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Thanks a bunch for the updates Roch & DC

Twitty...Twitty...was he on the '82 or the '87 NC team?

Ottawa beats Florida 7-1 in Rookie Camp. Bochenski with a goal and an assist and Potulny with a goal and two assists.

Here's the full article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, July 30, 2004 STARS HEAD COACH CONFIRMS HIS RETURN TO LINCOLN Lincoln Stars Head Coach Steve Johnson will return to coach his ninth season with the USHL team. Johnson had been considered for an assistant coaching position with the University of North Dakota, a job that has since been offered to another candidate. The Grand Forks native and All-American player for the Fighting Sioux had also been a candidate for the head coaching job at UND, a position that was ultimately accepted by their former Associate Head Coach, Dave Hakstol. As the Stars first and only head coach, Johnson has led the team to Clark Cup championships in 1997 and 2003, and three Anderson Cup titles in his eight seasons.

Don't know if this report is any better than the last one that came out of Lincoln, but it looks like Johnson is staying in Nebraska Lincoln Stars

Some nice words about Hale and Martin from G.M. Lou Lamoriello ESPN.com Lamoriello Interview ESPN.com: Which player made the most significant strides in your estimation or had the biggest impact? Lamoriello: If I have to look back at the end of a season at one or two players that stand out we haven't played the way our system dictates us to play. But our two young defensemen -- David Hale and Paul Martin -- are highlights because they came right out of college and we gave them a Devils uniform and gave them the minutes and the opportunity and they accepted them. And they are both character and quality individuals.

No mention of BB attending the Senators' 2004 Development Camp: SENATORS TO HOLD THEIR ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT CAMP FROM JULY 1-9 I'm confident that there are many out there far more knowledgeable than me who know if this means anything

We're all nervous, but next-day indications seem positive. Here's a few quotes from June 26 articles: Stafford, the Sioux sophomore-to-be who was taken No. 13 overall by Buffalo, also said he was returning to North Dakota, despite Blais' departure. from this artlicle: http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/06/26_008570.php Stafford, who finished his rookie year at UND with 32 points, said he expected to be a high draft pick but plans to return to UND next season. and No matter who ends up with the job, "I have all the faith in the world that we'll be able to continue on and be successful," Stafford said. "We should be front-runners for bringing back the national championship next year." and Brandon Bochenski, an All-American forward last season and a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award given to college hockey's top player, said he also will return to UND. Bochenski, a 2001 draft pick of the Ottawa Senators, said he wants a national championship in his senior season next year. The Fighting Sioux last season lost to eventual national champion Denver in the NCAA West Regional championship. from this article: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...&section=Sports Haven't seen anything from Greene or Jones... .

http://nhl.com/onthefly/news/2004/06/214840.html

The roster has posted for the Team USA Evaluation Camp: http://www.usahockey.com/servlets/FileServ...rCampRoster.pdf Plenty of Badgers on the list. Here is the list of invitees to the Canadian Camp (sorry, no link): Goalies Ryan Munce - 1985 Kevin Nastiuk - 1985 Martin Houle - 1985 Devan Dubnyk - 1986 Defensemen Dion Phaneuf - 1985 Braydon Coburn - 1985 Brent Seabrooke - 1985 Shawn Belle - 1985 Paul Bissonette - 1985 Mike Green - 1985 Shea Weber - 1985 Cam Barker - 1986 Alexandre Picard - 1985 Wes O'Neill - 1986 Jeff Schultz - 1986 Kyle Wharton - 1986 Jonathon Sigalet - 1986 Forwards Jeff Carter - 1985 Anthony Stewart - 1985 Nigel Dawes - 1985 Ryan Getzlaf - 1985 Mike Richards - 1985 Jeremy Colliton - 1985 Stephen Dixon - 1985 Sidney Crosby - 1987 Steve Bernier - 1985 MA Pouliot - 1985 Corey Perry - 1985 Stefan Meyer - 1985 Colin Fraser - 1985 Eric Fehr - 1985 Clarke MaCarthur - 1985 Chad Klassen - 1985 Andrew Ladd - 1985 Wojtek Wolski - 1986 Dany Roussin - 1985 Benoit Mondou - 1985 Alexandre Picard - 1985 Kyle Chipchura - 1986 Travis Zajac - 1985 David Bolland - 1986 Players in NHL Patrice Bergeron - 1985 Nathan Horton - 1985 Brent Burns - 1985

(Sorry. I know it's not that funny, but I had a loud enough chuckle that I scared the dog. Thanks!)

Here's a one-on-one talk with The Calgary Sun. Lot's of off-ice stuff: http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/CalgarySun/S.../09/453038.html

here's the Sports Illustrated link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sion...0401/index.html Way to go, Brandon! SI POTY this year, next year the Hobey.

ZP was certainly the most visible and reputable Sioux player while wearing the uniform. Hrkac got a lot of attention, but not as much, I don't believe, as ZP. Troy Murray was an excellent 2-way player, but he stayed only 2 years as well. He scored 90+ points and won the Selke with the Blackhawks. Dave Christian arguably had the best NHL career of all Sioux forwards, and don't forget he switched to defense and led Team USA in assists in the 1980 Olympics. Christian was named the Captain of the Winnipeg Jets at age 22 and scored his first goal something like 10 seconds into his first NHL game. He's in the US Hockey Hall of Fame, but his stats as a Sioux don't really jump out. ZP certainly will be mentioned in the same breath as all of the great Sioux players. One last thought. Do you remember in February when the Sioux were slumping and CB said something like "everybody gets into the habit of standing around and watching Parise and forgeting to play their own game?" Guess that won't happen anymore. Thanks, ZP, for every shift you skated as a Sioux, for you seemed to skate each one harder than the one before. Good luck w/ NJ.

