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I've heard that. In fact, it is said that if that French fur trader had spelled his name Faribioux, Shattuck would have started in Owatonna instead.

It is not by accident that DU has so many banners. It's been a top program for a loooong time. And that's great, IMO. The better our conference mates are, the better the hockey we get to watch on a weekly basis and the more prepared we are when the tournament rolls around.

We have been spoiled as fans for many years. Year in and year out, week in and week out, our boys have been playing top level hockey. Very few programs are as consistently top notch. It's nice to win it all this year, but being able to watch exciting, winning hockey every weekend for . . . well, dam near always . . . is a huge priviledge.

I guess you can eliminate anyone who calls him or herself a friend of Nick's if he made public what Nick did not want made public.

Was he Tim's color guy? I'm liked his work well enough, but his constant interruption with "yup, yup" while Tim is talking became an irritation to me I was struggling to get past. He contributes, though. Someone just needs to teach that out of him. Maybe it's just me.

I think he's waiting to see if the Hawks unload Kane to make room for him on the second line. That's my gut.

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You were quick. No, my best friend Phil was in town for a few days from Cleveland and had to go back. It's May, and I thought maybe that would interest some people but decided probably not, so I deleted it.

Maybe June

Good stuff, Farce. I'd like to listen in on Tim Hennessey and Virg Foss chat about this topic.

Great idea--one that just might turn his decision our way. But I'm not sure Nick believes I can deliver enough votes for him. Some people don't believe a dam thing I say.

A buddy of mine said Nick is waiting for us to decide the best four-year player question before he releases his decision. Says he wants our full attention.

That's a very legitimate point. Gaudy numbers from an earlier era do not make the whole case, just as Nattys don't--at least on this particular question. I saw a lot of Greg J and not much of Taylor, so I really cannot compare them very well. Without streaming coverage in those days, if you lived away you just didn't see the guys as much. But I can say that Johnson was a dynamic force on the ice as a freshman--teams had to focus on him from day one. Caggiula had a great career at UND, and we may very well not have won # 8 without him, but I just don't think you can compare the player he was as a freshman and sophomore with what Johnson was. This is all for S & G, of course. They are both Sioux, both had fine character, and both gave us fans more than we could have asked for. As well as the others being discussed here.

Good work, UNDBIZ. I took a class of some sort from Poochigan and didn't remember.

Not Pooch. Wasn't he in Gamble? I'm talkng about a philosphy professor.

Best player, not best team, so natties are not the measure. Greg Johnson. His statistics speak for themselves, and he was exciting to watch from the first time he hit the ice as a freshman.

Boy that sounds familiar--just can't say. He wore thick glasses and always seemed amused. He was definitely not an early departure.

I'm sticking with Greg Johnson as best 4-year player.

burd is lame at the simplest things.

Great memories, ira. Bob Lewis was a good man and a fine professor, and Tweeton was delightful. I cannot remember the name of the silver haired, slightly nutty, but brilliant philosophy professor who had a constant smile on his face.

Handsome/beautiful, yet not the least bit vain. Thoughtful, yet spontaneous. Intelligent, yet not arrogant. Funny. Generous. Proud, in a humble sort of way. They are the most interesting fans in the world.

It's that organic chem requirement.

And I would bet very few hockey players who play some of their high school years away from home bag a lot of AP exams in high school that transfer into credits at some colleges. I suspect UND honors AP credits with a 4 or 5 on the test.

How well the new D corps performs is key next season, of course, but it will also be interesting to see what Wilke and Gersich bring next year. If Nick stays, expectations will be shy high for the top line (if Berry keeps them together), but it's almost unfair to expect those three to have the same chemistry CBS had, even with Jost's top-end talent. And CBS was so good at the possession game partly due to who was on the blue line. Knowing when to pinch is partly instinct, and Stecher and LaDue seemed to have that, Stecher particularly.

If we added Bottineau, they would get to play in the Lumberdome twice a year for some old time hockey.