Ah the good ole days of Sioux and the Gophers weekend. No clue what to expect this weekend when the two teams meet. I am sure we will have some rough stuff. Friday can't come fast enough. I would compare this matchup to Hatfield and McCoy fued.
Series HistoryHistorical Memories
The Gophers lead the all-time series 137-124-12, though North Dakota won both meetings last year with 6-3 and 6-1 victories at home. The Fighting Sioux are 7-2-1 in the last 10 encounters with the Gophers. Prior to last year's sweep, four of the previous six meetings had gone to overtime and eight of the previous nine had been decided by two goals or less. The Gophers also are 4-3 in their last seven games at Englestad Arena.
About the Fighting Sioux
North Dakota opened its season with a home sweep of Merrimack by 5-2 and 3-2 scores last weekend. The Fighting Sioux controlled both games, outshooting Merrimack 40-17 on Friday and 35-18 on Saturday. Freshman forward Michael Cichy had a goal and two assists in his collegiate debut series and was named the WCHA Rookie of the Week. Brad Eidsness played both games in goal, finishing with 15 saves on Friday and 16 saves on Saturday. The sophomore was a third-team all-WCHA selection last season and has now started 35 consecutive games, which is the third-longest streak in school history. Senior defenseman Chay Genoway was last season's WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the Inside College Hockey Preseason All-American team. North Dakota returns 16 letterwinners from last year's WCHA championship team and has 10 freshmen on this year's roster.
Sioux and Gophers in December of 2007
Sioux vs Gophers 2nd Period Scrum Feb 3rd 2008, Gorg from between the Penalty Box.
Blast from the past Vannelli vs McMahon. Vannelli got worked in this fight.
Last season there were a lot of goals from the Green and White. Highlights from last season 2-0 series win by the Sioux.
Why do you highlight, via the video, one of the cheapest things the Sioux team has done lately? Aren't there some actual quality highlights to show?
ReplyDeleteI know you love the fights, but this was cheapshot central...
It’s illustrating the rivalry and how heated it gets. By the way just for the record your team is not filled with saints and choir boys either. One of your players is responsible for one of the cheapest things that I have ever seen take place on the ice. I am talking about Brian “the hack” Schack’s Todd Bertuzzi style attack he put on Channing Boe. I hope that Lucia has the balls to start that clown against MSU-M so he gets what is coming to him.
ReplyDeleteSo if the videos had been of a Gopher beating the tar out of a Sioux player it probably would have been different and more interesting.
ReplyDeleteActually if you go to the bottom of the page there is a clip of the Sioux making the Gopher goaltender look like a sieve.
Tough draw for Goldy to start the season. No non-conference games before WCHA play, and they get the Sioux in Grand Forks and then Denver at home. Could easily be an 0-4 start.
ReplyDeleteYou have a vivid memory if you feel the shack incident is similar to the Bertuzzi attack...
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