Hate to say this, but despite having a very good year, this team often didn't seem to display the extra gear needed to close out the third period. Yes they started out dominating the 3rd early in the season, but previous years' title winners never seemed to lose games in the 3rd like this team. In looking at the box scores, they lost or settled for a tie in 6 games where they were either leading or were tied going into the third: St. Cloud twice Denver twice Wisconsin Minnesota I don't remember this sort of this happening to the 1997 or 2000 teams. It runs in my mind that it may have happened once all year in 2000. Just an observation on a very sad night. p.s. The next few days may bring more bad news for the Sioux, so be ready for early departures.

I think we were a little like the 1980 US team when they played the Soviets at Madison Square Garden shortly before the Olympics. Not that I'm necessarily drawing parallels to POI and communists , but like the US team, we were just kind of thrown together from all parts of the country and didn't really know each other. Whereas POI, like the Soviets, had skated together for decades. They jumped out to an early lead, but we fought back only to lose momentum at the end. In all seriousness, it was a very fun game. Aside from POI's obvious advantage of having played together (for decades, like the Soviets), SS.com also was saddled with a couple of "fillers," like myself who served no real useful purpose other than to give the core talent a breather and maybe clog up the slot a bit on D. But maybe if Forecheck can find a way to bring us all together as a unit, we can ultimately prevail against The Evil Empire when there's some actual hardware on the line, much the 1980 US team did.

Any SS.com players or well-wishers interested in trying to hook up at one of the WCHA playoff games? Maybe we can all meet somewhere between periods or between games and meet/greet a little before we lace 'em up on Sunday. Just a thought.

I recall reading last fall that the Minnesota Rule was coming under a lot of heat from the other schools in the league and that they were thinking of scrapping it. Guess they haven't gotten that far yet. Maybe if the Goofs get knocked off by CC on Thursday night and the tournament still draws well...nah, it's still Minnesota and they generally get what they want.

STC hasn't won a game in a month. If you look at their season, they didn't win a game against a quality opponent since they beat the Sioux in November. Not to take anything away from the Goofs and how they thrashed them, but STC packed it in a long time ago.

My UND days were early-mid 80's, so I have no real love for Bucky, but I've always liked The Bud Song: http://www.uwbadgers.com/audio_visual/songs/bud_song.wmx

from http://www.uscho.com/m/wc/?data=history WCHA Champions Note: No league play in 1958-59 and no tournament was played until 1960. League was known as MCHL from 1951-52 to 1952-53, and the WIHL from 1953-54 to 1957-58. Season Regular Season 2003-04 North Dakota 2002-03 Colorado College 2001-02 Denver 2000-01 North Dakota 1999-00 Wisconsin 1998-99 North Dakota 1997-98 North Dakota 1996-97 Minnesota/N.Dakota 1995-96 Colorado College 1994-95 Colorado College 1993-94 Colorado College 1992-93 Minnesota-Duluth 1991-92 Minnesota 1990-91 Northern Michigan 1989-90 Wisconsin 1988-89 Minnesota 1987-88 Minnesota 1986-87 North Dakota 1985-86 Denver 1984-85 Minnesota-Duluth 1983-84 Minnesota-Duluth 1982-83 Minnesota 1981-82 North Dakota 1980-81 Minnesota 1979-80 North Dakota 1978-79 North Dakota 1977-78 Denver 1976-77 Wisconsin 1975-76 Michigan Tech 1974-75 Minnesota 1973-74 Michigan Tech 1972-73 Denver 1971-72 Denver 1970-71 Michigan Tech 1969-70 Minnesota 1968-69 Michigan Tech 1967-68 Denver 1966-67 North Dakota 1965-66 Michigan Tech 1964-65 North Dakota 1963-64 Michigan 1962-63 Denver/North Dakota 1961-62 Michigan Tech 1960-61 Denver 1959-60 Denver 1957-58 North Dakota/Denver 1956-57 Colorado College 1955-56 Michigan 1954-55 Colorado College 1953-54 Minnesota 1952-53 Minnesota/Michigan 1951-52 Colorado College

I believe it was Dan Tearhar (sp). He does radio stuff now for the Good Neighbor (or Big Neighbor or whatever WCCO calls itself).

I've played on all of them except Columbia. My TC team has practiced at Columbia and had no complaints. They all seem to be good choices, so I'll defer to those who need to travel after the game to choose.

Forecheck, I might be able to help y'all out. I'm 41 yrs old and not very good, but I play in a lower-level non-checking league in the Twin Cities and you're game sounds like fun. I suspect everyone plays at a higher level than me, but if your bench is short, I can at least give the first line (or two) a breather. If you need an extra player, you can email me at dlveer@yahoo.com.

Nothing about Spirko on Heisenberg as of 8:37 p.m. tonite, but it does show Siembida catching on with Quinnipiac. Based on the 2001 GL Invitational alone, I wish him all the best.