former players

[UND99]

Per Ryan Duncan's Twitter, his Portland Pirate teammate Matt Watkins has received the call from the Phoenix Coyotes. Nothing official yet that I've seen, but Duncan is a reliable source so hopefully we'll see the 15th Sioux skate in the NHL this season, and for Mr. Tippett's squad no less!

[WiSioux]

Per Ryan Duncan's Twitter, his Portland Pirate teammate Matt Watkins has received the call from the Phoenix Coyotes. Nothing official yet that I've seen, but Duncan is a reliable source so hopefully we'll see the 15th Sioux skate in the NHL this season, and for Mr. Tippett's squad no less!

It is on Brad's blog now too... If I wasn't on the phone I would copy the link over here. Congrats Matt!

[farce poobah]

Brian Lee notches his first of the season tonight for the Senators:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2011020883

Nice to see him getting a regular shift for a while.

[siouxrunner]

Matt Watkins is in the lineup tonight for Phoenix, his first game in the NHL. Congrats!

[MissSioux85]

Matt Watkins wore #50 and is the 15th former Sioux to skate in the NHL this year

Watkins talks about this NHL debut - 6:25 mark

[Frozen4sioux]

I saw somewhere, twitter I believe that with the trade to Phoenix from Columbus the dude will get his number 50 and Watkins will change to 36.

[siouxweet]

I believe Gregs is hurt again and really hasn't played anywhere near his level of play at UND. Sometimes things don't pan out like we hope and I think this may be the case for Gregs.

maybe he should have stayed one more year.

[tnt]

maybe he should have stayed one more year.

Getting hurt is something you can't control, and he was able to sign with his hometown team in Winnipeg. I don't think people would be saying that Rocco maybe should have went Major Juniors because this year didn't work out for him.

[brianvf]

http://www.uscho.com/2012/02/23/hrkac-out-as-head-coach-at-concordia-wis/

Concordia (Wis.) announced Thursday that head coach Tony Hrkac, the program’s only coach since starting the program in 2007, will not return next season.

“I have a great deal of respect for Tony Hrkac and the time he invested in accepting the incredibly difficult task of starting our men’s hockey program,” Concordia director of athletics Dr. Rob Barnhill said in a statement. “It has been decided that it is time to move our men’s hockey program in a new direction to achieve our competitive goals. I want to thank Tony and his staff for the program that they have built and wish him and his family the very best moving forward.”

Hrkac recently completed his fifth season at CUW with a 10-109-10 overall record.

[mikejm]

10-109-10

Can that be right?

[PhillySioux]

10-109-10

Can that be right?

It is. Blech

[Big A HG]

10-109-10

Can that be right?

Well, even D3 hockey can be tough for an upstart program. Concordia isn't really in a hockey hotbed despite its northern roots, so that wasn't helping his cause either.

[Ray77]

Mike Commodore was just traded to TB for a conditional 7th round pick.

[MissSioux85]

Mike Commodore was just traded to TB for a conditional 7th round pick.

Brian Lee will join Commodore in Tampa. Ottawa traded him for Matt Gilroy.

[MissSioux85]

Matt Frattin was one of two players Toronto GM Brian Burke said he refused to trade

Not included in the above article, but Burke had this to say:

"if I trade Matt Frattin, I sit down with the scouts at the next 5 drafts and say, go find me another Matt Frattin."

[as15]

Commodore and Lee are paired together for Tampa Bay. The commentator made a comment about the coach having a hard time making D pairings because of all of the new players. He had this to say about Lee and Commodore. "They both have Fighting Sioux in their blood, they will figure it out."

[MissSioux85]

Welcome to Hockey Paradise Mike Commodore and Brian Lee

Not only did the pair play solidly during even strength hockey, but both contributed quite well on the Penalty Kill, especially during the 5 Minute Major called on Malone. Throwing their weight around stymied the Habs’ power play, from hits to blocked shots to just grinding it out in the corners, these two had a big hand in tonight’s win.

[burd]

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost all get a goal last night.

[mikejm]

Welcome to Hockey Paradise Mike Commodore and Brian Lee

From the article: "Brian Lee’s crushing hit (video) on Palushaj to keep the puck in the offensive zone"

Clearly this is a different Brian Lee.

Just kidding.

Good for him.

[tnt]

_{Frattin with a goal and an assist in a 3-1 Toronto win over Montreal in Randy Carlyle's first game as head coach.}

[MissSioux85]

_{Frattin with a goal and an assist in a 3-1 Toronto win over Montreal in Randy Carlyle's first game as head coach.}

Video of Frattin's goal: http://video.mapleleafs.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=802&id=162049

[Big A HG]

Frattin's was one sick wrister....typical. Oshie also got #16 tonight as well on a deflection. Oshie also had an assist.

[hrkac]

I thought it was great after Don Cherry ripped Burke and him having all these college and American players on the team, the Leafs got all their scoring from a college guy and a Russian.

[burd]

I thought it was great after Don Cherry ripped Burke and him having all these college and American players on the team, the Leafs got all their scoring from a college guy and a Russian.

Don Cherry has made himself into a joke.

[Wilbur]

The Minnesota Wild are all but eliminated in the NHL, it'd be nice to see them have Genoway make his NHL debut. Looking at his statistics he has had a great year for the Aeros and is one of the leaders on the team in plus/minus.

Why not?