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Either MSUM or the 1st round WCHA playoffs...those would be his only two options remaining. Let's hope he's impressed with the facilities, coaching staff, and area. And hopefully Miles has been harping him to attend along with him.

1. When are the coaches going to realize that we need to rotate goalies? It's been a long time since we've had two good starts in one weekend from a starting goalie. Eidsness got lucky last night with posts and rebounds...and then got burnt tonight. Dell should have started if he was good enough to play in the 3rd. 2. Multiple jersey popping by DU players? Really lame. Maybe all the Sioux fans at Magness confused them and they thought they were on the road? Zucker is a fun player to watch...but with him constantly running his mouth and his antics on the ice, he's going to have to tone that down in the NHL or beware. 3. I think the Sioux played well enough to win, but the special teams goals allowed killed them for sure. That SHG was the killer IMO. Either Mattson needs to take the penalty to prevent the shot, or Eidsness needs to cover that better (or both would be ideal). 4. Must sweep next weekend against a weaker opponent. No letdowns on Saturday after coming out flying on Friday. Two wins and a series win in the first round might be enough to earn that tourney berth.

That's not correct. There are many scenarios that would have UND in the NCAA's without winning the F5. Ridiculous. Regardless of the "winning percentage" of the black jerseys this season, they are absolutely beautiful jerseys. No way should they be put away forever.

Nice job by the ladies to sweep BSU and advance!

According to Brad, Dickin is out tonight.

When did Carter Rowney get so good?

While I'm not the biggest Eidsness lover (flops too much and gives up the big rebounds), I have to say he played pretty well tonight. He did get some help from a couple posts. Lammy did not have a good game. The 10min misconduct + the blown coverage on the Zucker goal were pretty horrible. The top line was dominant all game. Gwoz looked ticked all game. I love it. Hopefully Dickin isn't out for extended time as well...we have no room for that. Great win, now it's time to go for the sweep tomorrow and make Chambers eat crow after jinxing DU with his "most remarkable streak in sports" blog article this week. http://blogs.denverpost.com/colleges/2012/02/23/du-pioneers-on-one-of-the-most-remarkable-streaks-in-american-sports/23075/

I wouldn't classify Rau's play as goonish (yet), but he certainly is a fan of hitting people along the boards after the whistle or well after that player has gotten rid of the puck. He did it again tonight against UNO.

http://www.uscho.com/2012/02/23/hrkac-out-as-head-coach-at-concordia-wis/

I don't think either of those would be stretches assuming UND makes the NCAA's...

And, of course, we'd have to get by Ferris St first. I remember the last time we faced Ferris in the 1st round of the NCAA's...didn't end so well for our Sioux.

Dell seems to play very well on Friday nights and then not so well on Saturday. If I were Hak, I would start Dell Friday and Eidsness on Saturday.

One of our most recent recruits, Adam Tambellini, listed PSU as a potential school. http://undhockey.are...es.com/?p=89993

This thread seems to have taken a turn away from prospective Sioux recruits... Anyone have any more info on Lemieux? I hope this former-NHL parent recruit doesn't turn out like the last one with Matteau.

No one is faster than Cygan. I remember that guy flying around the ice when UAA visited the Ralph.

Wow. Bjugstad and Rau must have been targeting Zucker with those hits. Rau's was way after the whistle too. What a dangerous hit. Hopefully Zucker is ok.

Remember when Patterson had like 5 shutouts in a month to start the season or something along those lines? What happened to him? He's been letting in a lot of softies lately.

Didn't Gopher fans rip Kristo after he slammed his stick after getting kicked out for a CFB in the Gopher series? Called him a baby or something like that. I wonder if we'll see the same comments for Helgeson? I would guess not.

Great win, and thanks for the updates! Much appreciated. Just for all those cheapshots...let's get the sweep tomorrow.

I get CBS Sports. Unfortunately, our cable box died last night. Despite Cox saying that they would be out today to fix it...they canceled at the last minute and won't be out until Monday now. WTF. So no game for me.

I can't believe they lost to the Monarchs...they're kind of crappy this year. The Sioux probably lost some key players to injuries or something. Also thought this was funny: I guess Lucia was right...every time a fight happens, the Sioux are involved.

This is complete bunk. The Sioux lost three forwards before the season even began (Miller, St. Clair, DiPuma), have since lost another three forwards to season-ending injuries (Grimaldi, Rodwell, O'Donnell), typically are playing 2 or 3 defensemen as forwards, are playing multiple walk-on players to fill roster spots, etc. IMO, if Hakstol can coach this team into the NCAA's, it will be one of his finest coaching performances since coming to UND. I'm not saying that he will win Coach of the Year, or even that he should be nominated...but the amount of adversity that this team has endured this year is remarkable.

You are correct.

Committed Recruits Stats Update: 2012 Clarke Saunders, G (UAH) - 25gp, .906 save %, 3.73 gaa, 2-21-1 record Zane Gothberg, G (Fargo/USHL) - 28gp, .912 save %, 2.48 gaa, 15-10-3 record Jordan Schmaltz, D (Green Bay/USHL) - 25gp, 6g-13a-19p Miles Koules, F (USA U18) - 38gp, 4g-11a-15p Bryn Chyzyk, F (Fargo/USHL) - 39gp, 21g-14a-35p 2013 Geoff Crisfield, D (Vernon/BCHL) - 46gp, 0g-7a-7p (leads team with 72 PIM) Luke Johnson, F (Lincoln/USHL) - 33gp, 11g-20a-31p Drake Caggiula, F (Stouffville/OJHL) - 23gp, 10g-20a-30p Jack Rowe, F (Cedar Rapids/USHL) - 26gp, 2g-13a-15p Luke Voltin, F (Des Moines/USHL) - 4gp, 0g-0a-0p Adam Tambellini, F (Vernon/BCHL) - 44gp, 22g-22a-44p Paul LaDue, D (Lincoln/USHL) - 33gp, 6g-14a-20p 2014 Charlie Pelnik, D (SSM U16) - 38gp, 3g-7a-10p Keaton Thompson, D (USA U17) - 33gp, 4g-10a-14p Nick Schmaltz, F (USA) - 6gp, 2g-4a-6p Chris Wilkie, F (Omaha U16) - 18gp, 22g-26a-48p Haven't heard anything further about Voltin...hopefully he sticks with hockey and joins the Sioux in a couple years. Probably been a tough time for him lately with the NTDP issue and now joining a struggling team in the USHL.