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Last year was really not the most enjoyable tournament. The only less enjoyable was 2002? when the Sioux completely missed it.

The boony hat?

let's not have "up" follow "throw" this year, ok? We're not bringing umbrellas.

You should know, it was you.

He was tired.

I talked with a former Sioux player who had won both a Final Five and National Championship. He said he thought it was harder to win the Final Five because the WCHA tournament is always packed with the top teams in the country, especially once you get to the Final Five. In the NCAA's you will usually end up meeting top teams in the nation but you don't have to go through so many good teams to win it all.

OMG, all these years looking down and seeing Hoogsteen. Won't be the same. We're in row 11.

Totally understand that.

I feel about exactly the same way. I'll be cheering for them to win on Thursday but maybe just has happy if they lose. I almost completely agree with this post. I don't think it's a problem to "go after the other guy". That's what you do when you are making a check. I think by definition of the charging and contact to the head rules Frattin is probably getting what he deserves. My point is that I don't think he was head hunting. I don't think it was a dirty hit. I think it was almost a clean hit that went too far. I'm not too upset with the suspension because this was a very close call for the refs and the league to have to make. Sioux fans clamored all year for huge discipline on Marvin. Now, in a borderline situation our guy gets 1 game and some of us are just as outraged. Can't have it both ways. It's not the same type of infraction, I know that. But the WCHA was in a spot. We can already tell from the outcry in MN that had the WCHA NOT handed down a suspension ever fan and coach who wanted to rip the WCHA had an easy target. It's a borderline call and this time the WCHA chose to at least appear that they wanted to protect the player. And that's what Sioux fans have been asking for all year.

My physics education is not as fresh as yours, nor maybe as complete, but up is still an angle, is it not? 2 cars in a head on collision, and one has a lower bumper than the other...may cause the higher bumper car to ride up and over, rather than to the right or left?

I agree. It might be simple physics. As Frattin said on the radio, he just overpowered the guy. The photos show that at the point of the most violent part of the contact Frattin's feet are still on the ice. However, Wehrs goes down and that energy has to go somewhere, so likely up. One guy bounced one way, the other went the other way. However, Wehrs's head probably hits on Frattin's shoulder and so that may still be cause for the contact to the head discipline.

The crowd sounded wonderful on TV. Both Gregoire and Hakstol tipped their caps to the fans on the TV postgame.

I see it differently but I hope you're right. I'd rather be the team that won the 2nd game. I would think they've got the confidence and the mo.

I should be a little careful. I watched it on TV and you probably watched it in person. That was my opinion, anyway.

In my opinion, though, I didn't think the refs missed calling any penalties on the gophers last night for the most part. I thought they did a pretty good job. The fact that the gophers didn't commit any penalties was just more evidence that they just weren't trying all that hard. I thought the Sioux got away with at least a couple non-calls. For instance they should have got Blood for holding the stick in his own zone at one point.

I've got half of what you're asking for right here.

I'm not sure what wasn't clear about this post but let's quit debating the merits of using a certain term and talk hockey. I will close the thread next time. Take your extraneous debate to PM's.

Forum Rules Here are some selected excerpts: If we scroll back through here we can probably find examples of violations of each of these, or at least borderline violations. Let's get the thread back on topic before it needs to go away. Or before anyone steps too far over the line.

I think it's going to be a very tough series and I think it will go to 3 games. I give the Sioux the edge but this is it for the gophers. Win or go home for the year. I don't think they will go out quietly.

Just you, I think, as I'm able to watch it in Firefox.

I figure if it's good enough for the NCAA it's good enough for us, right?

Fun game to watch. Canada appears to be more skilled but at a few crucial times missed open nets but hit the parts being filled by Miller. Heck, Kevin Spiewak can beat Miller. Nothing wrong with being a little lucky to go along with hard working and opportunistic. Wow, is Kane good.

The hit was a penalty but was it that cheap? Could it be he had Geoffrion lined up and Geoffrian hesitates just a moment and instead of a full broadside Marvin gets his head?

Unbelievable. Suddenly some of the conspiracy theories pertaining to WCHA leadership don't sound so far fetched.