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    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    NO matter how much I dislike DU, I would have liked them to win. I would like UMD to come back and win. Everyone on this site should or should have too. No matter what Du or Gwoz has done, it has been mentioned that the WCHA is the "premier" college hockey conference and so far it hasn't shown up. It is a great conference but no matter how well we think it is, we kid of have to beat the other conferences when it matters to prove that. It looks like the Sioux may be the last hope. GO SIOUX!!

    Ok...well...I'm with ya on UMD, because I do have WCHA pride. But DU has cost the Sioux too much over the years...they are a notch up from Gophers in my book. So the question is...would you be rooting for the gophers tonight?

    Me in '89? I sat there with my Haavaad sweatshirt on, beer in hand, cheering on Ted Donato and Co. to their OT win over the rodents.

    But that's just me.

    So...GO DAWGS!! (While you can!!)

    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    UMD doesn't have the same swagger that they had in the F5. They aren't winning the battles to the puck (or getting the bounces that they got in StP).

    Princeton is fast though, so that has a lot to do with it.

    Princeton has speed, that's not their problem. Kalemba has shored up the gap between the pipes a bit this year, and the Jubinville line has even better chemistry. They won't be a pushover for Miami.

    Last year Kalemba had never seen anyone with a shot like Kozek...it blew past him before he saw it. Nor had he seen anyone snipe the corner like Duncan...it caught him off guard. Pretty sure that Princeton out-shot the Sioux in that game though. JPL and sniping were the difference for the Sioux.

    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    Yeah, I was in Madison and remember being nervous until they got the 3 goal lead on Princeton.

    I don't remember the Tigers getting this many quality chances on JPL though. Princeton has a goal, a partial breakaway, and a good 2on1 chance already this period.

    The Tigah's didn't have that many odd-man rushes, but they generated some good chances 5 on 5 and had a couple power play's that made me nervous. Like you said though, once the Sioux were up 3, it was clear sailing.

    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    Favorite thing heard last year in Madison:

    "Geaux Taigahs"

    Ok...well...second favorite. My favorite thing was the ping of Duncan's GTG hitting the pipe before going in.

    Wait...make that Third favorite.

    The Sioux crowd roar when Kozek put in the Game Winner!!!

    :D

    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    That's too bad; I thought Bulldog faithful + all those hockey crazy Gopher fans would pack the place.

    ;-) Yeah...those hockey crazy gopher fans that sold out the arena. I mean...they could always wear their "Wild" jersey's, right?

    The State of Hockey is...um...is...well...um...

    :D

    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    While it is a nice story, the Air Force goalie was the reason the Falcons won today. Air Force was shot an obscene 43-13.

    There could be two number one seeds done before the night is over. I guess the pundits were wrong again eh?

    Parity in the league! :D

    NCAA Tourney Scores and Updates

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    WOW!!!! 2 Holy Crosses?:D?

    I think this is a good thing. It drives home the win-or-go-home point for a certain team in green and white.

    I know one thing: NONE of Ryan Duncan's remaing 4 collegiate games will be taken lightly. He will leave it all on the ice, and he will convince his teammates to do the same.

    GO SIOUX!!!

    SIOUX vs UNH WILDCATS

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    #6 is right on too. Eidsness is no longer a Freshman. The amount of time he's been in the net is greater than most if not all the Freshman goaltenders in Sioux history. We hadn't seen any Freshman mistakes really before the final five, but of all the goalies at the final five I thought that he was the most shaky. Hopefully he got it out of his system.

    Eidsness made a mistake, maybe a miscommunication, maybe a freshman screw up; and it cost the Fighting Sioux a big goal. That one doesn't go in, it's a different game. But Brad is not alone. Think back to the 2001 National Championship game against BC. Karl Goering muffs a pass from behind the net to the stick of a BC forward who stuffs it in the empty net before Karl can even get around the side of the net. First goal of the game...that one doesn't go in and it's a different game...one the Sioux might have won. Karl had already won a National Championship the year before. He'd been there. He wasn't a freshman, he was considered one of the best goalies in college hockey. Yet he still made a similar, and quite costly error. It happens in hockey at all levels, as it happens in sport at all levels. Championship teams overcome these mistakes and put themselves in the position to win anyway. The Sioux took that 2001 game to OT with the most memorable five minutes at the end of a third period I think I've ever seen. And the game winner that beat Karl at the end was a championship goal...worthy of a title.

    What I am saying is this: All the players on the ice, on both teams, can be expected to make mistakes. The championship team is the one that will shake it off and rally around each others talent and put in 110% to recover and put themselves in position to win.

    Go Sioux!!

    Favorite Final Five Memories

    in Men's Hockey

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    #1 - THIS WEEKEND!

    I have been going to the WCHA playoffs for something like 22 years, and finally got to see the Dogs hoist the hardware!

    And it was well done. Congrats to the Bulldogs. I don't think you'll find a Sioux fan who will say that their Coach isn't one to be respected, nor their team. Obviously hard work pays off.

    SIOUX vs BADGERS

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    I agree and I can't see the league getting rid of it because 15,000 fans came to see it.

    Big money

    In all fairness, it was fun to watch the Sioux take it to CC in last years 3rd place game. Chay with his coast to coast, and JPL with a couple of smokin' hot saves. It was a fun game to watch. This year? Not so much.

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