yellowdog

I don't see a whole lot of natives of north dakota winning championships for them. 4 of the 5 goals in the championship game were scored by minnesotans. So as I see it without Minnesotans we lose that game. I don't want to sound like sid, but traditionally nodak has had older players who are ready for the nhl sooner because of age. Minnesota traditionally recruited the high school senior who pro scouts wanted to see stay in school to age. Minnesota now is recruiting older junior players. We also lose our fair share of players to the nhl, but since our players are younger we also lose them for 2 weekends every year for the juniors. People in Nodak wanted to talk about losing Parise as if it only happens to them, when in reality it happens to the gophs every year. I think if you look over the pro ranks there are far more minnesota players playing professionally, I will give you that the nodak grads are probably doing better in the nhl right now. It really drives me nuts to see blake doing well. i was answering two different posts here, i hope it isn't too confusing.

That's not nice, but the only one dumb enough to believe all of that was you. I think you were the one who actually believed I was sid, so that shows your intelligence level now doesn't it. I had no hostility in my posts (ok very little) and you come in saying this stuff which shows your intelligence level. I'm sorry my developmentally disabled self cannot hold a candle to your hockey knowledge skateshattrick, maybe someday you can teach me how you got so smart and gullible. You never addressed the gopher recruiting class oh great one, how do they stack up? Please tell me your opinion because it obviously is the right one. And let me guess the gophers, mavs, and sioux are all your favorite teams so your objectivity cannot be questioned.

jk, I can buy everything in your argument except a few things. Potulny/Irmen in my opinion is better than Murray/Stafford. Our duo did it against better competition than yours. Remember alot of sioux fans still believe Parise is better than Vanek, and we all know now that this is not true. It is nice to have all of those players back next year except one little fact, not many of them were very good. So if they don't get better you will just have an older average team. The sioux did not play well down the stretch when it counts and in order to bring optimism to sioux fans those young player should have been getting better and they were not. As soon as the sioux quit playing canisius their weeknesses were exposed. That being said, I still believe they are a good team. They, however, are not as good as some in your hood would lead you to believe. Here is a little look at the only good teams the sioux played last year and the records against those teams. Mankato 1-2-1 Minnesota 1-1 Denver 2-2-1 CC 0-2-2 UMD 0-2-1 St.cloud 3-1 Overall against these teams is 7-10-6 and if you take out the two worst teams in my opinion(Denver and St.cloud) that drops to 2-7-5. not a good sign. only other quality win was Michigan. as a comparison here is minnesota Michigan 1-1 New Hampshire 1-1-1 Ohio St. 1-0 Mankato 2-1-2 CC 2-2-1 St.Cloud 1-1-2 UMD 1-1 Denver 1-0-1 Ferris St. 1-0 Overall 11-7-8 without Denver and St.cloud 9-6-5. This also was a much tougher schedule than nodak played. I only used Tournament teams and I left Mercyhurst out of it for obvious reasons. You also try to suggest that the sioux got better at the end. 7-11-2 in their last 20. Those 7 wins were against the following quality opponents. Wisconsin x2, Alaska x2, Denver x2, and Michigan Tech. Not exactly burning it up. 21 games back was a win against Minnesota which is the last quality sioux victory almost 4 months ago. I am just trying to point out some things here. They are not as good as some of the sioux fans think and the signs for failure were quite obvious. All of the other things you talk about still do not help the sioux's dreadful goaltending. Just my two cents worth

This is the kind of statement I was referring to earlier. Who other than some people on this board believes that UND could contend next year. Mankato and Minnesota are both returning teams that were far better than sioux this year. Minnesota also has a better recruiting class. (ie. the player of the year in the USHL and the highest scoring defensman in the USHL) I know it is hard for you guys to believe, but the sioux has work to do. Watch for the preseason polls next year, I bet the sioux are picked no higher than 4th behind Minnesota, Mankato, and UMD. Remember your season fell apart when Hale was out and Parise dissappeared and Hale is now gone for good without nearly as good of a replacement. I hope for all of your sake the sioux surprise and do better than this, but to think they can contend based on what is coming back is a long shot at best.

It wasn't me either. I just got back from grand forks and as you all know, you don't have computers up there yet. Just kidding, thanks to everyone for the mostly kind words. It was a really awesome weekend to be a gopher fan. I hope we can 3 peat, but it will be a very difficult accomplishment. I expect noone in wcha to lay down and just let the gophers have it. We may also lose some serious talent this year. I hope not, but it is very possible. I personally think Vanek is the only one ready for the next level. Martin,Ballard,Koalska, etc are not ready. Potulny would possibly be ready, but I think he will stay to play with his brother next year. We may need some guys to leave to be able to keep everyone happy next year. Only 2 guys leaving and I think 6 coming in means less time for some who saw alot of time this year. I hope for all of you guy's sake the sioux do get better so the gophers have some competition because I think the sioux might be the only ones who can supply it. Well maybe UMD or Mankato, but I would rather see it coming from the sioux. You guys have nothing else to live for. Ok I had to take one shot. I'll keep monitoring the board and watching for any outlandish statements from drunk sioux fans, but otherwise I will leave you all alone until the renewal of the rivalry next year.

