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Wasn't he the one that said the rivalry needed a cooling off period? He's a good coach, but seriously what a joke.

nailed it, we just don't have great forwards. There is no frattins, oshies, toews or duncans on this team. Grimaldi could be a great scorer in a year or two, but there is nobody that stands out like those other guys (I know Oshie and Toews are rare exceptions of recruits), but still ...

Then again, Lou is a sports personality now, not a player. No big deal if he looks past us; I'm sure Lucia and his team are focusing on this game. Should be a great one.

True, I think the annoying part is Lou seems to make this kind of comments too often. Like I said earlier in the thread, I would never say something like "we lucked out and got the easiest road to the title game" ... There is no easy way to the title game in any frozen four. If you play yourself into the F4, other teams should consider you dangerous. Whatever, I just hope the boys show them the path is a little more difficult that Lou thinks.

fair enough

To summarize, If Hak (not the players), but Hak doesn't win the next two games, the rest of his wins, frozen fours, WCHA titles, Final Five tourney wins, success in general means nothing. Why keep Hak when we could go get an unproven coach with none of those credentials. You do realize that win or lose the next two games, he is the same coach. Your argument lacks depth. Remember that to fire an accomplished coach, a better one should be available. Any to scpa0305's point, this is the dumbest conversation to have, when the boys just made it to the frozen four. Probably time for Michigan St Basketball to fire their coach, and Coach K lost to Mercer ... He must suck! I get the guy is missing the national title on his resume, but you have to factor in the rest of his accomplishments, when have this discussion.

^This

I was too at first. First time he has gotten me to buy in to one of these in a few years.

Great one for April Fools! The truth is if Gothberg stays on his game he has the opportunity to take home better hardware that the Hoby. I think most people would gladly hand over their Hoby for a National Title, and if Gothberg stays on his game, his name may be in the mix next year anyway.

I hope Hak makes a BIG point to the guys that we have to avoid dumb penalties (I'm sure he will); can't give MN the powerplay advantage. That would be an easy way to hand them the momentum. Emotional game, Emotional Rivalry; can't get too emotional in the wrong situations.

Didn't Hextall have a broken foot or something a few years ago? Amazing what these guys can play through. Just hope these guys can get enough rest by next week. I not a big fan of have such a long break between the regional and the F4, but is definitely a benefit for us this year. The goofs were hot this past weekend, let them cool off and then have to travel. and let our guys heal up.

Exactly what I was referring to, he just discounts North Dakota's capabilities. He should know better than that with his experience. The truth is, there is not easy road; at this point in the season, everyone has proved they have talent, and if you want to win, you will need to beat at least two of those teams. I hope we can throw it right back in his face; beat the Goofs and hang up #8 On the other hand, I guess part of his job is to get their fans excited; though it does not take much with this rivalry.

Exactly, look back to when they blew out Miami, they were taking quick one times and getting good traffic in front of the net. Havn't seen many one time shots from the D recently, they get the puck and hold it until someone it right in their face. Hope they can make some of the small changes before next week. AND get healthy, heal up the guys so every can give their all.

Good point, if we could have a young guy step up it would really help. Johnson made some noise a few weeks back but has been really quiet. The guys just need to start getting pucks to the net, not looking for the perfect tic-tac-toe play. Shots, Crash the net, Rebounds. Get the gritty goals.

Haha I love when the guys make fun of Nanne on the radio for that part of the movie. Always funny

Mazzocco was always obnoxious. I actually didn't mind Woog as much, except that he could never get a sentence out. I even remember Wooger picking the Sioux to sweep the Goofs one year. But Mazzocco was one of the worst, most bias game callers ever. Ever penalty for the Goofs shouldn't have been, and every other team was getting away with everything. Ugh he was terrible. So glad he is gone.

Well Lou Nanne doesn't give the Sioux much of a chance. Understandable that he is so confident in the Gophers; they have had a great season, and they certainly played well this past weekend. But Lou's bias towards the Gophers seems to overwhelm his hockey smarts, and we all know Lou is a smart hockey guy. I remember a few years ago, where he didn't even give the Sioux a chance at the Final 5. He basically said it would be a tough tourney with the other teams there, but UND wasn't going to be competitive. This was one of the several years that we went on to win the tourney. You would think by now Nanne would know better than to overlook anyone that makes the frozen four; particularly after his beloved Goofer got bounced by Yale last year; then running the table to win it all. At this point in the year anyone and everyone can be dangerous. As for me, I'm glad we are considered the underdogs. We have not been favored yet in this tourney, and the boys are playing well; particularly Gothberg. If we could find the scoring touch that we had a month or so ago, we would be unstoppable. Hope the boys looks at the tape against Miami in the blowout game to not what to do, and the loss to Miami to fix some mistakes. We do need some people to step up next week though: Grimaldi needs to keep it up (he tends to show up for big games) Gotherberg (keep doing your thing) Mark MacMillan (I feel like I havn't heard his name much lately, has he been injured or just off his game a bit) Parks (Not much senior leadership on this team, Parks needs to get the troops going) Schmaltz (Big D presence, with a capability to control the puck and score; Defense need to get shots to the net quicker for rebound opportunities. They have been hesitating too long on their shots lately and allowing too many to be blocked) Can't wait for the game, GO SIOUX!!

Gophers lost the third place game at the final five, Hirsch went crazy. I think he left the team, then came back, then go dismissed. Dude was nuts ... too bad, cuz he was a pretty decent player.

Maybe Robert Morris can channel their inner BC, and crush the Goofs!

The bookies also had Duke beating Mercer and Ohio State beating Dayton ... What morons!

Yep, my bad ... trying to type it quickly at work. Go Sioux!

If those are the biggest problems they have this weekend, I think everyone, including the players and coaches, will be VERY happy!!! Go Sioux, can't wait for the game!

Rnd 1 Robert Morris over Minnesota SCSU over Notre Dame Sioux over Wisconsin Ferris State over Colgate BC over Denver Mass Lowell over Mankato Union over Vermont Quinnipiac over Providence Rnd 2 SCSU over Robert Morris UND over Ferris State BC over Denver Union over Quinnipiac Frozen Four UND over SCSU BC over Denver Championship UND over BC I pick UND every year ... eventually I will get this right!

I think the key to scoring on the badgers will be similar to the way the badger beat OSU. Crash the net. They would get a puck in the slot and have 2 or 3 guys sitting there for rebounds. OSU goalie didn't have a chance on that goal, and Wisco had several good chances before that went in. Hoping we don't see the hesitation in shooting the puck that we saw against Miami either. They seem to want to hold the puck a few seconds to long before getting it on net.

True, but please no BC either.