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Spot on. Totally different skating game--lateral and backwards v. forward. Though Miller did quite well. I would be a little less worried about the time it is taking skilled players like Kristo and/or Marto to eliminate gaffes on the blue line. None were better than Roche at playing possession on the blue line during PP, but but I'm sure he turned over his share in his first couple of years. Maybe not--I can't remember to be honest. He!! to be old enough to remember a lot of hockey but also old enough to forget all of it.

Never really thought of hockey as being nuanced.

Frankly, it makes me a little proud, though not surprised, that a fair number of Sioux fans might think it rude to stand during a breakaway. Illustrates that sense of civility and respect midwesterners are know for. But then we hockey fans are animals, so I guess that little observation goes nowhere . . .

Rmember the context. Big Sioux asked if it is rude to stand for a breakaway. There are maybe 3 of those a game, hardly enough to ruin the value of someone's season ticket purchase. We're not talking about bonehead fans at many sports who just stand continually without giving thought to those behind them. I'm a real stickler about being considerate of others, but when there are moments like a breakaway or the closing seconds of a tight game when the other team has pulled its goalie, I will stand unless I know it is a problem for those directly behind me.

Just thinking of yourself, are you?

Stand up on a breakaway, then sit down--that's not rude. In church, maybe, but not at the rink. Now, to stand up, howl at the moon and urinate over as many rows below you as your stream can reach is just outside the range of acceptable hockey behavior.

Very serious stuff. Hope Chay comes out of it healthy. Losing Genoway even for a short time hurts--last night was pretty good evidence of that. But if the Sioux can keep winning enough to stay in the NCAA pool, having him out for a time might force others on the blue line and PP to grow their game in ways they might not have otherwise.

Members of the LWW (Librarians Without Work) will be applying in record numbers for rink security positions. They'll have the upper hand in getting those jobs too, since they can pick up a loud voice from a block away and understand what Order is. It will be a boon to guys like Sheppard too, because they will probably be asked to referee fan infractions from their booth in the sky. It might ultimately be good for the atmosphere too, since fans will be booing the refs for penalizing fans for booing the refs for penalizing a Sioux player. Domino-effect booing that will cause the librarian security guards to blow a circuit and abandon their positions for a warm cup of tea at home with their cats and small dogs. Then we can stand, stomp, curse, and defile like good hockey fans were meant to.

Best response is to skate hard to every puck, finish checks hard, but clean, and score on every power play you get. If you get a 4 goal lead, make it 8.

No, he shouldn't.

Time out, Time out Most of what we all say ranges from hyperbole to gross exaggeration to complete bull***t, and we know it. This is just good, clean, Nodak fun, and we don't have to kick the dog or ruin a good 7-iron as long as the gophs are around. Although we stray from time to time, we aren't here to be rational, for the most part. Back to regularly scheduled program Gophers blow

OK, we're a little punk. The gophs are boys choir, and Don is getting uncomfortable playing in our club.

Looking for two tickets to the Sat night Wisconsin game. email: epmolberg@hotmail.com Will pay extra for Sioux win guarantee Thx

Paint Your Wagon: I was born under a wandering star.

A complimentary copy of "Fight on Sioux" was on every seat the Friday game of the Mankato series after Ralph E died. I don't live in the area and don't catch many games in GF, so I don't know if that was coincidence. My favorite pic is a double across pages 2 & 3 showing the sioux goalie (maskless) from a '59 game in the barn.

In fairness, the Badger fans have fun with that cheer, and I don't see it as mean-spirited. They've never picked me with it, but I wouldn't mind if they did--probably stand up and laugh it off. They have a lot of fun as a group with those cheers, along with the band. I wish the Sioux had a little more of that. But as to Rizzo, you're right that she would chew on that cheer too if it were coming from Sioux fans. Too bad she can't go back in time to the old Ralph. She'd probably have to spend the game outside in the production van listening to Hennessey and Home of Economy ads.

What JFR really needs to know is whether there is a TV show host among them.

What you say is probably true, but facts can seem awfully one-sided until both both versions are told (grant you that they probaby won't be if they negotiate a plea and related civil claims are settled).

It's hard to see how T. Arnason can still be in the game.

OK, we got most of the preliminary fluff out of the way--win/loss record, line compositions, captains, nickname, etc. NOW . . . What about Miller Time?

Don't hold it against Dean that he played for the Gophs. He wasn't that good--who else would take him? Coaching's different--he's damn good. If he ever takes the job with UMinn, it's just proof that he is getting old and demented. To be pitied, not hated.

The Sioux never cycle the puck anymore. or They need to do something other than cycling the puck all the time.

A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.

Good post, but it's a lot simpler than that. "Sioux fan" is defined in Webster's First College Hockey Dictionary as "One who . . . , and hates the Gophers with a holy passion." If you don't hate the gophs, you don't fall within the definition, so you can't be a fan of both. You might want to be a Sioux fan, but you can't be. Sorry, but the world is a hard place sometimes.

Okay, I won't tell you what I'm about to tell you.