Mapletoft?

It was as loud as any I've been at.

Not only should we not play conference games, we should schedule lightly on the nonconference side. Especially with the team having off weeks during the season (thanksgiving and the week after ...).

Another great timeout call by Blais. WOOO HOOO GO SIOUX!

I love it - Hennessy quoting Bill Murray in Caddyshack ... "how 'bout a little something, ya know, for the effort". Classic.

Women. Sure. Or Wookies.

Music to my ears ... Or maybe they were saying SOOOOOOOOO.

SIOUX WIN SIOUX WIN SIOUX WIN Badgers leading 4-3 3: left in Madtown

Brandt comes up big, oh the irony Ianozzo.... still 2-1 :59 left

2 minutes, still 2-1

BADGERS TAKE THE LEAD 4-3 SHG 6 minutes left

Good thing for them. They'll need 3 goalies to stop The Money Line, I mean the 7-11 Line, I mean the Line of Shock and Awe....

Is there room for 22 banners?

JK, very interesting read. If Blais sticks with Genoway, Hale and Canady as the 4th line combination, and I hope we see more of them, it reminds me of 1987. Reason being Sioux 4th line is rarely upperclassmen, but in 1987 at least by the end of the season, it was most often Jeff Bowen, Grant Paranica, and Scott Dub. And we know how that story turned out. Especially on the road, when opposing coaches are deliberately trying to create bad matchups, having experienced, strong skaters to let the 7-11 Line rest will be valuable. On Vanek's near-goal in the 1st Saturday, he blew by Schneider. As far as not seeing Massen, who would you take out of the lineup? Chris Porter has certainly earned a spot...

St Cloud State: Sioux Can't Stand U St Cloud: You Still Can't Stop Us ======================= St Cloud State Trophy Case: [empty box] St Cloud State - NCAA Champions - NOT! ====================== First we beat the Gophers Tonight we beat the Rejects ===================== SCSUcks! =====================

Zach Attack

It doesn't match the old Ralph because the bottom bowl is 1/6 students instead of 1/2.

Tallackson had zero SOG friday and zero SOG Saturday. He was so invisible it hurt. Vanek was -3 Friday and -2 Saturday. His definition of forechecking is to stand in front of the Sioux net and hope a "D" centers the puck to him. A great backcheck by Zach denied him a goal early on in front of a wide open net. Zach didn't score Saturday but he still ended the night +1. Gophers looked tired late both nights. Maybe not in shape? Sioux got better each night as the game went on .. maybe in shape?

So much for recipes. Geez, I was pretty much wrong about everything. We took some marginal unnecessary penalties early that cost, Let the Varmints score first, Got no goals from Bo or Zach, Gave up a soft goal (MN #3), AND WE STILL WON!!!! Yeeehhaaaawww! More thoughts later after I get "hydrated".

I think Blais will put Murray on a different line. I would not be surprised to see Massen in Bina out, with R Hale moving back to D. I think Canady should play, he played closer to potential last night with outstanding hustle and work effort, and no penalties. Its also a good situation to give JPar a start, but I wouldn't complain if Jake plays.

I agree. Sioux forechecking pressure led directly to goals, especially the important #5 from Brady Murray 1 minute into the 3rd period. I think the Gophers missed Ballard and Harrington more than the Sioux missed Schneider. I'd love to see both teams with healthy rosters.