Big A HG

Haha, I didn't know that happened. Wow that was a !@#!$ day for you.

The thing is, the guys who you say have improved over the years, look better than they really are. They are just average college hockey players. If you take many other schools, their players develop into key players (sometimes stars) for their junior and senior years. A lot of these guys look decent because we don't have anyone better than them. But they're not scoring or finishing because they just aren't that good. Take Matt Watkins for example. He scored 74 points in 60 BCHL games as a junior. Freshman year he scored 9 points in 46 games. Did better his sophomore year to get 17 points in 38 games, then actually puts up less numbers his junior year with 18 points in 43 games. Let's we quadruple his stats for this year (which would be 44 games, which is more than what we can bargain for), and he'd finish with 12 points this year. You can say we lost a lot of good talent, but these guys are supposed to improve and step up for their junior and senior years....not stay the same. Watkins isn't a guy we rely on to score, he's definitely more of a grinder, but if you can put up that many points in juniors, and by the time you are a senior at UND you are on pace to have 12 points? That's not good. Martens may have been a walk on, but he did score 62 points in 60 games in the BCHL. He's a good player and definitely has improved. Still, he's not much to fear for opposing teams. Kozek scored 97 points in a 60 game season of BCHL. Freshman year: 13 points. Sophomore year: 11 points. Junior year: 21 points (better). Senior year: On pace for 10-12 points. Darcy Zajac: Frosh year: 10 points. Soph year: 8 points. Junior year: On pace for 10-11 points. Brad Miller actually can be a bright spot. Freshman year: 0 points. Soph Year: 24 points (nice!). Junior year: 10 points. Senior year: On pace for 32 points (not bad). Vande Velde scored 9 points his frosh year before a very nice year last year where he scored 32 points. This year, he's on pace for 25-26 points. Another slide. Why aren't ANY of our seniors greatly improving over 4 years. Seniors are guys you should be able to turn to, to win games. Even Hak said the sophomores will be the key this year, because he knows the upperclassmen just aren't good enough...Duncan being an exception. It's no surprise as to why we are not playing well. We just aren't that talented.

Besides our student section, our home crowd is terrible. It's easy to cheer when something good happens, every fan base does that. Good crowds cheer all the time, and loud. I sat outside the student section for the first time during the Sat. night Anchorage game and almost fell asleep. It's really disappointing that people treat the place like a lounge instead of a hockey rink.

Not bad. I do think we lack talent though. Half our upperclassmen have hardly improved since their freshman and sophomore seasons.

Someone tell Chay to stop forcing so many shots from the point. It's getting ridiculous. He's the reason for so many odd-man rushes at the Frozen Four. Things haven't changed much this year either.

I think we all have to face the fact that half our upper classmen are busts. Maybe the team should practice more instead of video taping "TV shows" during the week.

These will be the first home games I miss in 2 and a half years. It might be the right time to take a break.

I'm not sure what stinks more in Grand Forks right now, Simplot, the river, or the Sioux.

I agree. The Sioux look good in person and sound good on the radio (minus the opening weekend). We are getting lots of shots and cycling the puck better than any point last year, in my opinion. To put up 7 goals on Bachmann is great in a weekend. There shouldn't be a goalie we face that we can't do that to if we did it against Dick Bachmann. Surprisingly, this team looks very balanced, and if we can shore up the defense, we will be tough down the road. I'd really like to have that opening weekend back.

Since we are good at it, I predict a split:

Tim H. is one of the best play-by-play radio guys I've heard for any sport. He can be a little homerish (which he should be), but no one can bring you to the edge of your seat like him.

The "Jay-Goire" is the man!

I love this team right now.

Maybe Don Adam is dog poop, he's starting to not stink!

Wow, great job to hold onto that puck Sioux!

Don Adam is NOT, I repeat, NOT dog poop. Dog poop stops smelling after a few days. Adam has stunk for years now.

What did the webcast guys say about the CFB?

GOAL!!!! Duncs! Penalty after the goal possibly, we'll find out on who. 2-1 Sioux

HELL F'ING YES!!!! 1-1 PP Goals by each side now

CC Goal

Dang Wildcats give up the shorty before they even get control of the puck on the powerplay.

It might as well have been Rau, because I believe he will be learning what a "man" is tonight...and all of Rau's teammates will be given pens and paper to take notes for when these "situations" occur.

Let's just keep hustling, get the loose pucks, and let the puck fall where it may (behind Bachmann). We need to play like the junkyard dog cornered, no more splits, let's get our first sweep! I heard lots of Sioux fans cheering on the radio, I want to hear it again! "LET'S GO SIOUX! LET'S GO SIOUX! LET'S GO SIOUX!"

Jeeeez....

This period is crazy. Another penalty for the Sioux. They sound like they are trying to give it away.