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I don't know, I saw two teams that can really get up and down the rink. I will say that our passing was slightly off. The F5 is going to be nuts if teams like WI, MN and CC all have to win or go golfing.

I'm not tracking Goon...are you saying that CC isn't really that good, but we were just off after being up in Anchorage?

the typo in my previous post was meant to say that CC is good.

I saw both Gopher/Dogs games this weekend as wella s both Sioux games. CC and UND played at a much higher level. CC is a team that noone is going to want to play in the Final 5. They are goos, and it is looking like do or die for them. Wisconsin, MN, UMD, and CC are all bubble teams that are going to be playing desperate hockey. It looks like only DU and us are shoe ins to the big dance at this point. THe Final 5 is going to be the best its ever been. Sioux are going to need to pack a lunch to Madison and Mpls. Assuming they get by Tech or Alaska.

Don't forget that CC is very, very talented. They played well this weekend. They were expected to win the WCHA and contend for an NCAA title. All things considered, I am happy with the win. We're not going to dominate a playoff caliber team in a playopff type situation.

That fourth line has one job. Establish a physical presence and hit everything in black and yellow. I guess that's two jobs, sorta

I'd like to see Andrew step up big time. Not many games left, I'd love for him to get a couple chances with the howitzer.

Davidson in, Gregoire out? What?

BTW, I fixed my media player problem...I am so very happy now

Yeah, serious stars played in the W: Joe Sakic, Mike Modano, Dion Phaneuf, Wade Redden, Theo Fleury...

You're kidding about it not being as well known, right? The W is as well known and scouted as the other major junior ranks, and typically, the top end prospects played major junior not NCAA up until one Jonny Toews made people do a double take. The W is excellent hockey that has produced many NHL super stars.

Thanks for reaching out. I am still unable to make it play. I can watch the jump tv preview, but then it just tries to buffer for a while before stopping and saying error on the page on the bottom of the flash player. I've had this happen before, and it is something in my settings. This just kills me. It is so frustrating.

HELP! My computer got a virus and I had to reset it. This is the second time this has happened to me this year. So, now I am unable to stream from fightingsioux.com. I have sent in a ticket to their tech support, but wondering if someone on this board knows what the advanced settings on the internet options need to be? I have loaded the latest flash player. I get the jump tv preview to play, but it won't play anything after that. It has happened before and I figured it out through luck and tech support, but I didnt learn, so I am in the same boat. I am impatiently waiting for tech support to email me and trying to get htis figured out! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Joe just misplayed the puck behind his own net and a big time goal scorer happened to be there to pick up the turnover and bury it. It happens. I agree with fundamentals first hockey against a team like this. Speed kills, but perfect positioning trumps speed. As for Chay, you know you live by the Chay you die by the Chay. He will win us games because of his offensive skill and his excellent skating. He will also cost us odd-man rushes because of it. You have to take the good with the bad. Speaking of skating, Marto, Frattin and Genoway really can flat out skate as well as anyone I've ever seen in a Sioux uniform. Those three are seriously gifted skaters in the Paul Coffey mold. St Cloud opened the door for us last night. We need to come out flying. Establish a physical presence, make good passes, drive the net. Each line wins their first shift. No exceptions. Blow 'em out the zamboni doors. Don't worry about their speed, just play good positional hockey. Help each other out, and back each other up.

I give Marto most improved. I respect and admire the jobs that miller and martens have done as seniors. Chay or Duncs is MVP. Eidsness is ROY. We are going to have a sick team next year too

If Bowling Green hangs em up permanently, does UMD then get to hang a banner by default?

yeah, Fienhage is so green, and I'm not talking his jersey color. Blood looks like a freshman out there (which he is), but considering that he is getting ice over fienhage means CF isn't quite ready for a playoff run. Defense is tough to learn against D1 forwards in playoff hockey. We need to sweep this weekend.

With all the attention going towards 3's injury, hextall and jones are kind of forgotten. Anyone know anything on those two? If Jonesy isn't ready to play next week, we are in serious trouble at the Blueline.

I thought so, I can't imagine playing the WJC team...it is like an all-star team of the best of NCAA hockey and CHL players. Back on topic, I think that teams play better in the second half, you can win a boatload of games in the first month or so with one big line of superstars. I don't think that Hak's systems are that tough to learn (it's hockey after all, not rocket science). I do agree that it takes time for some guys to become comfortable with their roles and to adapt to what is best for the team. I think the biggest factor is psychology. Not that we don't want to win, but that you build on each and every week. You need to win and lose as a team and experience successes and failures as a team.

Are we really playing the WJC team? It has to be the U-18 team isn't it?

Genoway's "interference" penalty was a pure and simple charity call for Jutting. I've seen a lot of hockey played and usually they call that playing the body rather than interference

Guessing it had something to do with Miller, Marto, Finley and Genoway logging about 20 minutes of ice each for the last two periods. Our dmen had to be standing on rubber legs at the end of the third. Fortunately Genoway and Marto are two of the smoothest skaters in the league. I highly doubt any other dman in college hockey could've done what CHay did on that Rush given how much ice he logged and it being the end of a shift...man that was impressive...no wonder he wins the iron man.

My guess is that Darcy gave a little bit of the old Southern Manitoba hog tie off the draw and the response was a vicious slash. Darcy then probably asked how his sister was doing. Just my conjecture.

I just saw the still of Lapoint's leg. Let's hope it isn't as bad as it looks. From the still it looks like tib, fib, and achilles wouldn't stand much of a chance.

Wishing you well, Derrick.