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If you want to read some funny stuff go to gophersucklive site. They are complaining about Shepturd !! Shepturd awards them a goal Friday (which should have been waved off) and they win 4-3. On Saturday he waves off a Sioux goal that should have counted in a 4-3 win. So basically he gives the goofs two wins. They should show a little more appreciation or he might start doing an unbiased job. Not sure what else he could have done to help the poor goofs.

The evidence continues to build that Shepard (sucks!) is favoring the goofs against the Sioux. Case 1: Couple of years ago he waves off the a tying goal with 20 seconds left saying Zach P. played it with a high stick. Replays showed this was highly questionable, regardless of the kneejerk reaction of Woog and Macrapo. Sioux lose 2-1. Case 2: Last night, Parise interferred with on Gopher goal. Looks at the replay and allows the goal to stand. Case 3: Tonight Oshie scores, no goal called. Looks at replay and can't get the call right. Very obvious that the puck was in the net prior to the goal becoming dislodged. Is the point of replay to get the call right or just take a break and watch a little TV ? Get rid of instant replay...it is worthless. Even more, get rid of Shepard, even more worthless. If Shepturd has to ref in the WCHA he should never be allowed to ref Goofy games. With his daddy running the show and living in Minneapolis he should be disqualified from these contests, I don't think he is unbiased. Rumour has it that even other officials think he is a joke.

If I did the math right... Night W-L-T Shots_for Shots_Against Goals_for Goals_Against SavePct Friday 6-2-0 239 206 30 14 93.2 Saturday 4-3-1 228 297 26 26 91.2 Slight drop in offensive production from Friday to Saturday (3.75 Goals Fri, 3.25 Sat) Big defensive change on Sat. Give up 11-12 more shots per game and 1.5 more goals (1.75 Goals Fri, 3.25 Sat) On Fridays (or 1st game of series) they only have given up 30 or more shots once - the first game of the year. On Saturdays they have allowed 30 or more shots in six of the eight games, five games with 43 or more shots...very uncharacteristic of recent Sioux teams (their record is 3-1-1 in those games though). If they want to make the frozen four this year they need to be more consistent on Saturday nights. An almost 50% increase in shots allowed from Friday to Saturday says they are not working as hard or they are not adapting to changes the other team is making. Or they are just getting very conservative trying to protect leads. I don't know, but it makes me a bit nervous to be giving up that many shots consistently on Sat. nights. Will be hard to put together a winning steak in the playoffs if that were to continue. I fully expect the coaches to improve this, hopefully starting with this w/e.

Karl's played two games: 11/19 4-3 loss 44 shots, 40 saves 11/23 3-1 loss 50 shots, 47 saves Looks like it works out to a save percent of 92.5.

Would someone please explain to me why the Sioux offense refused to run time off the clock in the 4th Q with a big lead ? Numerous times they would break the huddle BEFORE the 25 second clock even started !!!!!!! They would snap the ball with 15-18 seconds left on the play clock !!! Did they learn clock management from a Denny Green / Mike Tice coaches clinic. Absolutely unbelieveable!!! Either the quarterback or the coach is an idiot.

Tough 'D'

Normally I disagree with INCH because they don't give UND enough credit. However, todays ranking gives them too much credit. INCH Power Rankings Having seen all four games there is no way they are #2 right now. Miami outplayed them, the MSU game was close, and UND pretty much controlled both games against a weak NU team. I see improvement from the team from game 1 thru game 4 and expect to see continued improvement throughout the year, but it is not realistic to rank them at #2 just yet. The next six games will give us a pretty good idea of where they stand early in the season, I hope they can at least go 3-3. If they can stay healthy and continue to improve I think this will be a very fun team to watch in Feb/March/April.

Halftime 20-7. Time to head to the Nutter Center to see some hockey !!!! Good Luck in the 2nd half.

Offense stopped. 30 yard FG attempt is good. 20-7.

Sioux recover fumble on Ferris 18 yard line. Looks like this game may get out-of-hand here.

Sioux score on 1 yard run by Brandon Brady, 17-7.

Sioux ball on own 39 after the punt. Approx. 7 min left in half. Time to get some points.

21 of 22 plays for Ferris have been passing plays ! 3rd and 8 from the 35 for Ferris. Pass incomplete. Time to punt.

Dressler fumbles on the 8 after a catch and run. Ferris recovers.

Sioux force punt, ball on own 34.

Belmore scrambles and runs to the 1. 4th down. Glas on to kick a fieldgoal. 18 yard field goal is good. 10-7 Sioux, early 2Q.

Pass incomplete. 3rd and goal from the 5. Timeout Ferris.

Pass interference in the end zone. Sioux first down on Ferris 8. Run by Beatty to 5. End of 1Q.

Belmore sneaks for the 1st down.

Sioux ball on Ferris 45, 3rd down 10. Pass complete, need to measure for 1st down. Short by inches, Sioux going for it.

Ferris ball own 36, 2nd 10 Sioux Intercept.

TD Sioux 7-7

Thanks PCM! I enjoy reading your summary each week.

Looks like Goren will stay with Vancouver. Vancouver Roster

Hale sent down to Albany. Hale