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Ditto, what sprig said. And I agree with the guy that said that Grey_Eagle was a good guy.

Yeah, your right Spring that was Paul. Woops my bad. Steve isn't half the player his brother Paul is, I guess he is playing for the Moose up in Winnepeg.

As far as behaving, I just went around chanting to myself Golden Chokers and other cool things like 1979. When I walked into the church for reshersal I wanted to wear my UND jersey but told that I shouldn't catholic wedding you know, and with me being a lutheran I didn't want to pi$$ anyone off. However, my brother-in-law kept saying he goes to UND. I kept waiting for the ussal UND sucks or someone ready to toss me from the party but no one did. At the reception I had met Brian Bonin and I never realized how small he really was. It is no wounder why he didn't stick with the NHL, I am woundering if the same thing happens with Panzer too, its kind of a shame... I also sat at the bar and drank beer with a Gopher hockey player that was going on to dental school/med school (to me they are both the same) but the alcohol and time has erased that players name from my memory... For the most part really good guys that mistakenly played for the wrong team. On to the current Gophers, I am not too impressed with the way Ballard handles himself on the ice as far as his attitude goes, although a good player he runs his yap too much and for some reason thinks he has to compete with Demarchi for penalty box time and record numbers of face rubs... Although Demarchi has cleaned up his act as of late. I think Ballard has fit/slid in quite well into the gopher head case role as well as the Grant Potulny from Grand Forks, add Jeff "after the wistle" Taffe to the mix and they have a great line of goons... Personally I still like Jones better than Ballard as well as Schnider better than Jud Stevens. But hey I spent over 70,000.00 grand at this school so of course I am going to be biased. Personally I am so glad that Potulny never became a Sioux hockey player. I heard a rumor about Potulny and how Grant's father met with Blaiser and said that you take both of them or nothing, refering also to Grant younger brother Ryan. I guess the answer was nothing. As far as Leo winning the Hobey good for him, I think he is a classy player with a lot of talent and comes off as being very unassuming Gopher fans should be proud of him. One side bar (that is for the lawyers) though the Minneapolis StarTribune ran down how many Hobey winners teams have gone on to win the NCAA title and the Hobey Baker winner's team ussually does not ussually win the whole ball of wax. In fact according to the Red Star (Minneapolis StarTribune) the all time record is 3-16, two of the teams didn't make the NCAA. Ironically, here are the three exceptions, 1) Tony Hrkac of UND which beat MSU, 2) Lane McDonald from Harvard which beat the Gophers 1989 clank game, and 3) Maine's Steve Kariya which beat LSSU in 1993.

Sprig, Sister's Hubby, I think actually the Grand Forks Herald loved to write articles about him. Let me tell you this he wasn't a goon like Demarchi nor did lay many bone crushing checks on Sioux players. He was more of a finese type player, played a number of positions. You should have seen the wedding it was like a who's who of Gopher hockey, I was told no UND jerseys and that I had to behave myself and keep my comments about Gopher hockey to a minimum. This of course was the summer after the Sioux has won the NCAA title in 1997 so I had something to be happy about. I met quite a few of the players. Really nice guys actually. Tough being a Sioux fan with so many Gopher fans in the family, however, one of my sisters was actually a UND chear leader for Football and Basketball during the late 1980's-early 1990's. So not all of them are deranged Gopher fans. My father is a fence sitter who chears for the team that's better at the present time, or he claims he likes them both, philosophically speaking I am think that is an oxi-moron but to each his own. I am sure dad will be back on the UND band wagon soon as UND is a top of the WCHA again. My father is also a big fan of the Baudette goons Waibel and Ballard, but I won't fault him since he is from that area. By the way he also thinks Demarchi is a thug/goon too. Someone left the Minnesota Rouser on my answering machine yesterday and I have yet to determin who the culprit was, I have a good idea but I am sure that person will call if the Gophers win the NCAA title.

Leo is a classy player and exciting to watch unforunately he scored a couple of big goals against UND.

Grey_Eagle, I sent you the answer on a message because I didn't want to post it here.

I have a lot of respect for the Maine program and Minnesota as well but I can't bring myself to cheer for Da Gophers, the rest of my family is goo goo over the Gophers and my brother-in law's comments (an ex-Gopher hockey player) at Tom Reids during the final five in St Paul helped me make up my mind. I will watcha the game and hope that Maine wins. Nice to see Leo win the Hobey, I will enjoy watching him play in the NHL. I am sure Calgary is licking their lips with the prospects of him playing for them. I also know that UofM will not be at this high level for ever and all things being equal UND will return to the top of the league and make a run at the Frozen Four, you can count on that being that Blais is the coach. This season should be a big motivating factor for his boys. I would have loved nothing more watching UND win it all this year but as my father said your team can't win them all.

