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By the way, is Berry the blonde guy, the dark haired guy, or the bald guy?

Natty and what--5 years of 10-15 win hockey? If you are trading a natty and 5 years of bad hockey for no natty but 6 years in the NCAA and several FF appearances, no trade. That's 5 years of weekends of having no reason to want to watch them play in exchange for bragging rights for one series. I like my hockey more than I covet bragging rights. Now if you are trading for a natty and 5 or 6 other very good years where you were in the mix but just fell short, yes, make the trade. I'd tread Jerry York for that. Yeah, I know; don't help wake the sleeping giant, but it's only Tuesday and we need some fun around here.

Not that so much as he knows he would have to prove himself in the NCHC or Hockey East before the NHL would take the risk with him.

I don't follow Michigan State, but what in the heck happened there? Such a good hockey tradition.

Yeah, and I suppose it's hard to support a culture where you give 110% at all times while treating any game as less important.

Is one of these nights Senior night? If the boys win Firday, I wouldn't mind seeing Schmaltz sit (and anyone else recovering from a ding for whom a rest would help). It's not like Saturday will be the last home game, with the first round of conf tourney to follow. If if's Senior night though, you have to play Caggiula, I think, even if a rest would do him good. I know it's not really "Sioux Hockey" to sit players to avoid possible injury exposure or to just rest them, but I'd still like to see that strategy get some consideration. Pairwise is a factor in the background, since seeding counts, and that's a strategy consideration too. I'm guessing the coaches will just play those who are cleared to play and treat Saturday like any other game, regardless of Friday's outcome.

I will be extremely surprised if the B1G does not rebound from its current state of mediocrity and start producing more top 15 teams I hope they do, because they will need Wisconsin to do that, and our rivalry with them was best when both teams were very good. Nearly all Wisconsin fans I know feel the same way about that rivalry. It's like there's fun hate and hate hate. UMinn gets hate hate from both programs, while UW/UND is mostly mutual fun hate. B1G is our enemy, but I'd just as soon have them be good so we can still kick their arses when they don't have "down year" excuses.

I thought what happened in Omaha stayed in Omaha.

I just hope no one gets injured this weekend. That can always happen, but WMU plays very physical, and they may not have a lot to play for by late Saturday night. Not that I remember them being cheap.

He has still been great in the neutral zone on the back check

One of the thing that impressed me about Duluth was how they kept playing their game despite how incredibly frustrating it must have been to lose so many low scoring games. That kind of thing forges character, and when you mix in talent, you have a team that can be dangerous when things start to go their way. Like Denver now. Playing the game well usually builds confidence, but when it doesn't lead to wins, not so much. Winning always builds confidence. Duluth deserves to start winning, IMO. And when more teams in our conference start playing up to their potential, it's a better hockey world to live in IMO. More dangerous, maybe, but better. But for our guys to go into Duluth and Omaha and sweep? Hats off to them. BTW, did any of you notice how happy Thompson was after he got his goal? He practically raced over to the glove tap at the bench. His misplays have made him tentative this year, and that's a hard thing for a defenseman to overcome. He almost got burned last night but made a great stick play to recover. Maybe he will get some mojo back too.

Guentzel is a player. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

And we started to see some of the CBS magic start to happen tonight.

It's nice to have SCSU lose this weekend no matter who they are playing, but Duluth really does deserve to get some results. They certainly pulled off a very difficult task in the Cloud. Impressive.

How do you monitor these games, cberkas?

Oh.

What? Hawks have passed well tonight.

Hawks could lose this game, but they are also very close to breaking one open. A lot of near misses and they are starting to maintain possession like they did earlier in the year. fingers crossed

Me too. His faults are obvious, but he contributes a lot too. Like in most lines of work, if you can be counted on to work hard all the time, that goes a long way.

I noticed that too, but I'm alright with the way they've been calling these games. These teams are fun to watch when you let them play.

I'm not a superstitious guy, but I fell asleep today reading AARP magazine and had a dream where DBtM (Dean Blais the Myth) came riding into the rink on a big white horse wearing that green blazer and shooting thunderbolts out of his arse. The minute they saw him, Berry and Jackson dropped their clipboards and ran screaming into the mens' room. Shaw just looked over at him like he didn't know who he was then proceeded to coach the boys to a 8-0 shutout. When the game was over, Shaw went over the UNO box, and he had to bend way over to shake DBtM's hand. My AARP dreams are never wrong--going with the sweep.

Yeah, you usually get that from a Dean Team.

It's amazing we could go in to face Dean's 12th ranked team in their own barn after they've been swept, without Stecher, take a 5, and win. This D! And how many soft goals has Cam let in this year? We got far more softies from Zane, the guy who we thought was the standard in recent years. Amazing. A couple of comments about UNO. I know it's hard to evaluate play when you're not in the rink because you don't see play away from the puck or get a true appreciation for defensive play, but boy, can Guentzel play. He can maintain possession, snipe, and dish the puck. Has a battery like Parise's. I also like the way fellow Nodak, Morelli, plays--good speed, never gives up, solid on the forecheck. CBS missed some opportunities last night, but UNO missed some wide open nets too. Very entertaining, up-tempo hockey game. Winning Friday night on the road is so nice for fans--assured split, which is the usual result, and a chance for the road sweep. That's one thing that always strikes me about the way we react to outcomes. The boys played very well last night, but had UNO capitalized on a few of their chances, that could have just as easily been a loss. Then, with the same play but a different result, we would have been talking about the negatives from last night. Just the way we are, I guess. Thank Parise we have a team that doesn't put us in that position very often.

Yeah, those tiger heads were in a league by themselves

UNO's spinning O is just about as bad as CC's floating tiger heads.