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He would be a huge pickup for the Sioux, especially with UW getting their other 3 top scorers.

Two big IF's: If the Sioux sweep Denver and... The Gophers sweep the Huskies... The Sioux will be tied for 2nd place in the WCHA. Huge series for the Sioux here. I'm hoping for at least a split. But if the Sioux team that dominated UMN shows up...we could see a sweep for the boys in green. Go get 'em Sioux!!

Agreed. That said, I watched Notre Dame play on CSTV a few weeks back. They look to be a good team, with a good defense and strong goalie. They looked fast on the ice, but I'm not sure if that was because they were playing a weaker team (IIRC, they were playing WMU or BG), so some of that speed difference may have just been due to the competition. IMO they could be a darkhorse for making the F4, but I agree that they may find difficulty if they are faced with a WCHA or HE opponent in the earlier rounds of the NCAA. If the Sioux get placed in their region, I wouldn't complain.

Agreed. Same thing with Zach Parise in his soph year. He was a better player than Lessard, but the committee opted to give it to the senior who led the Dogs to the F4. Toews won't win the Hobey, but finding a better player than him this year in the NCAA would be very hard...

So you're saying that they're both beatable at home. I like it!

Why's that?

Hopefully the Sioux can get out of tomorrow's game without any injuries or anymore DQ's.

Hell of an effort from Oshie there as well...

That is probably better for the Sioux as well, since SCSU was one point (prior to tonight's game) up on CC. CC and DU are still in reach for the Sioux...let's hope that they can catch at least one of them. I'm rooting for a SCSU and MTU sweep tomorrow night.

Yes, but that helps us because both DU and MTU have played 2 more games than us. And we want to catch DU.

Mine is still good.

MTU beat DU 2-1. A Sioux win tonight would be huge for them to gain some points back on DU.

Agreed. Thanks for write-up, as always, PCM.

I heard that to gain entry into UMD's Penalty Box gang, you have to have a minimum of 4 DWI's on your record. Is that true?

I'm guessing that this won't have any affect on momentum that the Sioux currently have. And it certainly didn't ruin my past week. Are you still a little tweaked from last weekend?

I agree that with Gregoire signing with DU, that certainly opens the door for Nash to fill the last 07 forward spot. And then we can get Toews for 08.

If true, that is good news.

That was Oshie....if he weighed twice as much as he currently does.

That sucks. He should be a heck of a player for them. I hate Denver. I also agree that UW's 07 class is very good as well. Turris has a great chance of being the RoTY next season... Bad news on Cichy as well. Hopefully he doesn't decide to go to the Q. He could be a good player for the Sioux in 08.

Yes. They really liked the play of UND in the Sat game. The one announcer said that it was the best team performance that they had seen all season (even despite all the penalties). I don't get into the ref-bashing much, but both announcers commented a few times about how plays that UND were getting penalized for...the Gophers weren't. They were confused by that. But they did a really nice job overall. Very complimentary toward the Sioux and especially the DOT line, Chorney, Bina, and Lammy.

Nice recap siouxnami. The Sioux will definitely be stacked at forward for the next few seasons.

Agreed.

I don't think that if Toews leave that Oshie would automatically follow. It's not like hetero-lifemates Irmen and Potulny at UMN. Toews will be gone for sure, but Oshie could stick around for another season IMO. We could certainly use his offensive skills at forward once Toews is gone.

The best part of that thread was reading Fire Helmet Guy do his "report from ss.com" every few posts. The obsession runs deep, my friend.

While he was still with Moorhead?