former players

[powerplay]

7 minutes ago, Brett0909 said:

Bit off topic, but since I don’t think we have a thread on this site’s performance… is it just me, or has the site been intermittently failing to load for others? Same thing was happening around the playoffs, I’m wondering if the site’s having trouble dealing with increased traffic? There are times I have to just give up on it after multiple attempts and come back hours later because nothing will load.

I've noticed this too

[SiouxFanatic]

12 minutes ago, Brett0909 said:

Bit off topic, but since I don’t think we have a thread on this site’s performance… is it just me, or has the site been intermittently failing to load for others? Same thing was happening around the playoffs, I’m wondering if the site’s having trouble dealing with increased traffic? There are times I have to just give up on it after multiple attempts and come back hours later because nothing will load.

Hope it doesn’t start happening during the draft…

[cberkas]

1 minute ago, SiouxFanatic said:

Hope it doesn’t start happening during the draft…

I was about to say this lol

[farce poobah]

On 6/25/2026 at 1:42 PM, tnt said:

Would have been a former player, but just came across this on George Pelawa. Can you imagine if he would have been on the Hrkac Circus teams.

 

 

On 6/25/2026 at 4:09 PM, Blackheart said:

That's an awesome find!  I remember hearing about him coming to the Sioux in fall of 86; we expected the team to do well but it's hard to imagine what the lines would have looked like with him in the mix.

RIP.   

I only saw him a few games, when Bemidji made the state tournament.  The phrase man among boys was never more true.  If memory serves, he was about Keaton Verhoeff size, and very agile on skates.  Many times, he would let up on a body check of a 5-9 160 forward, and hit just hard enough to disrupt the play but not send the guy into row Z.  

I remember being most impressed with his hands - he could stickhandle in traffic, and place a shot wherever he wanted.

Man oh man, what could have been.