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How accurate is the report that Ziggy has turned down a Scholarship to walk on at UND. I mean really nice story but has it been verified. Maybe someone close to him can confirm or deny this rumor...

I wounder if the games will be on in Grand Forks or not. I remember in 2000 the cable company had the games on because they there on FSN Wisconsin. Mabye the fans need to bomb the Midco net to get the games on...

Tell the team losing is not an option. Refuse to let the dirty Badgers beat us. Does anyone know if the game is going to be on Television.

Jk, I think you might be missing the point. Scholarships are renewed each year after the end of the season much like the rest of the work world, it is a contract and a reward. If you do a good job you get rewarded, if you can't preform you move on. It is not implied that a player will automatically get 4 years of college scholarship, just for excepting a scholarship offer. That is Gopher Logic. It is also possible that some players might also be asked to take a reduced scholarship. Wether this happens or not I have no Idea... I feel that UND Owes Josh nothing. Josh have been given ample opportunity to preform and hasn't. I not sure why UND has to keep playing him in hopes that he might get better... If a player can not play at a level that is expected of a goalie in a top caliber division one hockey team, they could/should lose their scholarship. Nor should the school be expected to keep funding this education. If he loses his scholarship would be justified. UND has some tough decisions to make this off season. Do they want to keep players that can't contribute or do they move on and pick up somone else? It will be interesting. One will they pick up another goaltender. As was mentioned earlier UND was looking at a goaltender from Canada, but he signed with Wisconsin. I think its safe to assume that Blais is going to keep looking for a goaltender. I have watched almost everygame since 1993 and this is by far the worst goaltending I have ever seen UND have. Its brutal.

Here is a profound thought, good bye Sofie, we owe him nothing you have done nothing, good bye Brandt and Siembieda thanks for playing, you just didn't do it when you were called upon. I think it is time for UND to move on in the goalie department get some new blood in there and move on. I am sorry but this team is loaded and goal tending is holding them back. Maybe UND needs to go to Canada and get a top flight goalie from Western Canada.

Scott, don't take offense to this but the last goal that UMD scored was brutal, Siembieda was way out of position. I am not sure what Josh was thinking but he was laying on the ice before the shot was even taken. After watching last nights ND high school hockey tourney, if UND is not recruiting Moreland they are wrong. The kid shutout three teams in the tourney. I don't care what anyone else says, and you can flame away, but Josh doesn't deserve to play anymore period, I was at today's game and his play was brutal. I have no idea why Ranfranz shouldn't have been given the start today. On the first goal Josh was doing a pirouette in the goal crease. Brutal, second goal, I dont' remember, third goal unexceptable. Laying on the ice before the shot was taken. You can not expect these guys to win with out good goaltending. By the way the defense play great today in my opinion.

Gopher fans are mild compared to SCCC and MSU fans. Rubes...

I wounder how much bench Blaiser saws off. I suppose three lines. I wounder if anyone has seen Genoway? Genoway seems to be missing in action as of late. He must be in Blais' dog house.

Fedorov or drunkarov, whoever, is a dandy. I second dagies motion...

I like the fact we only have to play Mankato once next year, I am tired watching that team play against UND. That match up bores me, I am excited we get a chance to play UofM twice next season. That is great...

didn't they write a book about it.

I might put Ryan Hale in the role model player, defensive forward, used to check the oppostions top line. However, one might make the argument that Speedwack and Noterman are defensive minded forwards, that have also produced in the scoring sheet. So I don't know what to think about that...

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Hey Dagies, Explain that one, I assume your talking aboutun Buffalo Wild Wings (BW3) what does the three stand for?

I think people are talking about his brother that was a walk on last season. I think he played in a couple of games. I hope no one takes this wrong but the coach can cut what ever player he wants at anytime, that is one of his options. Some seem to think that when a player is recruited he is stuck with that kid for fours years. Not true. I am all for a coach cutting a player that dogs it or fails to live up to his end of the deal. Living up to the their end of the deal means working out in the off season, going to class keeping grade up and behaving in a manner that reflects highly of the school giving the player the scholarship. Fighting in bars, failing classes, and not producing on the ice are reason to cut...

