southpaw
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nice picture of oshie lighting up a russian.
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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."
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I just think that losing to a EZAC team isn't an option. Hak has to teach the boys that it doesn't get any easier than this, maybe except for MTU and UAA. I believe we must win these two games. I also believe we can and will. Some of the experienced gents need to step it up this next weekend. As for Scoring the combo of Stafford, Spirko and Zajac have really shinned lately and are making a moves in the points departments.
Lets hope that continues. Lastly it appears the two headed monster has returned in net.
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.
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Congrats to the finest Sioux ever to transfer from Ferris State on getting to wear the red, white and blue in Torino.
Anybody know if Jason Blake is the first Sioux to play for the Americans in the Olympics since Dave Christian in 1980?
hopefully this year's olympic team doesn't under-achieve like those bunch of hacks from '80.
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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?
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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.
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greg shepherd has enough suck to cover all leagues.
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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.
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tsn.ca has reported the names of 6 of the 12 players that will be cut. toews is still on the team.
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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.
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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.
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I agree. I have to say that I have yet to read ONE rude, nasty, gloating remark from Slapshot. He/she has an opinion, his/her opinion, no one has asked anyone here to accept or believe anyone else's opinion. Why the heinous crap directed at him/her? Because an idiot Gopher skippy posted crap early on and disappeared. Slappy's the scape goat. I admire and at times disagree with many of my SS fellow posters but some of you have been down right embarrassing in this thread.
The best thing about sports are the rivalries. If we were all friends and cheered for each other, we would be bored out of our minds. And we'd be spending our Friday and Saturday nights at Bible study, reading the Old Testement's blood and guts chapters for a little excitement.
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.
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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.
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To blame losing a big game/series on 2 "bad" calls is crap. Had the Sioux played better, they could have made that point irrelevant. Refs are human, they make mistakes (I'm not agreeing that those were mistakes, just saying it does happen). If you are down to relying on the ref to make in call in your favor to win, you probably don't deserve to win.
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.
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The evidence?
This year?
They are 1-5 at HOME against the top teams in the WCHA.
They beat up on Mich Tech and St Cloud and that's it.
I can't predict the future, but I know what I've seen in those last 5 home games and I know that this can be construed as evidence of why I'm less than hopeful about a long playoff run.
You're right, Sioux teams in the past have done well in the playoffs and last year's team surprised me and many others, but as someone else pointed out, that was a senior laden team. As some of the apologists always are quick to point out, this is a freshman laden team and "they will get better." I'm sure that's true, but I just don't see it happening yet this year.
Btw, we weren't two blown calls from ties this weekend; we were three of four weak goals away from winning this weekend. No one seems to want to talk about that.
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.
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Of all that I wrote in the original post, I really didn't think the Toews comment would be so controversial.
I didn't say he was bad or stunk or anything like that; he had some difficulties making plays this weekend thus I'm surprised he's a potential #2 pick.
Some have pointed out that many others have already been drafted and that makes sense, but I'm not saying Toews isn't a good player, I'm just not able to comprehend that he's the #2 pick when that type of player usually hits the NHL a year after he's drafted.
Put another way, I was able to understand how Parise was a 1st round pick based on what I saw his Frosh year. The projections are that Toews will be drafted MANY spots ahead of Parise and that blows my mind based again on what I've seen.
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.
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Still waiting for an example of my supposed gloating. And if disagreeing about the refereeing (unheard amongst sports fans, eh?) being supposed biased this weekend is "garbage" in your eyes I suggest you get some thicker skin.
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.
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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
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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.
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Blake had a hat trick today against the Flyers.
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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.
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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.
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is anyone else super excited that its friday?
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I was at the Friday night game against Denver and had not attended a game at the Ralph for a while. To me it seemed the only people into the game were the students. If everyone was into the game like the students that place would be unbelievably intimidating. I realize this is probably unrealistic but the contrast between the sections clearly stuck out to me. The only real cheering from the other sections is after a goal is scored and even then it is for a very short period. I remember at the old Ralph when the students had the whole side of the arena that the noise in the building really was cranked up. I just wish the non-student spectators would get more involved in the game and we would have a much better home ice advantage.
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."
USA vs. RUSSIA
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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.