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Is this comment based on your firsthand experience? Funny you should bring that up... MARGE: Where you girls from? HOOKER ONE: Chaska. HOOKER TWO: LeSeure. But I went to high school in White Bear Lake. Go Bears! MARGE: Okay, I want you to tell me what these fellas looked like. HOOKER ONE: Well, the little guy, he was kinda funny-looking. MARGE: In what way? HOOKER ONE: I dunno. Just funny-looking. MARGE: Can you be any more specific? HOOKER ONE: I couldn't really say. He wasn't circumcised. MARGE: Was he funny-looking apart from that? HOOKER ONE: Yah. MARGE: So you were having sex with the little fella, then? HOOKER ONE: Uh-huh. MARGE: Is there anything else you can tell me about him? HOOKER ONE: No. Like I say, he was funny-looking. More'n most people even. MARGE: And what about the other fella? HOOKER TWO: He was a little older. Looked like the Marlboro man. MARGE: Yah? HOOKER TWO: Yah. Maybe I'm sayin' that cause he smoked Marlboros. MARGE: Uh-huh. HOOKER TWO: A subconscious-type thing. MARGE: Yah, that can happen. HOOKER TWO: Yah. HOOKER ONE: They said they were goin' to the Twin Cities? MARGE: Oh, yah? HOOKER TWO: Yah. HOOKER ONE: Yah. Is that useful to ya? MARGE: Oh, you bet, yah.

I'll bet that if you put "Mafia Man" on the nameplates on your jerseys, nobody would harrass you.

Of course, you do know that he was never charged with that, don't you?

Now you're talking like a Sioux fan.

Um, Matt Jones was -3 against the Gophers. He was +3 against UAA, however. Nick Fuher was +2 against UAA and +2 against Minnesota.

You couldn't mean Keith Ballard, the all-tournament defenseman who was -1 for the Final Five? The Sioux can only count on guys like Nick Fuher who was +4 for the tournament.

I saw Zach get injured and I saw Junior get injured. Junior's injury appears more serious.

Not even close. Anyone who bases their opinion of Greene primarily on Saturday night's game is making a big mistake. Heck, Matt Jones was -3 against Minnesota while Greene was -1. Does this mean that Jones is no longer NHL material? I think not.

Based on this story in today's Duluth News Tribune, it appears that Junior Lessard is the Bulldog player with the most serious injury problem. Has anyone heard exactly what Lessard did to his leg?

I love it when a plan comes together!

I sure hope so! Last season, the team relied heavily on Parise and Bochenski for scoring. When they went cold, so did the team. This season, the scoring has been more balanced and the Sioux have been able to win without Parise and Bochenski putting up big numbers. But if they are hitting their stride now, it bodes very well for UND.

Nick Fuher was +2 against UAA and +2 against Minnesota. Ballard was -1 for the tournament.

Just curious. Does anyone remember the last time a primarily defensive team anchored by a great goalie won a national championship?

The game against the Gophers was very uncharacteristic of Matt Greene. He's been making good choices and good outlet passes all season. Unfortunately, Saturday night was probably his worst game of the season.

Either that or coaching. I'll bet forecheck didn't drop enough F-bombs this year.

Yes he did. If Brandt hadn't come up big in the first period when the Gophers outshot the Sioux 17-8, UND could easily have been down 4-0.

From a story about Grant Potulny in today's Grand Forks Herald:

I think he meant to say that Ben Eaves is the best China doll in college hockey.

You forgot Fuher and Fylling.

Are you the world's most obtuse person? The two things aren't even related.

I'm not whining about it because playing the Final Five at the Xcel makes a lot of sense and it's an outstanding facility. However, if you can't see that playing there gives the Gophers an advantage, then you're the one who's delusional. This is completely in your head. I made the observation that I didn't know why man in the crease was called because the tape replay clearly shows that it never happened. It doesn't matter anyway because Bochenski did score shorthanded on that UM power play. Unlike some Gopher fans, I'm not arrogant enough to believe that the Sioux would have had two shorthanded goals had Adam not needlessly blown his whistle. Stop listening to the voices in your head. You're the only one here saying that.

If the NCAA pairings match USCHO's prediction, Colorado College won't make it to the tournament. This is what USCHO thinks will happen: Midwest Regional: 13 Notre Dame vs. 4 Minnesota 12 Michigan State vs. 5 Minnesota-Duluth West Regional: 16 Holy Cross vs. 1 North Dakota 10 Miami vs. 7 Denver East Regional: 15 Niagara vs. 3 Maine 11 Wisconsin vs. 6 Ohio State Northeast Regional: 14 Harvard vs. 2 Boston College 9 New Hampshire vs. 8 Michigan

I've met him, so I know he exists. At least, he said it was him.

Irmen would have been a better choice than Briggs.

Without video replay and the automatic review of goals, I'm sure that goal would have counted. However, based on what I saw, Brandt poke-checked the puck away from Tallackson before the puck entered the crease. Tallackson continued into the crease and hit Brandt. Waibel shot the puck in while Tallackson was in the crease. Therefore, no goal.