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Josh Hansen of Austin, MN Green Bay Gamblers and River City Lancers also was a walkon with better credentials and I am told played pretty well. He worked his tail off and was let go in favor of the Grand Forks native with only HS experience. I guess it may be better down the road for Josh. I am glad he gave it a try. I know he is better than all of em with the possible exception of Sando. I was told that they would be keeping one or two walkons and that Josh would get a fair shot. So much for that.

I told Coach Berry to get him. I guess they didn't get after him as hard as some others. He had full ride offers from several other WCHA schools and some others. I had two first cousins that played at Wisconsin and he lives in Chicago a nice university and close for his mom and dad to go to the games.

Are you guys able to get on the USCHO hockey board?

Don't worry about Jake. I know he can go and has great reach and a very nasty left hand.. I think fighting and the edge he plays with will translate to a successful career. I wish him Luck

Didn't the Sioux win the title in 99-00 Why would this be ommitted? That was my favorite year.

Sioux recruit scores only goal for Team MN 07/12/2004 1st 2nd Total Rocky Mountain 1 0 1 Minnesota 0 1 1 Rink: St. Cloud State University - Rink 2 Surface: ICE Game summary First Period 1-Rocky Mountain : Andrew Strathman (1) 17:37 Penalties: 01:47 - Minnesota: Michael Phillippi (5) - 2:00 High Sticking 04:56 - Minnesota: Ryan Stoa (8) - 2:00 Interference 10:33 - Rocky Mountain: Sean McCauley (19) - 2:00 Cross Checking 10:45 - Rocky Mountain: Andrew Strathman (17) - 2:00 High Sticking 13:15 - Minnesota: Jay Barriball (17) - 2:00 High Sticking 13:15 - Minnesota: Jay Barriball (17) - 2:00 Roughing 13:15 - Rocky Mountain: Luke Rose (16) - 2:00 Roughing 14:49 - Rocky Mountain: Chris Manning (4) - 2:00 Interference 21:58 - Minnesota: Justin Milo (11) - 2:00 High Sticking Second Period 2-Minnesota : Chris VandeVelde (1) 14:46 (Beaudoin, Grun) Penalties: 06:58 - Minnesota: Mike Sauer (7) - 2:00 Hooking 09:39 - Minnesota: Ryan Thang (9) - 2:00 Roughing 11:29 - Rocky Mountain: Sean McCauley (19) - 2:00 High Sticking 16:25 - Minnesota: Justin Milo (11) - 2:00 High Sticking 21:54 - Minnesota: Taylor Chorney (4) - 2:00 Cross Checking Shots on goal: Rocky Mountain: 16-15 (31) Minnesota: 25-12 (37) Power-play conversions Rocky Mountain: 0/8 Minnesota: 0/4 Goaltenders Minnesota: Alex Stalock 15 SV, 23:00 min Minnesota: Jeff Frazee 15 SV, 23:00 min Rocky Mountain: Devan Hartigan 11 SV, 23:00 min Rocky Mountain: Richard Bachman 25 SV, 23:00 min Officials Bryan Pancich, Todd Owen, Owe Lutchke, Team record Rocky Mountain: 1-0-1-0 Minnesota: 0-1-1-0

I think that goalies watch and see what everyone does and how the team works and what makes it succeed. The whole game is in front of em. Karl is wonderful. We miss his mom and dad too!

Thanks for everything you did for Jason and our Family. Good Luck in Columbus. The Notermann's

That was a different Wisconsin. Great Goalie Reinprecht, Heatley and the Sioux outplayed and lost on two late OT faceoffs... Not the same deal in Madison. I think the Sioux don't have a goalie that can handle the pressure like Karl could. I think there is too much pressure on the goalie. I think that other players can make mistakes and not take the heat that the Sioux Goalies take. I feel bad for them. I think Jordan Parise has had a great year and he deserves support. I think I like the way Lucia does his goalies. He tells one that they are #1 and sticks with em. I think Karl was extraordinary he was extremly mentally tough. I think Jordan Parise is mentally tough too! I think the Sioux need to decide who is # 1 and quit yanking there goalies strings and stripping their confidence. I remember listening to Karl get ripped on the Sioux network at a game he played against New Hampshire. I think some days even the great goalies have a bad game. I have seen Hasek, Belfour, Patrick Roy, Mike Richter all have a bad game. Let's understand that goalie is like pitching in baseball. If it is not your day forget it and get ready for the next one. Good Luck Sioux. Let's get behind our team and our goalie. These guys are good enough and strong enough but we all need to be behind them helping them. Let's Go Sioux!!!!

