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Moorhead kicked off its season last night. Lee was only 3-1-4 and VandeVelde was 0-1-1.
Here is the Forum article.
No, Brian Lee didn
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Denver with a shortie on BU. 3-1 with about 3 to go in the 2nd.
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Denver just went up 2-1 over BU with about 5 to go in the 2nd.
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SOH...are the gophers still playing? If so, is there an audio link?
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Future Gopher, Peter Mueller. He's an '06 commitment.
I am not qualified to comment on where he rates compared to Kessel & company.
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Didn't he verbal when he was like 6?
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I move that "State of Hockey" be banned from this site. As well as any other assholes who enjoy "wasting space" here.
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I second that motion. He is a WPoS!
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The University of North Dakota hockey team announced the signing of Chris VandeVelde of Moorhead High School and T.J. Oshie of Warroad (Minn.) High School.
VandeVelde, a senior forward, totaled 43 points on 19 goals and 24 assists last season for a Moorhead team that lost in last year's Minnesota Class 2A state final.
UND coach Dave Hakstol said VandeVelde and Oshie may defer enrollments at the school to the 2006-07 season.
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Ryan Duncan is at Salmon Arm and tearing it up. He's leading the league in points per game. He's a little guy, but tremendously competitive and probably a four-year college player.
While I would never turn down a Zach Parise, this is very nice to see.
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Central Scouting preliminary list is out.
user name: public access
password: hockey 2004
Chorney, Lee, Oshie and Vande Velde are all listed as "A" high school players.
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I am looking to go to some of Moorhead's games this year. Does anyone know where I can find a schedule (if it is out now or in the future)? Also where are their homegames played in Moorhead?
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2004-2005
Moorhead
Coach - Dave Morinville, 8th yr
Home Arena - Moorhead Sports Center, Moorhead
Score Team Record Date Site
- Bemidji - - 11-30 Home
- Alexandria - - 12- 4 Home
- Roseau - - 12- 7 Away
- Grand Rapids - - 12-10 Home
- Duluth East - - 12-11 Home
- White Bear Lake - - 12-18 Home
- Brainerd - - 12-21 Home
Schwan Cup (Gold Division)
- Hill-Murray - - 12-28 Xcel Energy Center
- Centennial or Wayzata - - 12-29 Xcel Energy Center
- - - 12-30 *
- Fargo South ND - - 1- 4 Away
- St. Cloud Tech - - 1- 8 Home
- Thief River Falls - - 1-11 Away
- St. Cloud Apollo - - 1-14 Home
- Warroad - - 1-15 Home
- Roseau - - 1-18 Home
- Hibbing - - 1-21 Away
- Greenway - - 1-22 Away
- Bemidji - - 1-25 Away
- East Grand Forks - - 1-27 Home
- Centennial - - 1-29 Home
- Bloomington Jefferson - - 2- 5 Home
- Alexandria - - 2- 8 Away
- Hill-Murray - - 2-12 Away
Section 8 Class AA
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Any ideas as to when he might be able to crack the lineup again, just wondering.
Siouxhockey5
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According to Tim H. either the UAA or UMD series.
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Story on McMahon in today's Herald.
Posted on Thu, Nov. 11, 2004
MEN'S HOCKEY: The evolution of Rory McMahon
UND assistant captain goes from checker to fighter to scorer
By Virg Foss
Herald Staff Writer
For three seasons, Rory McMahon has carved himself a place in the UND lineup as a defensive forward and a specialist at winning face-offs.
His tough, gritty style of play also resulted in 22 goals in three seasons, 115 penalty minutes and the respect of his teammates, who voted him as an assistant captain this season.
But when Fighting Sioux leading scorers Brandon Bochenski and Zach Parise left UND early to sign professional contracts, the role changed for McMahon.
Mainly a center his first three seasons, he's now playing wing on a line with a pair of freshmen, center Travis Zajac and wing Rastislav Spirko, on what is arguably UND's top offensive line.
They played together for the first time last weekend against Colorado College, and McMahon responded with his first two-goal game in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Tigers.
"From talking with the coaches, they want me to focus a little more on offense this year," McMahon said. "My defensive game has been pretty good, so I need to start contributing more on offense."
