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Sure. He is a Western Michigan player, so the refs knew he had no balls.

I apologize. That one should have had a smiley.

These are complicated times. On one hand, we want to pick up critical NPI points, and this series is a perfect opportunity to do that. On the other hand, we want nothing to do with chasing misplaced priorities and winning the Penrose. We made that mistake too many times in the recent past.

What a recruiting tool, and not because it’s an effective spin job. It’s authentic.

And if we don’t get that, we never wanted it.

They say that when it gets below freezing the iguanas fall from the trees in Florida. Must be raining Ledgies in Minny these days. 😀

There’s gotta be a ledge somewhere in the building. 😄

You don’t go into the reigning National Champions’ barn on the last weekend of the season when the conference title is at stake and come away with points—not if they’re legit champions. Western sweeps going away.

Anything less than a sweep is unacceptable.

Most definitely

I mean I’m not yet enough of a swimmer to swim with the adults. Babbling.

Often after rereading a post I’ve already written, I feel like I’m coming up for a gulp of air and realize I’ve been in the kiddie pool all along. That ever happen to you guys?

The thing this team has not quite figured out is passing in the difficult areas like break-out and neutral zone transition. They seem to be passing to fixed targets too often, which is easier to defend. I get that those are problematic for most teams, but this team has more talent than most. I wonder if some coaches like Carle are just better teachers of that aspect. I wouldn’t trade Jax and staff at this point, though.

IMO, there’s nothing at all wrong with needing to win at Western next weekend. It’s nut-cuttin’ time, and if they can’t avoid getting swept in Kazoo they aren’t ready to win in the NCAAs.

Hats off to Cloud. They came to play. Can we lease Gross for the playoffs—just on faceoffs?

Yup

Would have responded to this post earlier but was late getting to it.

A lot of gliding into puck battles. SCSU moving their feet at all times.

Is there a certain quality one must have to be considered a dude, even in hockey? Dudeness? A Big Lebowski thing?

We were. Being old doesn’t make one wiser—certainly not smarter. But having been an adult Sioux fan over a period of time spanning 6 different head coaches does give a person perspective.

I don’t recall who covered college hockey at the Pioneer Press at that time, but I remember him writing in the lead-up to the FF that he couldn’t see anyone beating the Sioux, whether they got a lucky goal or two or not. Found a small bar in Onalaska, WI that carried the game. You’d think Badger fans would have been pulling for MSU, but that wasn’t the case. Being a fan from afar was very different in those pre-internet days. Newspaper sports sections were important.

You think east coast bias is something only humans have?

Big time. There’s a lot of very important hockey yet to be played, but starting with his commitment to stay last summer, James could be this team’s mvp. I know nothing of locker room leadership stuff, but he appears to have been an on-ice leader all season long.

Define “in good standing.”

Sic has become a fully . . .groan . . . man.