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No, still 1-0 DU in the 2nd.

DU up 1-0 over CC in the meaningless game.

Time to take care of MTU in two! No scares like last year. Hakstol can work on the PP/PK this week in practice. I think there are definitely going to be some good 1st round series this year...who knows which 5 teams will be in St Paul.

I would not want to face UAA next weekend. DU is going to have their hands full... UAA on the verge of sweeping UMD in Duluth.

UAA 3 UMD 1 In the 2nd.

BC 4 NE 1 End of 2nd

Does this mean we finish 10th next season? I hope not!

I was thinking after the UMD series or the GLI. That is when it was at it's worst.

Yeah, nothing was really settled at all in the middle of the standings... CC must be very happy with how the results played out tonight.

You know it's a good night when the Sioux win to clinch the MacNaughton while the Gophers lose in OT to the last placed Huskies. Now...saying that, I just hope that UND can beat them twice next weekend.

Indeed! Now go out and win two more trophies.

YES!!!!

We should just stick to the actual games coverage.

The typical Gopher fan is ignorant of the players on the current Sioux roster (much like the typical Sioux fan doesn't know the Gopher roster). When their radio media still talks about all the overage Canadians on the Sioux roster, that just goes further to embed that into their thinking. Old-time Gopher fans probably still think that the Gophers recruit 17-18 yr old players just out of HS and the Sioux recruit 24 yr old Canadians with 6 years of juniors experience. When in reality, the average ages of both teams are very close to each other.

Bachman on that list is a huge surprise. Maybe they had to put him on there by default just because he won it last year... Eidsness has a better GAA and Winning % than Bachman, while Bachman barely has a better save %.

Some articles: Geoffrion out for tonight, may play tomorrow: http://www.badgerbeat.com/news/article/id/441753 Keys to the series: http://www.badgerbeat.com/news/article/id/441769 Another 2nd half turnaround: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/109421/ 4 questions with Genoway: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/109424/

The Sioux took it to SCSU for almost that entire game. Outplayed them for most of the game and outshot them 36-18. Weslosky just had an "ON" night, while Eidsness had an "OFF" night. It happens. But I don't think they by any means let up for that Friday night game.

I asked him if he was still interested on USCHO...

Have you confirmed if we have any goalie's yet? That one Tech fan from USCHO seemed interested, but he didn't confirm either way yet...

Your post should say: He's already got an MVP, Hobey, and Broadmoor...what he doesn't have is a MacNaughton Cup and National Title. Time to cross those last two off his list.

I see one of three things happening this weekend: 1. UW plays tough, desperate hockey and gives the Sioux two very close games that could go either way. 2. UND wins by a few goals on Friday night to clinch, and then UW wins on Sat as they will have more to play for. 3. UW mails it in and the Sioux take the sweep. I would think that #1 would happen, but part of me is not as certain being that UW should have been playing that way the last couple weekends against MSUM and DU. They have one point in their last 4 WCHA games.

Great news! Hopefully he can suit up!

I think the CC top line with Walsky and Rau is more dynamic than the Stoa/Schroeder line for UMN. The Sioux shut down the Stoa line pretty well in GF for the Sioux/Gopher series, but the Rau line for CC was a threat everytime they touched the ice this past weekend. They may not have as many points as the Stoa line, but IMO they were more impressive.

Kind of like that Ryan Potulny vs Grant Potulny fight on hockeyfights.com. Not only did they both play for the Gophers, but they are also brothers! They must absolutely hate each other to fight like that.

It sounded like Gregoire's injury wasn't too serious, as he did skate in warm-ups on Saturday. So hopefully he can make the trip, but if not I have faith that Hakstol will get the lines going well.