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From the GF Herald article: Also from that article: Let's hope that they play the rest of the season with some intensity and desperation....

I'll stay aboard the Sioux bandwagon....for now. Seriously, the defense and goaltending has been great the last few series. Now we just need the offense to score more than one goal a game in support of the goalie....

They've never been swept at home by SCSU. This team is where I expected them to be in the WCHA standings (4th-6th), but NOT where I expected them to be for as far as PWR rankings. The Sioux are really going to have to string together some good efforts against the teams that they have remaining, and get some help from other teams, if they want the chance to make it into their own regional. Right now I don't think that this is an impossible task, but it certainly will not be an easy one. I think that all the freshmen in the lineup are doing what is asked of them, now we just need players like Stafford, Porter, Zajac, and Spirko to really lead this team by example the last few weeks of the season. They have a huge weekend coming up with the roadtrip to CC. And to be honest, I have no clue what to expect for an outcome for that series.

Darn, I'm watching the game, but I missed that!

With these performances, they won't even make the NCAA tourney...

SOG are 29-20 Sioux. Gotta start burying those chances!! I agree about Sparky. He has been absent from the scoresheet in the last few series. Need him, Stafford, Zajac, Porter, Prpich, etc to step up. Anybody.

End of the 2nd. The Sioux need to win the 3rd period and score some goals to salvage the weekend!

Only twice, and then it went away again.

4+min left in 2nd. 1-1 still. Where has the Sioux offense gone?

PP over.

2nd period underway.

And he even has a trophy named after him!

I think PCM has stated that he doesn't get paid by USCHO to be the arena reporter. It would be fun nonetheless though.

End of the 1st. 1-1 SOG are 17-10 Sioux.

Screw that crap. WTF is that?

That is what it feels like to me too. They are getting too many chances not to score soon...if this keeps up I see a SCSU fluke goal coming. C'mon Sioux!!

And sinking fast. Irmen with the hatty, 5-1 now.

Not a misconduct, he's back out there. He got it for grabbing the facemask or something like that.

Cummins and Wagner got the DQs for Mankato. Rankin got a double minor for roughing and a misconduct. Appears that he got off kind of easy for pretty much starting the whole thing.

I see that you are already looking past BSU. Agreed though. If the season ended today, facing Mich and then possibly Minn would be a tough two-game set to make it to the FF. But I have faith, being that the Sioux managed to get past BU/BC out east last year. It's possible.

The only way that the Gophers won't get sent to REA for the Regional would be if they lose their #1 seed or if the Sioux gain a #1 seed. I don't see either happening.

He won't get it though. Two SCSU players, Reeder and Kronick both had 6pt weekends IIRC.

http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0506/boxes/mmnsndk1.j21

I disagree. The doubting will continue.

Well that is unfortunate if true.