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Brad is updating scores on his blog. It's 1-1 late in the 2nd right now. areavoices.com/undhockey

JUST WIN BABY! I don't want to wait for AZ to start this thing, I gotta work tonight and I'm pumped. I'll get to watch at like 2am or so. TV & Radio Info

The comments about or our offense and PP seems to be one thing to me. It's very robotic. I don't know if this is Hak's doing or what, but it seems like everyone is just worried about "running the offense" like in basketball. Everyone just looks for the next guy in the play to pass the puck to instead of worrying about scoring. We especially do this when we cycle a lot. It seems like a lot of times the guys just keep cycling and cycling and everyone ends up out of position or the puck gets taken away.

A couple years ago I would have agreed with that statement. They have a pretty darn good TEAM. They don't have the most talented players, but the ones they do have are well-coached and play well together. I'll let the season determine who's overrated and who isn't.

Is it just me, or has Trupp been the next best thing to being jinxed when it comes to scoring goals this year...?

Stand up and cheer Stand up and cheer for North Dakota Pledge your loyalty For she's your Alma Mater true. Our team is fighting And we will help them see it thru We've got the team We've got the steam So North Dakota here's to you

Yay, goal good guys: Zajac from Fienhage and Bruneteau

This team should still be able to score without Chay. They have too much talent and Chay would only be on the ice for 1/3 of the game. The team just isn't putting it in the net, and Chay would help, but there is more to it than just Chay I think. Time to have a kickass 2nd period.

That's a good question...I noticed how well he played last year also. It must be an injury thing, I see no other reason he wouldn't be seeing ice time other than an off-ice incident, but I won't make any assumptions on that, nor would think he would have been out for that many games for anything either.

....if the Sioux nickname issue was resolved on Thanksgiving day and the school and tribes agreed to honor each other by allowing the use of the logo and nickname. The history behind Thanksgiving is widely debated, but it's generally accepted that the pilgrims in Massachusetts were so thankful to have survived their winter that they threw a feast for themselves and their Native American neighbors. The story would have been epic, and it would give so much more meaning to the holiday than there already is for us with ties to the Sioux tradition. No matter what happens, I'll always be grateful to the fact that I went to the University of North Dakota as a Fighting Sioux, and graduated as such. My blood runs no Sioux blood, but I'll always have respect and honor for the members of their tribes no matter what happens. Thank you to all the members of the tribes who have come before us, and also the ones who continue to understand the full meaning of a local university who willingly takes their name in love and respect.

He'll be in our prayers.

Hey AZ...I have highspeed internet and it still takes awhile for the pics to load because they are so big. Maybe try resizing before posting...just a heads up.

Vande Velde (Friday) Kristo (Saturday)

I know it's too late I'm sure...but for future reference, Can UND hire whomever they please for non-league games, such as this Subway Classic this weekend? If they can, I wouldn't mind seeing them hire some more respectable NCAA refs for the weekend to stick it to the WCHA regulars.

Yeah, congrats Hrkac! It should have ended Friday night though seeing how well Cichy played and how many good opportunities he had to score.

Yeah, let's get the Shegos crew for the weekend. He is a Michigan alum who Miami fans hate because of his multitude of nitpicky calls against them (he's our Shepherd to them). That would put me on the floor laughing.

I think this team has a long ways to go, and I was already thinking this before last week's St. Cloud series...but it seems like an opportune time now that we are on a 3 game losing streak. We've looked pretty good at times, but have little in the way of consistency. We've swept two series, Merrimack (picked to finish 10th in Hockey East) and Michigan Tech (picked to be last in the WCHA). Now, Merrimack has been a surpise so far in Hockey East, but they are still Merrimack. They'll be a bottom half team by the end of the season. Michigan Tech just isn't a good team. We failed to sweep Minnesota and St. Cloud, and now lost two both games against a very good team in Denver. The Sioux have a great team, but there's a ways to go yet. Eids has looked great in my eyes (not in some others) and we have some great freshmen. However, besides Chay Genoway, the older leaders haven't led like they should in the way of just getting the puck in the net on a consistent basis. Scoring will be a problem all year I have a feeling, especially until Chay gets back. To give up only four goals all weekend, and all on the PP, is a good sign, but to lose both because we ourselves can't score...that is a bad sign. Time to turn it around and beat a couple CCHA teams for Pairwise purposes...the Miami game will have huge implications. On a more positive side, I think this team has championship pieces in place. All our scoring guys won't go anywhere but up, and if our defense continues to stay stout, I wouldn't want to place us. I actually haven't felt as good about a team's chances since 06-07.

Just to reiterate my last post, I had Trupp tonight.

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I love all the lines. The third might have its struggles without a proven puck mover, but if they grind it out like they're supposed to, we'll be good to go.

I pick the good guys to lose one and all of a sudden I'm a negative Nelly...

PS...I HATE Denver more than any other team... Why? 1) The three title games they beat us in 2) Curious George the Dasher Dancer 3) The three title games they beat us in 4) Geoff Paukovich 5) The three title games they beat us in 6) They're always good!

Denver 3 N. Dakota 2 Just a hunch....

Zajac didn't make it look pretty, but whatever works! As they say, there's more than one way to skin cat.

That clears things up, thank you. And for the record, I love the feathered logos a lot, they really look sharp on the black shirts.