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Not sure if anyone commented but Grimaldi got stoned on a partial breakaway and then late in the first, Williams robbed us on a 3 on 1.

I flew into Mpls from Denver, rented a car, and drove down to Mankato for the series. Observations: -Never been to Mankato. Can add that to my list of arenas I've now been to. Got to hear the "Ole!" Song three times; hopefully no more tomorrow. -Very quiet student section and fan base overall. -Saw Mankato last Saturday in the Springs against CC. They are a scrappy, hard-working team. They out-played us but two costly mistakes cost them the game. -We didn't look pretty but we got it done. Pretty good officiating overall.

Here's a quote from a DU fan... "A little bit of grit in front of the opposing goalie during the power play instead of dumb penalties at the end of the game. We made the prima donna Kristo look like a star tonight."

It was interesting to read the comments on " let's go DU" today. One poster referred to Kristo as a prima donna. I guess my bias prevents me from seeing this, my guess is, any hockey fan out there would love to have Kristo on their team...including DU.

Is it true that the team didn't make it home? Are they stuck in Denver?

I have an extra single seat ticket for each of Friday and Saturday night's games between UND and DU this weekend. If anyone wants them, let me know. No charge. Only requirement is you can't be a DU fan.

I'm a UND fan first and foremost but as a CC alum (and fellow DU hater), I just had to share this! http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6uW4Vvmjpks&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3D6uW4Vvmjpks

Even better, a Twin Peaks! If any of you are planning on going to Omaha next weekend, be sure to hit, you won't regret it!

Yes, it really was bad last night. I recall the UND/Mankato game from several years ago when UND looked just as listless. Ill never forget Blais' quote where he said something to the affect of, "I knew it would be bad this afternoon when I saw the players sitting in the arena, watching a movie on the big screen." Point being, the guys should've been focused on the upcoming game, not watching movies.

I just walked out of the Alerus Center, at Sioux Boosters, and my takeaway from Coach Hakstol was this: our defensemen need to "play with more sandpaper...Gleason and MacWilliam already do but he wants to see guys like Mattson, Panzerella, Forbert, and Simpson play grittier-not dirty/but tougher in the D zone. Second, Hak was very proud of Zane's play the past few starts since XMas break and that he's worked himself back into a battle for the starting job. Three, he said 9 of our 12 forwards played well on Saturday against the Gophers but that the Rowney line missed several key assignments and they must do better. Last, he said he was proud of Grimaldi and thought the Minnesota series was his best of the season.

As much as I dis-like DU, one cannot ignore Murray Armstrong and his accomplishments at Denver. I thought it was a disgrace they didn't name their arena after him. Also, Gino Gasparini is another big time historical fixture of the old WCHA. What about his name for a post season award of some type?

All of this line shuffling talk concerns me. Do our opponents (not just Minnesota) experience this with their rosters on a weekly basis?

I remember going to a DU/Minnesota series about 7 years or so ago at Magness and seeing a Gopher player-laying on his back-kick a DU player so hard with his skate, he cut through the guy's jersey and chest protector and drew blood. I'm definitely no DU fan, trust me, but my point is, I can cherry pick as much as the next guy and find examples of bad on-ice behavior as Gopher fans can.

It looked like Mitch was wide open on that two on one but can't fault Kristo for shooting either. I guess nobody knows why Mitch transferred to UND.

Can anyone answer why Mitch chose St. Cloud? And also, what his reasons were that he transferred to North Dakota?

Reading that we landed Grimaldi made my day but hearing that he chose UND over Denver REALLY made my day.

I had thought the Sioux were traveling to play at Miami of Ohio next season??? Was I wrong?

Sorry, I meant Nokota....Not, Nakota.

I too am warming up to the Nakotas nickname, or some variation of it (i.e., Fighting Nakotas, Wild Nakotas, etc.). Question, perhaps the beautiful feathers from the the Sioux indian head logo could be incorporated into the new horse imagery? Would that be deemed as hostile and offensive or would it be considered a subtle tribute? I kinda think it would be a nice touch. Please no Blizzard, Storm, Flickertails, Prairie Roses!!! As stated before, let's hope the powers-that-be will learn from the mistakes made by schools who went through this (namely, Marquette) and not make the same ones they did.

I just hope that during the transition, the University can learn from the mistakes made by other schools who went through this process, namely Marquette. I believe that since the mid-nineties when they changed their nickname and mascot, they have had an on-going identity crisis. I'm fearful that the PC crowd (anti-Sioux nickname crowd) will have a major voice in the decision on the new name and will come up with something very unoriginal (Tigers, Huskies, Storm, Blizzard, etc.). Let's hope that the powers-that-be, take enough time to thoughtfully retire the Sioux nickname as well as come up with a logical, reasoned search process for the new nickname and logo. Regardless, I'll still bleed green and white and cheer for the UND athletics team as I'm sure everyone else on this message board will.

Question: I was listening to Gwozdecky this morning on the pre-game show on The Fan and he indicated that Anthony Miani got hurt last night and is questionable for the rest of their season. Does anyone know what happened? They never really said what the injury was or how it happened.

I was at both games, last night, we sat right behind the CC bench. After Frattin's goal, he skated by Sweatt and patted him on his behind. Then, after high-fiving the Sioux players on the bench and skating towards Eidsness to high-five him, he patted another CC player on the back. After that, CC Coach Scott Owens was irate and jawing at the Refs. If anyone else saw this, can you confirm that the reason why Owens was so angry was because of Frattin's behavior or was it because of something else? -I thought it was kinda funny but made me nervous because I was afraid it might wake a sleeping giant and piss off CC to the point where they might rise to the occasion.

Beautiful two-on-one goal for Harvard vs. Minnesota. 1-1 late in the 2nd period.

Channel 403 (NHL Network) on Dish Network.

The CC/DU game is on Fox Rocky Mountain. 2-2 after the first period. Wierchosh left the game with a leg injury. Clean hit on him, he had his head down and received a hip check.