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Savvy play by Gregoire in the waning seconds of the Tech PP; he had a chance to take a not-great shot on a 2-on-1, but he opted to retain possession behind the net and give the tired penalty killers a chance to get off the ice. Late in the third, make the smart play. Seemed very Winnipeg of him.

Sioux have played well defensively tonight, but they need to get on their toes again.

Third period of a close game, Bruno can't take that penalty.

Sioux really need another goal here.

If we could see replays tonight, I think we'd have a better appreciation of how well MTU's goalie has played.

Where was the Badger goalie on that one? Should maybe be on the bench after that.

Woog openly pulls for MN, but he calls the game as he sees it, praising good plays and panning poor ones regardless of who makes them.

Giving the Sioux every chance here. 4th PP of the period.

Unlike last night, the Sioiux held the zone through the entire 5-3 and generated quite a few chances. Nothing going though.

Big Mac with some nice work keeping the puck in before the goal.

Faceoff, shot , goal ... five seconds into the PP. Sioux did turn it up in the last five minutes. Started when they had a long shift, then the Huskies iced it and had to keep the tired guys out there. The Sioux kept the pressure on for a bit, and MTU never quite recovered their edge after that. MTU doesn't suck, though, and the Sioux'll have to work all weekend long.

Bit of a snoozer so far. Eidsness is going to have to be sharp because he'll face those trap turnover chances.

Tech split a pair of 3-1 home games with SCSU. Considering how difficult it's going to be to get points out of most league opponents this year, I'd really like to see four points. Considering how easily UAA was dispatched this weekend, I'm a little more ornery about last Saturday than I was before.

Canada East edged the US 5-4 in a shootout today. The US outshot them 35-19, Parks had 1-2-3, and St. Clair had an assist.

All three of them are there.

I don't know how we could know where he'd fit best. After seeing his brother's experience, maybe he wants to go to MN or maybe he doesn't. Kessel's brother went to UNH and has done well there.

I think they're talking about Forbort being ranked in Red Line's top ten. FWIW, Red Line had Mike Forney in its top ten for part of his draft year.

Ton o chances, but not meant to be right now.

Hextall must be hurt. Knight had his last 5-5 shift and now his PP spot.

Sioux not standing around; I don't think it's a lack of effort. More execution. Christiansen hasn't had to make many sparkling saves.

This kind of thing happens. You dominate one night, and through most of the first, dominate again Saturday. Without realizing it, you take your domination for granted. And that's the moment you stop dominating. It happened last year against Wisconsin when they blew up in the third. If the Sioux can get one, it will get interesting. Otherwise, meh...

Tough crowd here. Not sure how that second one is soft at all.

Hard to complain with the Sioux effort and play. A lot of nice plays but nothing found the net. I was pretty worried about the defense heading into the season. Genoway and Marto I expected to play well and they've been great; Jake especially has taken some of the mistakes out of his game. They are undersized though, which left me worried for the rest of the group. I liked Blood last year as a frosh, but if that level of play was going to be a top 4 defender, I felt the Sioux were in trouble. Instead he has settled in quicker than the usual UND big guy, and been reliable. Best of all for me has been LaPoint. Who knew how that was going to work out? I felt that he was just starting to lose some of the indecision that plagued him, then he got hurt. And now it seems almost entirely gone. I see a much better player than when he went down. MacWilliam moves better than I expected, and is also well ahead of the usual big guy curve. And Gleason has reminded us that he was the best player on those loaded Edina teams down the stretch.

3rd and 4th lines having the best shifts. Not sure how the Toews line didn't score there.

Blood and Genoway looked like the Keystone Cops trying to get the puck out of the zone there.