Former Sioux Taylor Chorney sent down to Springfield.

It was announced today by the Edmonton Oilers that Taylor Chorney has been sent to the Springfield Oilers. It will be interesting to see how long it takes before Taylor is called up by the Oilers.

Three players assigned to Springfield Oilers roster now stands at 26 Edmonton Oilers...
Press Release Oct 7, 2008, 11:28 AM EDT
Chorney The Edmonton Oilers have assigned centre Gilbert Brule and defencemen Taylor Chorney and Theo Peckham to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.

With the three assignments the Oilers roster stands at 26 players.

Hockey Futures breaks down the Sioux

Hockey Futures broke down the teams in the WCHA and talked each of the WCHA teams and about their NHL prospects. For comparison sake the Unversity of North Dakota Fighting Sioux have 13 NHL prospect on their team roster, on the flip side the Minnesota Golden Gophers have the most prospect at 17. On the other end of the spectrum UAA has one NHL prospect and MTU has 0.

Hockey Futures mentioned that the most pressing concern for the Fighting Sioux hockey team their goaltending situation. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the goaltending situaton is a major concern this season for the Fighting Sioux. In fact if you look at the stats of the returning goaltenders you will see a stat that kind of sticks like a sore thumb. The Fighting Sioux goalies on the Fighting Sioux roster have a combined total of one (1) start. The coaching staff this season will have to establish who is the starting goaltender before the meat of their conference schedule, if that does not happen it could be a long season between the pipes. Replacing Lamoureux will not be an easy task but I believe that Brad Eidsness can step up to the challenge.

University of North Dakota
(Number of NHL prospects on 2008-09 roster: 13)

The University of North Dakota capped their fourth straight season with a trip to the Frozen Four this past spring, but failed to come home with another National Championship. The Fighting Sioux are hoping to remedy that when they open their 2008-09 campaign on Oct. 10 at Agganis Arena against host Boston University in the Icebreaker Tournament.

There are a number of questions that face North Dakota coming into the season, the most pressing of which is in goal. Hobey Baker finalist Jean-Philippe Lamoureux has graduated. Lamoureux will go down as one of the program’s greatest goaltenders. He co-led the nation with six shutouts and posted a 27-11-4 record. His .932 save percentage and 1.74 goals against average were second in the nation. Senior Aaron Walski, who served as Lamoureux’s backup last season is the lone returning netminder. Competing with Walski for playing time will be Brad Eidsness, one of two incoming freshmen. Eidsness, a 2007 draft selection of the Buffalo Sabres, comes to North Dakota after a stellar campaign with Okotoks (AJHL) that earned him the league’s MVP honor.

“I think we’re probably going to end up with quite a battle for playing time in net,” said head coach Dave Hakstol. “Aaron Walski, our returning senior, even though he hasn’t had a whole lot of time in net, has certainly put himself in a position to play and earn minutes this year. Brad Eidsness was recruited into our program to do the job. So we’re pretty confident that he’ll be able to develop into that role. It’s a matter of how much time it will take him to do just that, to develop into that No. 1 role. But he’s certainly going to have every opportunity to compete for playing time.”

Duncan and Watkins leads the Sioux to a 6-2 victory.

Tonight was the first time we got to see some of the new Fighting Sioux players and get reacquainted with a few of the older Sioux players in a exhibition game against Manitoba.

First thing that I noticed tonight that big Joe Finley and Chay Genoway were back paired together on defense. Another thing that stuck out was this years version of the Fighting Sioux seems to be smaller, quicker and more talented.

Tonight, the Sioux were lead by Matt Watkins a goal and two assists and Ryan Duncan who chipped in two goals.

Box Score
1st Period (20:00)
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MTB-1 Myles Rumsey (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x1 8:00
MTB-2 Nick Hotson (2-Hooking) NDK 1x2 10:01
NDK 1 - 0 6x5 PP LL Jason Gregoire (Matt Watkins) 11:41
NDK: 17,20,29,2,5,G30 MTB: 17,24,12,20,G34
MTB-3 Rick Wood (2-Interference) NDK 1x3 16:17
NDK-1 Chris VandeVelde (2-Interference) MTB 0x1 17:12

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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-2 Chris VandeVelde (2-Slashing) MTB 0x2 0:32
NDK-3 Joe Finley (2-Cross-Checking) MTB 0x3 5:46
MTB-4 Cole Hunter (2-Hooking) NDK 2x4 12:13
NDK 2 - 0 6x5 PP Matt Watkins (Brad Miller, Brad Malone) 12:25
NDK: 20,14,22,8,25,G31 MTB: 27,12,11,28,G34
NDK-4 Mario Lamoureux (2-Hooking) MTB 1x4 13:01
MTB 1 - 2 6x5 PP Riley Dudar (Myles Rumsey, Nick Hotson) 14:03
MTB: 10,3,15,16,18,G34 NDK: 29,25,16,6,G31
NDK 3 - 1 6x6 GW Andrew Kozek (Evan Trupp, Ben Blood) 14:56
NDK (+): 10,19,24,17,3,G31 MTB (-): 24,17,10,28,3,G34
NDK 4 - 1 6x6 Brett Hextall (Mario Lamoureux, Chay Genoway) 18:36
NDK (+): 9,5,2,26,11,G31 MTB (-): 12,17,10,19,5,G34

