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Alright, a little later than promised, but better late than never. Here are the November wallpapers, enjoy. Again, I have a couple different sizes, and each version with and without a calendar so you can use them year-round if you want (or if you just don't like the calendar). Widescreen with Calendar (1680x1050): http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7177/bloodnovws.png Widescreen without Calendar (1680x1050): http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3814/bloodnovwsnocal.png Standard screen with Calendar (1280x960): http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3428/bloodnovstn.png Standard screen without Calendar (1280x960): http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3871/bloodnovstnnocal.png Hammer, I'll add yours in a bit.

Friday Frattin Saturday Gregoire

My bad...been busy with work and all. I will have them posted by Monday afternoon.

Sophomore slump continues. He's trying to force it too much now and isn't taking good quality chances. Last night every time he had the puck he skated in circles as long as he could with the puck until he could find a spot to shoot, and the results were never close. That's not how you get out of a slump.

No, but a kind gentleman ( ) was willing to pick one up (thank you!). After swapping texts I decided not to get one. I wasn't sure what they'd exactly be, but they were only replica jerseys with a name and number on the back. After seeing the pre-game ceremony on TV, the jerseys didn't even have a number. Also, I don't want autographs on my jerseys, so that was another thing that kind of killed the deal. If you want, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to get a replica for $100, spend another $40-50 for the name and number, and somehow get it autographed. It'd save ya $50, but the Sioux didn't wear them during pre-game (which isn't a big deal, wasn't during a game).

RedFrog, If possible, can you put up the Ed Belfour introduction stuff from pre-game? No worries if you don't want to.

Gwoz is complaining about the music to Tim on the radio. Too loud and not his type of music.

Lines are posted and Dell is in net. Hak sending a message. Lineup info found at Brad's Blog (undhockey.areavoices.com). A couple other mixups as well. EDIT: removed lines...AZ posted above me.

Looking for someone to potentially help me pick up a Belfour jersey that will be for sale immediately after warmups. I will pay you extra if you can pick one up for me. Please PM me.

WOULD SOMEONE CONSIDER PICKING ME UP ONE OF THE BELFOUR JERSEYS TONIGHT? They are $199 and being sold right after pre-skate warmups, and there are only a few. Let me know if you are interested, there will be a nice tip involved. PM me if possible.

The reason I suggested for this a couple weeks ago was that it may be a minor "punishment" for his drinking incident.

I vote that we start a new game if there is no winner this week. The two players left would continue the current game, while still be able to participate in the new one.

After doing a bit of reading, Seth Jones was drafted in the 1st Round of the WHL draft by Everett..and that was them knowing Seth was interested in college as well. Also, it noted that Jones wanted to get to the NHL as fast as possible, and Major Juniors may be the best route for that based on their style of league. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090613/SPORTS/706139960/1003/SPORTS08

I remember good ol' Popeye. Didn't have a clue that he had a kid who played hockey, but more power to him.

JT Miller Time Season 1, coming soon.

There was a Ryan Jones that played for Miami who was pretty darn good, any relation there? And speaking of Jones', Matt and Zach have a little bro who is probably still a ways off from the college level age-wise, but just something to think about in the future.

Nice work siouxnami, but I think you're asking a lot to have Forbort here beyond his sophomore year. I know typically that UND defensemen with NHL potential have stayed through their junior year (Greene, Smaby, Finley, Chorney, etc.), but Forbort has already proven he is ready for college, and by the end of his sophomore year, he may be ready for that next step. I think Simpson is destined to be AT LEAST a 3 year player, but who knows with that either. What if he hits his stride and by the end of next year is one of our top 2 or 3 defensemen? There's a lot of unknowns and unpredictability with the future. The sad part is if some of these kids grew up wanting to be Fighting Sioux, and will never get the opportunity.

You can't rush a kid's decision. Whatever route he chooses, I'm sure he'll be fully committed to that route. There are benefits in going to both UND and Minnesota (yeah, I said it), even though from our point of view there is no better place than UND. What's going through his head is something like this: "UND is a great hockey school that has the potential to make me a better hockey player than anywhere else, but it's a bit farther from home. However, Minnesota is closer to home, and I'd likely get a bit more NHL exposure with an NHL team in my backyard, despite the recent failures of the program."

3 more days...DROP THE PUCK I hate Denver more than anyone, even the Gophers. If Gwoz and the Pioneers were a Minnesota team for the past 5-10 years, you'd hate that team twice as much as the actual Gopher team over the same time span. All the on and off ice antics by Gwoz and his ankle-grabbing team puts me over the edge...then add the usual competitiveness of the rivalry, and it's just oh so bitter when I see the Sioux play them. 7 reasons why I hate Denver (and I'm sure I'm forgetting some) 1) Dasher Dancing 2) Gwoz walking on our sacred ice 3) Paukovich 4) They are tied with us for 2nd most National Championships (7) 5) Competitive in-conference rival 6) Recently defeated us in National title game 7) Gwoz cheating by illegally communicating with team after being tossed

1st half swoon....split.

Just out of curiosity, what would it be used for? There USED to be a pdf file with a lot of UND owned logos, including the geometric one, which could be saved as a large file size...however, the link stopped working once the new PDF file came out that has the new UND athletic logos (like new interlocking ND and such). I may have the geo logo saved on an old computer, but it might be a long shot to dig it up because the computer hasn't been used in awhile due it not working properly. Here's a link to the new logos, if I find a working link to the old one, I'll pass it on.

The worst thing about tonight for me is very apparent. It irks me to no end.... ....I have to wait 5 more days to watch Sioux hockey again.

Haha, I totally mis-read Miami's box score on USCHO. I thought he had 4 goals and 1 assist, not 5 assists. Basically, where Camper had a primary assist, I thought he had a goal.

Frattin has some work to do for Hobey. Carter Camper for Miami has 11 goals and 6 assists already through 6 games. Almost two goals per game compared to Frattin's 1 gpg (not to mention the added assists)

Toews with a goal and an assist tonight so far in a 2-2 game still going on. Stafford also tallied a goal in a win and Parise also got New Jersey's only goal in a loss (to Stafford). Oshie assisted on a game-winning OT goal. Good night for former Sioux, not so good for current Sioux.