No offense TC-Transplant, the POI board http://www.prideonice.com is for Gopher talk. This is the http://www.Siouxsports.com we ussally talk about UND stuff.

PCM, I am not sure if you caught it but, coach says there was almost a couple of fights in practice this past week. So the boys are really getting ansy... Basically players telling each other you want to go after a hit... Actually that could be a good sign...

I think UND has a nice mix of bigger guys as well as speedy smaller guys. All your guys can't be small jitter bugs that are 5'7" that skate like the wind. When UND plays bigger defesive orientate teams like Wisconsin, Mankato, Duluth and other teams that like that these teams play the slow down clutch and grab, hence your smaller guys are going to get mugged like what has happened in the past couple of weeks against Denver and Mankato. They had guys tackling them litterally. You need bigger guys that can step it up and play through that crap. I think Goren was a good example of this the year that UND lost to B.C. in the regional Goren scored a killer goal with a guy drapped all over him.

Better bring a warm jacket and a nice warm hat it has been really cold this week. Miserable.

I want UND to make the playoffs and make a serious run at the title. UND doesn't have to win it all just make a serious effort. Reason being next season it will prepare them for the NCAA tourney dominance that I think is coming with this team. This might be a little cocky but it is possible.

At this point no one knows if he will be able to play next season. Lane has been injury prone his whole career.

Good point. Back to the anology of you earn your right to stay all four years with your effort from the year before.

How long does UND trudge along before the coaches decide that the current goalie situation is not working. I am sure coach is under a lot of pressure to have a successful team to go with the new arena, but I add we are the Florida State of college hockey (that is not being cocky that is the truth, and of course they have down years too). I also have to admit I am frustrated with the current UND hockey schedule it is brutal and a joke, the reffing has been horrible as well as the goal tending, we haven't had any. But I also must admit that others have not stepped up for gut check time. Ryan Hale, Prpich, Rory have not scored they need to step it up. What happened to James Massen. However, it is impossible for UND to play their game if the refs let less able skating teams (Denver, Mankato, Wisconsin, et al) to clutch, grab and tackle the very skilled players like Parise and Bochenski... You cant skate if a gorilla is inside your jersey with you...

I guess I should have said at the end of the season. I am just affraid at the end of the season. Poor Ranfranz is going to be the odd man out and he has played the best, I think he deserves some scholarship money. Can some tell me, anyone why Sofie is still around. There is probably a better chance than not he won't play much if ever if he stay 4 years of college. Here is a thought, maybe it has been entertained. Blais sends Brandt and Siembieda packing, or both go back to Juniors for more seasoning, they have proven the don't have what it takes to play at the divsion one leve. {maybe Jake is too old to go back to Juniors}. Phil comes in and redshirts, Blais recruits Ziggy and Ranfranz and ziggy start the year out as the men. If either struggles take the red shirt off Phil... Makes sense to me...

That is a novel Idea, why not bring in Lameroux, next fall lets use him now... Or pick up Ziggy... Ranfranz can split time with them the others can go else where... Lameroux has proven he can play in Jr.s, so the next step should be the WCHA. I am probably going to get blasted but I don't care why do we need to go another season with Brandt and Siembieda to see if they are going to pull out of this funk they are in? Remember Blais has said Scholarships are on a year to year basis you renew them every year, players are not guarenteed 4 years of scholarship. Should Blaiser risk having another team with great forwards and Mediocre goaltending? Ranfranz can probably go a whole season but you can't play ever single game he is going to need a back-up... I bet Zach could give his brother a tour around the place and talk him into going. Its time to look elsewhere... Flame away if you want the goaltending besides Marc Ranfranz is not good... I say ride Marc the rest of his stay here. Marc has earned the right to start... Besides he really pumps up the crowd...