southpaw

Your love for Kessel is well documented in these threads for a month. You're incapable of observing a hockey game without wanting to jump on kessel at every second. We don't like Kessel - heck we don't need to like him. and this continuous lovefest about Kessel about everything makes you look pretty anti-sioux. But - hey - keep at it - I'm sure this won't stop you. Sioux fans can make up their own minds on Kessel - we don't need your constant butt-kissing.

nice picture of oshie lighting up a russian.

i've seen a quote recently, may have been someone's sig here, may be somewhere else...but i'm going to edit it for this situation. "if logos cause racism, then spoons make michael moore fat."

I agree that losing to an ECAC team is unthinkable for a top 7 wcha team, but i think Hak needs to tell the boys the game will be as tough as a wisco series. if you tell them it's going to be easy, they may take some time off. i say let em know this is one of the most important series (aren't they all?) and that a loss at home is not in the cards.

hopefully this year's olympic team doesn't under-achieve like those bunch of hacks from '80.

any word on video for this game? i don't have a dish and don't get espnu, so will it be on the fighting sioux network?

Just a quick note. I didn't get a chance to watch the game, but I read through all of the posts. During the Sioux's 5 on 3 early in the game, there seemed to be a lot of complaining about not shooting. I may get taken to the woodshed for this, but I think when it's that early in the game, scoring isn't probably the biggest priority. Don't get me wrong, but the team should try and score at any moment, but also realize that by cycling the puck and passing it back and forth across the zone, the other team is getting extremely tired. Most teams have their best players on the pk, especially a 5 on 3, so if you have the opportunity to make some extra cross-ice passes to tire out those players early, then take it. I'd imagine you'll score a lot more goals in the third if you just spend that first 5on3 tiring guys out.

greg shepherd has enough suck to cover all leagues.

Here's a link: http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/news_story.asp?id=147178 Congrats to Jonathon, now come back and light up Bemidji. Kris Chucko did not make the team.

tsn.ca has reported the names of 6 of the 12 players that will be cut. toews is still on the team.

word on hockeysfuture is that the announcement will come at 11 am central time. the final cuts were made a couple hours ago and some of those names have been leaked, but so far nothing on toews.

Personally, I've been sick of this story for a while... yet that hasn't stopped me from airing it during the news. There's certain reporters in GF who see this as a way bigger deal than it actually is and they continually bring stories to the table about it. It's a matter of if the reporter goes out of his way to do the story, we might as well air it because some people care.

Perhaps because he posted nothing about the series until after the Gophers had gotten the sweep. He didn't say anything leading up to it, why should we care what he has to say afterwards. To me, it's just like someone joining right after their team wins and starts ranting... he just happened to have already had his screenname.

There's no problem with criticizing play occasionally... but you seem to always be the first one to bring up the negatives. There's a difference between criticizing a team and constantly focusing on the teams negatives and never seeing any positives.

That's true, but you also shouldn't have to be held down by calls by a ref. You can say they weren't mistakes, but when the head of officials says it was, then I'd go with his decision. A ref may be human, but they're expected to be able to make those tough calls. You shouldn't have to score an extra goal just to tie it up.

If you go back and watch some of the first games of the season, the freshmen have gotten a lot better. For you to say that you don't see it happening yet is naive. To say that they won't get better because after just a couple months of playing NCAA hockey they aren't up to your demands of greatness is also naive. They have made huge steps and will only get better, but of course the team will have setbacks. I think you need to give the team a break and realize the good that has happened. Alos, just because Jpar completely dominates doesn't mean he can't have some bad games here or there. His play so far this year has been a surprise and when he has an off-day you want to cut him and the rest of the guys from the team. Give them some slack and just enjoy some of the greatest hockey around without having to criticize everything they do.

I just find it ironic how you're almost always the first person to criticize the team. Take some time and realize the good things that happened. The Sioux played horribly, yet were only 2 blown calls away from getting ties against a team that supposedly played its "best of the year." In your first post you said there's evidence that the team won't turn things around? Where is this evidence? All i've seen from the Sioux over the years is that they make the playoffs and usually do pretty well.

Before yesterday, your last post was on the 26th of November. It's pretty convenient that you didn't participate at all in discussing the series before it happened, but after the Gophers won you show up within hours. By my view, that looks like you came here to gloat and aren't really concerned about the series other than Sioux fans whining and the Gophers winning.

Stafford was named as WCHA offensive player of the week. Kozek was nominated for rookie of week, but lost out to some kid from DU. Parise was nominated for D of week, but Carle and Elliott split those honors. http://wcha.collegesports.com/sports/m-hoc.../120505aab.html

zach jones is ranked 5th by CSS for NCAA players in the draft next year. Based on previous years... the fifth college kid taken is usually in the first round.

Blake had a hat trick today against the Flyers.

i'd private msg siouxtupa, he's patrick tupa's son and also has the same print... at least he did last may when we lived together.

my friends and i are wondering about a fan bus to this game. i happen to have the weekend off and it'd be a nice trip. if anyone knows what usually happens in years past, let me know.

is anyone else super excited that its friday?

I can tell you now, the answer that has been given 1,000 times for this is: "If the students wouldn't swear so much in their cheers, then others would get involved." The students do cheers with swearing in them about three times a game. The rest of it is clean and enthusiastic. Yet, to a lot of people "all they hear from the student section is profanity."