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Sioux winning is very tasty crow

I am not very well informed on the actual play of these recruits. Are any of them true centermen? It seems that we will need a natural playmaking pivot to come in. Duncs is doing an admirable job centering that top line despite it not being his natural position.

Biggest series of the year. Not only does it put us in the driver's seat for the WCHA title and first round at home, but it will ripple across the PWR. We keep winning, we keep climbing. It's that simple. Very pleased to see Marto stepping up. His goals were snipes on Sat. The kid has always impressed me with his skating. It is nice to see him get rewarded for hard work, and it means a ton to the team to have Jake producing offensively. It means we have 3 d-pairings with guys who are legitimate scoring threats on the blue line: Jake, Chay and Miller. I have to believe that having Big Joe starting to play to form takes a huge load off guys like Marto and Lapoint. They can play "their" game now and not have as much pressure. Denver might be the only team in the WCHA as deep as we are. If we win it will be due to the play of the 3rd and 4th lines. DU's top two lines can definitely light it up, so if our top two lines play even hockey with them, look to the Zajac, Martens, Watkins, Toews, Kozek players to be the heroes. I'd really like to see Watty get out of his scoring slump. The guy has worked hard and gotten some great opportunities through that hard work, but is just snake bit. All that said, the top two lines have to bring their "A" games too. BE is going to be tested big time. He needs to control those rebounds. That seems to be his biggest opportunity for improvement. Let's hope the shutout gave him the confidence he needs to get in the zone. Big Joe and Rage Black Out need to manhandle the shifty Denver forwards, clear the front of the net and tie up their men. Forwards have to be prepared to help out too and put pressure on Denver's point men, get them to turn it over on both ends of the ice. Man, I'm excited for this one. As pessimistic as I was early on, I am seeing something pretty special in this team. They didn't have the big expectations like those teams that looked like the NHL young stars game. They are winning as a team, not as a single line.

I've got nothing. I found radio through the MTU site but want to hear the ND commentators? any tips?

still no luck and can't seem to get it on their site. Help.

yup, just keps buffering through ie

ANy techies with knowledge? It hink I had to alter something in my internet settings before

I'm not getting video. I reset my computer just the other day...any ideas if it might be in the set up?

No biggie. The Strib filed for bankruptcy today anyways, guess it goes to show what poor writing gets you. Strib is bankrupt, Gophers were swept, Lucia's cowardice broke the code, Kangas got the hook twice. Looks like we win. That being said, I'm not a fan of the F*&k the Gophers chant either. I like how they always act like we're a bunch of goons. Our team is not big this year. In fact, after Finley who else is big? Blood, Fienhage, Davidson? Sure, but they haven't been playing. Then who? VV? He's expected to be a scoring power forward, not a goon. He certainly wasn't mixing it up. Malone likes to mix it up, but he isn't huge. Let's see under Hakstol we've sent Stafford, Zajac, Toews and Oshie off to regular shifts in the NHL. We've sent Lee, Chorney, Porter, Greene, Jones, Smaby off to AHL/NHL status. We've won a Hobey Baker award with Duncs...hmm...four frozen fours too...hmm...sounds like a goon squad to me...

I"d like to see: Gregoire, Duncs, Hextall Frattin, VV, Trupp Watkins, Zajac, Martens Lamoureaux, Malone, Toews Genoway & Finley Miller & Jones Marto & Lapoint I'm bummed about Kozey. I thought he played great last weekend and was looking forward to him getting hot.

IS it tDon driving that bus? I thought it was the MN athletic department... Jeez. It could be Geoff Paukovich, and I'd still wish the guy well off the ice. No one is immune from criticism, but there are times and places where you simply give people a respite from it in order to deal with other issues.

I'm sure I represent all on this board in saying that we are happy that it appears that tDon's illness is not anything life threatening or life altering. Here's to getting some answers and getting to 100% quickly, Don. We wish you many more years of happiness and joy off the ice, and many years of sadness watching the Sioux end the Gophers season on. Get well soon. Glad to hear he's gonna be ok.

We could call ourselves th University of North Dakota Americans ala Rochester in the AHL. Oh the irony...just imagine how much fun the Goof faithful could have with that.

We do have two 23 year old Canadian Seniors in Martens and Duncs

Things look a little different from the booth after a couple cold ones...I didn't say anything about the man's eyesight

I'm pretty certain he is headed for Kitchener too, but a guy can hope...Had he been in GF this past weekend, we might've wooed him.

AZ, I wore a green throw back I bought from you to Saturday's game...Pretty good result! I didn't wear it Friday per the white out

Jeremy Morin maybe? Rumor has it that UND was a possible choice for him, although he is going to be in a Toews situation with Canadian Major Junior beating down his door...I hope the success of Toews and Parise at the NHL level after two years at UND might influence him...

myself and others have commented that Woog is genuinely a heckuva nice guy. He has a job to do and knows who signs his checks. As I stated earlier, Wooger will always get a pass from me because of this along with the fact that at the end of the day, the man flat out knows hockey.

FOr the record, the Bemidji State announcers who were very home biased even commented on how clean the Sioux played them the weekend before. The Sioux had no motive to be cheap...I might shoot my mouth off if I were decimating a team all weekend, but what would the motive be behind any extra stick work or cheap sh*t? Maybe it was a SIoux player who speared Trupper and framed Lucia!

I am pretty sure that the Sioux players ran their mouth plenty and instigated a few things. I am 100% sure that Tonya Lucia is gutless. I am 100% sure that Hextall would be more than happy to answer any questions that an opponent might have for him. By the way, what is an official doing badmouthing players and a team? Real professional.

all WCHA series are tough in the second half. UAA might not have our roster, but it is a grueling road trip and their style frustrates us. Wisconsin is a hostile arena (last time we played there we knocked WI out of the F4). They play a frustrating style as well, and have a very good WCHA record. Denver might be the best team in the country. SCSU's concrete tomb is also hostile to the Sioux. We have to keep getting better. I don't want sweeping MN to be the highlight of the 08-09 season. I've got Final 5 tix and I might actually be starting to believe in this team. I loved what I saw this weekend in so many ways. Jonesy blackout raging after Lucia is so great for team chemistry...man, the Gophers couldn't have done more to build our team if they tried to do so. The guys believe in each other now...that is EVERYTHING

In looking at the PWR, there are a lot of comparisons that can easily tip to us as more teams get enough TUCs under their belts. DU head to head will be key. One series at a time though. Let's mush the Huskies.

I am really hoping that this past weekend built the line cohesion and confidence we need to really roll a team like Tech. Our depth is what beat MN, and there should be no way possible that MTU can match up with our depth. It is true that trapping gives us fits. We simply need to adjust our passing and hit the tape we did against MN. Confidence and line cohesion will do wonders for this. I saw the Sioux lines play as units this weekend rather than individuals. I think that the guys figured out where their linemates were going to be and made aggressive plays with anticipation.