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I'm on board with Trunk Monkey, and I don't think that makes one a poor hockey fan. Sure you might see some good hockey, but its not the same without the team you love. Heck, I live in the twin cities, and I probably won't go if the Sioux aren't there. CC, Denver, SCSU?? No interest in committing the time. Tonight is the biggest game of the season. Everyone in the locker room needs to look in the mirror and then look at the guys sitting next to them. Look at the Sioux crest, look at the fans. Walk through the hall of fame on the way down to the locker room, look at Taylor's dad, look at Phil Sykes and Jim Archibald, Dan Brennan, Coach Eades, Craig Ludwig, Mark Taylor, Doug Smail, Tony Hrkac, Bob Joyce, Ian Kidd, Eddie Belfour, look at Jeff Panzer, Jason Blake, Lee Goren, Mike Commodore, Karl Goehring. Look at those pictures and decide if you want to be remembered as great or remembered as a disappointment. You only get one chance at greatness. We screwed up last night, big time, let it sink in, hopefully you learned something about yourselves. You play like you played in the third period and Michigan or New Hampshire or CC will light you up for a half dozen goals. One chance. Every shift, every shot, every check, every foot race, remember that. This is the last home game ever for Rylan, Radke, JPL and Bina. You know they're going to give it and bring it. How about the rest of you. Who's gonna be a hero. Who's gonna be a winner. Let the seniors give a stick salute for a win tonight, not a last lap of disappointment. My lines for tonight: Oshie, Kozek, Duncan Vande, Kaip, Watkins Martens, Miller, Frattin Zajac, Radke, Malone Not hating on Lapoint, but Marto in, Lapoint out on D. It's tough to change what's working, but I would try to get Chorney out with the first forward line as much as possible. He clicks with Osh and Duncs better than any other forward/D chemistry we have.

Anyone heard any post-game comments from Hak. He has to be STEAMED. As I said befor and will restate: If we were going to lose another game this year, this was the one to lose. That being said, we should not lose given the situation we were in. The trouble is, the guys know they are in the NCAAs no matter what. It will be in the back of their minds. Tomorrow night is the biggest game of the year, and if we can't get up for it, all the hype on this year's squad is just that...hype. I am not counting us out. Tomorrow is judgement day.

Disappointed, but what do you do : ) Tech played desperate at the end of the game, didn't stop working, and got the bounces they needed to win the game. OT penalty was stupid. Game was lost at the end of regulation. We gave life to a team on the ropes. Sioux didn't play with the killer instinct;. Not going to beat a dead horse, but they have to play to kill, not to survive. Tomorrow night will tell me a lot about this team. If we were going to lose another game this year, this was the one to lose. I think we need Radke in the lineup. Not having him in takes a little fire out of the boys. The Osh is clearly playing at less than 100%. I remain hopeful that he get sto 100% by the NCAAs. First line was all but non-existent 5 on 5 tonight. We aren't going to win if they can't make it happen. Getting a goal from Frattin and one from Miller is great. We need those two to score. Tomorrow is the real deal. Win or go home. I don't want to have to scalp my Final 5 tix. Go Sioux!

Didn't Louie and some other notable Gopher faithful make a fruitless effort to get Zach Parise to de-commit from UND and go to MN? I thought I remembered them getting in some trouble. They did the old end around of calling JP and setting up a tee time and then grilling the 17 year old ZPar while they were in Faribault or something of the sort. Technically it was within NCAA rules, as the notables are not on the U MN payroll, but it is still bush league.

I thought we played some good hockey in St Cloud. Remember, we lost that game without the Oshie, who was serving his penance for pi$$ing. Losing Trupper and viva le revolucion hurts us tremendously. Chay is key to our title run, and trupper is probably the most skilled third line player in the country IMHO. Contrary to what fat boy says, we are beating teams with depth rather than with our top line. If sconny gets ousted, it boads well, and will probably result in us playing in MadTown's regional. It will be a tough weekend against SCSU. Their top line is as good as any, and they will kill us if we get into penalty trouble. They also have a ton on the line. Gotta love this time o year! GO SIOUX!!!

