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Zajac near the BCHL point lead


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Zajac 4 Points Behind Scoring Leader

February 4th, 2004: SilverBacks center Travis Zajac is currently only four points behind Kyle Greentree of the Victoria Salsa for the lead in the BCHL Scoring Leaders list. Travis now has 90 points, 41 goals and 49 assists through 49 games played. Tyler Burton of the Chilliwack Chiefs is only a single point ahead of Travis with 23 goals and 68 assists in 51 games. Greentree has 54 goals and 40 assists for 94 points after 49 games. The race is on to see who will end up winning the BCHL Scoring title with approximately 10 games to go. Alex Nikiforuk of the SilverBacks won the title last year with 106 points, Brady Murray 3rd with 101.

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Not to tick anybody off, because I'm pretty jazzed about Zajac, too. But after this weekend's meltdown vs Wisconsin, it somehow feels cathartic to be a little cynical tongight.

I remember a season not long ago (2001-02) when we had the #1, #2, #4, #8 AND #12 scorers from the USHL coming in. Many people were talking about the Sioux "reloading" and challenging for the WCHA title again.

Well, the hype was bunk and those highly-touted forwards, with the exception of Bochenski, have either left the team or faded into lower roles. Since then, Blais has seemed to refocus his recruiting efforts on younger talent that is exceptional. Something similar to what Don Lucia is doing.

We haven't had a USHL forward since, with the exception of Porter, who was already commited before going to Lincoln.

What's my point? I hope Zajac is something special. We've had good luck with BCHL players. USHL players, too, but not recently.

My hope is that next year's team will remind me of the best years of UND hockey, where they were dominant. This season has been fun (in the first half), exciting, and heartbreaking (against Minn & WI).

One thing I have not felt since the second half of the '99-00 season is a sense of destiny. This years' team (as good of a start as they had) has not given it yet. I'm still waiting.

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