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Not to mention in good taste.

Radke scored the game-winning goal in the second game against Bemidji. It was a nice slapshot right off the draw. He played the next two games against Denver and had a couple of nice slapshots right off faceoffs, but didn't score. It did demonstrate his potential, however.

No, it's UND's fault for not sending me.

I'm pretty sure that it was Schneider who said it.

Although I'm not a UND alum, I had a similar experience at the 2000 Frozen Four in Providence. I even met some nice fans from Maine and UNH. Great time! Which reminds me. The one Frozen Four I went to since I've worked for UND, the Sioux won. The two I haven't gone to, the Sioux lost. Anyone else beginning to see a pattern emerge here?

Matt Greene's comment during Tuesday's Sioux Fan Appreciation Night at the Ralph was pretty funny. A video from the Frozen Four was shown on the scoreboard's big screen. Erik Fabian's goals against Minnesota and his celebrations after them were prominently featured. Greene said, "I'd like to thank the Fabian family for making that video."

Photos from the 2005 Sioux Fan Appreciation Night Tuesday at Engelstad Arena are posted here.

One of the funniest things I saw this season was Andy Schneider getting his stick stuck in the Zamboni door seam behind the net at the Xcel. It was like King Arthur's sword in the stone. Nobody could pull it out.

Did I say you said that you did? I used it as a comparison. That's allowed.

It wasn't consistently loud at the old Ralph, either.

I'm going to toss in my 2 cents on this issue which probably won't be popular, but here goes. During the World Junior Championships when I was keeping stats in the press box and the crowd was going wild during the first USA-Russia game, forecheck said to me, "I wish it got this loud in here during Sioux games." My response was: "It does." She didn't believe me. But the truth is, I've been to Sioux games that were every bit as loud -- if not more so -- than the USA-Russia game. I often sit next to sports reporters from other cities. On more than one occasion, I've had them say something like, "I wish we had this kind of atmosphere in our arena." Over the past four seasons, I've lost count of the number of coaches and players from opposing teams who've commented on how difficult it is to play in the Ralph because of the home crowd. Look at UND's record at home since the new arena opened: 53-21-9. That's not to say that the atmosphere in the new arena is as good as it was in the old one, although I attended my share of "dead atmosphere" games in the old Ralph. There's always room for improvement, and I'm convinced that the fans and Engelstad Arena can do more to take advantage of home ice. Whatl I am saying is that the perception some people have doesn't match the reality.

What's stopping them?

...or care.

It took a while, but it finally dawned on me that this year

I also heard, "Harrington! You're scared!"

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 GEORGE GWOZDECKY of DENVER NAMED AHCA MEN

I suspect that if you picked apart many goals, you'd find someone on the offense or the defense doing something that the rules say they shouldn't be.

Finally, a proper use of "Vaht?"

Then get busy making up some Mapletoft quotes.

Why? Just because Laatsch isn't listed as being in the press conference and Carle is? I think you're jumping to conclusions.

I assume that the speaker was actually Matt Carle for Denver. But, yeah, when I read that, I wondered why Matt Greene was making comments during DU's press conference. Maybe he was trying to upstage Prpich.

Here's a link to a transcript of the post-game press conference following UND's loss to Denver in the championship game. Also, here are some locker room quotes from Chris Porter and Matt Smaby. Here's a link to Denver's press conference. Gwozdecky made some nice comments about the Sioux.

I've never been to Thief River Falls and I've only passed through Brainerd, but I've been to Bemidji many times. I really like that area. I think you should seriously consider moving there if you want to get back to small-town living.