Goon

My wife got me the book back in October and it is a must read, read the book in about 1 hours, couldn't put it down and kept reading it. The stuff about the Sioux and badgers was awesome. The stuff about Archibald was even more funny.

Hum, this is interesting. I love UofM fans I really do. I would love to see Sioux espeically Josh get just a win in Marriucci. I

A buddy of mine posted this on the BSU web page (part of the Public record) so I don't think he would mind if I posted it here. Its funny and what he says does hit home with me at least.

My father sent me this I think it is interesting... http://sportsmidwest.com/wwwboard/illfootb...ages/40903.html

I agree I think UND has to stick to the Run and Gun offense. Pick your spots don't go into a shell. Crash the net, crash the net pick up the loose change. I think James Massen, Brandon "Quick Hands" Bochenski could be just what the doctor ordered for the Sioux in the second half of the season...

Clayton one other point UND used to have banners for NCAA runners in the old Ralph but now in the new Ralph there is only NCAA titles and WCHA regular season titles.

Huskie, What ever, go back and when your team wins the NCAA title come talk to me. Besides I don't have to like your team, your newbie fans piss me off with their lack of knowledge about college hockey. One clueless huskie fan (not you by the way) Called the CCHA a weak league. I think Michigan has a more storied history than SCSU. That is the kind of stuff that pisses me off... Notice I didn't say anything about your team this season.I have reserved my criticism for the your bone headed coach. Classic liberal, great at spining anything and has a excuse for his teams losses. I feel the SCSU players have been short changed if anything. I have said anything less than a final four appearance and a national title will be unexceptable this season for SCSU, he can't hide behind his new to the league and other stuff that he spouts. Dahl can't spin this... He has not response but a title. However, Dahl will also see how hard it is to get to the top an stay there. Winning the NCAA title is all about Good Karma, i took UND 100 years to win the NCAA division II title, once in a life time shot sometimes. The right bounces, pucks going in instead of hiting a post ask the gopher fans they came a hair from winning the NCAA title in 1989.

I THINK A GOOFER FAN SAID THIS This pretty much sums up my feelings too. I think most of the Gopher fans have been pretty good. However, I think it is assine to assume UND is going to mail the points into the Gophers. Like Hennesey says Blais refuses to be swept by the Gophers. I actually think Blaiser is a good coach and is good for a win this weekend. Like I tell the others if Hauser is in net there is a chance for the Sioux...

Just to add to that I sure Blaiser will remember Dahl leaving his top Power Play line in when UND got drilled by SCSU earlier this year... I actually think UND can still make the tourney as a 12 seed.

SCOTT You bring up more good points. I think it is funny that everybody has kicked UND while we are down. Some of these people are newbies that have jumped ship during a great time. SCSU is probably more guilty of this than UofM, but a few of them have forgotten what has happened the last couple of years. A lot of them have slug mud and their program hasn't ever accomplished anything other than winning a final five banner which is now haning from the rafter of the concrete center. Now they have the odacity to call our team crappy.

Scott Said... Scott you said some nice things here, I agree, very well put, if UofM team is cocky as their fans (Many who I think are great people) UND could just get a few wins. I really feel good about our chances after last weekends wins. I think Hauser is very beatable, in fact I watched both there games this past weekend, and think if UND can get to Hauser early he can be his biggest enemy. Now if we can only keep Andy off the ice and go with the two new goalies we will be fine. I also don't want to see UND go into a shell if we get the lead. Attack, Attack that is the key to victory and don't take any stupid penalties we can't kill off...

This kind of sums it up... Taken from USCHO (Edited by Goon at 3:30 pm on Dec. 30, 2001)

Who was the back up goalie tonight?

Hiedi Sioux, David Lunbohm didn't dress in either game this weekend. I bet we could have used him though...

Here it is were up to 20th, I do believe we are better than some of the weak teams that are ahead of us... 2001-2002 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR) Rk Team GP W- L- T Win% Rk RPI Rk PWR 1 St. Cloud 20 17- 2- 1 0.8750 2 | 0.6556 1 | 31 2 Denver 17 15- 2- 0 0.8824 1 | 0.6482 2 | 30 3 UMass-Lowell 15 13- 2- 0 0.8667 3 | 0.6432 3 | 29 4 Minnesota 19 14- 2- 3 0.8158 4 | 0.6386 4 | 28 5 New Hampshire 18 13- 3- 2 0.7778 5 | 0.6336 5 | 27 6 Boston Univer 16 11- 4- 1 0.7188 7 | 0.6135 6 | 26 7 Cornell 12 8- 3- 1 0.7083 9 | 0.6017 7 | 25 8 Michigan State 19 13- 4- 2 0.7368 6 | 0.5974 8 | 24 9 Michigan 20 11- 6- 3 0.6250 10 | 0.5830 9 | 23 10 C. C. 18 9- 7- 2 0.5556 20 | 0.5818 10 | 21 11 WMU 20 11- 6- 3 0.6250 10 | 0.5608 13 | 21 12 Maine 16 8- 5- 3 0.5938 16 | 0.5795 11 | 20 13 B.C. 18 10- 6- 2 0.6111 14 | 0.5626 12| 20 14 NMU 17 10- 6- 1 0.6176 13 | 0.5460 16 | 17 15 A-Fairbanks 18 11- 7- 0 0.6111 14 | 0.5505 14 | 16 16 UNO 20 10- 8- 2 0.5500 22 | 0.5475 15 | 16 17 Niagara 16 10- 6- 0 0.6250 10 | 0.5307 19 |16 18 Ohio State 16 9- 6- 1 0.5938 16 | 0.5350 17 | 15 19 Rensselaer 12 6- 5- 1 0.5417 23 | 0.5059 25 | 2 20 North Dakota 19 9- 9- 1 0.5000 26 | 0.5129 20 | 11

Sioux Win, Sioux Win, Sioux Win... Boy I am impressed, I think the guys can feed off of this and put together a run in the second half... Siembida I think will make a impact on how we do this the rest of the season.

