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That's a great photo of Malone jumping!.

Yes, mine has done that. Last year and now this as well.

If you look at some of those games, maybe MN didn't play in them either.

It seems as if everyone is conjecturing in a vacuum of information. As no one really seems to have any detail on what happened, isn't it dangerous to start questioning things?

A few links http://www.mchenrycountysports.com/columnists/columns/2010/07/17/r_qgynfh89sys1eparyitla/index.xml http://www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1755 http://www.thescoutingnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29824:jack-rowe&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=54 http://www.ridertownusa.com/news/v/2010-ushl-futures-draft-results/296/

Men's?

Let's stop with the name calling. Let's also make sure we are not arguing for the pure sake of argument, or to rile up other posters. Legitimate dissent and discussion....have at it.

I laughed out loud.

Do we know if it was an arrest, or was it just failing a drug test?

Well said, star2city. Agreed.

What a horrible ordeal. My thoughts and prayers are with Perry and his family. That note just tugs at your emotions.

That's the way I'm feeling. It's been a nice run but I hardly believe it's going to last. They are bringing in a slew of good players and while we all know that doesn't guarantee anything sooner or later it will begin to pay off as some of the "issues' depart.

Occasionally!

Holy smokes, talk about parallel lives. Same here. Drove over to TRF to see him play for the only time ever.

There were 2 encouraging things in that letter. mikejm, you got #1. That's a very interesting "IF". #2. It seems as if they are not going to hide from the Sioux nickname. This tells me that, unlike the censorship at SCSU, they won't be putting photos over the old logos on banners, hanging jerseys, other old photos documenting Sioux athletic history. (For those that don't know what I am referring to, somewhere in the Concrete Center there is a photo of an old SCSU hockey player in his Chicago Blackhawk's gear. And they have pasted a photo of something, perhaps the SCSU logo, over the Blackhawk logo on his jersey).

Cycling's a great sport. If I was in the area I'd definitely help out.

Please, if you write, remember that what you write will represent your point of view. Write tactfully and thoughtfully, and you stand a chance of making an impression. Write ugly/vulgar, and you will probably cement in their mind that getting rid of the nickname was the best thing to do. Just my opinion.

I could get all aboard this train. Keep this alive. In my opinion I don't think we need to attack the tribes, very few of them were involved in this decision, overall. The general population seemed to be in support. But I like your idea for the same reason, only directed at the NCAA.

I don't believe the Native Americans are to blame here. This was up to UND to foster relations with them in the past, and frankly I think we got a lot more support from the Tribes in the last half year than most anyone ever expected. I thank them for their efforts and lay the blame with the State Board and leadership at UND who did not fight for the will of all the people.

I'd be all aboard that one myself.

A friend pointed out to me recently that no WCHA team has scored more goals than the Sioux in the last 5 years. A review of the stats would show the following. I'm not going to bother counting goals right now but here you go as an example: WCHA offense rank (Sioux) 09-10 -- 2nd 08-09 -- 1st 07-08 -- 2nd 06-07 -- 2nd 05-06 -- 2nd A lot of teams would love this "defense first" style.

Sioux win. Oh, you mean.... First round series just like it is now. Final Five format: 3, 4, 5, 6 seeds play on Thursday, I think like 4pm and 7:30pm or similar (I'm guessing 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5) 1, 2 seeds + both winners from Thursday play on Friday (I'm guessing 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3) No 3rd place game, but Championship game on Sat (Minnesota Rule in effect)

Toews had a lot of points at SSM but nothing like his brother and some of the other stars that have come out of that program. That he carries the Toews name has probably raised the expectations for many fans. I'll be honest, I expected him to play a fairly regular basis this year myself, so from that perspective I'm a little surprised. But he's not fallen so far that I'd call him the biggest mystery in 20 years. I don't find Toews situation to be much different from Finehage's and we could probably find some others.

What I want: A solid regular season, starting reasonable and ramping up as the season goes on. No playoff eligibility drama, just solid positioning all the way through. Win the opening round of the WCHA playoffs and a strong play in the Final Five. Don't have to win it. A confident, hungry team with energy reserves going into the NCAA's.

Anyone who was at the Final Five would not think this team lacked a blue collar attitude. I think they might have shot their wad, though.