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I thought they gave the first one to Pony

So that's 20 for JG...excellent Frattin has to be the WCHA player of the year, and JG has to be second team WCHA

Frattin is the real deal, and I think he will be an NHL player, but it is tough to put him atop of Parise and Toews for success as a pro...What Frattin is doing in the WCHA is sick...but remember, Matt Frattin is OLDER than Jonny Toews by a couple months and Jonny is doing it in the show against the best players in the world!! All that said, Frattin is the best power forward in college hockey. Hands down. His return from the brink also warrants significant consideration from the committee.

Please, please, please let Mac be ok

Well, Mac is as hard as a coffin nail. Nobody tougher on the team...I hold onto hope he'll be ok...I'd argue that he is more important to our team D than Chay.

Have they announced the finalists?

What happened to Mac?! GD...last regular season series...we can't lose Mac for the playoffs...

UMD is a dangerous tournament team because of that one big line...get into penalty trouble or have a couple bounces go the way of a Connelly and you're in trouble. I hold to the belief that we would beat them 7 outta 10, but in a one and done...anything can happen

He is the best two-way forward in the game right now, no doubt...he can score, set up, win big draws, win battles down low, never out of position defensively.

But he's not preserving the integrity of the bracket to avoid matchups. Fortunately this idiot isn't on the selection committee.

You get injured in collision sports when you worry about getting injured...play hard and loose and good things are going to happen

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...