siouxkid12

I usually bring three to four jerseys with (I'm like a girl who can't figure out what purse to use). I am going to start off the weekend with a little retro style (green blackhawk one) and then if we win and play on Friday I am going to wear my white TJ Oshie jersey (it seems like his game usually elevated whenever he played the Gophers). Then if we make it to the Championship game I will be wearing my white Reebok (same as I wore last year when we won in double OT). That's just me though!

My understanding of the rule is, if he does not sign with Montreal before the 2012 draft they will lose his rights. That is probably why you will see Montreal pushing very hard to sign him after his season is done at UND. I could also be wrong too!

nope, you do not have to play 4 years of college hockey. it is 4 years since you were drafted and if you don't sign with the team that drafted you you are a FA. I believe Blake Wheeler did this a few years ago.

Frankly, I could care less if we played the Gophers right away. It is fun as a fan to watch these two teams play but once they move to different conferences it will just not be the same between the two teams on the ice. That's just my 2 cents....

This year is prime example. The Gophers are 7th in the pairwise, 7TH! If you win the WCHA regular season title you should not be that low, the team who finished 2nd in the WCHA is 2nd in the PWR. Maybe if the Gophers scheduled some teams that were actually good instead of padding their record they wouldn't be so low.

they will probably be Reebok. I believe that the mens team has a contract with them for all of their equipment. The reason you cant get "new" womens jersey is that their jerseys were done on short notice so they only had enough time to make up enough for the team, not for resale.

lighten up Darlene!

Friday - Kristo Saturday - Knight Sunday (if needed) - Rowney

I hope they look good! I wonder if the Sioux Shop will get some in so us fans can buy one(or two)?

Better to be pissed off than pissed on!

have fun looking for those ones. those are some of the harder ones to find and if you find one be prepared to pay A LOT for it!

They will always be the Sioux in your heart but it is time to move on. The nickname will hinder us from moving forward (as it already has), I simply do not want to be playing the South Dakota School of Mines (NAIA?) on Saturdays and I diffenetly do not want to be moved down the list in the Hockey world (and play cake eating teams). For UND to become viable in the D1 world we have to let the nickname go. I understand the logo means a lot to people but you have to remember this is a fight between the NCAA and the ONE Sioux Tribe who is as stubborn as a mule. The NCAA has laid out the rules for everyone to read and we have to follow them. I understand there are other schools that are D1 that might play us but I don't want to play the Central Michigans or Furman Colleges of the world, I want to play the big boys (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) because when you play the big dogs you get better television/national coverage. We have already seen what schools will do (Iowa and Wisconsin not playing us) and what the NCAA will do (our UND Women's hockey team can't play at the REA for the NCAA tourny), so it is time to move on.

No, they wont be but I do know that Fridays game will be on the NBC sports network.

Fri - Kristo Sat - Knight

i wonder how the radio guys for the gophers are going to spin this in their favor?

i don't understand why people gave him such a hard time (ya i know people thought he wasn't a big burly defenseman like greene or commodore), he was/is a good hockey player and it would've been nice to see him stick around another year.

just picked up a nike dazzle for 200 bucks and now i want some lettering (mike prpich) done on it. does anyone know if the ralph does nike jerseys anymore?

any idea where the WCHA tourny will be held after 2013?

maybe they will wait until the next home game

will the sioux UND be wearing their new jerseys this weekend?

haha...ask Dave

not to take anything away from what you have done (kudos to you for coaching and reffing, I have done both and it takes certain people to do it) but at what level did you peak out at? every level of the sport is different and it matters what level you are reffing/coaching at because you are coaching/reffing different aspects of the game. when you are at the top of your level (NHL players/NHL refs), you (as a player) should have a firm grasp on how the sport works and operates. each player knows they can do harm to anyone on a given night and if they can get away with cheap shots and stuff every night they will keep doing it and as long as they allow that to happen there will be fighting in hockey (its part of its culture whether you like it or not). its just like in baseball, if a pitcher hits one of the opposing teams star players you can be damn sure that guys star player will get beaned there next at bat. i don't have any idea on how to solve the fighting issue in hockey (i believe it will always be around) but you can start handing out stricter penalties to both parties involved (the player that injures another player can't play until the other guy is healthy enough to play), heck even make the refs accountable too! no one has the answers to this but Gary Bettmen, the owners and the players union.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7431423/toronto-maple-leafs-brian-burke-calls-decline-fighting-dangerous-trend after reading this article, i fully agree with burke. i can live without fighting in hockey but i also understand there is a place for it and until the NHL and REFS do something to protect players, there will be fighting in the NHL.

DaveK, you can't even come up with a valid argument. All you do is answer a question with another question! And then when the argument does not go your way you revert to calling peoples opinions (or people) stupid. Shows how intelligent you really are! Now run along, I think there is some figure skating on TV for you to watch. Unlike you I will answer your question. I do watch hockey and I watch a lot of it, I think having enforcers police themselves has cut down on A LOT of cheap plays. Like I have said before, REFS DO NOTHING TO PROTECT PLAYERS. How many times have I seen a REPEAT OFFENDER cheap shot another player and get away with it (Matt Cooke, Milan Lucic,) or how many times have I seen players run over goalies with no care whatsoever? Remember this is my opinion and I am entitled to it and there is nothing you can say that will change it, you have your opinion (thats fine) and I don't plan on changing you mind. Remember this though, FIGHTING WILL ALWAYS BE APART OF THE NHL!

do you not watch hockey dave? the refs never enforce anything in games (besides ticky tack calls) and that is why you end up having players police themselves. if the refs would've policed the Sioux/Gopher game a few weeks ago ben blood would probably be wearing his A still and three gophers would have gotten 5 min major and kicked out of the game, but that was not the case. we get it dave, you dont like fighting. here is the thing though,it is never leaving hockey, there will always be enforcers protecting star players whether you like it or not. if you don't like fighting in hockey go watch peanuts or pee wees (where they are not allowed to even touch other players).