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I'd like to see how fast he can shuffle across after they let him out.

You're probably right. Some bad calls, but Hak really has to keep his cool there. He just has to.

I don't know what the Homers were saying on the radio but on the streaming they were saying it would be one or the other, not both. Did they call the same thing last night, in reverse?

So did Hak get a penalty

Sioux being badly outhustled

Questionable calls hurt, but SCSU is winning the races to the puck. That is not out of the Sioux's control.

Situations like this are good for the team at this point in the year. Although it was not an egregious hit, Schmaltz will learn to avoid that situation. Saunders will have to carry them for the next 4+ minutes, which he is capable of. If SCSU scores and the place starts to jump, the Sioux will have to learn not to panic and to come back. Good test.

Don't be a quiter, passit--there's a lot of hockey left. But if SCSU gets 2 out of this, it will be a long way back.

Not the least bit surprising call. You make that hit, borderline though it was, you expect that call.

It is nice to have a goalie whose college experience has been knowing that it was up to him to keep his team in the game--that his team would not win in spite of him but because of him. His positioning is so good. Last night he made some huge plays on cross net passes without flopping all over the place. He was just where he needed to be. I wonder what coaching he had at UAB, if any.

Saunders really played a strong position game last night. He saved the Sioux's arse in the first.

I think it's because the Canadian players who have played here all skated before they walked.

Good analysis. Yes, the D were guilty of some miscues, but they have been very very good in their zone this year so far. Hak will bring them along--he's a fabulous program coach. I think this year will tell us how far he has come as a game coach. Schmaltz is as far along as a freshman as any D the Sioux have had for a long time IMO You also have to like the way BU plays the game.

And when the team gets to chipping the puck up the boards or off the glass instead of passing . . .

But then you have that evil twin problem most of us try to overlook . . .

I'm still excited about this group. They have skills and speed across the board we haven't seen in a while, and I do think they work hard. It will be intresting to see who emerges as a real team leader on the ice.

He did what Sioux D used to do all the time but haven't done much of this year and that is hold the puck for two seconds before attempting the same pass that was open from the start. You could see the Sioux starting to lose the puck battles again tonight and feel what was coming. You know Parker will have a good game plan after all his years' experience, and his boys delivered. I really like Gleason, but you wonder how long it will take before there is a change there.

Really? I'd say this is the best skating D crew UND has had in a long time.

The Tims are good--no question. That is why I wondered about combining their audio with the video stream.

Keep a lookout on how he uses "one-timer." I can't remember his exact use, but there were two times last weekend when he didn't seem to have a clue. At the same time, he was OK last night, all in all. I liked Sweeney, but if the change had been the other way around, there would be pushback too. I've never listened to Hennessey while watching the video stream. Is there a lag that makes that impractical?

When is the last time UND had a D corps that good top to bottom? Gleason has to be be the weakest link and though he had some rough spots last Sat, he's been great.

You have to credit the fan bases. It wouldn't be as fun or as intense if gopher fans weren't such mindless, hairless, dickless, slopeheaded, nose-picking, turd-eating, diaper-wearing, goat-banging, pansy-arsed, run-from-a-fight liars. Great playthings.

Can't really fault him. Two fewer loses might be the margin he needs to keep his job after they disappoint again this year. Seriously though, it's a shame. It's one of the best rivalries in hockey between two quality programs. I'll miss those games and the trash talk that goes along with them. Look around--who you gonna hate like them?

Kudos for that post, Mariucci. Not many of us are good at that.

20 years ago, eh? If we need to know, we have an eye witness standing on the bench. Greg Johnson was in that group, and I don't think he was a big partier.