There now let's win!!!

Sounds like the Sioux are not outplaying them now. Don't they think they can get 3 goals. I wouldn't think a national title contender would quit. Let's go Sioux!! I think they need to get a goal or two tonight so they don't feel like they quit. Heck why not win!! Way to go Schnieder

Canuck, I thought you would like this one.. Article in the Johnstown PA paper today.. Chiefs show off skills in Peoria. January 21, 2004 THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT PEORIA, Ill.

Rumor has it that Jason and Kevin are playing together link to webcast ECHL All-star game www.echl.com http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll...&segment=122753 (100K) http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll...&segment=122753 (300K)

Spiewak has outstanding effort in Skills competition at ECHL All-Star event tonight. Notermann does well but Kevin does everything super. Way to Go KEVIN!!!! Par-A-Dice ECHL Skills Results January 20, 2004 PEORIA, Ill.

I hope the Sioux sign my nephew Zach Bearson he is doing pretty well at Waterloo for a 16 year old... He is big strong and has a lot of Notermann according to my brother Mike. He was banging guys around pretty good this past Sunday.

Spiewak and Notermann chosen to participate in Skills competition. PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL All-Stars will take the Carver Arena ice at the Peoria Civic Center on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT for the Par-A-Dice ECHL All-Star Skills Competition. Sponsored by the Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino and hosted by the Peoria Rivermen, the Par-A-Dice ECHL All-Star Game will be played at 7:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday at Carver Arena at the Peoria Civic Center. Tickets to the All-Star Game and Skills Competition are available by telephone at (309) 676-1040, x106. Competing for the Western Conference in the Sher-Wood Puck Control Relay will be Idaho's David Cornacchia, Augusta's Greg Jacina and San Diego's Greg Barber. Competing for the Eastern Conference will be South Carolina's Kevin Spiewak, Greensboro's Tom Reiman and Columbia's Alexandre Burrows. In the one-on-one puck control relay, it will be Mississippi's Brent Gauvreau representing the Western Conference against Reading's Jonathan Zion of the Eastern Conference. Competing in the Western Conference in the CCM Fastest Skater competition will be Columbus' Jean-Francois Plourde, Alaska's Joe Talbot and Fresno's Kevin Truelson. Representing the Eastern Conference will be Florida's Brian McCullough, Atlantic City's Sam Paolini and South Carolina's Kevin Spiewak. The record for the event is 13.335 seconds by Jeff Lazaro of New Orleans at the 1998 ECHL All-Star Game in Lafayette, La. In the KOHO Hardest Shot competition, the Western Conference will have Gwinnett's Troy Milam, Las Vegas' Dave Cousineau, Louisiana's Ben Storey and Pensacola's Corey Neilson while the Eastern Conference will have Atlantic City's Brian Fahey, Dayton's Nate Kiser, Toledo's Morten Ask and Peoria's Randy Rowe. Augusta's Jaroslav Obsut holds the record with a shot of 99.3 mph at the 1999 ECHL All-Star Game in Biloxi, Miss. In the ITECH Rapid Fire competition, the Eastern Conference shooters will be Johnstown's Jason Notermann and Florence's Mark McRae against Louisiana goaltender Frederic Cloutier, Cincinnati's Ryan Brindley and Florida's McCullough will shoot against Michael Garnett of Gwinnett and Greenville's Chris Lynch and Charlotte's Dusty Jamieson will shoot against Idaho's Dan Ellis. The Western Conference shooters will be Las Vegas' Justin Kelly and Alaska's Charles Linglet against Atlantic City's Scott Stirling, Bakersfield's Andrew Ianiero and Texas' John Snowden against Trenton's Chris Houle, and Pensacola's Greg Chambers and Long Beach's Nick Ganga against Johnstown's Cory Campbell. Maxime Gingras of Richmond set the rapid fire record in 1999 stopping 17 of 20 shots. In the accuracy competition, the Western Conference passers will be Neilson and Gauvreau while the shooters will be Plourde, Kelly and Mississippi's Steffon Walby. The Eastern Conference passers will be Reiman and Rowe while the shooters will be Roanoke's Shawn Limpright, Reading's David Masse and Wheeling's Jason Jaffray. Dave Seitz of South Carolina set the record in the shooting accuracy when he broke all four targets in five shots in 1999. In the ITECH Breakaway Relay, the Western Conference's Ellis will face Paolini, Jamieson, Brindley, Burrows, Kiser and McRae while Garnett will face Fahey, McCullough, Reiman, Lynch, Notermann and Masse and Cloutier will face Zion, Limpright, Spiewak, Ask, Jaffray and Rowe. The Eastern Conference�s Campbell will face Linglet, Jacina, Ianiero, Plourde, Truelson and Milam while Houle will face Cornacchia, Chambers, Cousineau, Ganga, Storey and Walby and Stirling will face Kelly, Gauvreau, Neilson, Barber, Snowden and Talbot. Maxime Gingras of Richmond set the record in 1999 when he stopped eight of nine shooters in the breakaway relay.

