The Whistler

Great job Matt! I'm surprised that you can carry a grudge over from before the NHL without suffering some type of consequence. But I'm darned glad that Matt got it done.

I think it was reported in the Herald a few years back of Donna Lucia's recounting a visit to Grand Forks when he was given a friendly greeting before the game. Walker was the guy that popped into my head but I'm not sure if he was the guy.

I could do it if I had to......

Howard Walker scared that skunk stripe into Donna Lucia's hair. (OK Fact check, was it Howard Walker that in the pre-game told Lucia he was going to kill him?)

TJ Oshie once shot down a plane with his finger by pointing and yelling BANG!

That's not a crime.

Once you go Zach Jones, you are physically unable to go back.

Wouldn't that ruin the streak?

Don't be shy about pointing out where the officials erred.

Even though he wasn't scoring all that well in the first half (because of his broken thumb) you could NEVER fault TJ Oshie's effort. During the first half of the season he was the Sioux's physical play. I recall Tim Hennesey discussing that you can't count on Oshie to be the only guy playing physical.

Well our defense should be improved this year with Chorney, Jones, Finley, Bina, and Genoway all being another year older.

If you're driving down the road and you think Zach Jones just cut you off, you better thank your lucky stars it wasn't the other way around.

Ryan Duncan can email that shot from the bottom of the circle.

What year did they play?

I think if you have a guy with Oshie's speed and skill you give him the green light to fly around the ice. The other team has to account for him and that's a good thing. Besides it make the game more entertaining for the fans.

Joe Finley once participated in "Running with the Bulls." He walked.

The 11th commandment is

Number 1 Center? Wow

I think that line is going to be as good as it was last year for the simple reason that Oshie and Duncan are both one year older. Hak will put a good player with them and that will make it work. I'm expecting that a lot of players get a tryout playing with those guys.

I should have made it clearer that I agree with what you said but I had to make the joke. The DOT line's skill and speed gave them the ability to control the puck in the defensive end as well. In fact they were all fine penalty killers.

Pretty hard for the other team to score when they're playing two feet in front of their goalie. Who do you think they are, Robbie Bina?

Dean Blais was born in a log cabin that he built with his own two hands.

Joe Finley didn't invent fear, but he does hold the patent.

If you spell "Fighting Sioux" in Scrabble, you win forever.

Hunter Bishop wore 19 last year. But for all intents and purposes you're correct.