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College hockey on full display tonight!

Are you kidding me....do you even read what people right. Yes, in my statement I noted I am not the biggest Sioux football fan but I do hope they win....yes I know they play in the FCS. I am simply not the biggest fan of the FCS because I can never watch any of the games. I know SCSU wasn't good at football, but because I was a hockey fan I knew that school. I know absolutely nothing about South Dakota and Montana because growing up I was never a huge football fan...just the casual fan who would go to the games with my parents. I am more of a hockey fan...like I have already said. You are a mess.

Not sure, I said I was a fan of all Sioux sports, but follow hockey the most...simply because that is the sport I grew up playing. Over the last few years I have started watching football....D1-A football not so much D1-AA. Can't get all Sioux football games here in the Cities like you can hockey. Also, when I grew up they were playing relevant teams (SCSU, NDSU, etc). Now I don't even know anyone they play anymore...might as well watch the big schools I guess.

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I knew some of that....but not all. There has to be something the state can do. The Gophers play UI.

I thought this was an open forum where Sioux fans can openly speak their minds on their favorite hockey team. I love the Sioux but feel they haven't had a good goaltender since Phil. I may bite the bullet here, but when did I say the Sioux haven't had a good goalie in the last decade, I simply said Dell had inflated stats due to the great players in front of him. Thats all. I also said Phil and Parise had great years...go check it out. I do remember saying we need a goalie who wins games by himself once in a while. That's all I said. There has to be criticism too. Remember, there is more than just the players that play for the Sioux out there, by that, I mean not every player that plays for the Sioux is the greatest player on earth, and so we can criticize when we feel necessary. Dell wasn't terrible, I would simply like to see Gothberg.

It depends on how bad. First off, yes I am a Sioux fan. I was born and raised in GF, I went to UND, however, you are correct that I follow hockey much more in depth than the rest of the sports. We'll see, again, like I said. I guess it would depend on what types of sanctions would actually happen.

Yes, I get that. And if they lose the name because of that so be it. But if there is a way to keep the name....I am for that.

Sorry that I don't agree with everything you say. I played hockey my whole life and have always been a decent judge on players. Your's was pretty weak so I told you that.

No, just a Sioux fan who wants to keep the name. Others started the name calling.

If we have to get rid of the name so do all others (FSU, IU, etc). I don't want to read anything about their tribes support them because we have some too.

Nice...I guess I stand corrected. I still 100% do not want to get rid of the nickname because some liberal radicals say we are using it for the wrong reasons.

I was typing too fast....I meant Lucia got bad mouthed and believe Garth Snow simply hates players going to college route so he plucks them early. Okposo, Ness, Nelson, etc. Sorry for the mistype, again I never heard anything bad about Hakstol but I have read that Garth hates when players go to college.

Yeah, Phil's year was nice. So was parise's. Dell had an extremely strong team in front of him, one that should have been handed the Nat'l Championship if it wasn't for one of the most unlucky hockey games I have ever seen. That game proved to anyone watching that the better team does not always win.

Haha yeah, but I would've taken him in a second for our team. He would have came here if Eidesness wasn't already here, only to have Eidesness lose his job halfway through that season.

Sorry but I respectfully disagree. They should always be the Fighting Sioux. Yes, you seem to know a lot about this so I guessing you are correct in saying the agreement was signed by all parties, blah blah blah. However, we are not looking at this from 5,000 ft. By that I mean why the name is being taken away in the first place. Certain people find the name offensive except the tribe which our school is named after. That is silly to me. You are correct in saying we will lose potential games (WIS, MN) however, I believe that will only be in the short term, also, we will not be running into them much any longer due to the conference realignment. As for the other sports, you are correct, while I am a fan, I am not a die hard fan. Simply because the division they play in. I lived in GF my whole life and went there, however, besides hockey I only follow football and I much rather watch Div 1-A football. You all may be correct that the name should go, but that is simply the easy way out because the NCAA has pinned us into a corner. I just think this isn't a fair way to go about things. MN is full of BS, don't they have the Warrod Warriors with an Indian head logo?