Notermann and Spiewak on ECHL Eastern All-Star Team 2004 Par-A-Dice ECHL All-Star Game Eastern Conference Starters Goaltender - Arturs Irbe, Johnstown Defense - Jonathan Zion, Reading Defense - Ryan Brindley, Cincinnati Forward - Dan Carlson, Roanoke Forward - Brian McCullough, Florida Forward - Jason Jaffray, Wheeling A two-time National Hockey League All-Star under contract to Carolina of the NHL, Irbe is currently on injured reserve after undergoing wrist surgery last week. Prior to his injury, Irbe was 8-3-1 in 12 games for the Chiefs and ranks fourth in the ECHL with a 1.91 goals against average and is tied for fourth with a .936 save percentage. Irbe is 213-234-78 in 558 career NHL games and only Detroit's Dominik Hasek has more wins among European-born goaltenders. In the 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Irbe won 10 games and had the third best goals against average (1.67) and save percentage (.938) while helping the Hurricanes advance to the Stanley Cup Finals where they lost in five games to Detroit. Wheeling's Jaffray is named as a starter for the second consecutive year having been selected in 2003 as a rookie with Roanoke. The 22-year-old Jaffray, who was the 2003 ECHL Rookie of the Year, is under contract to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and leads the Nailers with 12 goals, five power-play goals, 16 assists and 28 points in 23 games. Florida's McCullough is making his first start in an ECHL All-Star Game, but his third appearance tying him for fourth most games played with eight other players. McCullough, who leads the ECHL with 17 goals and 38 points in 26 games, has scored four goals in ECHL All-Star Games, tying him for second with two other players for the most goals scored, and has scored five points which ties him for fourth for the most points with nine other players. Under contract to Lowell of the AHL, McCullough scored a goal and had an assist in the Northern Conference's 8-2 win in the 2003 ECHL All-Star Game and he had hat trick in the Northern Conference�s 9-5 loss in the 2001 ECHL All-Star Game. Currently on call up to Lowell of the AHL, Roanoke's Carlson is making his first ECHL All-Star appearance. The 24-year-old Carlson is tied for 14th in the ECHL in scoring with 29 points (11g-18a) in 19 games. Reading's Zion is making his first start in an ECHL All-Star Game, but his second consecutive appearance, having been selected as a rookie with Richmond. Zion, who scored a power-play goal in the Northern Conference�s 8-2 win in 2003, ranks seventh among ECHL defensemen with 21 points (6g-15a) in 18 games. Making his first ECHL All-Star appearance is Cincinnati's Brindley, who ranks eighth among ECHL defensemen and second on the Cyclones with 20 points (7g-13a) in 26 games. In addition to Irbe, Johnstown will be represented by goaltender Cory Campbell and rookie forward Jason Notermann. Selected in the third round (92nd overall) by Los Angeles in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Campbell is 6-1-1 with a league-leading 1.47 goals against average. The 22-year-old Campbell is tied for the ECHL lead with two shutouts and ranks second with a .943 save percentage in eight games. In his first professional season, Notermann is tied for fifth among ECHL rookies with 10 goals and tied for sixth among rookie in scoring with a team-leading 21 points in 24 games. In addition to Zion, Reading will be represented by rookie forward David Masse, who is under contract to Hershey of the AHL. In his first professional season, the 21-year-old Masse is tied for sixth among ECHL rookies with 13 assists and is tied for 13th in rookie scoring with 18 points in 19 games while also scoring one point (1g-0a) in six games with Hershey. Host Peoria will be represented by left wing Randy Rowe. The 23-year-old Rowe is tied for the ECHL lead with three shorthand goals and four shorthand points and leads the Rivermen with 13 goals and 21 points in 23 games. Currently on loan to Philadelphia of the AHL, Trenton's Chris Houle is making his first ECHL All-Star appearance. In his first professional season, Houle is 5-3-0 with a league-leading .949 save percentage. The 21-year-old Houle is tied for the ECHL lead with two shutouts and ranks second in the ECHL with a 1.64 goals against average. Atlantic City will be represented by rookie forward Sam Paolini and rookie defenseman Brian Fahey. In his first professional season, the 23-year-old Paolini is tied for fourth among ECHL rookies with 14 assists and ranks fourth in the rookie scoring race with 24 points (10g-14a). Selected in the fourth round (119th overall) by Colorado in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, the 22-year-old Fahey leads Atlantic City defensemen with 12 assists, 14 points, six power-play assists and eight power-play points in 25 games. Representing Greenville will be forward Chris Lynch, who leads the Grrrowl with 12 goals, four power-play goals and 21 points in 22 games. Florence will be represented by rookie defenseman Mark McRae, who was selected in the ninth round (288th overall) by Atlanta in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. The 22-year-old McRae, who was a Rhodes Scholarship candidate, leads Pride defensemen with five goals and 12 points in 21 games. Representing South Carolina will be rookie forward Kevin Spiewak, who is third on the Stingrays and tied for 14th among ECHL rookies with 17 points (8g-9a) in 24 games. Charlotte will be represented by second-year professional David Inman, who is currently on call up to Lowell of the AHL. Selected in the second round (59th overall) by the New York Rangers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Inman leads the Checkers with three shorthand goals, six power-play assists, eight power-play points (2g-6a), 20 assists and 27 points in 24 games. Representing Columbia will be second-year professional Alexandre Burrows, who has 21 points (6g-15a) and is +11 in 15 games with the Inferno. In his first professional season, Greensboro defenseman Tom Reiman ranks third among ECHL rookies with 11 power-play points (5g-6a) and is tied for 10th in rookie scoring with 19 points (7g-12a) in 25 games. Among ECHL defensemen, Reiman is tied for ninth in scoring. Representing Toledo will be center Morten Ask, who leads the Storm with 13 assists and 20 points in 22 games. Representing Dayton will be rookie defenseman Nate Kiser, who was selected in the fifth round (160th overall) by Phoenix in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Under contract to Syracuse of the AHL, the 21-year-old Kiser has five points (2g-3a) in 23 games for the Bombers. Jason has two former Green Bay Gambler teammates on the team also Tom Reimann and Chris Lynch... Should be a fun night on January 21st in Peoria..

