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Trust me, Kyle is as good as he looks. He would be the best player on Red River, South, North, Grafton and anyplace other than arguably Central. Frank Burggraf thinks he's the best player in the state. You must be confusing Pete Fylling with someone else. Pete Fylling did not play against Central or Red River. He is out until December 23 and has not played yet this year. You are dead on about Paul Weisgarber. Paul is as good as any sophomore in the State, including Mario Lamoreaux. Mario is bigger and stronger, but when Paul gets bigger and stronger, he will be scary. He has great hands. Watch out for South in 2 years. The sophomore class is very talented.

Agreed. Pete is kind of a diamond in the rough. He's big and is a sniper, but needs to improve his mobility. The Burggrafs and Tim Graveline have done a great job improving his skating, but he will probably have to play a year or two of juniors to make it at the next level.

Lee and Ammerman from Moorhead are both juniors, but are being looked at very hard by D1 schools. They both visited UND and Minnesota. Minnesota is very interested in Ammerman. Kyle Graalum is a senior at Shanley, and along with Moreland and McIntyre, may be one of the top 3 players in the State.

Phillipe Lamoreaux is coming next year. I spoke with his mom last night.

Thanks. It is posted by UMDBulldogs#1 in the USCHO threat entitled UMD v. UND. I was suspicious since there was no source, but the post made it seem like it was old news and Caig was off to the AHL. Thanks for clarifying!

I saw on the USCHO site that Caig is rumored to have left or is leaving Duluth for juniors. Is there any truth to this rumor?

It means exactly what it implies. Andy was there until the last day, and was the last person to be cut. The Forum reported that he made the team, but it turned out he did not. You may recall a few years ago when Pat O'Leary was the last cut after he had been on the roster for 2 years. John Noah was an All-American for the Sioux, and played on the silver medal winning Olympic team in 1960.

No. Andy was the last cut in 1986. Paul played for Brown.

I agree that the 97-98 and 98-99 teams were the most talented teams, but they did not win a national championship, so the 86-87 team is better. I had the pleasure of being at the 1987 NCAA championship in Detroit, the 97 championship in Milwaukee, and the 2000 championship in Providence (our family is 3 for 3!). I was also at the disappointing Regionals in Ann Arbor in 98 and the Regionals in Madison in 99, both Sioux losses (my wife did not go, so she's the good luck charm). The 86-87 team did not have the depth of those 2 teams that lost, but dominated from start to finish and boasted the best player in the country, and in my opinion, the best COLLEGE player that I have ever seen, Tony Hrkac. Tony has had a solid but unspectacular pro career, but he was unbelievable in college.

I agree if you are talking about Randy Schmidt. He at least keeps up with the play and is usually in good position. Mike Schmitt from Minot is marginal. Campion is good, but Anderson and Adams are brutal. They will call the ticky tack stuff that does not affect the play, but will let go the interference, clutch and hold and mugging, even though many times it is in the offensive zone and has an effect on scoring chances.

I could not have said it better! Your observations about Lundbohm, using 2 D and the fans' lack of patience are right on. You don't want to take a shot when the goalie has a clean look from the point because he will make that save 99.9% of the time. The idea is to get him moving so he cannot adjust to the shot, or get a screen in front. I like the 3 forwards that the Sioux use (Parise, Bochenski and Murray), but I could see putting Massen or Stafford in front of the net, at least on the 2nd unit. They both are big and strong, but have very good hands and can shoot the puck. I have often wondered why the Sioux don't use Massen like the Gophers use Potulny. Neither are great skaters, but both have big bodies and excellent hands.

I'm not sure, but I could ask Randy Schmidt. He works out at the Y in Fargo, and is a really good guy. I can only assume that they have to be certified and reviewed every year since the league has strict requirements as to when you can be an official. It is my understanding that you cannot be a referee until you are 33 or 34, which means that many of these guys have difficulty keeping up with the very fast and young college players. That is another reason that they should have two officials. I don't see that as a problem for Randy Schmidt as he is in extremely good physical condition, but it is an issue for some of the referees in the league.

