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17 goals...33 assists. He must have passed it a time or 2 ............

We got beat because HC played better.......plain and simple.......they showed more heart. It is a shame that some fans (Gopher fans included) simply can't accept that once in while their team lays an egg. Accept it move on....it's over. #3 is pretty good though...........a nazi conspiracy ??

Your right Hauser was no hero....gave up what HAD to be the worst goal ever in a championship game, that almost turned out to be the game winner.........and yes, he SHOULD have had a penalty called in him in overtime. However, be it right or wrong, penalties are rarely called unless it effects a scoring chance, which his 'chopping' did not (which made it worse in my view). If Koalska hadn't been tripped, he would have had a clean break away. Breaks......I always say I would rather be lucky than good, and that certainly holds true hockey as well as most sports. Odd bounces, players tripping, you never know.......but at the same time the teams that work the hardest, do seem to be the luckiest.

Surprised this didn't happen Monday...........

Correct me if I am wrong.....but old Ralphy never said he would blow the place up if the name was changed. When the dispute was going on, the arena was only half done. He said he would have no problem stopping construction and letting the place rot. If the Engelstad's (who control the arena today), felt the same way...they could refuse to rent the facility to the university if they were contemplating changing the name/logo/etc.

Potulny has signed with Flyers............

The terms are actually different..but at this point the family does have control of the Ralph. That's not to say that they are going to implode the building though...........sounds far fetched to me.

Wrong, the arena IS still controlled by the trust. It's fairly complicated, but the policies involved with the trust, created the reason that Dean Blais left the university.

You are correct. Winning the WCHA is a BIG deal. That's the one that says you played good hockey for a long period time. The 'Championship" in any sport, at any level, is all about who is playing the best at the time. A hockey season is more of a marathon than a sprint........playoff's, especially in a single elimination tourny are definately a sprint.

Can also be a curse having to play these teams more than others. Minnesota ended up playing the last month of the schedule, and first round of the playoffs against these types of teams, and there is no question that's where they lost their edge. North Dakota on other hand, played MEANINGFUL games during that time span........games they HAD to win to even qualify for the NCAA's. Essentially every week was playoff hockey for them. I think the last weeks of the regular season had as much to do with the Gopher's fall as anything.

Carle gets my vote. He could control a game when he was on the ice, no one else in this group can say that. Potulny's number's are VERY good, but as several have pointed out, other than the SCSU game, where was the big play when it really mattered. Elliott would have got my vote back in January, but I don't think you can miss as much time as he did, and still be considered a serious candidate. Not his fault, but just the way it is. Plus when he did come back, those first few games he looked like pee-wee goalie out there.

No need to to feel sorry for us Gopher fans....we will be back. Every team loses games that they should win once in while, though they usually don't completely disappear at this time of the year. They Gophers did play the game as though they were entitled to win simply by pulling a sweater with a big "M" on it over their heads. They had no heart, no fire, and no emotion....and that is the most disturbing thing. I never expected that out of this years squad, other years, yes, but not this years team. So now I am Sioux fan for the next 2 games !! I have no problem cheering a program that honors the game, has a great tradition, and truely love and understands the great game of hockey.......unlike that 'other' team to our east. I want the championship to remain in the WCHA where it belongs.......as long as there no red attached to it. You can find me at the Bradley Center, still wearing the jersey of my beloved Gophers, and cheering as heard as anyone for green. GO GET 'EM SIOUX !!!

Hate the Badgers ??!!! Hate is pretty tame word..........

Good luck to the Sioux...this is one Gopher fan who will be cheering for you in Milwakee...........can't win 'em all !!!