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Apparently the MSUM president sent out an email to students prior to a press conference later today, indicating that they would not be moving forward with D1 hockey at MSU-Moorhead.

Minnesota will play the night game on Friday. I don't think anybody would argue that. If they are the #1 seed and the 3/6 game is played on Thursday afternoon, that would force the winner of the 4/5 game to turn around and play Friday afternoon after a Thursday night game. In this situation, wouldn't they flip those Thursday games? EDIT: Scratch that thought. The 4/5 winner would play the #1 seed, so they'd play Minnesota at night in this scenario.

I think this week's Bracketology will have UND going to Worcester to play BC in the first round. True bracket integrity would have Merrimack vs. BC, which can't happen in the first round. I don't see them swapping Air Force & Merrimack since that's not fair to the #1 seed overall (Duluth). Here's my attempt for this week: St. Paul 1 Minnesota-Duluth vs. 16 Air Force 7 Minnesota vs. 9 Union Green Bay 3 Michigan vs. 15 Merrimack 6 Mass-Lowell vs. 11 Michigan St. Bridgeport 4 Ferris St. vs. 13 Denver 5 Boston U vs. 12 Northern Michigan Worcester 2 Boston College vs. 14 North Dakota 8 Miami vs. 10 Maine The Bridgeport attendance would be brutal. You could swap Union & Northern Michigan. Will be interesting to see what Moy comes out with later this week.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=30779

Read Jim's blog: http://blog.siouxsports.com/2012/02/23/sioux-pioneers-match-up-has-playoff-implications-for-both/ His analysis had us with the best odds of being at 14 with a split this weekend, which is right where we are. The analysis also shows that 2 more wins has us likely in the 12-13 range.

Nelson grabs the puck for Kristo.

The Sioux have had a few Juniors wear the C.

You'd think it would make sense to at least suit him up as an emergency backup at least. Assuming Dickin is out tonight, another injury and a game misconduct and they could be in a situation where they'd need him. What happens if this team suffers more injuries? Do you just play short-handed? Do you fill a roster spot with a walk-on from campus somewhere? I'm assuming bringing in a recruit early at this point in the season is not an option.

Actually, the rules were changed (maybe last year?), where if a goal is scored on a delayed penalty, you also get a power play.

On Kristo's penalty shot call, I'm not so sure the puck didn't cross the line before the DU player knocked the net off. I watched the replay on DVR, and at the very least, the puck was at the goal line when the net was pushed off. It looked like Hakstol was calling for the goal too. Not sure why they didn't review it. If they had determined it was a goal, we would have gotten a power play on top of it.

"Knights, new plan! The one who kills the ogre, will be named champion! Have at him!"

Friday - Gleason Saturday - Kristo

My travel plans got canceled last minute, so I have 2 tickets that will go unused for the Saturday game at Denver. These are great seats, in Section 9 Row 8. Tickets are in hand, so they could be picked up in the FM area or mailed if I can get them in the mail today. PM me or email me at fargosioux@cableone.net if interested.

A loss (instead of a tie) on Saturday night would have kept us at #14. A win would have moved us up to #13. This is according to the "Build Your Own Rankings" site that's referenced earlier in this thread. Edit: Jim trumped my answer above. But at least I was close!

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7595875/former-nhlpa-boss-resigns-college-hockey-inc Hopefully they find somebody who has more success in the battle against the CHL.

Making my first trip to Magness this weekend for Saturday night's game. Can't wait!

I'm not sure I understand why Dell continues to get the bulk of the starts at this point in the season. If you look at the statistics, if Eidsness had enough minutes to qualify, he'd be among the top 10-15 statistically in the nation. I think Eidsness has at least earned the right to split starts, and I'm not sure Dell has done enough to warrant being the every-game guy.

Still looking for tickets for this series, and might have to go with stubhub. Does anybody know which goal the Sioux will shoot at twice?

I contacted the DU ticket office about tickets for this series, and was told this is the first sell-out of the season for Denver.

Send an email to tickets@theralph.com. It sounds like they have some of their allotment still available.

If you add a victory over BC in the Ice Breaker to a season split with Minnesota, UND would be sitting at #2 in the PWR. Crazy how much difference a couple games can make.

Jess Myers from INCH has a write-up on the US College Hockey Classic: http://insidecollegehockey.com/inch/2012/01/06/notes_1014/ Somebody needs to inform him that Brad Berry hasn't coached at UND for a few years.

I will be there with my wife and kids. Should be a good time. I read somewhere that the Saturday morning practices will be open to the public. Does anybody have details as to what time these are being held?

Tickets have been sold.