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Give me a break. I was in SRO in Section 1. Sections 2&3 were filled with the lowest of low of hockey fans. All night it was one thing after another. There was this guy in a throwback jersey....he was the WORST!

I was going to say the same thing. Thanks.

I'm sure they are hoping to keep it secret.... somehow.

Did you see The Shawshank Redemption? We should be worried.

Will it surprise you if I agree with you?

Bad timing. Whether or not I feel sorry for Wisconsin, I do feel sorry for UND. It could be extremely helpful if Bucky sweeps Denver this weekend in the WCHA standings.

Thiessen watch: Brad Thiessen 15-18-4 6 shutouts 2179 minutes 104 goals 2.86GAA 1371shots 0.924 svs% His saves % is 3rd in the BCHL of goalies who have played more than 4 games, the best being .932. His 6 shutouts leads the league. The next is at 5, and then 3, etc.

Well. I guess this illustrates the gap pretty well.

Seems fairly reasonable, IMO. I guess the proof is in the implementation. I can understand some current season ticket holders who sit on the ends and who get moved could be upset. If I was one, I'd probably be. However, I don't think that's a good reason to NOT move the students. Apparently the season ticket holders are ALREADY complaining about student behavior. If moving the students can fix one source of the conflict, then might as well have the season ticket holders complain once about being moved and be done with it, rather than complain every game. Students, it's already been said. Cut out the vulgarity (can't be THAT hard), and limit the standing. I'm one who likes to stand. I still do. I'd stand the whole game if I could. I understand that. But few others do. So meet in the middle (on the seat) and get along. Stand up at the right times. Do the rest of the things you can do to be a good citizen, and fight if the complaints about standing during an "emotional" event get out of hand. You'll have much more to stand on then.

Farce, I love your optimism and will hold to it. Freshmen also often times wear down over the course of a season, especially WJ partcipants. The Sioux are especially vulnerable with such a heavy load of "at risk" players. Fortunately, as you say, they also have a great upside, especially with this talented class. Not all will fade, nor will all progress as we'd like. The key lies in the balance (or imbalance). And where will be the fulcrum?

That's a good one! Looks like Kozek? He was playing physical out there this weekend. I like him.

I feel so dirty but I might have to be a big gopher fan this weekend too. Regardless of how it affects our RPI/PWR ratings, a gopher sweep could really really help the Sioux in the WCHA standings. I know the old saying about ifs, ands and buts BUT should the gophers sweep this weekend AND the Sioux take care of business at home against Mankato and SCSU, the Sioux will be positioned with a very reasonable chance to finish 3rd in the WCHA. I'm not going to get into all of the things that need to happen, people can play with the WHAT IF tool for themselves. But looking at how Denver is currently struggling, if the above scenario was to play out, the Sioux COULD get to 3rd. And that makes the Final Five THAT much more fun. It gives us a better first round playoff opponent, and assuming we make the Five, it removes the chance of playing 3 games in 3 days like last year, a week before regionals. I'd rather avoid that if possible.

Thanks, Kermit. That's interesting to see.

I was joking that we have small guys, but can't seem to get that extra "inch".

No real problem, I was just hopeful!

psst....I think he was agreeing with you. At least that's how I read it.

Eh, apparently we can't break the 6'2" barrier....

Good point. I doubt Greene's ambition was to get to the show, and drop the gloves every 5 minutes. That's a lot of "Look at me! Look at me!". No, I suspect he will play the game as hard as he can, and if he needs to throw 'em, he'll do it. But I doubt he's looking for opportunities.

I probably read azsioux's post too quickly but it seemed as though he was referring to Marvin as a Sioux recruit, rather than a prospect. Not that I'm trying to split hairs as I hope he does become a Sioux recruit. Just wasn't sure if I was missing something.

Marvin?

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Friday: Irmen 1g 3a Potulny 1g 1a Saturday: Zajac 1g 1a (GWG) Spirko 1g 1a (EN to seal, Stafford with the assist) Maybe that tells the story there.

For the record, my buddy and I were at Mariucci on Friday night. We figured if this game was out of hand either way is when we'd get grief. Well, we know how the game went. We didn't get a single comment from gopher fans throughout the game. The usher was very nice to us when he talked with us after the game. And a student in full get-up walked up the steps, tipped his hat and said "better luck tomorrow". Everyone else pretty much ignored us. I think that was pretty acceptable, all-in-all.