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I agree with Chuck on the bolded above.

The question about Ciskie...is he a homer? He says it himself. It is humorous to me how many UMD players are on his All-WCHA ballot: 1st place UND has 2 players on his entire ballot (not including Rookie). 2nd place DU has 4 players. 3rd place UNO has 1 player. 4th place UMD has 4 players and the POTY. Homer much, Bruce? The funny thing about MConnolly over Frattin is that Frattin has 3 more goals and 3 more assists in league play, and he wasn't out on the ice every other shift like the Connolly line was for UMD. If UMD was more than a 1.5-line team, Connolly would be even further down that list.

And the whole Dell vs Patterson thing is crazy. It doesn't matter...they're both good goalies. One has better save %, one has better GAA. Ciskie is crazy though. Brittain as 1st team goalie...Bakala as 3rd team? Has he not watched DU's struggles in net during the last month or so?

There still is a good chance that the Gophers will make the NCAA tourney. They pretty much NEED to sweep UAA this weekend though to do it. If they lose one game (even if they advance to the F5), their chances take a serious hit.

I think you hit the nail on the head with the Frozen Four team comment. I bet that if Maine would have made it to the F4 last season, Nyquist may have gotten more votes, but with UW making it...Blake kind of wrapped it up. If Miami fails to advance to StP and Frattin helps lead the Sioux to the F4...I think he would definitely garner a few more votes from that.

I would be thrilled if both Gregoire and Kristo come back next season. They would form a formidable offensive tandem that a young team could build off of...especially with a stud like Grimaldi coming in. That said, anything can happen in the offseason. Gregoire would honestly be a Hobey candidate if he came back. He's such a great 2-way player. Kristo...not sure if he would want to jump ship this year after his frostbite incident and the slow start he had points-wise. But anything is possible when money is thrown your way.

Disappointing. But great season from the women...I look forward to an even bigger improvement next year!

It looks like at most there would be two #1 WCHA seeds and at most two #4 WCHA seeds. If that happens, I doubt the committee would match up them up in the first round. I'd guess that Yale and BC would get them in the first round, unless they really want Yale to play the AHA champ. It looks like four or five teams would be the WCHA number this year (four if the season ended today). And they are spread out decently... UND #1 seed DU & UNO #2 seeds UMD #3 seed And then the potential for either CC/UMN/SCSU to be a #4 seed. Of course, a lot can change in a couple weeks.

Agreed. And then (since the highest that they could climb might be the #14 or #15 spot in the PWR), they would face off against BC in the 1st NCAA game (using the current PWR). Ouch.

UND in 2 DU in 2 UNO in 3 UMD in 3 UMN in 2 CC in 3 Thurs F5: UNO beats CC / UMD beats UMN Fri F5: UND beats UMD / UNO beats DU Sat F5: UND beats UNO Why? Because I said so.

Wow, Zucker is going to have to have a monster game tonight against SCSU if he wants to catch Frattin in the points race. Frattin already with 1G, 2A in the first period.

Hextall PPG 5-1

The Tech feed is being picked up by FightingSioux.com. I heard it wasn't the greatest feed last night though...

I think Frattin deserves the Hobey this season. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if it is given to Miami's Andy Miele. He's put up a ton of points in a good conference.

Tie game. Need to keep the pressure on.

No. I don't think that Tech will beat UND in the next four games. But I'm just saying that anything is possible in the WCHA.

Anything is possible. Did you honestly think that DU would lose to MTU just a couple weeks ago?

Posted by Priceless on USCHO: In order for UND to be the #1 overall seed (in other words, to pass Yale):

We'd be the Gophers then.

Nice win Sioux! Is there any chance for Dartmouth to jump over the Sioux for the NCAA's if they lose to UW?

Video should be working now. Gregoire on the PP. 1-0 UND

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