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The Gopher trolls are out in force today. I guess they're not feeling too confident about Minnesota's series with UAA.

BINGO!

This article came out about a week ago, but I hadn't seen it before today.

North Dakota's congressional delegation will vote against it. That's probably one reason it won't pass.

From the Winnipeg Free Press: City's Zajac, Sioux poised for playoffs

Bitter much?

It's good to see that MafiaMan is in post-season form.

That's a very impressive showing for UND. Congratulations to all who made the list.

You can quit now.

I remember playing Star Trek on my Kaypro II.

Actually, I can imagine Chorney, Lee and Bina putting up some good numbers offensively. They've been doing very well that department lately. I agree that Finley could be a surprise. He's shown more and more offensively as the season's progressed. He could be to the Sioux in the playoffs this season what Mike Commdore was to them in 2000. The players I'd most like to be surprised by are VandeValde and Zajac. It'd be great to see them chipping in goals and taking some pressure off the DOT line.

Now I get it. I thought we might need help from Denver or Dartmouth to make the NCAA tourney. But to answer your question, the Sioux aren't going to win a national championship without good team defense the rest of the way. That's what did them in against BC at the Frozen Four last year. Going into that game, if someone would have told me the Sioux would score five goals in it, I would have bet on them winning.

I hope he does when he needs to, but I also hope that he doesn't have to all that much. Vaht? If it's like the past two years under Hakstol, the answer is "yes." Maybe. Hak said on Wednesday that the team hasn't peaked yet. I hope he's right.

To paraphrase Dave Hakstol, until there's an official announcement of which teams are in the NCAA tournament, there are no guarantees. Anyone can say anything.

If either UND or SCSU wins the Final Five, you can probably expect to hear him complain about the big advantage that DII schools have over DI schools.

Very true. That's what I think most don't understand about his performance this season.

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I didn't want to turn the dog loose on this thread, but I have no choice.

An upgrade from selling auto parts? That's unpossible!

I seriously doubt that you do. And by saying such things, you merely continue to generate the very discussion you say you don't want to have.

Helen Tasker: No, I can't. I can't! Simon: If not for me, Helen, do it for your country!

Judging from the number of airplanes that have attempted night landings on our street, I'd guess that it's not that big of a secret.

So that would make him about four feet tall.

I was going to mention T.J. Oshie's prediction yesterday about the Warroad-Albert Lea game, but Brad Schlossman has it in his blog here.