I agree even though you insulted me like that. I feel that noone should be censored even if they are borderline retarded like siouxrock. say it ain't so. Free siouxrock and just because I'm a rodent lover as you put doesn't mean I should be banned either. I would like to have intelligent conversations on this board about hockey, but I keep running into people like you who are not intelligent and are only spiteful.

And Kunitz was second this year in scoring...and I think he was overrated too. I wasn't saying that he was a bad player, I just think that people think he is better than he actually is. I've seen guys bump him off the puck rather easily since high school. But, this is just MY opinion.

I am getting that. I was just reading the siouxrock poll posts and was it was all coming together.

I do not know how to explain toher you are right. Can anyone else help me with what toher is.

I didn't know we could use kids from UND to win it. I know potulny is from nodak I didn't know he went to UND though. You are truly a fine representation of a common nodak fan siouxrockhead. Goon, now it is the top 4 that are even and not the top 7 why would you do that to umd who beat your beloved sioux. Now there is no need to be so hostile. I will admit when you people are right and would love to talk hockey with the intelligent people on this board. How would you know about happy if you didn't troll on poi.

Get a grip goon boy. You seem to be a little fixated. If someone on here has something intelligent to say I will agree with them, but if they say something stupid like (there is no difference between 7th and 1st this year) then I will point it out. You also seem to be working at Mcdonalds with all of your time on these boards. You fixated on me not me on you, remember that.

See you went right back to the 7>4 thing which is all you have. Pull my priviledges for pointing out you are an idiot. There was a large difference between the sioux and the gophers this year and only someone such as yourself would think differently. The two teams were and still are worlds apart. If you need to get rid of me because I have a different opinion than yourself then do so, but get a clue. These two teams are worlds apart.

Sprig and Greyeagle, I am amazed you two idiots found each other as well. As narcassistic as you both are you will now have to argue about who is on top.

What exactly is your purpose on all of the other forums you retard. I am proud of you for being able to spell your own name correctly in each one of them. I come here to scout the enemy, like any good fan would. I have already deemed you not worthy from your stupidity on uscho. You are absolutely clueless and also fit into siouxrock's level of education. Neither one of you has ever had an intelligent comeback to a gopher fan so please quit responding to my posts. Neither one of you is able to spell or make any sense in what you say, yet you both think you are funny and intelligent. It is laughable. Be sure to put your name on your helmet so you don't get it mixed up with siouxrock's

TC__transplant, you hit it right on the head. Look at siouxrockheads reply. He reminds me of the packer fans continually living in the past. He might be getting a little nervous about the gophers creeping up on him. We only have 3 more years until all we have to say is "7 national titles" to everything people say. We will be at 5 soon enough, I am not that worried. The gophers will hit 8 before the sioux do.

Hey idiot, They were the juniors last year. Do all you sioux fans really want to claim this one. How about you NorthDakotahockey, you want to affiliate with this one?

Hey, North Dakota hockey. Is this the stuff you were talking about? It must be all over the place. If I knew i was going to be graded I would have paid more attention to my writing. You should look back over your own sentence structure before you get too critical. I see some errors.

I second that

No, You can't make me

Not Many, but I wasn't completely serious either on that one. I was serious however about that guy being crazy to compare these two programs right now. The gophers are far superior for the time being and it looks like it will remain that way for at least a couple of years

Who's smoking weed. Not much difference between UND and UofM. How about Ferris St. Good luck you moron. We were better than you this year and we will only grow that gap next year. If Michigan does beat the gophers I would still rather have our future than yours you little loser. Our forwards on our fourth line are better than the sioux's first so how do you make them a wash. You need to take off the beer goggles you idiot. The sioux have 10 sophomores which would normally be a good thing in two years, but unfortunately for you they all stink. So all it does is makes sure the sioux will not be any good for two more years. Please quit trying to compare these two teams it is insulting to the current national champs and soon to be back to back national champions. Now hurry up and give me some shot about 7 national titles, because you sioux fans can only live in the past.

I know who's fans are not going to be at this or last year's frozen four. psst--it's the sioux's. You know why, because their teams stunk and didn't make it. There were plenty of gopher fans at the game last week. As for the regional at the ralph. I was wondering why it would be full of sioux fans. You are all closet gopher fans aren't you. The gophers are the host school at Mariucci west that year, not the sioux. The sioux won't even be in the tournament, they will lose both games to Canisius that year and be out of it by November.