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Who owns the rights to an S with tomahawks in it? The Shicago Blackhawks?

Yeah, what Bob said right above me. I'm limited only to viewing online or listening to Tim.

I'm assuming that it will switch to the NoDak game when it approaches? I'm so used to watching on TV thru FCS that I'm not used to having to scramble to find these games online.

What's the scoop on where we're all watching the game online?

5-10 years from now we'll all be talking about how great it was to listen to Doug and Frank on FSN North compared to whomever gets some tenure as their replacements.

As much as I hate the Gophers, I never once minded listening to Doug and the Rug. Whenever you heard their voices, you knew it was something college hockey. And, as much as they were homers, they weren't afraid to dish out a little respect where it was earned.

Is that for sure?

Any word on Nick Ebert? It was said that if he liked his visit (was here for the MTU series I believe), he would commit shortly thereafter. Well, being the impatient person I am, I wonder what's taking so long?!

Yeah, JPar played one season with them back in 08-09.

A little Ryan Duncan update: In 62 games with Salzburg, Duncan has 30 goals and 35 assists. He leads his team in goals, and is 2nd in points. And while I was at it, N*than G*rbe (censored for our younger viewers) seems like he hit a sophomore slump with the Portland Pirates, scoring only 10 goals and adding 26 assists in 42 games with them. Last year, G*rbe managed to put up 30 goals and 26 assists in 57 games.

Take away that 8-1 thrashing, and Lee playing like crap in the Final Five, they were a tough team for us as well. They have the scoring. They have good goaltending most of the time, and their defense is better than in years past. Plus, they didn't have Roe against us and their lines were a bit scattered at the F5.

I think SCSU will be tough. This is one of their best teams they've had in awhile, and they've had some decent ones in recent years. I can see them as a Frozen Four dark horse with good potential.

The problem with this comment is that the faster and harder you push technologies that aren't reliable, and have very little in the way of energy output, the greater the chance it will fail. If you let capitalism run its course, someone is going to have a breakthrough beyond what we can imagine right now, and then getting rid of all our combustible engines is then something viable. We just don't have the technology to do that until one of these major breakthroughs happen. Yes, there are methods to creating clean energy right now, but none of them can do what fossil fuels do. Once you obtain a way to provide cheap renewable energy that has as much output as fossil fuels, then we can start getting rid of fossil fuels. You'd destroy America by trying to replace everything before there is a good enough technology in place...but what progressive liberal isn't trying to destroy America these days?

We are now ONE day away from tournament action. East and West regionals start the action.

Awesome write-up. One concern I have is that, now that Chay has been out for so long, and if he is able to come back, would it hinder the team if he came back with only a couple games (assuming he's not playing this weekend, which is a pretty safe assumption)? I know that sounds blasphymous, but I think the team has gelled so well and rallied around him, I wonder if he came back if some of that chemistry would be lossed on the ice (I know it wouldn't hurt it off at all). Just some questions to ponder...not saying it would have any ill-effects for him to come back.

Hey, I was watching that!

Way to go out on a limb there AZ. Nope. Not this time. BC dominates the whole game. No doubt about it. Alaska should just probably stay home and save travel costs.

How's this for a deal? I'll be at Target Field for some Brewers/Twins action, and then you head out east here and enjoy some Brewers/Twins at our beloved Miller Park.

There is absolutely no chance Alaska beats Boston College. ZERO PERCENT. I doubt Alaska can put up a goal while almost certainly giving up 6 or 7 to BC at the same time. Prediction after all that? BC 6, Alaska 0.

So you did ask him then?

Try this one on for size: 3 goals in less than 1 minute to put the game in OT.

I'm no Twins fan, but Mauer did something pretty great by signing this deal with the Twins. There were talks that if he wasn't set on playing for the Twins beyond this next season that the Yankees, Red Sox, and Mets would have had a bidding war for him that would have gotten him somewhere in the 10 year/250 million dollar range. Mauer has a good head on his shoulders, and the Twins should be proud to have a great cornerstone for years to come. The only thing that concerns me is that the Twins hopefully didn't tie up too much money in him that would be better served for other players down the line if Mauer's play goes drastically downhill after a few years (catchers have a tougher time producing big numbers year after year after year...hence talks about moving him to first in the future). Either way, go Brioux Crioux!

Tears of joy would roll from my face...I hope he puts up a hat trick of hat tricks, 9 freakin' goals. It still wouldn't numb the pain of the Gerbe era, but it'd help.

Yeah, I guess my goal with writing this was to not forget where WE came from as sioux fans, alumni, athletes, and coaches. Every person involved in the program (and that includes everyone) has a little piece of Cliff Purpur in 'em. Almost all the coaches and players have especially shown this day in and day out. They play like Cliff lived. I hope we never forget that. Imagine the hockey landscape these days without Cliff Purpur and John Mariucci. Neither North Dakota or Minnesota would be what they are today...not even close. And THEN think what North Dakota and Minnesota have done for all the rest of hockey. We've created hall of famers, coaches, players who have played in every league, olympians, etc. They've come and gone from the UND and UM programs, but went on to spread the seeds of their roots throughout the entire world. Here's a novel idea...why don't we do a little renaming of REA. We can leave the building itself as Ralph Engelstad Arena, but it might be a neat idea to call the ice itself The Purpur Ice at Ralph Engelstad Arena (ala Coach K Court which is in Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University). Just a thought...take it for what you will.

If you post something idiotic, even if it was only out of frustration, you still lay claim to what you have said and deserve any responses that it may inhibit (good or bad). If you don't want someone to potentially rag on a comment, don't post it. Otherwise, be willing to hear what people have to say. Just because you were frustrated, and maybe didn't mean what you said, doesn't make you immune to comments. People are willing to bash Hak, Eidsness, Lee, Finley, LaPoint, etc., but when someone bashes them, they get all uptight. Fair? You decide.