Sioux head coach Dave Hakstol said that McMahon has a solid track record as a scorer before he came to UND, both in leagues in Saskatchewan and British Columbia Junior Hockey League.
With the Sioux offense averaging 2.0 goals per game in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play, McMahon for one is being looked to elevate UND's offense.
"They gave me some players (Zajac and Spirko) who are really offensive minded," McMahon said. "Travis can score goals (six goals, tops on team), and Spirko is probably the best playmaker on the team."
McMahon showed last Friday that he can score in a variety of ways. His first goal came in typical McMahon fashion, when he fought through traffic in front of the net to backhand in a rebound.
His second was far more sensational and eye opening. He broke down left wing, cut sharply to the net and beat goalie Curtis McElhinney high on the short side off his forehand, a tough shot from a difficult angle.
McMahon's toughness showed earlier this season when he fought with Minnesota's Mike Vannelli, in which both players landed several haymakers and both were ejected. His teammates still rib him about that.
"Who's the toughest guy on the Fighting Sioux?" one player shouted in the Sioux dressing room Tuesday. "Rory McMahon," came the reply.
"They're just giving me a hard time," McMahon said. "Those things (fights) happen. It's no big deal. It's part of the game. "
Hakstol doesn't see any reason why McMahon can't be a big offensive force. They may need that, with another key cog, Brady Murray, sidelined for up to another month with a knee injury.
"When Rory played at the Triple A level in Saskatchewan, he was one of the points leaders in one of the top Triple A circuits in Western Canada," Hakstol said. "In the British Columbia Junior Hockey League, he had real good offensive numbers, so he had some natural offensive ability."
McMahon's flashes of offensive spark have elevated him to UND's top offensive line. "He's worked extremely hard to get this opportunity," Hakstol said, "and more importantly, he's making the most of it."
So now the former defensive specialist is being looked to for offense. "That's the quality character of Rory coming out," Hakstol said. "Whatever role you ask him to play, he's willing to do it. He has never once complained about being in a two-way defensive role."
There is no complaining from McMahon about his new role. "It's been great to solidify the defensive side of my game here," McMahon said. "But now that I have the opportunity to go offensive, I'm excited about that."
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Sorry. I was busy writing a feature on Spirko for USCHO and completely forgot about it. Maybe someone else who heard the show will provide a recap.
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When can we see your work?
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What a lame recap.
Thanks anyway.
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I have never said that fighting is a "necessary" part of the game. However, it is part of the game at almost every level. Would I stop watching hockey if there was no fighting, he!! no. But, "I enjoy watching a fight now and then."
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sagard, with all due respect, regardless of his weight over or not, he has a lot of growing up to do.
In my opinion, there is no question that he has the goods offensively, but he lacks the heart, commitment, and defensive motivation to play at the NHL level.
In my mind, Vanek was the Blake Wheeler of his draft year. (EDIT: Meaning he was drafted far too high in the first round. He's still first round talent, but looking back now, I would have taken him late in the first round instead of top 5)
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I agree with most of that but...you can't bring up Blake Wheeler, yet. For all we know he could have a Paul Kariya freshman year (God, I hope not) or a Rick Nash rookie year.
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Great pictures Melissa.
This one hurts!
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Where are the Gopher players? Not good enough this year?
It's also nice that Stafford may not miss a UND game because of this comittment. Pretty nice to not schedule any games during the Juniors.
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Hagemo will more than likely be on the team.
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They take off their helmets, drop the gloves, put up their dukes like '30s style boxing, skate around in circles staring each other up and down for a good 20-30 seconds... and then the actual fight starts. Yeah, real spontaneous.
What bothers me most about it is that there is a certain segment of hockey fans who glamorize the fights. The website hockeyfights.com is a great example of exactly what I'm talking about. You don't see anybody out there glamorizing baseball, football, or basketball fights. I don't know of any websites dedicated to glamorizing beanballs.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the "certain segment of hockey fans" that like the fights is a lot higher than the ones that don't.
In fact, I know alot of people who know nothing about hockey, but watch it just for the physical play (especially fights). Are they bad people?
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I havn't heard who is taking deans place as coach for the U.S. squad at the world juniors tournament.Anybody know?
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Scott Sandelin.
UND Recruits - 2004/05 Updates
in Men's Hockey
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