Hockeygirl97

Went to Sioux Falls this weekend and had a great time. Usually shut down hockey season after the Sioux are out, but we had tickets, were staying w/ friends and taking the kids. It was helpful that there was a team to cheer for (GO AIR FORCE!!), so we Amazon 2-dayed (not sure if that's a word!) our Air Force shirts and cheered like crazy when they beat St. Cloud. Tough beat vs. Duluth, but I suppose it was a little expected. All the kids thought the refs weren't exactly Air Force fans though! The Denny was nice, w/ the to be expected couple of glitches due to learning all the crazy NCAA rules. (We got covers and straws for our drink cups on Sat.) I still never did find a program, but the kids had fun, my 5 year old got an Air Force puck (super cool!) and the roads weren't too bad on the way home to Bismarck . . .. just a bad stretch around Valley City, then it cleared up closer to Jamestown.

We're still going to Sioux Falls, overnighting my Falcons gear as we speak. Would seriously LOVE to see Mankato get a title before St. Cloud as well, so might throw some purple in the suitcase as well. As bad as it is that we didn't make it, there are at least two teams I can cheer for. So, oh, well. . . .

Are you kidding?!!! The only reason we were in this is he pulled the Captain down to the third line mid - game.... the man is a god....

Boy, I'd LOVE to be watching the game you're watching..... Pogo's playing like a termite....

Totally agree!! They had some bad luck w/ their conference holding the three or four best teams in the country all the time. Could they still have been better? Sure. But being in that conference sure didn't help. It's tough to get to the NCAAs when you're dealing w/ that every year. It was especially bad timing seeing how well some of last year's players are playing for other teams this year (Wisconsin's goalie). Anyway, maybe someday someone will figure out a way. If I win the Powerball, they're back!!

Sit # 19.....

I agree. . . Stauber made a good decision to finally put the twins on the same line, but he should have played them on the Power Play (I don't think he did at all until the third period). I don't know about the OT. I'm still on the fence about splitting them up. He should have dumped the Kessel line down to 4th in the 3rd period and rolled the other three more often. . . especially the twins' and Marvin's line.

That Gopher line, Kessel in particular, just played awful all tournament. It's lucky she scored in the shootout, or I'd have been really pissed. Even the announcers, "they need to play the twins' line more". The Gopher line would barely shoot. Trying to do pretty ticky tack crap. The Canadians just pushed them around. And on the shoot out, you can't just go straight at the goalie, you have to get them going side to side. I definitely thought he should have put the twins in the first five, but I guess it worked out perfectly.

Totally agree... was pleasantly surprised by the goalie switch.... gave me a little hope, like the coaches knew how important the game was... i think Cam might be the best goalie, but, DUDE, buckle down on the softies....

They didn't say anything about the pipelines. . . that has definitely helped the situation. Protesters be damned. . .

The point is, if we had a cool enough mascot, maybe it would eventually overshadow the horrific logo. Of course, the way things have been going through this whole process, the odds of this happening are not great. . . they screw up everything. But a kid can hope. . . .

I'm all for a mascot if only because it might put something out there cooler than the logo we have now. But I was someone who wanted a logo that was a foghorn leghorn-type (but a little meaner looking) hawk in a leather aviation helmet and leather jacket possibly in a plane, etc. Something a little cooler. . . and tougher. A cigar in his mouth would have been cool too, but I suppose that would have been pushing it. . .

I think after he lost Britta Curl to the Badgers, the higher ups just thought, "we're screwed, we might as well just save the money."

Totally agree w/ business guy.... Cam is slow going wide..... .

Jost and boeser are supposed to be the guys..... shoot the $@¥£€^^:/# damn puck ......

Bottom line..... top line.... BS.... dinked around, didn't take control of the game......

I can't believe no one has mentioned Mel Gibson . . .

I took Monday off, hopefully that doesn't jinx the team. 4 in a row just seems like a lot for these guys. Although I feel a lot better after last weekend and watching the "Behind these doors". Hopefully we beat these clowns make it to the Target Center so I don't have to decide whether or not to go to that!!

The thing is, while yes, we seem to be playing better and the goalies have been good, I really feel like we're going out of our way to make the goalies look like rock stars as well. After being in Colorado Springs and watching last weekend, to me it seems like we are really hesitating before taking shots. I know it's only a split second most of the time, but it's pretty noticeable. The goal Gersich had on Sat. night he skated in the zone and shot quickly, he didn't stop, go to his backhand, then forehand and then shoot. At least 4-5 times a game there are passes that should be one-timed (or at least one-time attempted) that are being held for that split second that's giving these goalies time to cover minor mistakes. We really just need to be a little bit more aggressive. Sometimes, Boeser skates in the zone and looks like he just can't decide what to do w/ the puck. The lazy backhand passes aren't cutting it. Make the decision you're going to the net and go. Is anyone else seeing this or is it just me?

I agree w/ Siouxstudent. I really just wanted an actual thing. . . I wouldn't have cared if it was a Fog Horn Leghorn looking thing. Something w/ some character that I didn't have to make up a background for just to put it on something. But what did we expect, I guess, from a company that came up w/ a Red L for the University of Louisville.

The problem is . . . you can't punt against the Bison. You have to score first and keep scoring. Go for it on 4th down. If they're more than 1 or 2 scores behind, they can't be doing those crazy 20 minute drives and Stick has to throw the ball. As soon as SDSU punted on their first 4th down, they were hosed.

Was Ga Southern the team who showed up w/ out the kicker? They could have won it at the end of reg, but had to go for the TD and lost? I can't remember if it went to OT.

I'm really starting to not like that guy...his politician is showing through...

They made a comment early about the Jacks going for it on 4th down 6 times when they beat them last time...they should have went for that first 4th down and kept going. you have to score early and keep the pedal down against these guys....get them playing from behind and forcing things. why can't anyone figure that out? this game just makes me madder about our offense last sat.

Scared the hell out of me....for a second, I thought Gerbe had an evil, younger cousin or something.....