You have got to love Patrick Reusse

You have got to read this PATRICK REUSSE article Mavericks no longer are a WCHA pushover From yesterday's Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Lets Go Mav's had it linked on her blog and this article is your classic Patrick Reusse article. You can bet that the Gopher fans will take issue with it and probably flood his email box with nasty grams.

The Gophers are off this weekend, giving Lucia, his players and their smug followers extra time to contemplate how the college hockey program with the most money, the widest-ranging television exposure and its choice of elite recruits can find itself in seventh place and with six victories in 22 WCHA games (6-11-5).

Here is another interesting statement.

The WCHA schedule has taken a different turn in Mankato, where the Mavericks don't have a sparkling and fabulously equipped arena in which they play and practice, but rather a modest rink called All Seasons in which they practice before moving down the hill to play games in the 5,000-seat Alltel Center.