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Jim that is beautiful.

Pavel had a good night in a return to the line up.

Now that is almost signature material, maybe a little long but good post.

The problem is that It's more serious this year, goaltending is a back bone of any championship season and if this level of goal tending continues UND is going to be fighting to not be in 7th place, that is not being fair weather, that is the a brutal reality. Truth hurts, yep it does, sucks actually. If some of the knowledgeable fair weather fans say the goaltending sucks, there is probably a good possibility that the goaltending sucks. I have seen enough hockey over the years to know what good goaltending looks like. Anything under .900 is average or worse. Guess where we are right now? I would settle for a goalie that makes .900 percent of their saves. If it gets any worse I am going to be standing next to the Sioux bench with a Walski? (Sign). I am not so sure he could do any worse right now. Like someone brought up Grieco actually got points so maybe we shouldn't be as hard on him. 7 out a possible 12 points is better than 2 points out of 8 possible points. Heck I was hoping for 4 out of eight, losing 5/6 games is unacceptable unless you play for a traditional bottom feeder, the Sioux are not a traditional bottom feeder. That is why some Sioux fans that follow each and every game like it was a religion are concerned, because most of us haven't seen goaltending like this since 2001. Its not about oh I like player X. It

PARISE IS THE MAN. I know where I stood on the Parise issue.

Ha,ha,ha...

Some good points. Robbie Bina's Goal was Awesome. Great pass from Toews.

The South end of Grand Forks.

Possible both kids were around 18 all I rember was the shorter kid looked young and was wearing a stocking cap, if was obvious that they were checking out the place. In looking at their numbers we could use some of their offensive help.

Not exactly true. Blakes numbers pre-new rules. 2003-2004 Islanders 75 22 25 47 pts 2002-2003 Islanders 81 25 30 55 pts Not so sure I would call scoring 22 and 25 goals in a season uneffetive. Some things are going to drastically change for either of our young sophs to be playing in the NHL next season. Remember Toews said last summer he doesn't want to play in AHL.

I don't understand how it happened. We didn't get any STARS per see. We got some decent role models but nothing that is Sioux type recruits. I think the coaching staff did not prepare for all of the defections until it was too late.

Just a question; have you seen the play yet this year? They are more fun to watch than the Vikes but look at the Rafters. Losing is not acceptable here. Most of us won't accept losing sitting down, that doesn't make anyone fair weather. I will be sitting in the stands with empty seats around me when the fair weather fans are in the bar or at home doing what ever fair weather fans do.

That is a legitimate question.

Let go Sioux... Maybe we should start playing the hook, hold and slash em kind of hockey. Its seems to work for some teams.

How much did you pay for those tickets, I would imagine they were expensive?

Those are nice points, again, after watching Toews and Oshie play this year how is it possible either is on the ice with an NHL franchise next season? Not saying their bad players, but given the play of them this year I don't see either cracking the line up in either city. If Bochenski takes scoring 11+ goals and getting name AHL player of the week in Norfolk to get called up how is Toews going to be anywhere but Norfolk? And as bad as St. Louis is, I don't TJ Oshie replacing anyone in the St. Louis Line up.

Was he wearing a suit and stocking cap?

I think Bradley was the kid sitting in the stands in section 303 on saturday night, couldn't tell for sure because he had on a stocking cap. Also there was some tall lanky kid sitting next to him in a suit as well. Any clue who he might be. I was wondering if he is a shut down defenseman?

Fair enough, but I was attacked for suggesting that Grieco had about the same stats as phil and I was basically told how dare we compare Grieco to St. Phil. So maybe your right Grieco hasn't lost 5/6 games like someone else.

Warriors_08? Hum... So are you saying don't feed the trolls and skippies after midnight?

Actually if it keeps going like it is now there will not be any game. We do play in Jan, and I think these games could be ugly if we don't stay out of the box and get good goaltending.

Here is why. He is from Grand Forks, ND so that makes him untochable in some eyes, some how they have this notion he is the next KG. Obviously he is not. I am ready to take out lumps with Grieco and see what we can get in the offseason recruiting. If Brandt has to sit on the bench his senior years with better numbers than Phil so be it. I would take Jake back at this point. Like I said earlier, we should have goalies lined up that want to play here (good ones), UND should be like players wanting to play football at FSU, Miami or Florida. If Wisconsin has a shut down goalie why can't UND? It doesn't make any sense to me. I want to see a talented big goalie from B.C. or Alberta say about 6'3" 190+ that covers the net pees ice water and has a GAA of about 1.96 and a Save percentage of .940

You can't fire a coach that took a team to two frozen fours. I think the team needs a goaltending coach. I am surprise we don't have one. Any way to get Berry back?

Seriously, I long for Parise to be back in the net, there was a reason he was playing every game down the stretch. Briggs or Frazee would be better than the effort we are getting right now. Saying this and I hate the Goofs. This is crazy ridiculous. Phil Lammoureux Jr 10 4 6 0 28 574 2.93 0 217 .886 Anthony Grieco, Fr 7 3 2 1 20 345 3.48 0 152 .884 Looks like both goalies are equally ineffective. Jeff Frazee, So 10 8 1 1 20 605 1.98 0 180 .900 Kellen Briggs, Sr 9 7 0 2 19 550 2.07 1 212 .918 I am not saying I want Briggs to be our goalie but I would like to have a goalie with at least statistics that are simular to these, these are winning numbers. I don't think that is too much to ask. The time for excuses and po pooing things are over, let call it what it is. Losing at UND is NOT ACCEPTABLE, maybe at MTU or Merriack it might be. I don't blame Hakstol for being concerned. But right now its gut check time. In the NFL at the end of the season jobs are on the line for poor play. For chr!st sakes NO more stupid penalties. Last night on my way home in the car my wife asked me if the too many men on the ice penalty was a big point in the game, because she went on to explain that it appeared the Sioux were in control up until the time of the penalty. No a non-hockey person I thought that was pretty interesting. Even the Novices are seeing it.

Ice melted yesterday during the warm weather