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You will see the full Fighting Sioux on Friday night. Saturday night we will rest anyone with injuries, but everyone who's healthy will be on the ice. We might see a little more of the third and fourth lines in terms of minutes played, but the top 6 will play in both games unless someone has a nagging little injury.

Just swap the whole 5 vs 12 and 6 vs 11 locations: Bridgeport 1 Yale vs 16 Atlantic hockey 8 Omaha vs 9 Notre Dame Green Bay 2 UND vs 15 BU 7 Merrimack vs 10 Miami Manchester 3 BC vs 14 CC 5 Denver vs 12 UNH St Louis 4 Michigan vs 13 RPI 6 Union vs 11 Duluth These are some tough brackets with really good teams...

Sioux look very good. When you've got Frattin and Gregoire on two separate lines...sick

That one in particular...you ever heard of a bar called the Palm Isle?

This makes me sad. High School tourney should stay in GF, just like Minnesota's stays in St Paul. GF is North Dakota hockey...there is something sacred about nostalgia and history that is superordinate to change...in sports especially. Add in THE elite college hockey program in the country and the finest facility in amateur hockey in the world...the goal is not to increase the number of hockey programs, it is to improve the overall quality of hockey in the state. Lastly, why should Fargo get one more feather...the other North Dakota cities are quietly fading away

I'm cool with our goaltending. Not many guys on many teams are truly tested on the big stage...BC's goalie being the notable exception...his experience along with 2/3 of BC's roster has to make them the favorites to repeat this year. That said, it is a one and done tournament and neither yesterday nor tomorrow matter.

They brought their f#cking toys with them

You could field a really nice core to an NHL squad with ex-Sioux Scoring 1: Toews centering Parise and Oshie Scoring 2: Zajac centering Stafford and Blake D1: Greene and Commodore Just thinking about the ridiculous talent we've had at UND. There are a lot of GMs who would happily take those 8 guys and build a team around them.

I honestly wouldn't trade anyone on this team...not to sound cheesy, but this team is built like a team, like a family. I think that we have some weaknesses, most notably with some of our defensive breakdowns, but realistically, top to bottom, we have a complete team. I think that there are players for BC, NH, CC (Schwartz when healthy), and Denver that are really nice players...UMD has a couple too. I like this SIoux team. It is has no glaring holes.

I'll happily give Blaiser a Broadmoor to bring back to Omaha...so long as we bring home #8

I don't doubt that UW looked mediocre...hence why I referred to them as such in my post. My rationale is all about the system and the potential for almost home ice. UW is built to get two powerplay goals and sit back in their system and win a 2-1 game. I don't fear the Badgers, but they can certainly overachieve in a one and done tourney...a couple unfortunate penalties, a lucky bounce...next thing you know they have a lead and good luck getting some offense going.

Mediocre team best positioned to make a serious NCAA run: Wisconsin. Their defensive style is highly effective in a one and done setting... Regional is in nearby Green Bay... They are a team that I want no part of, especially in Green Bay. Can the Sioux do the Mac, the Broadmoor, and the NCAA? History says that's a tough one... Sioux barrier to #8: a fairly anemic pp, that needs to change for the tourney... Sioux could very likely go into the post season with all six of the top six forwards having scored double digits in goals...that's some good balanced scoring.

So if we finish 3-1 against MTU and BSU to end the season, the Macnaughton is ours...I say we sweep out, then we'd be riding a 9 game unbeaten streak into a home ice first round playoff series against Tech. In crunching the numbers, it would take a serious collapse along with some other strange events for us to not get a first round bye at the final five. We are also now all but guaranteed a bid to the NCAAs, although our seed is still up in the air. Most of the top teams end up playing each other in the conference tourneys, so there are a lot of H2H and TUC ramifications. All in all, the Sioux have been doing the job so far, but the stakes just keep getting bigger...

Any update on the Sioux men?

Is it still 3-2 in the 3rd? How much time left?

They aren't the typical AA team. Going into the series they were sitting above: Tech, Bemidji, Mankato, SCSU, and the Golden Gophers in the WCHA standings

You can't have Wisconsin in and not playing in Green Bay and you can't have an intraconference first round matchup, and you can't move Yale out of Bridgeport...this means serious problems (why I mentioned the fowling up brackets issue). I'm sure college hockey would love to have a UNH and BC regional final in Manchester, a Yale and Union regional final in Bridgeport, a Wisconsin and Michigan regional in GreenBay and a UND vs Miami regional final in St Louis

Straight up bracket integrity this morning- Yale vs RIT UNO vs UNH BC vs WI Union vs Michigan DU vs Dartmouth Merrimack vs Notre Dame UND vs Rensellaer UMD vs Miami No intraconference first rounders, so that is a good start. First thing they'll do is split up Yale and UNH, as they are both hosts. They will swap UNH and Michigan to solve that problem. They will then send #1 seeds closest to home in order of actual seeding Bridgeport Yale vs RIT UNO vs Michigan Manchester BC vs WI Union vs UNH Green Bay UND vs Rensellaer UMD vs Miami St Louis DU vs Dartmouth Merrimack vs Notre Dame We've got a regional in Wisconsin, and Wisconsin in Manchester. This is an attendance problem and if the season ended today would seriously impact the integrity of the seeding. I would swap BC and WI with DU and Dartmouth, and put Wisconsin in Wisconsin. Bridgeport Yale vs RIT UNO vs Michigan Manchester DU vs Dartmouth Union vs UNH Green Bay BC vs Wisconsin Merrimack vs Notre Dame St Louis UND vs Rensellaer UMD vs Miami Denver was flying no matter what, so going to Manchester isn't a big deal, bracket integrity is pretty much preserved, attendance should be pretty darn good. Only team that is mad is BC having to travel a long way and play Wisconsin in Wisconsin...sounds like the old Michigan Yost rules...BC has been on a heck of a run. If they win again, let's have them earn it by going on the road and beating Bucky in cheeseland.

When Dell is on, he is the backstop that could get us number 8. The goal that he did allow last night, he made two great stops first. Patrick Roy couldn't have done more.

I am still freaking out about Trupper...please let him not be hurt...please...

I really like the makeup of tonight's lineup...it spells TEAM

Best way through it is to spread the ice East-West...run a couple forwards right along the offensive Blue Line, forcing the dmen all the way back to their zone. At least then you've opened up a little neutral zone... Short passes and patience on the breakout are required. The defenseman initiating the breakout also has to be able to beat the one forecheck one-on-one.

pinching is generally only used to describe a defenseman in the offensive zone, and it generally means leaving the point and moving up into the play. It is advisable when you are losing and it is late in the game and you need to generate some offense. Generally works best when the flow is heavy to the strong side, the weakside dman can step into the high slot and drive the net. The risk is, you can end up with four guys deep in the offensive zone and a turnover then results in an odd-man coming back at you (get caught). Even if only 3 guys are caught deep, it will mean that one of your "d-men" is actually a forward...any forward knows it is much more fun to go one-on-one against another forward forced to play D vs a true D-man. It is a risky play by defenders, giving up good defensive position to try and generate offense.