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I think und is catching the Gophers at the right time. Minnesota has been riddled with injuries--Stoa out with a knee, Bostom out with hand surgery, Wheeler banged up a little, Mike Howe missing some time from a concussion. Therefore, Lucia is forced to play Hoeffel, White, Fisher, Kevin Wehrs as a forward but natural position is defensemen who are all true freshmen. Playing that many young guys typically does not add to the scoring punch or to victories. Missing Mike Carman the 1st half of the year does not help matters any. Add to the mix 3 freshmen blueliners and it equals a middle of the pack WCHA team so far. The Gophers have looked very good at times this year but they also have looked very bad at times. Inconsistent is the buzz word right now. I do think the Gophers will be a lot better in February than they are in December but for this weekend I do not see any way the Gophers take 3 or 4 points. Possibly a split but more than likely und either sweeps or they get 3 points.

Here is my take on the Final 5 @ the X--Does it favor the Gophers??--yeah I think soooo. Only because of the 19k in attendance about 14K of them are Gopher fans. I do think in most sports having the crowd behind you does provide a "home field advantage". Try this on for size--What if the Final 5 were to be held in Denver or Chicago??? Both locales have everything St. Paul has and you truly have a neutral site tournament.

University of Wisconsin games are broadcast via FSN in Madison

1.) GOPHERS 2.) GOPHERS 3.) GOPHERS 4.) GOPHERS 5.) GOPHERS 6.) GOPHERS 7.) GOPHERS 8.) GOPHERS 9.) GOPHERS 10) mehhh nobody else measures up Either that OR 1.) sue/GOPHERS can flip flop here. Both are odds on favorites to win the McNaugthon and Broadmoor 3) Tech 4) UW 5) SCSU 6) CC 7) DU 8) MSU 9) UMD 10) UAA

If it cures my slice I am allllllllll for it.

STOP THAT!!!!!!!! a common sense logical post has no place in this forum. Sheesh

Holy mother of pearl I actually agree with what Goon says. Do you believe in miracles YYYEEEESSSSS Anyway, Briggs solid during the regular season but brutal in post-season. He folds faster than a tuesday newspaper. Frazee seemed like he matured a little last year and turned the corner. I actually had more confidence in Long Island Frazee than Briggs. Defensemen will be an issue. Awfully young back there. tDon is bringing in some beef with Bickel and Shack but I don't think they are mobile enough. Shack struggled mightily at times last season. Either way, they still will be a solid team. Might have some growing pains Oct - Dec. but they will be in the hunt.

STOP THAT!!!! That is a well-thought out logical response which has nnoooooooo business being on this forum. Shape up or ship out PCM

You are 100% correct in the fact that und as a D-II school does not receive a dime of the revenue from NCAA events(except maybe a percentage of the concession sales). To me that is a crock of horse bleep. As far that being a reason to go D-1 is not a very good reason. To fund a Divison 1 athletic department you are talking some major $$$. My father-in-law is a big time sioux booster and according to him und would need to generate an additional $1M - $2M revenue each year. What und would get back from the NCAA in hockey revenue does not make the sole reason to go D-1 much sense.

Don't come over here and flame away to be a-holes. There is no need. Our/my team lost to und in the regional final and und lost to bc in the national semi-final. Point being is that both universities will not be national champions this season. Let's be honest here, the NC is what both teams are playing for nothing more nothing less.

People can say what they want about Gopher fans. I think 99% of us are solid hard-core hockey fans. We cheer/support/root for our team. I really think the "Arrogant Gopher" fan is soooooo overblown. Look at the first paragraph of this post. A sioux fan admitting about being cocky & arrogant. DU fans were the same. What is my point?: Gopher fans are really no different than sioux fans with the exception of cheering for different teams. I thought last nights game was AWESOME. Very even matchup. I don't think one team dominated the other. Overall, like I said earlier the two biggest, baddest, motherf"ers on the college hockey block squared off. Sioux won and they deserved to. They made a play when it mattered the most. So congratulations. One more thing, I will agree next years Gophers squad will be loaded. Really they are only losing Briggs. A little birdy is telling me EJ will be back, Goli will be back, and Wheeler. However, Okposo might bolt

