Big A HG

This team is great. It's been fun to watch, but winning a title is in doubt in my mind. As balanced as we are, I just don't think the balance is good enough to beat 4 good teams in the playoffs. Call me a fair-weather fan. Call me an idiot. Call me what you want. I just don't think that we have the skill to win it all. This team is full of great guys who have good chemistry and want it as bad as anyone. But ultimately you need both skill and good luck to win it. The biggest thing is, we struggle against teams who play good defense and focus on protecting their own net. Teams we play know this, and should play a style that tries to prevent us from taking the opposing zone with any momentum.

And that Pony definitely ain't a horse...it lacks the goods in the pants.

Matt Frattin

The Gophers got the best possible first round matchup they could have hoped for. Gophers struggle against anyone with at least decent defense because their own defense is bad enough that they give up plenty of goals for the opposition. If anyone can stop their top line or two, Gophs struggle. SCSU plays the least amount of defense in the WCHA (besides Minnesota). I'm not going to say Gophers will get an easy sweep, but I think SCSU is the best matchup FOR the Gophers.

UND in 3. We have quite a bit more talent than MTU, but UND hasn't exactly been ripping teams a new one lately. Tons of close games, and a bad bounce or two could easily lead to an MTU win one night. The Sioux also struggle against teams that play defense like the Huskies do. Wisconsin beating us yesterday has no bearing on me thinking that MTU wins one game in this best of 3. I just feel MTU can steal one.

Yep...he added an assist as well in that third period to make it 16 points in his last ten (10-6--16).

My sister goes to UW-Madison and she just told me to tell everyone to go home because all the Sioux fans in Madison are congesting the city, haha. Sounds like another weekend of awesome road support and wish I could have made this years Mad City trip.

It's only illegal if you get caught....just like speeding.

Toews now has 15 pts in his last 9 and 2/3 games. (10g, 5a). He can still add to it in the final period this afternoon.

I doubt Walski gets the start tomorrow. However, I sure hope Finehage gets in there for someone. I'm not sure who he'd go in for. You'd hate to take out Jonesy cuz he's a senior, but getting Blood as much playing time as possible is good also.

Yeah, he was 33 years old.

I'll be an idiot and take the bait.... You can't like the: -Yankees and the Red Sox -Duke and North Carolina -Ohio State and Michigan -Packers and Bears -Texas and Oklahoma -Sioux and Gophers -etc., etc. It's an unwritten sports rule.

I don't think Jacques would have went to AFA if he could have went to UND. Didn't he commit to NMU or LSSU or something, then decommit because of some personal issues, then got accepted to AFA? I could be wrong and I understand that, but I just didn't think that was the story.

Bad for you maybe...

I love you Kangas. 1-1, 13:30 left in the first.

Gopher game about to start at Michigan Tech. The UP is eastern time zone, so 6pm start for us.

Haha, true. The girls could have went anywhere and made that team a contender. Maybe it wasn't a chance worth taking going here, and that's understandable...but why Minnesota. Girls... And, not to knock on Pierre-Paul and Jacques, but I don't think they had what it took to play at UND. If they did, I'm sure they'd be here.

It sounds like it's falling asleep, I'd get up and walk around a bit....

#1 No, but I'm passionate #2 I'm from Wisconsin, and besides hockey, the University of Wisconsin - Madison is my team in every sport. I didn't grow up liking hockey, hence the reason I'm not a Wisconsin fan. I had a horrible boss from Northern Illinois when I was 16, and I hate hearing and seeing so much Davidson stuff since they knocked off a few teams in the tourney last year...including Wisconsin. #3 You'd say they same about UND....and if you don't admit it, you're a liar. #4 There's no reason to have anything against Crookston. They are not a rival in anything I care about. #5 Good thing I didn't start the thread. I'm sure the original poster will be glad you could partake in it. Have a nice day.

Let me guess...you voted for Obama too. That seems to be working out nicely....oh wait....

I know, sometimes that scares me... I have a Dell (not by choice)

Eidsness' positioning has always been top-notch for the most part. The problem early in the year was his rebound control. You can really see a huge difference in that this second half of the season now that he's gotten acclimated to the top-tier D1 game. I sure hope he doesn't have a sophomore "slump" like Kangas, Bachmann, and Muse. Bachmann and Muse haven't been bad per-se, but they haven't been as stellar as last year.

OK, picture it's the weekend of Jan 30-31. The Sioux have put a good dent into what is currently a great run of year 2k9 games. Coming off a tough tie to Denver at home, they head to SCSU....a good, but not great opponent (like Wis). Just when they can't afford to let up, the team has to head back to their hotel that Friday night with a 3-0 loss under their belts. We then proceed in punishing the Huskies for this the following night. I think Friday road games are generally the tougher battle for the Sioux. I just don't see how the situation isn't a scary one heading into Saturday.

You'd think so... But aren't Marvin's, Murray's, and Lee's supposed to go to UND? Let's give him a chance

Goldy Gopher, meet Andrew MacWilliam. Andrew, Goldy.