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What a great team to be on, ski all the best slopes in the West and all the travel, food, lodging, and lift tickets are free. Sounds pretty good actually.

^^^Exactly (courtesy of gopherz)

Fri- Frattin Sat- Gregoire

Well, I'm in no way a representative of the Big Sky Conference but my kid does go to school at the U of Montana so I might be the closest thing on here, and just thought I'd say.... Welcome to the BSC boys and girls!!!! Looking forward to cheering for the Griz and Sioux against our common enemies. Now, if only I could get Montana to start a hockey program....

Very impressive gesture by Jesse, hopefully he can rebound completely from this injury.

I figured they would try to slow him down after last night. Oh oh getting chippy after the horn.

This period shaping up like the second yesterday, mismatch everywhere but the scoreboard.

2 penalties maybe?

He's trying to shoot it through people too, bodies make better doors than windows.

Get out the brooms boys.

I thought we played pretty well last night, carried the play the first 2 periods, especially the second where I think Denver only got off 1 shot (although it went in). We could have easily been up 3 or 4 after the second but couldn't quite connect, the shots were there and often almost point-blank. Gregoire was everywhere, and Knight was in the right place most of the night. Hated the third period, looked like hockeys version of the "prevent defense", I hate when teams start playing "not to lose" and then have a hard time turning it back on when the game tightens, makes me break out the Crown (again).

Damn it. Nothings ever easy.

2nd intermission 3-2 Sioux

Probably before the PP ends.

Sioux really carried the play that period, they're lucky to get out of it only down one.

And the whining starts...

Letting 'em play...nice to see for a change. Wow nice chance there.

We've really put the pressure on this period.

Goal Knight!

SCORE!!!!!

Gregoire is all over these guys.

Point-blank chance there.

That's a tough argument either way. It's been proven in the past that we have a tough time with quick little guys in the mold of the BC frontline and Rhakshani from Denver as examples, but unless you have a real shutdown goalie it's hard to all-out attack the offensive zone and risk giving up breakaways or 2 on 1's or even 3 on 1's to these little guys, in the end they seem to kill us. Then again, with the frontline power that we have, you would think that we should be able to have teams rocking on their heels from the pressure, but in Maine it was us scrambling on defense so that theory looks shaky too. The old saying goes "The best offense is a good defense", and I agree that in the playoffs you have to clamp down defensively and wait for opportunities more than you would in the regular season, but is that the style I'd like to see every game? Not really, but if it resulted in steady wins how could you argue? I'm glad it's up to Hak to sort it out, that's why he makes the big money.

They're definitely getting reputation votes, they are not the team they have been, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Poly and Eastern Washington marched up and down the field on them, they couldn't stop anybody but had a good enough offense to stay in the game. Their defense has gotten better lately, we'll see if they can slow down NAU's offense this week.

Not very often you see a college football coach fired midseason unless it's disciplinary reasons, but I guess this gives them a headstart on finding the new guy. One thing about it ...sky's the limit as far as improvement goes.