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But they might actually improve USCHO.

Interesting stuff. Thanks for the work UNAGRAD. The sports info dir. is making it almost sound like a clerical error. I wonder how many "extra scholarships" were actually given during that time.

Seems to have some pent up frustration. Must be from living in Alabama. It is amazing that she/he could type on a computer.

You're right that we schedule cupcakes to begin with. My point is that the games tend to be scheduled years in advance and like in this case we ended up playing a tough team. Even tough competition has bad years. Take us last year. Who in their right mind would've expected us to struggle so much? Do I want to see them play tougher competition? Sure. But I think top to bottom the NCC has to be one of the top conferences. We get enough tough games in conference. This team has stepped up in every game, but what if we played two tougher nonconference opponents. We might have lost both and barely made the playoffs. Until DII changes I think we should play one "tough" opponent and then maybe some medium teams with a sure win thrown in there.

I like this idea since it is already played at a neutral site. Most of the time anyways. I'm still trying to figure out how Florence gets to host year after year. Nothing special about the place. The grass has to painted green! Not many UNA fans at the national title game in 2001. I think they've hosted like 15 straight years, but attendance has been dipping for some time. I get the feeling that NCAA is looking to move the NC game especially after all this controversy.

So are the goofers back or are their 4 straight wins a product of their competition?

Talking to a few people, they said that Winona's crowd was very loud. Did a lot of fans for them show up?

I'm going to toot my own horn. I had been calling people and telling them all week that if we won we would play UNA at HOME. A few reasons: 1. SiouxMeNow mentioned that UNA should have to play on the road. Why should they get to play every game at home and the NC? 2. Weather. Does the DII championship ever have good weather. The NC$$ wants games to be played in good conditions. 3. Money/Fan support. Even with our pitily crowds we've been comparable/averaging more fans than UNA.

This isn't true. Everyone thought Mesa St. was crap this year and they won their conference. Last year we played a very good Central Washington team and the year before we went to Central Washington. The Crookston games were set up a long time ago. The games weren't necessarily for us. They were to help Crookston. Though getting your ass handed to you isn't helpful. Originally some games were supposed to be in Crookston as well. These games gave the local kids that wanted to go to UND but weren't good enough a chance to at least play UND. I would like to see us play a great DII team year in and year out, but I don't believe your whole nonconference schedule needs to be "great teams." Also, don't forget that games are sometimes scheduled years in advance. It's tough to know who'll be good and who won't. UND sports has been about promoting the game. The hockey team does it all the time. They played Mankato when they first came up and then Bemidji. They even travel to these teams rinks to show the fans what big time college hockey is like. Look at what Roy Williams does. He brought Kansas to Grand Forks. He makes sure all his players get to play against their home town / local college at home.

The radio broadcast of that game talked about Hale and Martin leaving college early and that they were even paired together for a while. Imagine that, a Sioux and a Gopher on the same blue line.

They mentioned her on the Phoenix news. While I was driving home toinght I also heard that they are looking for volunteers on one of the national radio news broadcasts.

Hale got an assist on an empty net goal with about 4 minutes left in the game. Then with 3 minutes left Hale rocked a player for the Kings who was lifting a bit off his feet and hit one of the sides of the partitions between benchs. Hale did get his stick up and took a penalty. But, he did give the guy a bloody mouth.

Found a few pics of Hale. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/2569 Some of the pictures are from tonights game (11-25-03). It does look like they have an archived section. How could I actually paste an image?

I think it's great that we got the opportunity to play Pitt St. again and now Winona again. This is how rivalries are born. Even playing a team you've faced in the season isn't that bad. It always brings up more questions as to "who will win and how?" instead of "who is this team and are they any good?" Nonconference games are for playing teams you haven't played before. I don't like the regions, but I'd rather see Pitt. St. than a team I'm unfamiliar with. Unless that team is "great" ala UC Davis in 2001. I do want the "best" schools to have the chance to meet in the semifinals and finals. While the teams may be new for the Bison next year, I'm sure most schools are familiar with each other since the "power" schools go to the playoffs year after year. BTW, I hope the Bison didn't choose to go DIAA just because they are mad at the playoffs in DII. So what, you got jipped once or twice. If every team made the playoffs, someone would still have a beef.

I was just saying that we won a title with a small team. I don't think we should go small, but we need speed. We've all seen the damage speed does. As for that BC game, if I remember correctly didn't BC "hug" us the whole game? If the rules were enforced by the refs, small teams could play and win in hockey. But the refs don't enforce the written rules, therefore, we have to have size.

Well with bringing in more than are leaving (as of now), some guys are going to have to leave. I don't know the rules on redshirting in hockey, but I don't believe Dean has ever done it. I think they'd rather have you play USHL, but that is for younger guys.

Geez, we're bringing in this many players and only losing what 3 seniors. I don't think any underclassmen will be leaving. Could be interesting tryouts next year. Isn't Lamerioux (sp?) coming in next year as well?

They can get big as long as we keep our speed. Speed has set us apart from other schools during the Dean era.

It is truly a shame and really scary that this has happened. I'm praying for her. Hopefully someone saw something in that parking lot. I guess you can't use that Amber Alert thing either because she is too old. Every day when I drive home from work that Amber thing is flashing another kidnapping out here in Cali. Amazingly enough they catch most of the kidnappers out here. It's normally parents.

I counted four Wisconsin players on the College list. Not sure how well those players are doing. I guess Wisco could be losing a lot to the NHL as well.

Crap. I won't be able to listen since there won't be a computer where I'm going in Phoenix. I was going to go to a bar with a digital receiver to watch. Guess I just saved money. I lied. I'll go to the bar anyways.

My favorite players have always been the guys that work the hardest. These tend to be guys that don't score a bunch of goals. They're the ones shadowing, checking, digging out the puck, and just causing havoc. What a delicious treat when these players score. Wish I could have seen Perp's third goal.

Winona also hasn't played against our fans (or many at all) in two years. Even the smaller crowd we had this past weekend made plenty of noise. I think the Al is gaining the moniker of a place a visiting team doesn't want to play at. At least in the playoffs. There were so many false starts by opposing teams in 2001 that the chain gang might as well have started 5 yards back. How many false starts did Pitt St. have this past weekend?