Gonna be an awesome game. The two biggest baddest mothef'ers on the college hockey block going toe-to-toe & blow-for-blow. What Gopher team shows up tonight-- the one that decided to play the last 10 minutes of the game yesterday or the one that played 60 minutes in the Final 5 championship what und team will show up-- the one that let in 4 goals in 10 mintues or the one that dismantled Michigan in the 3rd period. Anyway, good luck to both squads and may the winner represent the WCHA proud in St. Louis

Well as anyone who has ever played the game of hockey knows you always, I mean ALWAYS, poke & slash at the goalie until the whistle blows. This is done on the off-chance that the goalie actually losses control of the puck & the opposing player knocks the puck into the net for a goal. Furthermore, all players on the ice are taught at a young age to play until the whistle blows---goalies, forwards, and defensemen. I really do not know the point of this since all players have been taught to play this way since the age of 5. I don't think in this example the lamaro is "showboating" College hockey officials are very quick to whistle the play dead when it appears the goalie has control of the puck (obviosuly to protect the goalie) I think the "showboating" persists when a slapshot is taken from the blueline and lamaro makes a glove save and he "over-exaggerates" the fact he has made the save and starts to shake his head back-n-forth. This might be his way of motivating himself but from a opposing fan-base perspective it certainly appears as "showboating"

Nope, und ended up 7th in the pairwise. end up as a #2 seed and play agaynst Michigan Friday night

University of North Dakota. Why you may ask, #1) Every Saturday night game I have attended und wins. HMMMMM #2) I think und is playing better hockey right now.

I thought Marvin would dominate that game. He really did not do too much except 2 big face off wins that led to the PP goals. Royce from AL did look impressive. I gotta tell you something, the farmboys from AL may not have as much skill as the northern teams, however they play very well positioned hockey and they hit. I thought they out-hit & out-muscled Warroad last night. I think Warroad was a little shocked that AL physically manhandled them last night.

Well of course. sheeesh. We can't leave out the "Roswell Incident".

I often overlook global warming because we all know us Gopher fans were responsible for Hurricane Katrina

and we were responsible for the Lindbergh baby

Slapshot, Remember the secret oath we all took as Gopher fans to never reveal the conspiracy? Well I let the cat out of the bag a few weeks. I posted it on this website--I will try to find my post for you to read. I told them that it all started with Herb Brooks back in the 1970's then went onto Woog and now to Lucia. Here is the conspiracy in a nutshell, Slapshot feel free to add anything if I have missed. We all know that there is a massive conspiracy against UND. It starts with the wcha officials headed by that b@stard Shepherd which runs everything through McLeod who is taking orders from Don Lucia. Lucia is in coohoots with the NCAA (which is why they will not drop the lawsuit). Actually way back in 2001 when the ncaa started its anti-Native American imagery parade against all universities using said imagery, in truth it was just a front to attack UND and the fighting sioux name. Matter of fact, when Congress requested the ncaa to start investigating colleges/universities using native American imagery the leading House of Representative was from South St. Paul Minnesota who just happened to be boyhood friends with Doug Woog, Herb Brooks, and another individual who works for the CIA but needs to stay nameless. In the late 70's is when these 4 got together and started the conspiracy wheels in motion. The end result was to take down UND and let the university of Minnesota dominate. As evidenced of the multiple university of minnesota national champions during the 80's and 90's the conspiracy was worked like clockwork.

Hennessy is from Nordeast Minneapolis?? Unbelievable.

For the Gophers to have just 1 let alone 4 first place votes just proves how absolutly worthless the polls really are. The Pairwise and KRACH are an accumulation of the entire season but looking at the Gophers results/record over the last 10 games and to think they are even worthy of 1 first place vote is laughable.

I am thinking about buying a camoflauge hat that says "Get R Done" and bringing a case of Blatz with me so I will fit right in at the NCCC

That is an awfully difficult question. Its kinda like this: raw explosive diarehea spraying from your rectum or passing kidney stones that feel like razor-blades coming from your urinary tract=== Either way it is going to be painful More than likely I will cheer for UND since the outlaws love em so much.