siouxkid12

I didnt know hockey went by QTR's now!

I am suprised that Leah has not been arrested yet for her stalkish ways!

I know some Front office wild staff and the Wild arnt getting into GF tell 330 today and then they are packing up right after the game and they are leaving for the next destination, so I doubt there will be any autographs.

hockey1, So you know what recruits want, why arnt you a college coach if you know so much? the quote was meant as a joke and you read into it waaaaaay too much. Just go back to your gopher message board.

I know no one really gets fazed by it and I never really thought I would have to explain what I said in such grave detail but i guess hockey1 (who might be a gopher fan) just doesnt understand certain things.

Since I worked for a professional sports team in St. Paul this summer I know how the media works to teams advantages. With MPLS/STP being the 14th LARGEST media market in the country it helps every college/professional sports team in the area. If you get out of the North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota area you will come to find that people know more about the Gophers than they do of the Sioux. It's plain and simple...having the media in your corner is a HUGE difference. Yes, the Sioux are fortunate enough to still be one of the top college hockey teams year after year but its not because we have media coverage or because of an arena and if anyone wants to say its because of our arena its bull$%!# because we have not won anything with this arena and the talent that comes with it, i am not saying our arena isnt a major recruiting tool but realistically an arena does not make the team (espically when the people who run the arena want to run it like a church). Also you don't think the Xcel is a major home ice advantage for the Gophers? you have to be out of your mind...yes it maybe considered a "neutral" site but we all know it's like a home game for them...even the broadcasters say its like a home game for them.

I am very pro-WCHA too but its always fun to see your biggest enemy lose to the lowest seed. When your biggest enemy in sports loses, the first thing that comes to your mind is not "oh s&!t even if we go undefeated the SOS is now against us" NO, as a fan the first thing you say is "F&*K ya they lost to the worst team in the country!" and you continue to rub it in until someone else loses. Second you can't be a Sioux fan and like the Gophers, thats just not right. You are either a full blooded SIOUX fan or you are just a college hockey fan in general and you dont take favorites! "The Minnesota Gophers are the New York Yankees of NCAA hockey. They get all the advantages, but continue to fail to meet expectations." That sums up the Gophers hockey program every year!

I highly doubt that if you were an OSU fan you would be thinking "Oh crap, this just killed the Big 10 strength of schedule". This may hurt OSU but its a big "MAY". OSU can still go undefeated and still make the BCS because they are that good of a team. My point is a Michigan loss isnt going to affect the way OSU fan's will cheer, I am willing to bet that any OSU fan would rather see their biggest rival lose to a D-1AA school and still have a 99.9% chance of making the BCS game. Also I bet that you were cheering for Holy Cross when they beat the UofM.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1uP1HRQet-Q I told you already that his job is to protect the players, every team has one of those guys but if you check out the video of him it shows you that he does not start the fights....all the time

Derek Boogard does not go out with the intent to fight every night. His job is to protect the star players to make sure they dont get hurt and he also is a great agitator, such as your great Ulf Samuelsson is. You said "Ulf Samuelsson played the role of agitator, an important role in the game of hockey. He's the kind of guy you love to have on your team but love to hate when he's on the other team. His style of play served a purpose within the context of the game. If you can't accept that you just don't know anything about hockey." That is excatly what Derek Boogard is, hate him or love him you alway watch out for him. Also you don't know anything about hockey because fighting is apart of it no matter what, guys will remember things and settle them when the time is right.