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I think they need to renovate the golf course out there.

You can dislike it all you want, but it comes with the territory for some people to say "we." I don't think I know a single life-long Packers fan that doesn't refer to the team as "we." Maybe because we're 12 time world champions.

To be fair to Jordan Schmaltz, a lot of kids get that "potential top ten" label, including a number of Sioux recruits. I'm sure he'll be a good one, but there's only 10 kids that ultimately get that honor. I wouldn't be surprised if he winds up in the 2nd or 3rd round come draft day (and that's no offense to Jordan).

I'd like to know too. I'll be there both games (still trying to snatch up some Saturday tickets, but I'll be there), so maybe we can coordinate a common meeting ground. State Street Brats hosted UND fans when we were at the Madison regional in 2008, so maybe that'd be a good place to start coordinating something at.

Quite a bragging point for the Vikings... "We have never won a Super Bowl, but according to some guy in Grand Forks, we have one of the best announcers in the NFL!"

Hmmm....I'd like to see these Seawolves vids then. Not sure how they have slipped past me in my daily travels.

I don't think Marto has played well. Grand Forks natives, flame away.

Are you guys talking about the Seawolves vids or the Earth-destroying Alaska Nanooks videos?

Brad Miller Time should do a parody of that.

I'm still looking for Saturday tickets for this series if anyone knows of any for a fair price. Got my Friday ones, just need Saturdays.

Oshie Hit

I'm not gonna lie, I fell asleep watching halfway through the third period and woke up after the game to find out they lost. Doesn't sound like I missed anything.

Just a stupid play nowhere near the puck. If you see the back, STOP...it's not THAT hard. I've thinking this for awhile, but now it's confirmed in my mind, Mario Lamoureux is the worst player on the team. I don't care about his "omg, he hustles all the time" crap. If you give him the puck, it's a guaranteed turnover. He sometimes plays defense, but then he does dumb stuff like CFB 90 yards from the puck.

Make it 2 goals and 1 assist...getting a point for all 3 Blackhawks goals.

I still think Frattin with Gregoire and Knight would be deadly. Kristo likes to shoot, so putting him with Frattin takes shots away from Frattin's chances.

You missed the assist on the 2nd goal as well, so he's got 2 pts.

No doubt, that's why many consider him the best in league after Crosby and Ovechkin. I was merely pointing out the fact that if he wanted to put up big numbers, I think he could.

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...

This, in my opinion, was UND's best game yet. Dell was strong and made every save he should have and then stole one or two as well despite facing minimal shots. The first goal got deflected down low and was a pretty tough puck to prevent from going in, and the 2nd was pure awesomeness by UMD's top line. Goaltending will be a huge factor late in the season and I really think Dell can be our go-to guy. The offense, while only putting up three contested goals, controlled most of the game. I think this team will figure out how to score a ton of goals by the end of the year. Look at how many highly skilled guys we have that have no goals or even just one goal. Lastly, the defense was pretty solid. They only got caught flat-footed on that one picture-perfect goal by UMD in the third, but it was also while they were on the PK, and you can't really fault anyone for the nice goal the 'Dogs had on it. UMD is a bit overrated in my opinion, although still a very nice team. They are a bit top-heavy, so if you can shot down the Connelly-Connelly-Fontaine line, they are a team that is very beatable, as the Sioux showed. Also, the Badgers and Denver both have shown pretty good signs in the early going. They've beaten some decent teams and seem to be getting some nice help from their young guys. BC exposed Denver, but that was very early season matchup. Let's bring the brooms and raise our sticks tomorrow.

Blood and Mac are big guys, but don't throw their weight around as much as the others did. They are much stronger on the puck and have a role outside of playing the "tough guy". I agree they could play that role if it arose, but it's a lot fewer and farther between. It's just a thought and I knew everyone would nitpick the situation, but maybe there's some validity in having a tough guy in the lineup every night. Even NHL clubs have them, and the successful ones have top scoring talent with a tough guy or two to keep a few of the better opposing players in line. I just don't see this team having that sort of person in our lineup.

I think the problem with the team is that they don't have any purely physical enforcers like in more recent years. The team always had a Radke, Z. Jones, Prpich, Kaip, etc., but this year you don't really have that. Our "tough guys" are Mario Lamoureux and Brett Hextall. Brett's just a talker and Mario is pretty small for most fights. Anyways, congrats on the win, let's get another tomorrow, and get some long-term momentum going.

That goal was awesome. I wish the Sioux could do that.

What brand? I'd need to see pics first.

It hasn't quite sunk in yet that the name will be gone. It will be a sad morning when it's officially retired. The pic is from the Old Ralph days, as you can probably tell from the photograph.

Yep, I have the one AZSioux posted, it is in the upper left of the pic I posted. I am missing this one in both green and white: this one: And... The three Reeboks and the Sioux jersey worn in the last game at the Old Ralph.