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My experience at Denver games usually is like this, after they get behind, the fans will get impatient, boo, and leave really early. They have their die hard fans, but have a lot of people who show up to see what "hockey" is all about. It is tough to get a real big following in a city where the Broncos, Avalanche, Rockies, and even Nuggets get shoved down everybody's throats.

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Shots 34-19 Sioux. Didn't miss the net that period. DU's defense is not good, probably not skilled enough to tackle like last year :p

They need to practice with the football team more.

Butt down...wrap up...drive through the body. :D

It sounds like they're trying to skate with us...that tends to be a bad idea.

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Interview with Tim Skarperud:

Skarperud is in his 3rd year playing pro hockey in the AHL. His last season at UND gave him confidence that he could go in and score. His team made it to game 7 in the conference finals. He's "getting his feet wet" playing 80 games in a season compared to 30-40 in college.

It's hard to prepare mentally and physically because you play 3-4 games a week. He's trying to lift more with his legs this year to gain some strength and maintain endurance.

Tim got married this summer. :D He now doesn't have the distractions of being a single guy, so it's easier to focus. He's now an old married guy in the locker room.

Once you get out of the ECHL and play in the AHL, you start to realize that you are one step below playing in the NHL and then you start thinking "what if?" Talks about being on nickname terms with Chelios and Shanahan. They accepted him well and took them under their wings during summer training.

Skarperud says Schneekloth is playing great, getting some PP time.

TH asks if Skarperud is unhappy with his own stats right now. He's not getting as much ice time, and he's looking to improve and gain more ice time to help out the team.

Potential lockout. They just had a meeting with their union rep, and it sounds like it could be a tough time to find a job next year with only 11 teams possibly playing. He has to have a very good year this year to have a chance to play next year if the lockout happens. Skarerud says the lockout is out of his hands, but he can control what he does on the ice so he needs to work hard to get a job next year.

He keeps tabs on the Sioux, and was happy to hear they swept the Gophers. :p

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What?!  Where the F do you get that?  :p

jk said: "The Sioux need to play better defense now, as Brandt is making a bunch of huge saves."

You said: "jk, that's what women are for."

That led me to believe that you knew something about Jake that I didn't! :D

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