MafiaMan

Siouxforce19 will just have to wait until the Hogg brunch next spring. So should I start the thread already? People need plenty of advance notice!

Are you and gfhockey related?

The arrogance was in contacting her and inviting her in for a look-see...and THEN telling her that they actually had no interest in having her play at Minnesota.

Right there, bro.

Posters like yourself who don't feel that UMD and St Cloud State should even be remotely able to compete with North Dakota on the ice.

LOL...for what, using capital letters in a sentence?

Parity doesn't matter, Goon. Some folks here still think the Dickinson Squirt C team would smoke North Dakota.

"WE"? I guess I didn't realize you weren't just a fan on a message board...but an actual player. You could always transfer...just a thought.

And yours are fresh doggie doo. I didn't say lack of recruiting, I said 'arrogance' of recruiting. The person I know...his daughter shows up to MN for a visit because THEY invited her. She was promptly handed a list of their top five recruits for next year and told she was number six on their board but she should consider other options because as the #1 team in the land, they weren't worried about losing any of the other five ahead of her. The 'recruiting visit' was a total turn-off...and I am guessing she wasn't the only recruit treated so poorly. Minnesota Women's Hockey...Scandinavia's Pride on Ice.

Obviously Sandelin. Now, if Scott was coaching UND and brought along the REST of his UMD record along with that one NCAA title to Grand Forks, would you be content with that or would you be here whining about the 6-7 seasons of no WCHA Final Five appearances and only 4 NCAA tournament appearances in the past 12 years?

I am quickly starting to think that the 'gf' in 'gfhockey' doesn't stand for 'Grand Forks' and instead stands for 'Gopher Fan'.

I believe on another thread quite some time ago, you and I both expressed frustration over failing to carry the puck into the zone in the Michigan semi-final game a few years ago. Then we got to watch UMD figure that out a day later in the title game. I do agree with your criticisms at times...especially when it seems to be 'if it doesn't work in the first or second period, we'll just try the same exact thing in the third.'

No, that's all YOU are doing...and that's fine. I bet 2/3 of gfhockey's post count contains the words 'fire Hak' or, in his case, since his cell phone apparently doesn't have an upper-case button, 'fire hak'.

But I thought UND voted with the 'big schools' in the WCHA?

No, I didn't prove your point, boy. Your point was that UND had a hundred million dollar arena and UMD doesn't. While not on the scale of REA (I didn't realize that granite was such a powerful recruiting tool), Amsoil Arena is no crap-hole. If facilities are the sole reason behind championships, why did Boston win the title in 100+ year old Fenway Park over places like Comerica Park and PNC Park?

Fenway Park, when compared with new parks, is a dump. That was my point.

Amsoil Arena isn't exactly the Bloomington Ice Garden when compared to REA. And if best facility equates to champions, why did the Red Sox win the World Series and not the Twins?

My bad. I thought gfhockey was referring to UMD coach Scott Sandelin. I admittedly don't know where this Sandeling guy coaches, but he must be good.

Didn't you just say that ALL opinions are still welcome in a chat room right before this post? I also didn't see any Penn State players snapping each other with towels or dancing on the sidelines during the Ohio State debacle. Just sayin'...

UMD: 5-4-1 UND: 4-5-1 Clearly, Sandelin is far superior to Hakstol as head coach so far this season. Were you screaming this loudly for Sandelin and Herter when UMD was busy losing to Michigan Tech and Ohio State?

Bummer. I'm so sick of TC media and their talk of the streak. Please please someone beat the Gopher women's team. I personally know someone whose daughter is one of the top players in Minnesota. Their arrogance in recruiting is unbelievable.

Awwww...shucks. Speaking of the Hoggsbreath...is it too early for that thread to start?

Right on. Bo's a good example...Dean Blais is another one. Sioux fans conveniently seem to forget where he played his college hockey.

That one (November or December '97) pretty much leads into the '98 Yost trip so it's all one story.

Red Berenson sent me an e-mail yesterday inviting me back to Yost Arena in December for the 15 year '98 Michigan team reunion.