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Believe it or not UND goals against is 4th in the league overall, middle of the road, I believe that our goals against is like maybe one or two goals behind the Dirty Gophers. That is puzzling since I remember some Gopher fans lecturing me on how much better their goaltending was.

I hate to lecuture anyone about spelling, yesh, however, Marc's name is Ranfranz. We don't have a player on our team with the name Renfranz... I am sure Blais will keep us guessing all week.

Sioux Fan In Boston, B's Win in overtime, whew. Thank God for NHL Center Ice. Best 100.00 bucks I ever spent. Zach would sure look good with a spoked B on his uni... Hopefully after 3-4 years.

Being a long time Bruins fan I am also very happy that the Rangers (Rags) aren't doing well. I think its funny that they continue to spend money on free agents and continue to camp out at the bottom of the standing.

Only bad thing is that there is a delay between the radio and the television, the radio is like 2 seconds ahead of the television broadcast. TH said UND score and the puck hadn't crossed the line yet. Yesh. But your right I can't listen to the Rubes from Wisconsin they are brutal...

To take a phrase from KFAN, thankyou Minnesota, they beat the SCCC Hussies 5-3. I almost feel dirty from saying that. MTU is laying the woods to UMD 6-2. Wow, what a night for hockey. Maine lost to UMass. So they are done in their conference tourney. Life for the Sioux is changing for the moment, they are now in 4th place in the WCHA. Way to go boys... Lets get two more points tomorrow. I think Blaiser was a little premature in yanking Marc tonight, CB reminds me of Coach Keenan of the Florida Panthers...

Rick or others, Does Blais go after this kid then if this is true? Should CB take a chance on him? Levitt is still pretty young and has great skills. I think there could be a place for him if CB can get him to do his part and not break team rules like curfew.

I think Moreland would look really good in a Sioux Jersey. I hope we get him. Kasey and Lammy would be a good rotation. Throw Lane and Ziggy into the mix the goaltending might be pretty good. Competition would be good.

Maybe Eddie the Blow Hard is a throw away candidate. Means they have no one else that wants to go against Gov. Hoven, I am not so sure the Gov. Hoven is a sure win next time but his numbers aren't too bad. Who knows. One of my buddies a legislator in the ND house and I asked him about Schultz and he said that Eddie is a non factor. No one takes him very serious.

I figured the Gophers would experience the same thing, fact is that some teams have to resort to those types of tactics because they can't skate with teams like UofM, C.C. and UND. I think it is a travesty. It is bad for the game. JP Parise talked about this on the radio one night between periods. JP said it was basically a disgrace. I agree.

Well I hate to say this but I am going to become a dirty Gopher/C.C. fan this weekend. If C.C. wins the second game tonight against D.U. Denver is at least 6th place and on the road, if the Dirty Gophers can beat SCCC twice, a tall order. UND will be in Fifth. Ok, The best course of action for UND is to have UMD split and UND win both games and they are in fourth, probably not likely... MTU blows and I am not sure they can beat UMD... I really hope UND gets a second crack at UMD and MSU, their fans have made SCCC fans look tame... I feel dirty after saying that...

How many goalies can UND have on its roster? Anyone know the answer to this?

Found this in the Saint Clown Times. Very interesting. I had heard the UND was very close to signing to this kid but lost out to the Badgers. Looks like we should be happy to know he didn't come here. Whew... Leavitt left out The on-again, off-again relationship between Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves and sophomore forward Alex Leavitt appears off again for good. Eaves told Leavitt last week that he would not play in any more games this season. Leavitt created a stir in Madison two weeks ago when he went public with accusations that Eaves was physical and used profanity in a confrontation between the two last November. Leavitt was held out of practice several days after refusing to play against St. Cloud State, and there was question as to whether he would leave the team. Eaves asked Leavitt to stay and the latter acquiesced. Now it looks like Leavitt has played his last game as a Badger and will likely leave the school at the end of the year. That hasn't stopped Wisconsin's resurgence. The Badgers squeaked out a 3-2 win Friday and then blitzed Michigan Tech 9-5 on Saturday. Wisconsin is 3-0-1 in the last four games after a 2-7-0 stretch. The latest wins came without senior captain Brad Winchester, who was arrested for allegedly striking a police officer shortly after a game against St. Cloud State on Feb. 22. Winchester was suspended two games and is due in court to answer the charges on March 11. He is expected to play this weekend against North Dakota, however.