I don't disagree with you about the quality of the officiating in the WCHA, but some of it may have to do with the one referee and two linesmen system. I was very critical of Mike Schmitt after the Gopher series, but after talking with a buddy who refs alot of high school hockey games, he offered a different perspective. Many of Schmitt's tripping calls were because he was unable to keep up with the play and he was making calls from beyond the blue line when the alleged infractions occurred toward the goal. However, college hockey is so fast, and the puck is constantly changing direction, making it very difficult for a ref to keep up with the play. He correctly noted that many leagues use a two referee system with one linesman. That at least allows the refs to be in position to make the correct call. Just a thought, but it seems to have some merit.

Well put. This guy needs to live in the real world.

I heard Nanne, but I must have turned it off before he talked about this. I never saw what happened to Ryan Potulny, but the Potulnys were in a friend's suite and were complaining about what they felt were cheap shots against Ryan Potulny. I did not see those, but I thought Ryan was pretty chippy. I saw Ryan Potulny throw a pretty vicious elbow to Brady Murray's head and Brady was on the ice for a few seconds. Zach got even by pulling Ryan's skates out from under him in front of the Gophers bench. I would be surprised if it were Prpich because he was pretty busy shadowing Vanek. Did anyone else see what happened?

Isn't your last post interesting after this post and many others like it on this board? Please get psychological counseling because you are obviously very disturbed. Please also go away from our message board.

Because it is based on college, not what they did in their pro career. Belfour was very good when he was at UND, but never dominated like Karl. Look at the record books, particularly shutouts and GAA. Karl is easily the best goalie to ever play for UND. I would rank Casey ahead of Belfour for college. Aaron Schweitzer had a freshman year comparable to Belfour's.

Isn't it interesting that Pawlenty says that UND's best players come from Minnesota when arguably Minnesota's best players, or at least most valuable players, the past 2 years are from Austria and North Dakota? That is not a slam because UND's best players may well come from Minnesota with Parise and Bochenski, but the Sioux have had and continue to have many of the "best" players from other places as well, including North Dakota (Panzer brothers, Schneider, etc), Illinois (Jones, Spiewak, Duberman), Colorado (David Hale), Michigan (Greene) and Canada (Brady Murray, Roche, etc.).

Isn't it ironic that Yellowsnow would throw in his 2 cents criticizing fans for what he regards as a waste of time while he is trolling a Sioux message board!! Yellowsnow, if you had stopped before "remember people...", your point would have been well taken. However, you then go into a delusional rant that exposes you for the simpleton that you really are. It is no wonder that you are continuously ripped on USCHO even by fellow Gopher fans. What color is the sky in your world? It must be such a comfort knowing that if you have kids, you can skip the PKU test because you already know they will turn out like you. Please go away or we will request that the Administrator of this Board politely asks you to leave permanently.

In fairness to the Potulnys, Grant was not recruited by UND so he really did not have a choice. I actually respect Grant for how well he has done with all of the pressure put on him being the first out-of-state recruit for a long time. I also like our freshman, Murray and Stafford, better than Ryan Potulny and Danny Irmen. Time will tell.

Agreed. They don't any more about football than they do about hockey, and are equally obnoxious. They probably do not seem as obnoxious when talking about football to Vikings fans. The only difference is that PA's passion is football, and Dubay's is college hockey, and Dubay is probably more obnoxious and even less knowledgeable than PA.

What an arrogant statement. I'm sure that he said the same thing about CC being UND's only rival in the mid to late 90's when UND and CC were on top (and he was of course the coach) and UM was down. UM is a great rivalry, but not the only one. When Wisconsin was good, that was the best rivalry. CC has also been a great rivalry the past 10 years.

I did know that. However, that doesn't mean I would want either. It makes you wonder if they were paying anything for the job or the hiring criteria.