Both variations in ice size cause you to make adjustments. The shorter length hurts a team like the Sioux, because we like to attack the offensive zone with speed. Timing is huge for making plays offensively, and the timing is all fouled up.

MTU is 26th in RPI. A win tonight vs Denver makes them at least 25th. This adds 3-1-0 to our TUC

Forgot about Dunc' pair vs BSU. All in all this year it seems like he's probably had a dozen pipes or miracle saves. Everyone gets a few, but it seems Duncs is getting everyone's share. Next open net, Hak has to put Jones out there. It should be Oshie's mission to get Jonesey an empty net goal.

Trupp is a great later line weapon. He is one of those energy guys who just make things happen. It really hurts our depth to take him out of the lineup Let's all wish him a speedy recovery. Let's also hope this is our only bite from the injury bug from here on out.

Trupp's a tough kid. I bet he's back for the Regionals...that's 4 weeks. Good win for a game where we had zero puck luck, tUMD was playing really fired up, and we lost the anchor of our third line. Geez is Duncs snake bit right now or what??? I'd like to see him finally get rewarded in oh, i don't know the Frozen Four!!!

Tech has fallen off being a TUC, and Northeastern is also fading fast. Those things hurt us...but its true, all we can do is take care of ourselves. We are all but secured a place in the dance right now. We just have to figure out if we're going with the prom queen or with our sister

You got it!

Too bad its not St. Patty's this year! I don't have a wig or anything like that, but I will be sporting a jersey. I've been to a couple Mardi Gras in the Big Easy, and while I agree that the F5 is a blast, it isn't quite Mardi Gras Runnin' with, tUMD is my second fav team, sorry to knock you out of the NCAA picture this weekend

See you in St Paul!

Sioux-CIA, you won't believe this...I've got 119 row 21, seats 9 and 10!!! That's a nice, green row! I'll buy you a beer!

The other issue is that Merrimack might be a COP for a different team in Hockey East that could take NH's PWR. You can be ahead of a team in the PWR, even if you lose the individual PWR to them!

The hotels east of the MOA on 494 aren't really that far from the X either. Some might even have shuttle service!

SIoux-CIA, I'll look for you and your entourage. I'm glad to be near SIoux fans! I think we are right by you. GO SIOUX !

I'll be there in 119! Looking for a Sioux win

I respect the Wooger's opinions on college hockey. Frank, well, he is what he is... Why are we even talking about this clash of the #8 team vs the #10 team in the league?? We should be focusing on going 15 unbeaten and riding a Sioux sweep back into the stad!

I think the major junior route vs NCAA hockey is really a family decision. The Toews family is really high on education. The CHL does still offer more games and a schedule that more closely resembles the NHL. It would be a tough decision to go #1 in a bantam draft and choose college hockey, but I have to believe that there are other perks to being an 18 year old on a college campus. The clear success of Toews, Parise, Vanek, Stastny, etc certainly helps our cause.

Hey AZ, Who the heck is nuber 13 in your gallery? I'm assuming the 24 is from last year and is Porter...

INCH 4x4 is a projection. They do not look at it as if it were to end today, but look at it as a whole and try and project what will happen. Bracketology is set up as if the season ended today. I would guess that INCH is looking at the schedule of MN and thinking that they have a legit shot at grabbing a couple wins vs COP and TUCs (especailly vs UMD). They will also get a shot at a WCHA bubble team in the playoffs. MN can take a lot of pwrs against the likes of WI, UMD, SCSU as we finish out the season. A strong finish will catapult them over UMD and WI.

Don't you love how in this week's bracketology all the MN schools are in with the exception of the Golden Gophers!

Michigan came out like gangbusters, eh? Sounds like our regional quarterfinal last year. Red's teams always have skill, and they always play good, open, up tempo hockey as compared to say...Wisconsin. While I don't think Miami's record shows that they've really beaten anyone other than Michigan State, I don't think that they are a bad team. However, given the structure of the NCAA tournament, I would certainly rather play Miami than a lot of other teams to go to the FF.