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Ah, if only us normal people could read that...

This is a normal occurance on non-hockey playing weekends. Though I'm not sure why this is relevant... or why I responded to this.

what if i, hypothetically, I don't need any medical assistance? Maybe I'm just tough or something .... but when a deer ran into my car a few years ago, and the glass shattered into my face, the medical people were all freaking out and I'm thinking , "ok..that's fine but can I go? I have places to be..." The same thing with the whole "watch for flying pucks" and if you do get hit by a puck "wait for medical assistance." I'm sorry, but I've been hit by pucks many times and I never got medical assistance, nor did I need any.

If the Gophers can beat Michigan, so can we!

I'm not sure what your problem is buddy, but I suggest taking your condescending attitude and leaving before I rip you a new one. I apologize for having a good relationship with my mother and for having a conversation over the phone about hockey with her. And since you didn't actually quote anything I said, I have no idea what you took offense to. I stand by my opinion and you seem to be the only one that has a problem with what I said, so maybe it's time to grow up.

Correction: he signed a contract , but in order for it not to kick in until next season, the ATO comes into place so he can play out the remainder of the season with Rockford. Vandy had an ATO last year with the their affiliate, his contract kicked in that fall. So essentially you sign a contract and an ATO so you can play the rest of the season without it getting taken off the books. EDIT: yeah! What Goon said.

FROZEN FOUR DRAFT LOTTERY.... hello?! You can if you choose.... decide to go into the Frozen Four draft lottery. THIS IS WHERE A MAJORITY GET TICKETS. Each school gets 600. They distribute those however they see fit. Students get some tickets, Fighting Sioux Club got some, players FAMILIES get some tickets as each player is allowed four tickets. It adds up. Please stop this whining because you couldn't get tickets. There will be tons of Sioux fans at the Xcel. A Notre Dame fan on USCHO didn't think they would sell their allotted 600, so there could potentially be some returns on Monday. But you're crazy if you think there won't be any support for the Sioux in St Paul. Look at how many on this board and their friends and family have tickets?! Michigan will not have more fans than we will. And UMD had a large demand for tickets as well. You need to stop being childish about this. Not every UND fan that wants tickets is going to be able to get them. The games are in SAINT PAUL, not TAMPA. We can drive there, of course the demand is going to be higher this year than in other years. I'm sorry that I got tickets 3 weeks ago and no, you can't have them.

Remember all the rumors about Kristo when it happened? Think back to that. It'll give you an idea of what was said.

Well, Biddco. I suppose you do have to be selective about remembering the only positive from your fanbase's standpoint in the series against the Sioux this year... It's been fun basically owning UMD these last couple years. I remember going 4-1 against UMD last year also. Good times!

It sounds to me stuff was dumped since no one brings up the other stuff that I heard.

Well our power play did fine when we were missing whatever so his point is moot. Tell him to try again.

I heard it as well. Had my phone out ready to call in... But they said the number too fast and all I wanted to do was tell that d-bag UMD fan off.

Yeah, he was pretty arrogant. He took a shot at us because he had nothing else to say when it was pointed out that our powerplay statistically is better than UMD's since that was how he said UMD was going to beat us.... when we start taking stupid penalties.... Speaking of classless... I liked the one Gopher fan on GPL that said they hope Michigan injures Frattin.

I apologize that I've never met a decent individual from your fan base.

Funny how the Final Five brings out the worst in UMD fans. I have not met a single respectable UMD hockey fan. EVER. My cousin does not count even though he went to UMD and supports their athletic programs. I knew him BEFORE he went to UMD, so he does not count. 3 years ago the UMD fans behind me ruined my FInal FIve experience and since that I have never cheered for UMD since. Like I told my mother this morning, "Why would I cheer for a team with terrible fans that wouldn't cheer for us in the same situation?" Go Irish indeed.

well... we're the number 1 seed. We should get the home team's bench, so I say we should have the same bench we had at the Final Five. But I'm just guessing here. But that's what common sense would say I think.

Minor detail. Worked for Gerbe and BC in 08.

I believe the NCAA sends them home, not UND. I think it's a policy or something.

the only times I've noticed Donovan is when he skates in our zone around ALL our D, goes around the net and scores.

I've been apprehensive about Miele winning because a) i think Frattin is the best player but they will use the past against him and b) it's hard for me to vouch for a guy when I've always thought his teammate Carter Camper is a better player. Not to say Miele's not a great player, but... those are just my thoughts.

I agree with the person on another board who compared it to the Kevin Porter/Nate Gerbe situation in 08. Gerbe was the one with the character issues. Porter was the clean one. Porter won the Hobey, Gerbe single-handedly won BC the national championship. I'm okay with this analogy if we get similar results. Porter = Miele, Gerbe = Frattin

With a race as close as it is, Frattin's past is the deciding factor if you ask me. And hasn't it already been decided? I believe the top vote getter of the hat trick is the winner and they don't vote again.

I believe you have to. Gerbe was there in 08, as did Blake Geoffrion last year, and Matt Gilroy and Colin Wilson the year before. All of those guys played in the national championship game the next day. He's not going to not show up. It's on TV. It's not like he knows who is going to win. How would it look if the winner wasn't there? He'll be there.

It's not his character, it's his REPUTATION if you ask me. There's a difference. But I agree. It's too bad, but some people aren't willing to overlook past transgressions. That guy on the podcast sounded like a d-bag anyways. Definite east coast bias considering all his praise for Atkinson, yet Atkinson beat up a kid on a bike.

Not everyone gets tickets through UND. I put an ad on USCHO and got tickets that way. Many go in the lottery. There WILL be a large cheering section for the Sioux in St Paul.