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And so continues PA and Dubay's obsession with all things UND.

PA and Dubay are just looking to ruffle the feathers of some UND fans, as they realize that the Gophs chances at a postseason run are faltering as well with the loss of Briggs. Like redwing77 said, both these players have signed national LOI to play for UND, Lee for 05, VandeVelde more than likely 06, so I would expect them to be suited up for the Sioux in the upcoming years.

WTF?!?!?! Did they bring him back too early, or what? I don't remember hearing anything during the UAA broadcasts. I wonder if he is out for just the Wisco series, or if he will be back for the SCSU series. This is insane the amount of games that Brady has missed this season due to injury.

The sophomore jinx? I think he caught the injury bug, not the soph jinx.

Says alot about his talent when he is putting up those type of numbers while being on the 2nd/3rd line and not seeing much PP time. I look forward to watching him next year....

# Name Position Gr. Date of Birth Ht. Wt. Home Town GP G A PTS PIM 04 Taylor Chorney Defense 12 4-27-87 5'11" 180 Hastings, MN 49 4 28 32 50 08 Kyle Okposo Forward 11 4-16-88 6' 195 St. Paul, MN 52 38 38 76 56 09 Jonathan Toews Forward 12 4-29-88 6'1" 180 Winnipeg, MB 51 39 47 86 34 10 Michael Gergen Forward 12 2-17-87 5'11" 185 Hastings, MN 55 48 40 88 92 21 Charles Genoway Forward 12 12-20-86 5'9" 170 Morden, MB 52 18 32 50 42 Updated SSM stats after their weekend tourney. They won all five of their games; 3-1, 6-1, 8-1, 10-0, and 2-0. Genoway adds 4 points and one goal to his total. Chorney only plays in one of the games, and registers no points. Not sure why he didn't play in the other 4 games. Okposo has a good weekend, scoring 2 goals and 8 points total. Gergen with a 3-4-7 line on the weekend. Toews with an identical 3-4-7 line, staying 2 pts behind Gergen for the overall lead, although Gergen has played in 4 more games. Appears that Toews doesn't go to the box too often, as he only has 34 PIMs all season, compared to Gergen's 92 PIMs and Okposo's 56 PIMs.

Meet Ryan Hale, the next Sioux hockey coach.

Tied for 10th with no bonuses. Tied for 8th with a 3-2-1 bonus.

So far they are right at #15, hanging on by a thread.

5-1. CC scored late in the 3rd. DU beats UMD 5-4 with a goal in the last 2min. Good for us. Now we just need to win to get a head of UMD in the standings.

Is Pelawa the player that died in a car accident prior to the 87 season starting? Sounds familiar.

What about the rest of the team? They're just contemplating it? That doesn't sound like much unity to me.... I'm not really sure haircuts is what they need to get back on track. And what are the odds that lifemates Potulny and Irmen started the whole ordeal?

Someone on USCHO posted the boxscore, so here it is: FIRST PERIOD: 1, Lee (C. Johnson, Becker) :24. 2, Fisher (Barta) 4:08 (pp). 3, Christian (T. Johnson) 6:23. 4, Fisher (VandeVelde, Clukey) 7:16. 5, Krause (Ammerman, Barta) 10:45. 6, C. Johnson (Ammerman, Barta) 12:59 (sh). 7, Becker (C. Johnson, Ammerman) 16:30. SECOND PERIOD: 8, Loos (C. Johnson, Becker) 5:36. 9, Fisher (VandeVelde, Clukey) 8:34. 10, Lee (Nitzkorski) 9:03. 11, Deitz (Clukey) 15:13. THIRD PERIOD: 12, Deitz (Clukey, VandeVelde) 4:47. 13, Christian (Krause, Miller) 9:03. 14, Foss (Deitz) 14:06. 15, Lee (Christian, Miller). SAVES: Monticello, Scheinbien 17-13-8--38. Moorhead, Deutz 4-7-2--13. The shots were 52-13. Lee with a 3-0-3 (including the GWG 24 seconds into the game) VandeVelde with a 0-3-3

I guess all that Brian needed to break out of his scoring funk was a nice cupcake...

If UAA sweeps UND and we have a three-way tie for 5th place in the WCHA, that would be crazy. UND's only advantage would be that they have 2 games in hand to both UMD and UAA. That said, I like the chances of UND this weekend. They have a near full lineup for the first time in ages. Having Murray and McMahon back will help this team tremendously.

Thanks for answering my questions guys!

Just a few quick questions for those that are "in the know" with MN HS hockey, but what is with the huge difference in point levels for these two schools? I was led to believe that they are two of the best schools in their sections. Moorhead's leading scorer has 53 pts, while Warroad's leading scorer has almost 30 more points. And I thought that Lee was an offensive dman? Hardwick and Olimb from Warroad have 20 or more points than him. Did he miss that many games due to the WJC's? Heck, Hardwick has the same amount of points that VandeVelde has.... Thanks in advance for your help!

If the Sioux get half as many chances as the Gophs had tonight, I hope that they can put more than 2 behind the UAA goalie. That's not a given with our offense though. But that 2nd UM goal shouldn't have counted anyway, that was a definite skate redirection, good thing it didn't affect the outcome of the game.

Regarding the UAA series next weekend, the Sioux may be meeting up with them at the right time injury-wise. Looks like UAA is without their goalie Lawson because of a groin injury, and they are also missing their top two dmen for this weekend's series against the Goofs. No word yet on whether any of the three will be back next weekend for the Sioux series, but it doesn't look good for the Seawolves. You may remember that Lawson stoned the Sioux when the Wolves came to REA. For the Sioux, if they can get Murray back from injury, as well as McMahon back from his suspension, they should be able to field a full lineup for the first time in a long while (aside from Kaip, of course).

Now that's funny!

Great news!

The updated SSM stats after their weekend in GF for the Midget Tourney. They won all 3 of their games; 5-3 over the Kings, 8-2 over Chicago, and 8-1 over Team Illinois. 04 Taylor Chorney Defense 12 4-27-87 5'11" 180 Hastings, MN 48 4 28 32 50 08 Kyle Okposo Forward 11 4-16-88 6' 195 St. Paul, MN 47 36 32 68 50 09 Jonathan Toews Forward 12 4-29-88 6'1" 180 Winnipeg, MB 46 36 43 79 28 10 Michael Gergen Forward 12 2-17-87 5'11" 185 Hastings, MN 50 45 36 81 82 21 Charles Genoway Forward 12 12-20-86 5'9" 170 Morden, MB 47 17 29 46 36 Gergen still leads Toews by 2 points with 4 games more played. Okposo's pace has slowed down compared to Toews/Gergen, as he is now 11 pts behind Jonathan. Chorney was playing again after not playing during last weekend's games.

Press 10 if you think they are one in the same.

I would hope for him to be back by the UAA trip. Hakstol said it was a 4-6 week injury. After the CC series, the Sioux have had a week off, BSU, DU, another week off, then the UAA series. So hopefully he will be back by then....

True, sometimes it is just better to take the shot yourself. Sometimes you can catch the goalie leaning for the pass.