southpaw

if sioux hold on to win, they'll be tied for 6th, with miami and cornell. sioux will be a 7 seed and looking at the seedings from a completely numbers point: umn, UND, cc, and holy cross. because cc and UND can't play, it looks like michigan or possibly bc will come to the ralph.

unfortunately, holy cross will be sent to whatever regional the gophers go to.. would have liked to see bemidji play the gophers at the ralph.

wow, that 3rd (formerly 4th) line is just all hustle. if i'm playing against them i wouldn't want to put my head down or touch the puck.

can we get 2 in the next 30 seconds?

toews to duncan, sweet sweet pass 5-1 sioux which freshman will get the hatty?

earlier this year, when the sioux were still very young and not playing well a lot of people were criticizing everything about the team. it was as if there was a giant fire on the bandwagon and everyone was jumping off. one post i remember distinctly i will post below... if you're going to the regional, feel free to print this page off and take it to shep to eat. also, if you remember posts from other sioux fans who need some type of eating to do next weekend, feel free to post it here

smaby hard into the boards... gets up slowly but is still out on his shift. i didnt realize we had 8 guys from shattuck on our team end of 1, 3-1 sioux

roy who?

another one by oshie pp 3-1 sioux

while woog is huge on the offensive defensemen that umtc has, he's loving our big trees back there... keep up the great play finley and schmabey.

15 seconds later another one!!! 2 -1 sioux 3 goals in 25 seconds!

10 seconds later, sioux score tj ohsie 1-1

half an hour

even the gophers pp looks slow and sloppy. someone should find out what percentage of the gophers goals are scored on nhl ice compared to olympic ice. because it seems they are less effective when they dont have so much room.

earl scores on a breakaway. 4-0 uw. just before that elliott with a great glove save.

actually, most posters on uscho that are gopher fans say this game doesn't matter at all. they say wisco has something to prove this game and taht's why they are playing better. i'm glad i cheer for a team that never says quit.

3-0 badgers pp goal by ross carlson dropping 8 to scsu and then not putting anything in net the next game isn't how a team would like to head in the ncaa's.

northern mich and mich are tied after 2 in the ccha 3rd place game. with a tie or win, mich advances to the ncaa tournament. if i'm northern mich and its tied with a minute to go in the game, i'm pulling my goalie and going for the w.

wisco took some lessons from the sioux yesterday and are blocking shots left and right. if you can block the points from the shot on the gophers pp, then they are much less effective.

very very very nice goal by jack skille 2-0 uw took it in hard along the right side of the net, briggs fell of the pipe and skille put it short side, all with a um defender on him.

another penalty on the one.

mazzaco starting the "this game doesn't really matter much for the gophers. all they'd get is a banner, but they probably wouldn't hang that up." this game will determine if they get sent to the ralph or if they get shipped out east. the gophs and wisco have a lot to play for. not to mention, going 0-2 right before the ncaa's is not a good thing.

i did some playing around and it looks like the best that the sioux can finish is in a tie for 6th place. it may not be eough to send the gophers elsewhere... but with the way umtc is playing, it may not be a bad idea to face them with a home crowd than in the frozen four with a neutral crowd.

it may not be a bad idea to lose this game if you're the gophers... they'd drop to the #2 overall seed in which they'd play holy cross instead of bemidji. i'd imagine bemidji could give the gophs a run for their money in a home-crowd atmosphere at the ralph.

wisco scores 3+ minutes in 1-0 wisco, gophers are looking pretty weak and uncoordinated right now. perhaps playing so many weak teams to end their season inflated their stats.