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How great a boost would it be to get number 5 back for this weekend's games...you gotta believe he wants to play, so if there is anyway that he can go, he'll be in the lineup.

The web feed is down, is cable working? debating running to Joe Senser's

You can learn how to punch in the barn, but you gotta learn how to survive on the ice!

I've put out a couple options, but they are for after Kristo gets back and after Darcy gets healthy. I agree with keeping Malone and Trupp together. For this weekend maybe: VV with Gregoire and Hexy Malone with Trupp and Toews Rowney with Mario and Davidson Knight with Cichy and Frattin I see Frattin moving up the depth chart, but I think that part of the statement will be skating him on the fourth line this weekend.

Really glad to have Matt back. I sincerely doubt it has anything to do with the team's record or roster. Hakstol had to adhere to strict rules to control the team, so he had to suspend him. Frattin made some dumb decisions, but they sound like decisions that many a college man makes. Nothing unforgiveable, just stupidity with booze. Frattin paid a heavy price and it sounds like he manned up and accepted accountability, righted himself, never quit training and trying to get another shot. Sounds like a true Sioux to me...perseverance, accountability, never quitting, and ultimately earning his opportunity back. Way to go kid. Now pump home 20 this second half!!!

You have a point with the two shooters, but I like speed with speed, and it seems that our shortage is playmakers where I really only see Trupp being effective of late. Gregoire should be a playmaker, so I want to get him with people who can play with him. Maybe this: Malone with Trupp and Kristo (power forward with playmaker with shooter) VV with Gregoire and Frattin (power forward with playmaker with shooter) Zajac, Lammy and Rowney Toews with Hextall and Cichy

One thing about Frattin is that he can flat out skate, which might make him a nice off winger with Kristo. I like: Malone with Trupp and Gregoire VV with Frattin and Kristo Zajac with Mario and Rowney Toews with Hextall and Cichy That is a deep four lines that can all score

Giving up 2 goal leads and losing is completely pathetic.

Thanks!

this is the first I've heard of justin.tv. I went on the site and searched "UMD" and "Fighting Sioux" and nothing came up. How do you navigate to find a channel? Or more specifically, how can I find the game tonight? I paid $7 to B2 last night and couldn't pull the game.

Should be a great weekend of hockey. UMD has one line that is sick. If we can shut them down, we will sweep. If we can't, we could get swept. The DECC is a small ice surface (short, with a shorter neutral zone). This can give fits to the transition game. Watch for some early offsides as timing will be slightly off. UMD's quick forwards will test us. We will need to establish a physical presence early.

anybody's feed all messed up?

I didn't notice that with Jake, and I am usually fairly critical. COuldn't agree more on Lammy and Malone. Zajac too. Our second and third lines continue to impress. The whole forward on the point on the pp bothers me. As a former forward, I hated anytime a bad change happened or we got caught up and I'd end up having to play like a defenseman...positioning as a defender is so huge, especially in space. Any defenseman can play wing and forecheck, but few forwards can do the job of a defenseman. I move Kristo off the point, set him up as a shooter on the #2 pp. I know that we are trying to get him going by giving him lots of ice time, but we have to set him up to succeed.

Jake made one noticeable mistake where he got caught pinching...however we had no goals at the time and were down, so we needed to get some offense from Jake. He redeemed himself with his speed; catching up to the play and taking a good penalty. Without Chay, Jake is our only offensive threat on the blueline. I contend that Jake was not making defensive blunders, but was taking calculated risks and got burned once. Fienhage is very green, and had a couple really bad gaffes. Jake isn't big, but the kid is arguably the best skater on the team.

Breakout drills and powerplay all week in practice. Without Chay we looked awful in both. Huge series.

indefinitely?? That means he is concussed IMHO. Marvin shall be beaten down next time we encounter him.

Looks like Hak is committed to the Toews, Trupper, Malone line....TMT : ) I think we see good things from Kristo tonight.

Full team vs DU or Full team minus one and a message to the league that you don't f@#k with the Fighting Sioux. I vote for the latter. It is early in the season. The way this team responds tonight is going to speak volumes as to what kind of club we have this year. I'm thinking that we have a team that will stick up for each other, play straight up, and never back down. I hope I'm right. I start the Zajac line if I'm Hak and I tell them no one comes to the bench until they've registered a hit. No puck control on the first shift, simply punishing on the forecheck.

I like the thought process. I agree with keeping Lapoint and Marto together for sure. I make them the top pairing for tonight. Maybe a little rotation to let Fienhage adjust to game speed?

Do I smell a discussion on the code coming? It is pretty straightforward. You are responsible for your actions on the ice, and you need to be prepared to have certain things...um...addressed. Tonight its about playing Sioux hockey. That's straight up, physical hockey. Skill and speed on the attack. Team, Committment and Integrity. Physically humiliate an opponent, but to his face. Marto is going to need to step up big time tonight and lead that defensive unit...he can do it.

Agree with one difference...We can't afford to go down two defensemen against DU, so look for a forward to enforce not Blood or MacWilliam,

Watching that hit again makes me sick. Marvin should be dismissed from the league. Chay is completely defenseless and Marvin head hunts him from behind. What a d-bag. I order the code red on Marvin. Done.

I was commenting on the idea that we retaliate against Lasch. Marvin should need to own up to his cheapness, Lasch shouldn't even be in the conversation.

You don't take cheap shots and try end a guys season, especially another skill player; who, by the way, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HIT ON CHAY! I couldn't agree more that there is some serious riff-raff in the league and a lot of it that goes uncalled. Especially when it is a bottom tier team vs a top tier team. Not that SCSU is bottom tier. They are more mid-tier. How do we fix it? It starts with the league and the schools, they have to enforce major punishments both related to the team and being on campus. The obvious other way is what's been done in Canada and the NHL for years. You make fighting a five minute major. If the refs don't take care of things, the players can. In order to prevent total goon thuggery we could make it that (arbitrary number here) fighting majors in one season equals x game(s) suspension.

We don't need to resort to thug tactics. We are elite. We are not the "Gopher Practice Squad" like Jan Brady U. We should not go out looking for revenge, but depending on Chay's likely status for next weekend; we could certainly be prepared to order the code red (drop 'em). I wouldn't be surprised to see Davidson and/or Bruneteau in the lineup just in case. I hope Hextall can keep it together...he is too valuable to us to be out next weekend. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who will back away though, even if coah has ordered...