brianvf

Wow. UMD up to 8th and MSUM up to 11th. Insane. I never would have thought the Mavs would climb that high. That sweep over DU certainly helped them.

Duncan

I am looking for 2 tickets for Friday OR Saturday's game against Denver. Lower bowl or upper bowl, I wouldn't mind either. Please PM me if you have any available. Thanks!

I would be surprised if Marto doesn't get at least one game. I think that at this point, he is a better skater than LaPoint, and that might be a nice benefit on the larger sheet.

I would really like this bracket if it actually happened. We have played all three of these teams already, and beaten them once as well. And the Sioux played all 3 of them before they really started to play better. Plus, it would be nice to stay in Madison to go watch the Sioux play. But, I'm not sure if the Sioux will rise to get a #1 seed. It could certainly happen, but things would have to align right for them for that to happen.

I'm guessing that UW, UMN, SCSU, MTU, etc would give any CCHA team a run for their money. In fact, they already have this season. 8th place SCSU lost to Miami in OT this year, despite outshooting them. 7th place MTU beat MSU and lost to UM in 2OT. 6th place UMN is 1-1-1 against UM and MSU this year. That's not showing too much CCHA dominance when their top 3 teams can barely beat (or get beaten by) our 6th-8th place teams. It's going to be great in the NCAA's when UM, MSU, Miami, and Notre Dame all lose to "lesser" WCHA and HEA opponents.

I'll go with Duncan for the UMN game on Friday. I won't have access to a computer between Fri night and Sat before the game, so if possible I would like to make my pick for the Sat game as well (assuming that Duncan scores on Friday). So...if Duncan scores on Friday, I'll go with Kozek for the UMN game on Saturday.

I would say that last weekend was a tale of two opposite games. On Friday night, the Sioux were the hungrier team, winning all the races to the loose pucks and the Seawolves couldn't keep up, so they resorted to hooking/holding/slashing the Sioux to try and slow them down somehow. On Saturday night, the Seawolves were the hungrier team, winning all the races to the loose pucks and the Sioux couldn't keep up, so they resorted to hooking/holding/slashing the Seawolves to try and slow them down somehow. In the end, regardless of which team outworked the other, the Sioux managed to luckily get two wins out of it, because they certainly only deserved one. I'm glad that the Sioux found a way to win on Saturday, because too many times this season they have outplayed an opponent and somehow lost, so it was good to see them finally win one like that with the shoe on the other foot.

I am most concerned with Wheeler and Hoeffel this weekend for the Gophers. Wheeler always seems to play well against the Sioux (or at least get timely goals), and Hoeffel was outstanding in the earlier series between these teams at REA.

I'll be at the F5 again this year, so I would be game to do it once again.

I think the Sioux played well this weekend...on Friday night. Saturday night was a different story altogether, but Friday nights effort was very good.

Agreed. UMN is still dangerous right now. They have been getting improved performances from their defense now that Kangas has taken over the starter role in net. It appears (from what their fans are saying at least) is that their offense is getting chances, they are just shooting wide/passing one too many times/etc. So we can hope that this isn't the weekend where they get it all together. But I will still be happy with a split going into Mariucci, especially with how the Gophers dominated play at REA earlier this year.

Wonder if CC will drop in the PWR after their 1 point weekend against Tech?

I can't believe that MSUM swept SCSU.

Hmm.

I would gladly take a win under those circumstances. But I agree, not a good game for the Sioux thus far.

MSUM leading SCSU 3-2 now.

I'm not sure.

Tech up 4-2 over CC with 7min left in 3rd.

Good to see UMD beating those HEA teams.

Keep it going UMD! That would be a big OOC sweep!

Lerg is a quality goalie, but that's probably easier to do against some of those CCHA opponents. But shutting out Michigan's lineup is impressive.

Keep it up Sioux! Hope Tech can hold on against CC.

With Oshie's goal, I'm still active in the Survivor!

Good to see Tech taking it to 'em. Both CC and DU don't appear to be dominating as much as in the first half.