Oh OK.

You're crazy and not completley accurate as well. Native elders were not allowing their people to speak out. Get your facts straight....most of us know this by now. It wasn't until there was an uprising within their communities that this recent call to keep the name even started. I have a boyhood friend who is from the standing rock tribe (actually sent him what you just wrote) and he said you are absolutely full of bologna.

The NCAA is trying to wear down the ND people into doing exactly what a lot of you are already doing....giving up. I am glad there are true Sioux fans standing their ground and voting to keep the name.

That's all I was trying to say. With all our good recruits it seemed as though what we have been lacking is a goalie who will simply steal the game away right from the get go. It's funny how St. Cloud always seems to have good goalies (plural). We can out shoot them by 25 and still lose 2-1 even though they only had 11 shots on net. I am excited for next year though.

Yeah, true. He is clutch and hasn't dissapointed at the end of the year.

Yes, you may be right. I guess with all the outstanding forward and defense recruits who come in, I have always waited for an awesome goalie (one that will make it to the next level). Dell did just fine, however, there were a few times he let some softies in which I cannot forget. I still think his numbers are strictly a product of the defense we had. If the gophs goalie from last year was playing on the Sioux's '10-'11 team...end of story. I mean look at Chris Noonan (NIA), Parker Milner (BC) and Conner Knapp (miami). Every other teams top goalie has a good GAA and save %...except ours. Even in '10-'11 dell was first in GAA but 8th in save %. A couple other top GAA goalie from that year were also top 5 in save %. Long story short, I should have never said he was a terrible goalie...point taken. He is just simply one of the worst goalies in the WCHA at controlling his rebounds. That's it. Alright, I'm done with this topic. I hate arguing with fellow Sioux fans. Sorry for mentioning this.

Although from the looks of the numbers you produced Eideness's save % was not all that bad last year. 92% or 92.5% and up should be the norm if you have a low GAA. Anything below that means either you let in a few softies each game without getting too many shots or you never bail your team out when they let someone through.

OK, I don't think you are following me. Yes I agree because Saunders was on the WORST team in the league and, I guess, he was a decent goalie his save % was decent and his GAA was not all that great (opposite of Dell). Well that just leads me to believe that he may be a decent goalie, because his save % is good. However, due to the terribleness of his team, his GAA will be bad. You sort of made my point. Now if a below average goalie plays for an outstanding team, yes I would expect his GAA to be low, because his defense is good. Now if you had a great goalie, on a great team, I would expect both the save % and GAA to be pretty high (thus "follow" each other). I am a Sioux fan, but if you would go take a look at other good goalies you will notice those two goaltending stats usually follow each other unless for two reasons. 1. There is a good goalie on a terrible team, 2. There is a weak goalie on a good team. If you don't agree, then don't. We'll agree to disagree. I would simply like to give someone else a shot this year. I know last year we didn't have the options and Eideness never really panned out either. But yes, he too had a lot of wins and a decent GAA because he was on awesome teams. Went down way too much and could not cover the top shelf.

Yes I do agree with you regarding the style of defense played by the Sioux, however, where I don't agree with you is that a good save% can't follow a good GAA. I am not trying to sit here and bash Dell (although it kind of looks that way), because all in all, the guy was never supposed to start in the first place, however, his rebound control has to improve before the next level, which is also the reason I think he comes back for sure. He was decent in all facets of goaltending besides rebound control. Even two seasons ago when we had the most outstanding D core I had seen in some time (on any college roster) I just thought he let in too many softies. Last year was a terrible season for him (not counting the end of the season, which I guess matters most) but I really have never seen a goalie get pulled that much. All in all, yes he has been an average goalie with a great defense and some would argue that is all we need to get where we have the past few years. Also, he has played well in the playoffs for the most part. I am just really excited to see what Gothberg has to bring. I was able to watch him in the playoffs this year (against Lincoln) and he is very good. Hakstol will have a pretty tough decision to make.