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Was that in regulation? Ouch!

Only December, and we're already supposed to dismiss their title hopes? Interesting.

USA wins 4-2 to make their record 2-0. Sounded like they had a ton of shots, but the Swiss goalie kept them in it. The other game was a laugher...10-1 Sweden win over Denmark. A big game against Russia tomorrow.

Agreed. Alaska Anchorage swept UND last year without Lammy in net, and the Sioux are going to have to fight for every WCHA point that they can get if they want to finish top 3.

Excellent!

You wouldn't quit your job and move on to a new one if they offered you a $100k pay increase?

Slovakia must be about as good as Robert Morris if Turris is scoring that much.

Russia squeaks by Kazakhstan, 5-4.

Maybe he re-injured it in practice or something. Hopefully he can play against SCSU. Agreed about Forney.

He must be talking about Notre Dame.

Not sure if this has already been posted, but... http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/12692637.html Woah. Snow absolutely rips into Lucia there.

I guess they could always just switch Oshie and Kaip then and have Kaip center Oshie and Duncan.

Well, I wouldn't go that far. He was a Gopher, after all.

Agreed.

I think he meant this list: http://www.uscho.com/stats/ For all of DI, not just WCHA.

I like UND's bracket here. I think they can take Northeastern and Miami. Denver or UMN in the Midwest. Michigan in the East. CC in the West.

Yes, a sweep of UNH would be huge for PWR implications. I would love to see it happen. The Sioux need to start stringing some good games BACK TO BACK in order for it to happen, but they are certainly talented enough to do so. It looks like CC is on their way to getting a #1 seed, and I certainly wouldn't want the Sioux to get placed in the CoSprings regional with CC as the #1. I also wouldn't want them to get placed in the Midwest regional if UW happens to make the NCAA's. I'd rather they go to the East or Northeast in those situations. Or to the Midwest if UW doesn't make it...and that way I could easily go to the games. Either CC or DU (or both if they get placed in the West regional together) could duplicate UW's title run from a couple years ago in not having to leave the state in the NCAA's.

SCSU was supposed to have the services of Swiss stud forward Luca Cunti this year, but it appears that he won't be going the college route any longer: http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic.../112160036/1002 Big blow for them, as he would have bolstered their attack, which is already potent with Nodl, Lasch, and Roe.

I bet that line would be 2nd line on a CHA or AHA team. Crap, I forgot about Miller in my lines. I guess you could substitute either Miller or Martens for Radke on that 4th line.

My lines: Line1 - Kozek/VandeVelde/Oshie Line2 - Duncan/Watkins/Frattin Line3 - Trupp/Kaip/Malone Line4 - Radke/Zajac/Forney D1 - Chorney/Bina D2 - Genoway/Jones D3 - LaPoint/Finley Scratches: Marto, Davidson, Martens Separate Duncan and Oshie so other teams can't key in on just one line. Move Kozek up because he's been playing really well this year and getting rewarded for his efforts with goals. Have Watkins center two snipers in Duncan and Frattin for the 2nd line. The 3rd line would be fun to watch with physical Kaip, feisty Trupp, and Malone for the boards and standing in front of the net for garbage goals. I put Radke on the 4th line, but if he starts taking stupid penalties, substitute for Martens. I'd like to see Forney get another shot, he looked good out there in his earlier 2 games. I hate to scratch Marto after his strong, consistent play, but I just can't move Genoway up to forward. He's so good at skating the puck out of our defensive zone (the best on our d-corps IMO) that I can't justify losing his great transition play back on defense.

You have to wait until you get your tickets to know where your seats are. At least that's how it was when I bought tickets last time. I'm going this year as well. Paid for my tickets a month ago.

I had never seen or heard Dubay before the FSN after show last night. He talked about how he thought that UND had only the one line, and that even though Hakstol told him differently, he still believed that. I wonder if he realized that all four Sioux goals were scored by people not named Oshie, Duncan, or VV?

Agreed. They returned too many forwards and dmen to struggle the whole season. If their frosh goalies can start to play consistently, they'll be there at the end.

It will help us that UNH will be without JVR, since he will be at the WJC.