I don't ussually remember plays but I think of the three seniors, Kevin and Jason stick out in my mind because they were top players from game one at UND. Kevin: Except for Panzer and Blake, I don't think I have seen a harder/faster/better skater at UND, I have been watching Fighting Sioux hockey since 1993. Just my opinion. Kevin never quits. Scores big goals at big times. I too thought the one against Ryan Miller was huge, a defining moment. Kevin plays great defense. Speedwack... I will miss him, and his sizzling plays that make you go hmmm... Jason: Not very big but tough as nails. Jason remind me of former NHLer Kenny Linesman type player (wore #13 for the Boston Bruins). Jason really earned my respect when he wouldn't take the extra bull s... from some of the tougher guys around the league. Went toe to toe with Westrum a few years back, I thought at the time it was crazy. Didn't back down from anyone. Over the last four years I really liked the line combination of Kevin and Jason on the penatly kill or as a forward line. Where one was the other one wouldn't be too far behind on the ice... Never quits either, motorman... Chris: I like the fact that he stuck with it for 4 years, very commendable in my opinion. Shows a lot about his character.

I heard something to that, however, I think Kasey is going to play some Jr Hockey first. I guess one could make the argument that you can never have enough goalies. Oh yeah one more thing from the coaches show. Apparenlty UND fans want a walk out or a strike in the NHL, in two more years the collective bargining agreement in the NHL is going to expire. So it appears the maybe a work stoppage in the NHL. If that happens Blais said that more than likely Zack would still be here. Come on NHL strike...

Nah, Fore-check you got the meat of the conversation of the Coaches show, there really wasn

Sounds like Club Seating. Also sounds like a good deal since i got mine for $115.00. One of the good things about club seating is that there are less people in line for beer and using the bathroom and there are better food courts.

Ok, so its either that SCCC and MTU are really bad, or some how the dirty Badgers have some how miracously gotten very good and found some game all of a sudden. I think its the later that SCCC and MTU are really bad... I watched UofW play C.C. and Minnesota and the Badgers couldn't even cycle the puck out of their own end, the badgers were brutal. If UND does sweep them I am going to be disapointed.

I think it is time for UND fans to start thinking about UND beating the Dirty Badgers. We can talk about goaltending and poor play by some players after the season...

Fair enough. Actually on second thought, screw it, this is a UND message board (Not POI) and on this web page it is a PRO-UND forum, I think one should be able to defend Coach Blais and the UND hockey teams especially when it is maligned by oppositon team's fans. I don't think we need to take suggestions from oppostion fans on what should be discussed on this web page. On second point Most UND fans, includeing myself mind their P's and Q's when visiting the POI web site. I have no problems with Coach Blais's coaching philosophy and will defend him when maligned in the message boards. So there... Maybe we should have the same standards when it comes to yanking posting priveledges as the POI...

I think the coaching philosophy you have brought up is wrong and flawed, your saying a coach shouldn't cut a player if he doesnt pan out, as long as he is good citizen, no matter how bad he plays. Yikes. Whatever... So in theory your saying we recruits a player and he has two misserable seasons we should stick with him, not cut him or any ammount of his scholarship funding, this in theory will not allow that said coach to recruit someone else to fill his spot on the roster... That is utter non-sense...

Hey Siouxfan in Boston, great win for the B's tonight, I got the hockey package this year and the bruins have not done good since I got NHL center ice. Bayda assisted on Ronny Francis goal 15 seconds into the third period and I thought here we go again. Any word on Lee Goren? Is he still in Providence?

Clayton very well spoken man. To address the issue further, if you monitor the USCHO board you will see that players are being shown the door all over the place so we are not talking about a new concept. Findlay from the CHA just sent 6 players packing last week. I also don't think any of us are calling for a house cleaning, I would say there are probably just a few areas that will probably be addressed in the off season.