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The Gophers did outplay UND that week-end, but on the whole I would say things are NOT looking good for our squad. For one thing, the weak 1/2 of the schedule was the first half, things get tougher now, and we are below .500. UND had a far tougher first 1/2 than what they have coming up. There is a very real chance they sweep the next 3 series and put the Goph's in the rear view mirror. The D for the Gophers is still a big mystery, no idea where the goals are going to come from, AND we seem to have a goaltender 'situation' again. I like the Sioux's chances of finishing in the 3 spot, but at this point would delighted if our boys were able finish in the top 5.

You're a lot more optimistic than I am.........

He's a friend. We discuss a lot of things.

apology accepted

The person I talked to would differ with you, and he has an office in the Scottrade Center, in St. Louis........I'll go with what he said.

Not true.......

What about the hooking call on Okposo ? Goes both ways.........

Thru the Xcel, you will get a order form every year to get the same seats, with an option to upgrade (be careful about "upgrading"). Plus there are no "other" charges. $145 per set. That's it.

If you order thru Ticketmaster, they are first come first serve. If you order through the Xcel Center, you have the option of getting the same seats every year, or try to upgrade.

I know that you are

Tickets are never sent out till March.

He was rated the 5th goalie out of 8 that attended the tryout camps............not sure, but I think he may have also attended a camp for Alexandria

Mattson most certainly is the cream of the crop for that age group, and this is a major commitment for the Sioux. The Gophers recruited to kid hard, and anyone who tells you different is just flat out lying or stupid. As far Budish is concerned, I don't think the Gopher's at this point would be willing to offer him a full scholarship, or even an 75% at this point. A lot of folks have really cooled a little on this kid.

There is NO question the Gophers playing at the X is home game for them. However, the ONLY purpose of the WCHA FF is to generate money for the WCHA, it really does not serve any other purpose. No team has EVER made or missed the NCAA tourney based on what happened that week-end. It HAS flipped a seeding a couple of times, but that's it. It's 100% completely about the green, and the few time that they tried playing the FF to Milwaukee, the results weren't very good......even the Badger games weren't close to being sold out.

No help here.......this one (if it happens) has us all scratching our heads as well. Doesn't really seem to make sense on either party's end.

They did bring another goaltender about a week and a half ago.........Lars Paulgaard, from Oslo, Norway, played for Southern Minnesota Express in the NAHL last year. Haven't seen any thing official yet, but it is a "for sure" deal.

http://ottawasun.com/Sports/Senators/2007/...308212-sun.html

Lats year they Wisconsin ranked first.......that worked out well for them

Kessel was going to team that had no offense to speak off anyway.....so chances were pretty good that he would stay up the entire season. Toews told the Blackhawks that if they planned on sending him down for any amount of time, he would prefer to return to UND, which is the reason he was never offered a contract last summer. I expect that will change shortly. I think with Oshie, it's a bit of different deal. St. Louis will for sure sign EJ, so it becomes a question of how many teen-agers they want to go into next season with, plus it may depend on who they end up drafting this year. May actually know a little more about that later this afternoon.

You are correct......there is no such thing as a one way contract for rookies under the new CBA.

Tickets have been sold. Thanks for all of the interest.....and good luck to UND in St. Louis !! Keep the championship in the WCHA !!

If you hit the player in the back INTO the boards, its an automatic 5. The rules are black and white on that one. It wasn't much of hit, but again, that doesn't matter. The call was correct.

Yep...between the energy they spent chasing pucks by not winning face-offs, and all the skating they did on the power plays, and NOT scoring, the legs just left them by OT. No question the Sioux were the quicker bunch when it counted.

Okposo was the only Gopher winning face-offs, and that dude was gassed in the OT.

No regrets.....it was a great game where both teams had chances to win it, in both regulation, and in overtime. The real shame is that this game wasn't played in the Frozen Four, where a lot more people would have exposed to what college hockey is REALLY about. You should be very proud of heart and desire that your guys played with. I certainly am of mine. The best of luck St. Louis !!