Sprig I am going out on Record that UofMaine will win. I just can't bring my self to cheer for the Gophers. I don't want to have to listen to their fans all year. Actually if they win your just about assured they won't win it all next season. I don't believe in the cheering for the Conference, for instance if BU is playing SCSU I will chear for BU. I can't do it. Not with some of the players Minnesota has Jeff "After the Wistle" Taffe, Adam Hauser and Mark Demarchi and also with some of their fans like Happy... I will watch with interest though. I really like that Metcalf guy...

Down to two teams.

It was a good game. Hauser was lucky to get out with the win the Ref spared him a possible goal with the quick wistle at the end of the game. Michigan put in a good effort but they got out classed for a good share of the game. Barry Melrose said you have to play 20 minutes you can't get away with playing 18 minutes in a period. Saturdays game should be a dandy...

Maine destoyed UNH. I would say that I now am convienced that Maine will win one for the coach Walsh who died of cancer ealier this fall... That is who I am going to be pulling for.

Hey Scott any line on Hauser imploding?

Dahl was on the radio this morning and it sounds like Molly the Cheerleader is not too far off about Michigan fans being foul, mean and nasty. Craig Dahl (Dahlie Lama as Skeeterman call him) said the language of the Michigan fans was appalling. Sounds like the Huskies got hommered really bad by winding the clock another 2-3 and three seconds after the wistle blew. SCSU got screwed when they scored 5-3 and the goal was scored before the first penatly expiried. However, the refs did not see that way and SCCC got screwed.f Dahl was also against the NCAA giving the home teams the home rink ie Michigan in Yost... I do not think this will change because the NCA$$ is all about money and its a no brainer.

2002-03 UND Home Hockey Schedule Oct. 22 Manitoba 7:05 Oct. 25-26 Niagara 7:05 Nov. 22-23 Wisconsin 7:05 Nov. 29-30 Minnesota State University, Mankato 7:05 Dec 6-7 St Cloud 7:05 Dec 13-14Canisius 7:05 Dec 27-28 Imperial Ice Classic TBA Jan 3-4 Colorado College7:05 Jan. 24-25 University of Alaska-Anchorage 7:05 Feb. 7-8 Michigan Tech University 7:05 Mar. 1-2 Duluth 7:05 Notice all of the games are at 7:05 p.m. Actually I have heard that the Duluth Games are supposed to be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday to accomidate the NDHS tourney...

I FOUND THIS ON ESPN. Its the transcript of Leo's chat on espn earlier today. Interesting. SCSU RULES!: Why did you guys have to beat us on senior night? Anyways, who has been the best player that you've played against in your college career. Jordan Leopold: (2:20 PM ET ) Because you beat us all the time on Senior Night!! I think my college career, Jason Blake from North Dakota was the best. He is just like the energizer bunny .. never stops.

Sprig I see we are on the same wave length, Maine or UNH is going to be tough to beat. I would never rule out Michigan either. Red seems to be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat when ever its needed.

Hauser article... One Week till the Frozen Four... http://www.twincities.com/mld....007.htm

http://miva.sctimes.com/miva....51+8+15

Here is the WCHA stats for the season 1 Wade Dubielewicz Denver JR 673 41 .943 2 Dean Weasler St. Cloud State SR 772 64 .923 3 Scott Kabotoff Wisconsin JR 756 66 .920 4 Adam Berkhoel Denver SO 444 40 .917 5 Bernd Bruckler Wisconsin FR 549 50 .917 6 Adam Hauser Minnesota SR 773 75 .912 7 Jeff Sanger Colorado College SR 808 81 .909 8 Jason Jensen MSU-Mankato SO 774 88 .898 9 Adam Coole Minnesota-Duluth SO 594 71 .893 10 Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth JR 606 75 .890 11 Andy Kollar North Dakota SR 466 59 .888 12 Chris King Alaska Anchorage SO 420 57 .881 13 Kevin Reiter Alaska Anchorage SO 449 63 .877 14 Cam Ellsworth Michigan Tech FR 734 114 .866 15 Brian Rogers Michigan Tech JR 355 62 .851 Here is how UND young guys shaped up. Gm Rec GA GAA SV % Jake Brandt, 12 4-4-0 31 3.23 .902 Josh Siembida, 12 5-6-1 39 3.63 .887