MafiaMan

LOL!

Do you believe in miracles? Don Cherry is going to have a heart attack if USA holds onto this game.

US holding on for dear life...I can almost hear Al Michaels in the background!

Whew. Big kill.

Well, if we're gonna out ourselves, here goes nothing... Sincerely, Timmy Housley South St Paul MN (I'm obviously joking)

Yawn. If you want to debate something, offer me up some substance or state your case. So far, it's 'Housley is an idiot' and not much else.

Gino Gasparini? I always thought he was Justin Duberman.

Lots of people on here know what they're talking about. You'd be surprised at some of the real-life faces and names behind monikers here. I am not disputing that at all, nor am I professing to be some hockey know-it-all.

I get a kick out of posters here who feel any Sioux fan who says anything positive about a program or coach other than North Dakota is a 'troll' or 'buffoon'. Rocco is college hockey's Tim Tebow for some folks around here. BTW, www.ponyhockey.com if you want more information about Stillwater hockey.

In summary: Rocco benching - a true injustice to hockey fans everywhere. Mario benching - I hate that guy anyways and his dad coaches the Gophers so who cares?

I hope Team USA wins gold, Rocco scores an OT game-winner, and he and Phil Housley hug on the ice. I don't mind your comments either, internet tough guy.

Dude, we get it. If you were king, you'd have Rocco skating on all four lines

Hey, LadyDy, long time, no see. Is your probation officer going to let you out of state for the weekend?

I'm guessing (and only guessing) that had the Slovakia game not gotten totally out of hand, Grimaldi would have been put back into the line-up at some point.

Uh oh...Canada's in meltdown mode now...

LOL...is that the best you've got today?

20 years in Minneapolis/St Paul and I would still cheer for the 1980 Soviets over any Minnesota Gopher hockey team.

Indeed I do LOL. You're familiar with the SiouxSports.com-sponsored Bloomington Kennedy Hockey Mites team from a few years ago? I practically wave at Doug Woog on a daily basis here.

Probably none of the above, unfortunately. I likely won't see a Sioux North Dakota game until the WCHA Final Five.

BINGO! And I'd bet that's the same reason others here are in an uproar about Phil Housley...because their favorite player on their favorite college team got scolded like a naughty 5th grader and benched because of it. Nobody here has any idea what transpired on the bench or in the locker room during this tournament that caused Housley to make the decision he did. I have no doubt he did what he felt was in the best interest of Team USA and not any particular college or individual.

Really? Because everything I read going into this WJT said USA would be lucky to medal at all.

Amen. I know several high school coaches who themselves didn't make it past Bantams as players. That doesn't make them bad coaches.

Has Tyler been an assistant in two previous World Junior Tournaments? It seems to me the issue for some folks here is apparently the result of a supposed anti-North Dakota conspiracy on the part of USA Hockey. Is that it?

And to be fair, I'm glad that someone at USA Hockey didn't judge Dean Blais on the 1994 team's effort in the WJT and gave him another chance at it.

The only way to get experience is to get experience. I commend a guy going to the powers-that-be in USA Hockey and saying "I want this job and here's why...". Hmnnn...sounds a lot like Herb Brooks in 1979, eh? I haven't nominated Phil Housley to the coaching Hall of Fame just yet and I'm not hitting anybody over the head with the results of this tournament. However, if you'd like to hit me over the head, I'll gladly let you know where I sit at the Final Five and I'll see ya there.