Just checked out the box score on the game and James Massen got two more assist to bring his season point total to 5, however, that 5 points in 3 games. Maybe James has arrived.

Tim Okeefee said that Josh Siembida is supposed to start tomorrow night. Should be a good game I hope. I would really like to see the New Goalie do well tomorrow night. Good win for the Fighting Sioux tonight as they win 5-4 in over time.

Sioux Win, Sioux Win, SIOOOOOOOUUXXX WIN, with a goal by David Hale (2nd Goal of the season) in over-time. I believe this is Blaiser's first win over the Wolverines since he took over the helm at UND. Big win for the boys tonight, now on hopefully to play Ryan Miller and the Michigan State Spartans. CHARACTER WIN TONIGHT... I hope this is the begining of some good things to come in the future... Brandt plays ok stopping about 90% of the shots he faced... (Edited by Goon at 6:08 pm on Dec. 28, 2001)

Yeah that is kind of what I mean. I played Football so Hockey though I love the sport and is my favorite sport I might not always know all of the defensive schemes/terminology. When I watch hockey I am more interested in the one on one battles and the fights... Hence the name goon...

Actually Blais said that he would never resort to the-Trap (a full blown Neutral Zone Trap), Yuck. Actually last year during the playoff the Sioux actually played a quazi-trap. Left Wing high is like one correct terms actually, all to me it really means is line up at the Blue line and send only one forchecker into the offensive zone. The trap is boring to watch but it actually takes a lot of talent to pull off a good system... The WWF style of hockey that Wisconsin plays is because they are too damb slow and untalented to keep up with teams like UND, SCCC, C.C., UofMinnesota. SCCC used to play that type of hockey too before their current crop of talented forwards and defense. That type of hockey works if you have a good goalie or a hot goalie. (Edited by Goon at 11:26 am on Dec. 28, 2001)

ScottM brings up some good points. It appears that maybe James Massen might have finally arrived as I believe that he had three points in the last series. I think he could make a huge contribution if he could get his game going. I haven't give up hope yet... I believe that the Sioux need to split with the Gophers, and C.C. to make a serious run for the top 4 spots in the league. Anything to avoid the Thursday play in game at the Excel center...

I just found this, interesting... Way to Jeff Panzer... HockeyJournal's Three Stars of the Week: 1) Jeff Panzer, Worcester IceCats rookie center - hat trick 2) Michal Grosek, Hartford Wolf Pack right wing - hat trick 3) Craig MacDonald, Lowell Lock Monsters left wing - 3 goals, 1 assist Snip_______________________ Saturday, December 22, 2001 'CATS BOUNCE BUCS Jeff Panzer Bags Three in IceCats 5-2 Win WORCESTER, MA Jeff Panzer scored a hat trick to lead the

I found this on the Waterlooblackhawks.com Siembeda Commits Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) goaltender Josh Siembeda made up his mind last night, committing to the University of North Dakota. Siembeda is going through the enrollment process right now. We're told that if all goes well with admissions, the goaltender should be in uniform when the Fighting Sioux hit the ice for the Great Lakes Invitational Dec. 28-29 in Detroit. If the admissions process gets bogged down over the holidays, Siembeda will be in uniform when UND travels to Minnesota Jan. 5-6. The five schools Siembeda visited were: North Dakota, Boston University, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Colorado College. In 21 games with Waterloo, the last place team in its division, Siembeda has a 2.81 gaa, but a .918 save percentage. Among goaltenders who've appeared in 15 or more games, Siembeda is third in save percentage, trailing only Cedar Rapids' Bobby Goepfert (.942), and Omaha's Marty Magers (.919). Siembeda, who's from Porcupine, Ontario, which is way north, just a few kilometers east of Timmins, is a 3/14/83 birthdate who's 5'10" and 170 lbs. at best. He's very good fundamentally, plus he's athletic, quick, and exciting to watch. He has a good glove, handles the puck well enough, communicates nicely with his defensemen, has very good anticipation, and great competitiveness. In early October, Siembeda came to Waterloo from the Espanola Screaming Eagles of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Screaming Eagles, who got cash in return, sent him to the USHL simply because the goaltender expressed a wish to go there in order to be seen by more colleges. (Espanola, a town of about 5,000 two-thirds of the way along Route 17 between the Soo and Sudbury, is a bit off the beaten track.) Right now, the two primary goaltenders at North Dakota are senior Andy Kollar, who's played 13 games, but is having an off-year; and freshman Jake Brandt, who's played six, and looked shaky until this past weekend, when he stopped 51 of 54 shots in a pair of wins over St. Lawrence. Taken from www.ushr.com

Dagies I seen that too, however, who knows that could change too...