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Will the Sept.?oct. auction be done the same way?

Fun to see the count of hits the website has had in the last few minutes. Awe being a Sioux fan is great! A buddy of mine is trying to convince SCSU to do the same. Their response from the boss: "The uniforms are State property."

I agree... also good to see that the money the fans spent will go back into the program. A great cause. How soon will they post the final prices?

When does the camp end ?

Has anyone else heard anything about the Sioux playing a game at the Target Center in Mpls. ? One of the coaches mentioned it to me in May but haven't heard anything since.

Good for the Sioux Women's program to get another outstanding coach like that. I'm excited to see what this new crew will do for the women's program! GO SIOUX!

"Appalled by the ruckus that attended each visit of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey team to St. Cloud State, Saigo appealed to the conscience of the NCAA." WHAT IS THAT? I have lived in St.Cloud since 1994, graduated from UND and have attended EVERY Sioux-SCSU hockey, football, basketball, soccer, and softball games during that time in St.Cloud. The only ruckus I can think of is about 10-15 students, most of which 2 years ago were foreign exchange students holding signs outside of the hockey arena. I asked one foreign exchange student why they were protesting. He said in broken English, "someone in the student union asked me to come and hold this sign for 30 minutes outside the hockey arena." This year there was a lot of snow that day so no protesters showed up. During the football games in the past years several walked around the stadium during the game holding signs that were to small to read. They were about 500 yards away and nobody in the crowd could even read them unless you had a telescope. By the way, the Sioux fans outnumbered the Huskies 10-1 in fans and we had our own band make the trip. I have two friends that teach at SCSU and they said Saigo has done nothing for the school in his tenure. I believe he has turned the attention away from his own issues at SCSU towards the ban the Sioux campaign in order for others not to see the many issues that are on his own campus. At the press conference for the new President this past spring , someone in the crowd asked if the new president would continue the fight against UND and the name change. He looked confused and really didn't answer the question. The look on his face almost seemed to say, "What kind of stupid question was that?" GO SIOUX!

I'm saving my money for that auction instead... the current ones are way out of my price league.

gfherald.com They have some great photos from this past year in their photo gallery.

I agree, come back for an exciting 2008 season. I didn't use all of my eligibility when I was a Sioux athlete and still regret it to this day and that was over 20 years ago. 2008 is going to be one to remember and when UND honors that team in years to come you won't want to miss that reunion. GO SIOUX!

I'm planning on going down to watch this week. I'll share what it was like if I get over to the game,thanks for the directions!

Where is the Drake Ice Arena located? Do you have an address for it? This might be a good place to get autographs after the games.

Have all of the assistants been hired yet? I remember reading earlier about one hire but can't find any other information.

That's the one I was thinking of. The outside was the one used in the tv show Cheers. I have an idea, whenever someone comes in wearing Sioux clothing, we call all shout out, "SIOUX ! " instead of "NORM !"

I am so excited too. With this schedule I'm thinking that I could make it to over 20 games this year! Also discovered that the Sioux are out east over MEA (teacher's convention) in Mn so am planning on making the flight out to Bean Town for that one too. Let's meet at the Bull and Finch (Cheers) Saturday afternoon for a pre-game drink! Go Sioux!

Speaking of videos, if anyone wants to see some Sioux hockey highlights you can also go to youtube.com and do a search on college hockey. I was craving some hockey with all of this talk this summer and needed a fix. Someone also posted some great clips on another forum on this site. Thanks for sharing... Sioux fans are the Greatest!!!!!! GO SIOUX!

I am with you, let's leave the NCC on top and with a National Championship. I was at the Spring ball game and saw some good things. Does anyone know if they have filled all of the dates on their schedule yet? Dale told me in May they were still looking to fill one game.

Thanks for the info.... I didn't know the coaches knew. Now I feel better. I was just thinking like a coach.

This would be wonderful for us to keep Dale. I spoke with him in early May and he was very excited about UND's move to D1. That is why I was so surprised that he interviewed for the job. As a coach, I know it never hurts to interview and keep your options open.

It's to bad there isn't some sort of deadline on when these guys must decide. As a coach I know it would be frustrating not knowing who is returning. Any chance in the future some sort of deadline is put into place on returning or going to the next level?

I have met the AD on several occasions at Sioux athletic contests and he seems to be a great guy. As a former Sioux athlete he is seems to have more interest than I remember Carl Miller having when I was there. I am currently a coach and from what I've seen so far, I'm in the Buning camp too. Still hope Dale stays but I know him too, was on the same team as him and he will follow his heart and dreams.

I agree.... now I fear he is leaving. What I hed heard early in May was that he would only go if he went to the top club.Now it sounds like he might go since he hasn't said anything yet. and settle for playing for the farm club. Brian if you read this I hope you stay at UND. Next season is going to be one for everyone to savor for a long long time!

Other than #23, are there any other hockey numbers that are retired? Also, does anyone think that some other numbers should be in the future?

I live in the St.Cloud area and SCSU was very sad to see Brian go. With the new coaches at UND I think they have the makings for some very good things in the future. I'm already planning a few road trips to see the Womens team in action in Mankato and going up to GF to see them there too. Go Sioux

My source (who is very close to the family) said in May that if Lee didn't go straight to the top club, then he would stay at UND another year. That was almost a month ago before the Senators reached the finals. I'll check in again with my source and get back to you all.