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1145 WBB: Career rebounds by Jenny Crouse 1995-99 (#1 all time)

I was ready to say it was great even when I was pretty sure it would end with a Caps penalty in OT leading to a season-ending goal. These teams have been very well matched. There's no doubt the Penguins have better playoff legs, they adjust much better to each new situation (knowing what penalties will be called, going on the attack when down, etc...) I was pretty disappointed at how flat the Caps became when they got the lead -- when they were on the attack in the 3rd the puck spent a total of 30 secs in the defensive zone, whereas once they had the lead it almost seemed like they quit caring about clearing and were happy to try to block shots for 5 minutes until the end of the game That's 3 out of 3 OT games in this series in which the Caps have scored the game winning goal

A month later isn't ideal for all the outdoor activities, but glad they got it done.

The Lady Sioux swimmers and divers took 2nd at the final (2008) NCC tournament with 1146.5. 1st place University of Nebraska-Omaha scored 1148. BTW -- the men took 1st.

Discount an obvious pro-Caps bias all you'd like, but I did replay the slo-mo a few times and am pretty sure you and DaveK and spot on -- Ovechkin drops his shoulder with the intent of clipping Gonchar, which results in his shoulder and knee jutting out. At the last second Gonchar decides to try to shift away (unclear whether he saw the shoulder coming or not) and Ovechkin ends up kneeing him. Malicious? A little bit, in that it was intentional contact. An intent to knee a guy in the leg? Most likely not. Deserves a penalty? Sure, one guy did knee another. Deserves more than two? Probably not, but it wouldn't have been an outrageously bad call, in that the NHL does explicitly consider injurious result (but it also considers reputation of the player, on which Ovechkin is pretty clean). On a different note, I was pondering as I was just walking in from the grocery, I think the team that has scored first has lost every game this series. Go Pens

There's a benchmark for the Texas Tech game

I accidentally just noticed that this network is available on my cable. It's called UNVSP and is currently replaying the Canada game. A quick check on their website reveals that it's not available on any of Midco, DirecTV, or Dish, so probably no good for Grand Forksians; but, people in other areas (particularly who share my cable provider, Comcast) may want to double check. bracket Coverage doesn't look live (10et and 2et), but is instead delayed until 6pm and 9pm (ET).

I was really surprised to see him moved off the sports beat, so following that this isn't much of a surprise. Is his KFGO show sports, local events, or what?

Free beer Mayor Walaker comes through on his promise and "buys" everyone a beer (though it's not actually costing him anything). I haven't seen Dixie's eponymous beer (though perhaps in Louisiana), but the Blackened Voodoo has long seemed somewhat nationally available. Beer Advocate: Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager

The Caps did a good job of negating Crosby from camping in front of the net, which is how he earned all his previous goals, but managed to make the penalty differential even worse. Varlamov continues to astound. The Penguins definitely deserved that one, which is why it would have been so nice to steal it and put them away. I'm so used to Crosby being a finesse player and Malkin having been invisible in the playoffs that I was a little surprised to see Pittsburgh summon that sort of intensity for that length of time.

Job Opportunity Index: North Dakota Ahead of the Rest Fits with all the reports that ND's employment has been, relative to other states, much less affected by the recession.

UND bookstore has them with the UND flame logo, but I haven't seen one like that with the Sioux athletics logo.

We probably should have started an NHL playoffs thread instead of hiding out in the former players thread, but nonetheless -- I know what you're saying. Game 1 seemed just like game 1 of Washington-NYR but with Pittsburgh as Washington and Washington as NYR. Pittsburgh fans (and players) have to feel like they should have had that one, whereas I kind of feel like the Caps managed to steal it. If Washington can dig that hole deeper it becomes very hard to climb out of, but if the Penguins can tie it up then they'll likely have been the better team for two games in a row, worrying for Caps fans. I feel like Washington was a lot deeper on offensive opportunities (which redwing77 should like -- team sport and all that) and the penalty kill was sharp. Of course the penalty kill wouldn't have had to be so sharp if not for the imbalance in PIM and what was with the defensive breakdowns? The defense was really pretty good against the Rangers, and needs to start stopping a few more of those shots from reaching the goaltender. Whatever the Crosby containment strategy was, it could use some work. Fortunately, Fleury looked a lot softer than Lundqvist, so outscoring Pittsburgh seems like an ongoing possibility even if the Penguin top line can't be completely shut down.

I suppose I could have dug up an Alerus or Canad Inn thread, but this article touches a lot of different ground. Gershman: GF back in convention game

Fastest goal to open an OT (men's hockey) was Jim Ridley with a goal at 0:12 vs the Gophers on 1-11-57.

I think that's how the rest us of have felt about the Red Wings for the last 10-15 years

I don't think that's really been true since game 1 (in which they definitely seemed to be trying harder to turn every play into an offensive opportunity than play the position, though there were also a couple times key defensemen just got undressed). If anything, I would say the Caps struggles in the subsequent few games were offensive -- NYR had managed to shut down the top line and no one else seemed to think it was their job to try to score. Credit to Coach Boudreau for not letting the series be decided on Ovechkin vs Lundqvist. The offensive turnaround has been on the back of contributions from second lines and defensemen.

Ah, didn't go back far enough, thanks.

Week old news, but I didn't see it in this thread... USF/UND Reschedule Football Game

Among Rory Manke's (FB) accolades were: Sophomore year (2006): Ranked second in NCC in interception return yards (116), Junior year (2007): Named NCC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8)

For Apr 18 1169 -- Football: Regular season rushing yards by Bill Deutsch in 1975 (#7 all time record)

It would be a big mistake to paint with a broad brush, because I know good people who oppose the nickname for good reasons, but no one should be surprised after the last few years in which a small group of nickname opponents have demonstrated a repeated willingness to fabricate "evidence" of racism because the issue is so important that the truth doesn't matter In the last few years I recall highly suspect racist blogs, racist signs on campus and merchandise on ebay that use lingo I've only heard used by nickname opponents, to hacking into accounts on this very forum to plant racist messages.

As he suggested, Big A HG indeed blew away the field by predicting a BU over Miami final. Out of 15 games, chock full of upsets, he missed only 4. It's worth noting that miles1416 also predicted BU over Miami for the final, but didn't pick up as many points in the opening round due to a little too much faith in Michigan in the East bracket. Final standings Big A HG's picks Congratulations, thanks everyone for playing!

Touring UND landmarks... The Smith Hall sculpture is 11 tons. The Chest Fritz Library features an 82 tower facing University Avenue.

Apr. 4 Fighting Sioux Football #11 weighed 183 going into the '07 season. Ryan Konrath