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The problem with plays like Mac's is that when you invite refs to make a bad call chances are they will. The first hit was great--classic Mac. The little hit when the guy was down was foolish (and ineffective) and also classic Mac.

Sparky come home!

Holly Cross is not Minnesota, but this is the kind of swarming, uptempo game many have been looking for from this Sioux team.

Is it true DaveK is Gino Gasparini?

The one-timers thing is so pitiful it has to be intentional. Surely he's heard . . . .

Some truth there, since a blue chip goalie will control rebounds, but the success of "shoot first" is just as dependent on how much traffic your team can generate in front of the net. If the other team has Dmen who are very good at keeping the slot clear, you might as well pass. But if they don't or you have a garbage meister like ZPar, that's different. One problem, in this age of butterfly goalies, is that players tend to go high so often, resulting in fewer rebounds.

Hakstol has always said he values what the tournament does for his players.

Whatever the reason, it sounds like sitting him worked.

Prpich was the most different guy I can recall to get a point.

It's true Gregoire and St. Clair were only verbals, but some would say their decisions were even more turncoat. College and majors are two distinctly different routes to the NHL. There is no interleague play, and a there is no return from major junior. To promise one college your allegiance then chose another is a choice between two teams playing the same game. A player like Gregoire can go on to hurt the team he decommitted by playing against them for his second choice. I'm not criticizing players who change their minds in either venue. But to give guys like Gregoire and St. Clair and many others passes but to come down hard on Miller is not completely fair. Whether they are 17 or 21, they are kids making big decisions about their futures. They have to do what is best for them. Fortunately, we are fans of an elite program, so we enjoy the fruits of many of those decisions, including the decommits.

Jason Gregoire a selfish liar too? And Colten St. Clair? The kid made a decision. Good for him. It happens to all the top programs--and to others as well.

Merry Christmas all of you. May you be well and with your families

Probably contributing

It was an aggravation then, and not a separate injury?

Careful about DU, though. All it takes is getting into the tournament--from there on only March and April matter.

What is the latest on Parks (other than day-to-day)?

Agree with all that, including the fact that the cfb on Senkbeil was a good call.

Well coached game by Hak. Reacted well to the cfb situation, which was bad but could have caused the boys to completely lose composure. I became a Gaarder fan last year, and he's still showing that desire on the ice. Kristo is showing some sick skills, but he is also showing a ton of hustle, especially on the forecheck.

How many shots did they get on the cfb

Charging hits can be clean

You would be more accurate saying you can't trust Senkbeil not to make a stupid play after his team has ALL the momentum.

No reason to complain about that cfb.

I thought the same thing last night. Players were continually having the puck slide back in their skates, like happens when there is water on the ice. But that was a great college hockey game to watch last night. Call me disloyal, but I'd rather watch one like that than a 5-1 slopfest, even if the Sioux win (minus playoff implications, of course).

This camera and production crew has to be smoking something.

Ken and Glenn Boyeff were pretty good athletes in Minot in their day.