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Here's the update link for Feb. 25: USCHO Brackets Here's what they boil it down to: West Regional: 15 Holy Cross vs. 3 North Dakota 11 Ohio State vs. 6 Minnesota Midwest Regional: 13 Notre Dame vs. 4 Minnesota-Duluth 12 Denver vs. 5 Michigan East Regional: 14 Colgate vs. 2 Maine 9 Miami vs. 7 Wisconsin Northeast Regional: 16 Bemidji State vs. 1 Boston College 10 St. Cloud State vs. 8 New Hampshire Amazingly enough, we dropped to third in the PWR and UMD is now in fourth. A split would probably help UND more, since they beat a top ten team on the road. Feel free to correct me on that Jim. Either way, I think it makes this an even bigger series. I'd be curious to see if UMD got ahead of UND, if they'd be sent to Michigan or Colorado.

The sports ancho on ABC out here pulled some highlight video of some hockey mascot race. They all got a good laugh out of the Duluth Bulldog and some Eagle thing. I'm guessing it was maybe UMC. I'm just wondering what this race was. BTW, the Bulldog won. My question is where was Blizzard, the SCSU mascot? Us UND fans love to cheer that mascot on.

Didn't read the link, so maybe it was answered there. Is NDSU giving up on the Big Sky now, or will they bolt this new alliance at the drop of a hat? WYOBISON: This new conference will get you some games in other sports, but other sports have 2 to 3 times as many games as football. I agree with someone earlier. I think FB will be fine and maybe wrestling could pull something magical, but boy I truly believe every other sport is screwed.

Going with Cirrus, and the other wind thread, but I believe they also make the blades for the wind turbines. PCM, I'm with you on the cold over the heat. SFiP will agree with me on this; there is nothing closer to he// than being in 115 - 120 degree weather. My dashboard starting melting with a windshield cover on! But, it's in the low 50s right now, and my apartment is at 63 degrees. I refuse to turn on heat in Cali.

It would've been running time in the third, right?

Watching a broadcast the other night, the announcers talked about NJ defensmen injuries. I believe Stevens might still be out with a concussion, and they lost another player or two. Plus, they do have two rookies playing and veteran defense is what you want for the playoffs.

This whole thing is dumb. I personally don't do disrespectfull things when I'm in a visiting teams building. But, with you Penalty Box guys warning/threatening people, you're more likely to have someone try it. If beating up other fans is what you guys want to do, then maybe the DECC needs to look into relocating your seats.

I love it in GF. It's actually the heat that annoys me. Of course now I'm in Cali. I took a teaching job that pays me 15,000 more than GF offers. And GF pays the highest starting teaching salary. What can I say; I need to pay off my loans. Then again, my job is a lot tougher out here. I think eventually people will want to go back to cities that don't have rush hour traffic jams and get their kids away from schools that have way too many students. Average class size when I subbed in GF over Xmas was 15. Here it is 33. It's not education in big cities, it's crowd control with some herding involved. Even sports should be a big factor. We have a middle school of 2400 students, and one 15 player boys bball and one 15 player girls bball. It just seems odd that when these schools have more kids, they have less teams. While there are some neat things to do in big cities, no matter where you go takes forever. So you just tend to not do them. I think Bismarck, Fargo and GF should be able to grow and start attracting families, but the rural part will just get less populated. I will not stay here in Cali.

That's because minny didn't want us getting so many. How many WCHA Rookie of the Year do the Sioux have anyways? I believe Brandon was and someone in front of him. Bayda maybe? I'm guessing Goering, and I know Landon Wilson was one. It seems like we can win this award quite often.l

Yes, but are they full scholarships? Does that make a difference?

That's the one. I knew it had some catchy name to it.

You never know. I'm sure he'll get another start this season. If not this weekend, then it will be against Tech. If he gets a shutout, then he had a very good season. Though, I believe that Murray's was better.

When Shanley played EGF, how come the game was in Moorhead on a Saturday? Did Shanley play a lot of games there?

Who are some other candidates for WCHA rookie of the year? Does that get voted on after the playoffs? I think Murray and Parise will steal votes from each other when it comes to the WCHA rookie of the year.

I know the 'so many in so many' exist in DI, unless they got rid of them due to all the early departures. I'm just not sure the exact rule. With us having a big junior class, I'm guessing it doesn't exist at the DII level.

Out of the conferences in the Northeast, do one or two of them not give the full number of scholarships ala NSIC?

Does DII have the same restraints as DI as far as only being able to offer so many scholarships each year or every four years or however it works in DI?

I remember how the Minny fans were touting their PP and that we take too many penalties and we held them to 1 PP goal I believe. We do need to stay out of the box, since even Mankato was able to score on the PP against us. I wonder if the almighty head of officials will be gracing these games with his presence this weekend.

Nothing previous to this mentioned foreigners. YOU mentioned UND's demographics being mostly white. Native Americans are non whites, and therefore, are a minority. In fifteen years white people will be a minority to hispanics.

Those were only from UNA fans that said anything about racism. And since NDSU has made racist remarks towards UND's (and other schools) .008% minorities (figure according to Bison1234), what does that say about your fans?

Because he started the season at the ripe age of 17, if I'm not mistaken.

Isn't NDSU the university that has had multiple complaints from teams about racist fans?

I'm just pleased as a summer rain that Brandt played well. Sounded like he made a few big saves, but stayed in the game even though he only faced 16 shots. I think he locked up the #1.

Denver won over M Tech 3-0. Next weekend will be interesting with Minny and Denver playing each other and only 2 points apart for fifth.

Well, Wisco beat SCSU 3-0. Sets up a huge series between SCSU and Minny for third place. Though, they might meet on the last weekend of the regular season.