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And has seen 0 pp time....trochek took his spot on the pp

Maybe...but I believe many of those teams are under the microscope after Portland and that other team finally were caught cheating.

True. I don't think it was the worst move in the world to have Housley as coach. He has been a tremendous representative of US hockey for over 20 years I believe. He would also a very good player. The assistants were somewhat surprising however.

I haven't seen this many kids bolt in quite some time. London has tons of NHL scouts and great media coverage/exposure, plus their team is very good. Maybe he thinks he will get noticed more.

I still like the idea of ripping off tons of shots....but u need playmakers as well. I seriously think he got under someone's skin and something boiled over in the locker room. Rocco is a different kind of hockey player....I bet some things he's does (which we love to hear about) makes other in the locker room including certain coaches annoyed with him. I know I probably didn't write that well but honestly I am a huge Rocco fan I just have heard (similar with tebow in the nfl) that certain people get annoyed with all the preaching. Again just looking for ideas.

Lets get one thing straight....shepards and formerly campion are actually hard core gopher fans. This is truth.

Just watched the US vs CAN replay and there were a few passes Rocco could have made instead of shooting but overall I simply do not get why it was determined he was playing "selfishly". If one of those shots would have went in vs CAN he would have been the hero...I'm still stumped on why he was benched.

Yes, I haven't seen him in any box scores for some time now.

I am still so confused...

You are obviously not a big hockey fan then. By Rocco missing two games against HC...I don't think that will cost us a Naty. We'll be just fine...the US needs him...he'll be back strong against the Czechs.

Haha

No worries, I saw him yelling on the bench and while he was coming off the ice. Sorry, maybe I should not have said "losing it" but he was visibly yelling. I have heard from some pretty decent sources that Rocco is pretty hard on himself, maybe he got carried away with the emotions of a US vs CAN game. I know he hates losing; I'm guessing he did something that Phil didn't like because he definitely was sat and he was definitely one of their best players against both RUS and CAN. He'll be back next game.

I thought Grimaldi was the best US player against both RUS and CAN....I did see him lose it on the bench a few times. I figured he was trying to pump up the players....he obviously went a tad too far. As for Seth Jones...besides the Germany game I thought he has been one of the weaker defensemen on their team.

Weird.

Seth jones has looked below average so far against plus competition.

If CAN scores the next goal it could get ugly quick.

Messy.

Don't worry....he must be a gopher fan right?

I thought the US outplayed RUS for all but a few shifts and then the last 10 minutes of the game. The refs were extremely inconsistent, however, the US should have capitalized on some of those early chances. That RUS goalie played very well.

I was very irked at the time....and through the entire year. After I heard some things about him from some kid that played on his development team I knew he would have never been a "Sioux-guy". I differ from your stance on one and done guys as they truly are a marketing tool for the program, however, they must be team players while they are here. Miller would have never been a team player because he plays for himself only.

Edit: no I am not a fan of his but it makes our program better when high profile players consider us....either way we always have stacked teams.

Ok we need to let the miller bashing go....in all I think we're better off without him. I heard from a great source that at some US summer camp he was cocking off about how he would sign with any team if given the right deal. He wasn't coming all along. He didn't even play for his ohl team this year because he thought he was too good....hes playing in the ahl as a result. Hopefully he plays good during this tourney because the US needs all they can get this year with the lockout loading the Canadian and Russian teams.

True. Gopher fans like to think they are better because a large % of players come from MN while ND fans think they are better due to more championships.

I totally agree....it's so good for the community. Anyways, I'm hoping for a better second half out of Johnson.

Nope whipping out his goofer and taking a leak in front of 100 people....including two cops. And yes, he was crushed.