Tigers 7 Sioux 4

I have seen the naysayers pontificating about UND being a below average team that will be lucky to above .500 at the end of the season. Apparently these people forget that UND hasn't played well the last 4 seasons before December, but the Fighting Sioux have kicked it in during the second half of each of the last four hockey seasons and went to the Frozen Four. I am not saying this is going to happen this season, but it could. Championships are won in March in April and your team doesn’t get an award for finishing above .500 before January.

In the next week or two I expect to see yet another ridiculous "Fire Hakstol" or "UND is going down the tubes" thread to reemerge over on Sioux Sports or UCSHO. I will not participate in this silliness.

Positives from this weekend.

1.) UND is the first team to beat the C.C. Tigers. Take that INCH.
2.) UND score more goals and gained more points from the Tigers this weekend than
3.) the DU Pioneers did last weekend.
4.) Brad Eidsness is getting better with each game.
5.) Jason Gregoire scored his third goal of the season.
6.) David Toews got his first point as a Fighting Sioux player (assist)
7.) Brett Hextall had two goals and an assist on the weekend.


Goals Scoring/Penalties Time

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1st Period (20:00)
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CC-1 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 4:41
NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) CC 1x1 8:03
CC 1 - 0 6x5 PP Nate Prosser (2) (Bill Sweatt, Brian Connelly) 9:34
CC: 15,21,22,19,11,G30 NDK: 19,6,3,17,G31
CC-2 Nate Prosser (2-Holding the Stick) NDK 1x2 11:00
NDK-2 Jason Gregoire (2-Roughing) 12:14
CC-3 Brian Connelly (2-Roughing) 12:14
NDK 1 - 1 6x5 PP Brett Hextall (2) (Brad Miller) 12:36
NDK: 26,14,16,25,29,G31 CC: 26,4,14,10,G30
CC-4 Nick Dineen (2-Checking from Behind) NDK 1x3 14:27
NDK 2 - 1 6x6 Ryan Duncan (3) (Chris VandeVelde, Brett Hextall) 17:49
NDK (+): 16,29,26,3,6,G31 CC (-): 11,25,5,26,15,G30
NDK-3 Brett Hextall (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Brent Davidson) CC 3x4 17:49
NDK-4 Brett Hextall (10-Game Misconduct) 17:49
CC 2 - 2 6x5 PP Eric Walsky (4) (Bill Sweatt, Chad Rau) 19:00
CC: 22,14,21,10,24,G30 NDK: 29,6,25,16,G31

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2nd Period (20:00)
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CC 3 - 2 6x5 PP Scott McCulloch (3) (Brian Connelly, Andreas Vlassopoulos) 1:36
CC: 11,28,26,15,19,G30 NDK: 19,17,6,3,G31
NDK 3 - 3 6x6 Chris VandeVelde (3) (Ryan Duncan, Matt Frattin) 3:23
NDK (+): 29,16,21,14,24,G31 CC (-): 4,10,21,14,22,G30
CC-5 Bill Sweatt (2-Holding) NDK 1x4 6:54
CC-6 Andreas Vlassopoulos (2-Hooking) NDK 1x5 7:22
CC-7 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Ryan Lowery) NDK 2x6 9:20
CC-8 Bill Sweatt (2-Tripping) NDK 2x7 9:20
NDK 4 - 3 6x4 PP Jason Gregoire (3) (David Toews, Brad Miller) 10:46
NDK: 17,18,14,3,16,G31 CC: 14,11,4,G30
CC 4 - 4 6x6 Eric Walsky (5) (Scott McCulloch, Nick Dineen) 13:36
CC (+): 26,22,20,15,11,G30 NDK (-): 29,6,16,21,25,G31
CC 5 - 4 6x6 HT GW LL Eric Walsky (6) (unassisted) 14:04
CC (+): 22,21,4,14,10,G30 NDK (-): 16,4,3,29,21,G31
CC-9 Arthur Bidwill (2-High-Sticking) NDK 2x8 16:33
NDK-5 Chris VandeVelde (2-Hooking) CC 3x5 18:13

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3rd Period (20:00)
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CC-10 Brian Connelly (2-Hooking) NDK 2x9 0:32
NDK-6 Matt Frattin (2-Holding) CC 3x6 3:25
CC 6 - 4 6x6 Eric Walsky (7) (Chad Rau) 8:51
CC (+): 22,14,21,4,10,G30 NDK (-): 10,8,4,15,3,G31
CC 7 - 4 6x6 Stephen Schultz (3) (unassisted) 14:57
CC (+): 10,15,28,23,19,G30 NDK (-): 11,29,16,25,18,G31
CC-11 Gabe Guentzel (2-Tripping) NDK 2x10 14:57
NDK-7 David Toews (2-Tripping) CC 3x7 19:18

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End of Game