Goon

This is what is happening, I think some are considering cross check and horse collars to be trash talk and that isn't true. Its called cheap shots or dirty play and must be responded to.

I believe in my HMO that Mankato got its butt handed to them last night. I was impressed with Radke standing up for one of his players. If you noticed Drew got the boys settled down at the end of the game so we didn't lose anymore players to the bush league tactics. This isn't over between our two teams.. In the future maybe coach will have to send out a player like Prpich, Kaip or Marvin to protect skilled players like Sparky. They call it picking your place. Hopefully PRP picks his time against Denver and Punkovich.

It might have been ugly. Radke worked his dance partner pretty hard. It looks as if he has been in a few fights over the course of his career.

Dude that was awesome. I agree with what you said here.

Maybe so but I think we are probably done with the thugs from Mankato. UND is definately a better team but stooped to their level. The thing that p!$$ed me off was an out right attempt to goad our stars not our tougher players, it was funny to see Prpich not in the middle of all the fighting and extra bs after the wistle. Seems kind of bush league to do it at the end of the game like that I can see the first game of the series thats fine. That is why I hate the fighting rule in hockey the big talkers/slash and hack artists can run their mouths all game without having to pay for it. I like the fact that they all stood up for each other, it shows character and guts. I also liked what I have seen the last three games. Don't worry we can beat SCSU without Sparky and Radke. We need to take the puck to the net on their big goalie too.

Mankato is a classless bunch of no talent hacks, their play this weekend was some of the dirties play I have ever seen in a WCHA game. Its obvious they can't stay with UND so they decided to Goon it up and take liberties with out skilled players. Sparky got a DQ (he has like three penalties his whole career) for being jumped and suckered, I am not sure he even threw a punch, it is hard to throw a punch when there is someone on your back. The play that resulted in the four DQ's looked as if it was a planned play to get our top players out of the game. I have no respect for Troy Jutting at all, the man is a bush league coach. His teams run their mouth up and down the ice and throw more cheap shot than Tie Domi. Thank God Radke pummeld that goon. Zelking should be ashamed of himself for letting this game get out of hand. Big Kudoos to team leader Drew Stafford for huddling the boys up and telling them to settle down and stay out of the extra B.S.

Sounds like I detect a skippy alert coming. I agree with Sica I believe Minnesota got beat in their last game against UND and I will always say, winning in the regular season means nothing to me to a certain degree. The wins in the Playoffs, 0-2 was Minnesotas record against UND last season is the one that matter the most. I don't care if Lucia said the Final Five loss didn't matter, he is full of it.

Lets get two clowns out on the ice calling penalties, we would never see 5 on 5.

I am predicting a hard fought series and a sweep. I predict that MSU-M is going to spend a lot of its time running its mouth, I predict that Prpich is going to tangle with McKelvee. Lets just say that I am not impressed with MSU-M's record of the past 8 games, lets say that MSU-M went 6-1-1 against the week sisters of the poor, I don't think they played one top twenty program druing that time. If they had beaten some good programs I would have been impressed but they didn't. I am not saying UND should come out flat because if they do that is unexceptable. I just think UND should wipe the stupid grin of MSU-M players and their smug coach Jutting. Jutting is the king of Busch League tactics. By the way I hate it when we play MSU-Mancows they always come to town running their mouths and their sticks up high. I hope their coach says something stupid like UND has no heart. Classic.

Oh my, your going to have the goofer fans in here defending their golden boy with that statement. However, I agree puck hog.

Ok, lest break this down further, Mankato have and tied beat UNO, tied and lost to Minnesota Duluth, beat and lost to Notre Dame, beat and lost to MTU, tied Yale, beat UNO and UAH (must have been a tourney), and beat UAA (2). That in my opinion is not very impressive list of teams, however, they have beat UND at home in the past. So on paper UND should win this series.

I could agree with that in principle. Actually well said. I used to think that Zelkin was ok, until I saw him do his number on UND this year during the Wisconsin series.

I have seen the officating good but in the NHL, it just seems that college is way more biased then the NHL. I have seen a lot of ticky tacky penalty calling in college this season and I think the refs have it out for UND for some reason, wether its the arena or we are still paying for how Blais worked over and complained about the refs all the time. I think the officating in the WCHA is second rate. S#!tty, would be the word I use.

No I mean in section 303 we don't have as much of the same b.s. as you some who sit in the lower bowl. Most of the people who sit in our section sit on their hands or don't come at all.

Yeah, maybe but I would like them to at least wait till the play is stopped before they head to the beer stand and tell their kids that aren't watching the game to please wait to stand up and move after the play has stopped too. Also, please use your phone between periods when it doesn't bother anyone. In the upper deck its not as bad as down low.

I think Devner loses against Wisconsin wether they play Elliot or who ever is their other goalie is.

I agree with you to a point because when I was in the military during basic training someone brought up the point that I have no right, and the Drill SGT said sure you do. You have the right to sing as loud as possible during marching. Everyone looked at him really confused. In other words, you claim all of these rights and entitlements, however, there are sacrifices that go along with these things. The point being is that you are always going to be bossed around so you might want to get used to it. Its the way of the work world, the real world. In the real world if you boss tells you to do something and you tell him to go pound sand, I hope you have your resume written up because your going to get fired. If you come in to work late because you feel your entitle to get drunk the night before, after three times your probably going to get fired.

Except last weekend when he did a horrible job calling the games.

I don't think anyone in the league is going to feel sorry for them, that being said. You still have to get to the front of the net to score on Wisconsin. Tough thing to do.

This is the perspective of his generation. They think they are entitled to act like morons and nothing should be done to them, no one takes any personal responsibility anymore. This generation doesnt care and they think they are ENTITLED to do what ever they feeling doing in the stands, eff the person that paid 20,000 to 40,000 for their suite, I am going to school here. This is my college I pay tution. The sad reality is that they are the ones that are going to be paying your retirement after you have retired if there is still social security when you retire. So you beter save for your retirement. Its only going to get worse. I think I will rescind my idea of having them sit where UND shoots twice I have a better idea. Maybe we should put a huge television screen outside where they can watch the game they we can let the say all of the eff bombs that they want while not being able to offend anyone in the crowd.

I personally think that would be a better idea if they put the students on the end that we shoot twice too. Make it a hostile place for the visitors. I hope someone can tell them this. I think it would be a great idea.

They give us that bracket and we will be sitting in the Mil drinking miller lites. None of them teams scare me.

So are we getting that killer goalie from the BCHL Thiesen or is that just guessing? I do think we need to get a goalie like Wisconsin and DU go after it would definately help us. Espeically if Jordy get taken from us by the pro's like TH Is suggesting. I see it when I believe it.

I think Domi's days in the league are numbered. I do admit when Domi was younger he would fight anyone, he didn't care who it was. The league is now passing him by. You must be able to contribute and fight to play as a enforcer now. Come to think about it, fighting seems to be way down this season.

Blake is like 3rd on his team in scoring, being a goon/enforcer is not his cup of tea. Blake is also too small to be an enforcer. Blake is what I call a skilled player and doesn't and shouldn't get into a lot of fights. He would get killed fighting against Tie Domi or some of the other goons around the league.