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Drew Shore from DU signed. He was a junior. I would guess Zucker will be close behind him.

It sounds like Hextall already did his part over Xmas break by telling the team that he regrets leaving early. Hopefully he convinced a couple underclassmen to give it another year.

How long was BC's title drought before their recent run? York has built up quite a program there, but BC had a VERY long gap between titles before finally getting that one in 2001. Same thing with Michigan.

Don't forget that Mitch MacMillan will join the team after the New Year as well. And I agree with Wilbur in regards to the potential early departures. I would love if Kristo and Nelson were to return...that top line could really work some magic next season and lead this team. Plus, all the pressure wouldn't be on them with a strong 2nd and 3rd scoring lines with the injured players return. That D-corps is going to be very, very good next season with only Blood gone and Schmaltz incoming.

Please tell me what years the Sioux haven't been a contender since Hakstol took over. Maybe we need to bring Blais back, right? I'm sure he'd get it done since he's had so much success in Omaha.

The Hakstol haters will always be on board, at least until he wins his first national title. It's been said before, but this was an excellent coaching job by this staff...with all this team lost and had to go through this season, not many would have predicted them even making the NCAA tourney, let alone winning the F5. In fact, I believe many of those same haters were calling for Hak's head in November. Am I happy that our season is over? Hell no. Do I wish that we could have brought home the big trophy the last few seasons? Of course. But that doesn't mean that I'm blaming the entire drought on the coaching staff like some seem to always want to do. This team will win another national title some day...and I would be willing to bet that Hakstol will still be at the helm when it happens.

I was more referring to you calling all the other posters "nuthuggers". It's certainly allowed to post negative comments, just try to do it with some class.

You're not going to last long on this forum if you keep going with these type of posts.

That Union/UMass game was not entertaining at all. Lots of mistakes and slow play. I can't believe how "easy" that side of the bracket is compared to the other side: Union/UMass/Ferris/Cornell vs UND/UMN/BC/UMD Wow.

A. This makes no sense. B. Last Friday's game will have no bearing on tomorrow's game if the Gophers advance.

Nice of ESPNU to televise the West Regional games...a day later. They're showing the UND/WMU game on Sunday morning, the BU/UMN game in the afternoon, and then the regional final live. I really hope one of the FSN channels picks up the live feeds for the semi-finals!

Let the real games begin! The Sioux have the toughest #4 seed opponent in Western Michigan, who just beat Michigan in the CCHA tourney championship. They appear to be a tough team that is peaking at the right time. The Sioux will need to play like they did in the 3rd period against MN if they want to advance to the regional final! WMU played four games against UND common opponents this season: They played two games against SCSU after Xmas, losing 4-2 in game 1 and beating SCSU in OT 2-1 in game 2. The series was played in St. Cloud. Right after the New Year, they played a series against UMD in Kalamazoo, losing both games 4-1 and 5-2 to Duluth.

No doubt. I would guess that there will be less than 500 actual WMU fans in attendance. Sure, the Gopher fans will cheer for WMU, but the article makes it sound like thousands of fans will be there from Kalamazoo.

Very tough draw for UND. WMU is by far the toughest #4 seed, and just played very well to win the CCHA tourney over talented teams. Then, if the Sioux can get past Western, they have to face the winner of UMN/BU. Tough stretch to get to Tampa...let's see what this team can do!

I think every fanbase hates Lapanta. Note to Lapanta: It's not a soccer match, so please don't call goals like one.

I read through some of the posts from around Thanksgiving...it is crazy to think how far this team has come since then. Everyone was writing off this team (both opposing fans and our own fans) when they were sitting in 11th place in the WCHA and the injuries were mounting. Hard to believe that this same team is now a #1 seed in the NCAA tourney and just wrapped up their 3rd consecutive Broadmoor title. This team has played with a ton of heart & passion to get where they are right now. They certainly aren't the most talented of Hakstol's teams, but they play so well together as a team and refuse to give up...whether it be on their season (climbing up from 11th to 4th in the standings) or in individual games (amazing comeback against the Gophers). This team has already given more than was expected of them this season...none of us would have ever believed back in Nov/Dec that this team would be winning the Broadmoor again. They've already exceeded my expectations...but now I can't wait to see just how far this team can take this run. Go Sioux!

If things ended up as Moy predicts: West and NE regionals are very tough. East regional is a cakewalk.

Denver got the instant rematch last year too.

I would guess that is the most probable result now. Not sure if I would want to play the Gophers again so quickly after tonight's result. I would rather beat them in the regionals instead of the F5...

Wowzers, that was a hell of an effort from the Sioux in the 3rd period. I didn't see that coming at all after watching the first period and a half. Gopher fans were saying that UND didn't have the depth to match UMN...but UND dominated in the 3rd, when they should have been tired. Gopher fans were saying that UND only had one line that could score...but only two of the six goals were scored by the top line. GPL has crashed from the fail. And the unbelievable, but UND is now (for the time being) a #1 seed. Who saw that coming in Nov/Dec?? Crazy. Now finish off the logo in style and kick some Pio butt tomorrow.

Found this stat from the weekly men's hockey notes: That's a crazy win % in March. If UND could keep some of that success into April...

In this scenario, I think BC would walk out of the NE with no issues. West would be a showdown between UMD and UMN. That could be an awesome game at the X. East could be any team between Miami, BU, or DU imo. I would like that bracket for UND if it actually happened. Although we didn't have good luck last time we faced FSU in the 1st round, I like our chances to advance. Facing Michigan this year with the roles reversed as underdog would be a sweet revenge.

Mario is so unbelievably snake bit right now. When he missed that empty net goalie this past weekend by shooting it wide...that pretty much solidified it. Hopefully he scores a few timely goals in the playoffs to make up for it.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Bjugstad stayed for another year. Much like Nelson, they both could stand to gain a little strength before moving on to the next level.

No doubt. Before the season began, I seriously thought that CC was a contender for the WCHA title (and a good shot at a national title). For them not even to make the F5, let alone the national tourney is crazy.