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It's going to be virtually impossible for the WCHA to get more than 5 teams in the tournament. Only five teams can make it to the Final Five, so that means five won't make it, which means that 2 teams currently in now will have lost at the very best 2 of their last 3. UND and CC are virtual locks, even if they don't make it to the final five...but they play the 9th and 10th place teams (as of right now), and only maybe the Gophers out of those two has a chance to make it. So, that means the 3 and 4 seeds would have to lose to allow the 6 and 7 teams to make it. Denver at #3 would still probably make the NCAA tourney, as long as they can right the ship these last few weeks. But, whoever finishes in the 4th spot will HAVE to make the Final Five...I think...to make the tourney. So, we're most likely guaranteed 5, but 6 is going to be hard, and 7 virtually impossible. Just a thought.

It's just one of those teams where if you run into them while their goalie is hot, it's gonna be tough. They have enough scoring with Bozak and Rakhsani in their lineup. It's hard to beat a team 4 times in a row in one season. I agree though, they aren't as good as past years, it's just one of those teams that's scary. Thanks Bob

How bout this one when referring to how much we like Michigan State?

Wow, thanks for posting something else that makes me angry.

I really dislike the idea of having to play Denver...

I want everyone to think back to the days following our defeat of Manitoba in the exhibition. Remember JP let in 2 insanely easy goals and all hell was about to break loose in Sioux Nation? I was one of the nay-sayers after that (still had confidence, but wasn't sure how it would really pan out), but you can't argue with how stupid some of us sound now.

INCH 4x4 is posted for this week. Sioux are a #1 in Albany with #2 Denver, #3 Clarkson, and #4 Niagara Click here

I've seen your little guys Zajac Swift, you wanna get him another?! You gotta teach him some self-control before he becomes a jersey addict like some around here.

Let me guess, Mr. Jonathan Toews?

What's wrong with just telling us?

This is already posted in the Hobey Talk thread, and Kozek won't win unless he scores about 35 more points the rest of the year.

I think it's Lapic myself...

Dear God no!

Wow, impressive...thanks sod.

There's also a good chance they do. They do have four away games (Minnesota, SCSU) to finish the year, but if they get 5 or 6 points, I don't see them not making the playoffs. This would be the best option for us. One thing that could happen is CC could drop to a 2-seed, Denver could drop to a 3-seed, us stay at a 1-seed, and then the NCAA has the perfect oppurtunity to make sure only one of us makes it to the Frozen Four. That regional would be tough to get tickets.

I think the Badgers have the potential to be just as tough or tougher than CC for us. I think the big difference is in goal. Bachman has been awesome all year, but he's still a freshman. The Badgers defensive style I think could hurt us more in the long run since our problem has been scoring. A speedy, uptempo team was more difficult for UND early on, but I think right now our team can match that speed and intensity and easily play at the level CC does. We just got done playing Minnesota who has been solid defensively as late (more like a WI), and they took us to OT both times. We just got done playing up-and-down style against Denver, and if it wasn't for a mental lapse in the second period, we would have easily swept these guys worse than we did.

I don't want to end up in Madison either. They proved how hard it is to win in Wisconsin 2 years ago.

JP still in the top 3 on INCH's rankings after this week. Andrew Kozek is now a "Hidden Hobey"

Hopefully the Sioux make it...

The fact that Radke has to serve two games is BS. If he would have been tossed after the first fight, he would NEVER have been in position to fight a second time, so how can you punish a man twice for a referee's bad call?

By the sounds of it, they are trying to find sponsors for the t-shirts

One thing we lacked most of the year is scoring. If we can keep scoring like we did against DU, we are a great team. If we can't score, we're gonna be battling in some tough games. Our defense is awesome, but not perfect.

Uh oh, does that mean that the future generation of Sioux fans are all going to be almost-30-something-year-olds trying to sneak into the student section when all the other students think he's crazy for doing so?

One thing that I don't think anyone knows is that Bergren (ref) may have had a broken nose after the scrum. I sit right next to the ref tunnel and both nostrils were bloody as he left the ice. He must have taken a punch from someone. He was a trooper so no one knew I don't think.