Here is a link to an article about top prospects in ECHL.. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=6456

My favorites end in 6 Schnieder Spiewak and Notermann.... they were good players that come to play every night.

Way to go Mike..P.. Keep smiling...

Why don't they have two units and if one doesn't score in first minute make a change. I think that they should find out who can take charge and run the Power Play so far the numbers for the last 2 years have not been good. Who runs the Power Play...? Who is the quarter back? Who starts the plays..? I think you need two guys and have two groups competing for the great opportunity to be on the Power Play on the # 1 team in the country. I think the standard should be 25% to 30% with the talent that is on this team. I think that competition and not being tired are two good reasons to have two well organized units that may even run different looks... But if one attack is very successful both need to know how to run the different attacks. Hard to believe how inept the numbers are with the guys on this team. I think it is better to get better at this toward the end when special teams are the difference. But it is nice to be good all the time. I have not seen what they are doing but I know they tend to put it all on the big guns and often times their are quite a few guys that given the chance perform well with an extra attacker.

UPDATE. Jason Notermann Leads ECHL Rookie goal scorers after 12 games ECHL LEADING ROOKIE SCORERS; Keep it up kid!!! Through Games of 11/15/2003 POINTS TEAM GP G A PTS 1)Linglet,Charles AK 13 6 11 17 2) Notermann, Jason JHN 12 8 7 15 GOALS TEAM GP G 1) Notermann, Jason JHN 12 8 SHOTS TEAM SHOTS LaRose, Chad FLA 60 Jacina, Greg AUG 47 Plourde, J-F CBS 45 Notermann, Jason JHN 41 19.58% is not a bad shooting percentage for hockey. Top percentages in league are 26% + Johnstown is in first place with 19 points 9-3-1 record.... one point in front of defending champion Atlantic City... GAME-WINNING GOALS TEAM GWG Several Players Tied at 2 Jason has two

I voted for Smaby because I mean Kill em . ""literally"

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=49562 Jason Notermann Top rookie scorer in ECHL thru 5 games.. Teammate is goalie Arturs Irbe former NHL allstar... Plays at War Memorial arena of Slapshot fame.. Remember the Federal League!!!

RochSioux, I will be going to the tourney on Wednesday. I will let you know how it looks. I went to the Buc Bowl so I should be able to discern the difference in the leagues. Also the Blaine rinks are all Olympic size sheets so the forecheck may be substantially different than at the rink in Des Moines.