yzerman19

They were winning a lot of foot races and puck battles...we won based on talent tonight...we would not win with that effort against a Minn or SCSU or BC

Tech is a fairly talented, young team. They were DIRTY though. We need to bring a better effort tomorrow...our compete level needs to get better every game from here on out. With Mac and Mattson in street clothes, we were essentially skating 4 regulars on D. Simpson played great. Kristo is in a different talent stratosphere.

This is ugly

Now we're seeing the lack of our physical presence on D with Mac out

We better wake up

Hoping he has a quick recovery

The officials should forfeit their pay for a call like that

You don't believe it was a legit call???

Order the code red

Call on Mac is the worst call I've ever seen. In playoffs no less. This isn't women's hockey, there is a physical aspect of this game

I'll have to take your word for it- I'm watching some great college softball

our 2.5 year old son's favorite player is Danny Kristo, and he has a personalized, autographed Zach Parise Sioux jersey, so I made sure the apple fell beneath the right tree...

I ended up marrying a girl from BC...although I've almost converted her...almost...

Careful Goon- I actually went to Carlson...twice...BSB and MBA...but I was smart enough to stay a Sioux fan!!

leblanc player of the year??? I picked the rookie team! Not surprised on Bjugstad at third team. Surprised the leagues leading goal scorer is shut out

...well Costner was Crash Davis, but Calvin Laloosh rules...

Calvin Laloosh

I can appreciate your position, he is 6th in goal scoring, but guys like Knight, Schwartz, and Leblanc also have intangibles and racked up massive assist numbers resulting in 50% more scoring production. If the awards were to be given to the most talented players on the ice, then I think Bjugstad is first team. If the awards are given on how great your season was, then I think he misses- now with the Minny bias, I wouldn't be surprised to see him on the second team. Kristo deserves first team hands down, don't know how anyone argues otherwise. He's #3 in points per game, number 2 in goal scoring, tied for 2nd in points, tied for 1st in even strength goals, tied for 1st in shorties.

Bugstad is an NHL player- skill, size, compete level. However, the WCHA awards are for league play only, not skill level, not all games played. Nick was tied for 26th in league points. He was behind several teammates including Rao, Haula, and Schmidt. He was tied with SCSU rookie Johnny Brodinski and several dmen: Boiven, Jensen.... I don't think anyone challenges his talent level and his ability to be a nice NHL power forward; I just don't think his production earns him a spot. If you throw out Archibald which seems a common approach, you are throwing out the player that scored the most goals in league play. bugs tad had fewer points in league games than Rocco Grimaldi who isn't even a lock for all rookie team. I appreciate that Nick brings more than points. He does, and he will be in the NHL because of it. I just don't think he had a good enough season to earn all WCHA considering the field.

His shot is very good. He is just barely missing. Weight of shot has little to do with it. When you hit a pipe, you beat the goalie, you are just barely off. You practice off the post and in. Bar down. I'd take Rocco's release over kozek's torque.

We're pretty closely aligned. I put Archie in due to the fact that he led the conference in goal scoring. I thought Bjugstad was kind of a disappointment this year in terms of production- although he was a menace every time he took the ice.

If BSU or AA pull an upset, then we get the bye if we get past MTU. This UND team is an enigma- I am not sure if they have a real team identity. Sometimes they come out gangbusters and other times they look lost. It is now the playoffs, which means everything starts over from scratch. This team is made to play uptempo hockey. They need to play that game and force their opponents to try and match up. We can't get sucked into a defensive mindset. The game is simple, you just have to do your individual job better than your opponent in 90 second increments. You do that, and you win.

Crazy that our scoring lines are still a guess...playoff hockey is different with all of the TV timeouts and flow stoppages. In the playoff format, with a short bench, I like resurrecting some old line combos: Knight with Kristo and Mark Mac Rowney with Parks and Grimaldi Gaarder with St Clair and Caggiula Pattyn with Rodwell and Mitch Mac This really makes a top 6 and bottom 6 Mark Mac had some chemistry with Kristo and Knight, and it puts two solid faceoff men on the top line (draws will be huge)- I do like Mark Mac at center, but we need two highly potent lines over depth IMO Grimaldi brings explosiveness to the second line for Carter and Michael to cycle Third line will be hard to play against. Fourth line is energy.

So, here goes my selections for awards: POTY- Ryan Walters (UNO) ROTY- Stephon Williams (MSUM) DOTY- Nate Schmidt (Minn) COTY- Bobby Motzko (SCSU) First Team- Walters, Kristo (UND), Haula (Minn), Schmidt, Jensen (SCSU), Williams Second Team- Knight (UND), LeBlanc (SCSU), Archibald (UNO), Boivin (CC), LeLeggia (DU), Peterson (WI) Third Team- Schwartz (CC), Leitner (MSUM), Krushelneski (CC), Prochno (SCSU), MacWilliam (UND), Wilcox (Minn) Rookie Team- Petan (MTU), Cameranesi (UMD), Grimaldi (UND), Welinski (UMD), Zajac (DU), Williams

Never want to see a player get hurt...have no problem with certain players getting "educated" by other players in such a way as to not miss a shift, but maybe not look quite as pretty for a couple days