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-5 Zach Jones (2-Cross-Checking) MTB 2x5 1:58
MTB 2 - 4 6x5 PP EA Stephane Lenoski (Mike Hellyer, P.P. Lamoureux) 3:38
MTB: 12,11,20,9,10,25 NDK: 5,29,10,2,G31
NDK-6 Matt Watkins (2-Hooking) MTB 2x6 3:38
MTB-5 P.P. Lamoureux (2-Interference) NDK 2x5 4:05
NDK 5 - 2 6x6 Ryan Duncan (Chris VandeVelde, Matt Watkins) 6:24
NDK (+): 16,29,20,2,5,G31 MTB (-): 12,20,16,15,19,G34
NDK-7 Mario Lamoureux (2-Interference) MTB 2x7 7:25
MTB-6 Nolan Waker (2-Tripping) NDK 2x6 9:16
MTB-7 Mark Olafson (2-High-Sticking) 14:49
NDK-8 Evan Trupp (2-High-Sticking) 14:49
MTB-8 David Brown (2-Interference) NDK 3x7 15:22
NDK 6 - 2 5x4 PP Ryan Duncan (Brad Miller, Chay Genoway) 15:48
NDK: 16,14,5,29,G35 MTB: 20,27,12,G34

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End of Game

Former University of Alaska Fairbanks star victim of Paukovich hit

First off I hold no ill will for Geoff Paukovich, however, Geoff is going to have to clean up his act before Paukovich puts someone in a wheel chair permanently. Blatant Hits from behind are not part of you job, I don't care what you say hits from behind are a gutless act and shouldn't be tolerated. If you're mad at an oppostion player drop the mits and fight them, you don't drive them face first into the boards. That is a bush league move...

Flame taken away on stretcher after Paukovich hit
Joanne Ireland, The Edmonton Journal
© The Edmonton Journal 2008
Geoff Paukovich vowed he was doing nothing more than his job.

Trouble was, it was just three years ago that the Edmonton Oilers winger had been on the delivering end of another hit that sent another player off on a stretcher.

On Sunday, four minutes into the third period of a rookie tournament tilt between the Oilers and Calgary Flames, Paukovich, reacting to a hit, drilled Kyle Greentree. He drove the Flames winger into the end boards with enough force to drop Greentree to the ice.

He remained there for the longest time, then eventually left on a stretcher. Paukovich was sent to the locker-room.

"I was just trying to be physical down low, which is what I have to do to be successful. I have to make guys not want to play in our defensive zone," began Paukovich. "I haven't seen the hit, I just know things happened really fast.

"All I can say is I hope he's OK. That's the biggest thing. There was no intent. Like I said, I was just trying to play physical."

During the 2005 NCAA playoffs, Paukovich, then with the Denver Pioneers, tried to put North Dakota's Rob Bina through the boards, a decision that left Bina with a fractured vertebrae. He required surgery to fuse the break in his neck and missed a season.

Bina not only returned to play for the Fighting Sioux, he ended up signing with the Oilers this off-season. Earlier this week, he said he had put the incident behind him, which was a sentiment he echoed again Sunday. That's not to say he wasn't bothered by the scene. He just didn't see it changing his attitude towards his new teammate.

"That was three years ago. That was a different situation. I know Rob and I have both put it behind us," said Paukovich.

The Flames, meanwhile, were not revealing any information about the status of Greentree other than to say he had been moved to a hospital.

"It wasn't vicious," said Oilers rookies coach Jeff Truitt. "He wasn't in a wide area off the boards or anything like that ... (Geoff) has to play physical and finish off hits. It's part of his game.

"That's just what he has to do."

WJC looks at Buffalo, NY...

A lot of the same arguments could be made for Grand Forks, North Dakota. Traffic is light, lots of hotels in town. There are also plenty of people that will be willing to voluteer. Also, isn't that hard flying here or Fargo either. If I am not mistaken the WJC that was held in Grand Forks, ND was the best attended WJC ever in the USA.

World junior hockey championships give WNY a close look
By John Vogl - News Sports
Traffic is light. The restaurants are great. The hotel space is adequate. There are plenty of volunteers.

Oh yeah, the hockey facilities and atmosphere are top notch, too.

All in all, the folks from USA Hockey departed Western New York on Thursday very impressed with the area’s bid for the 2011 world junior championships.

As announced last month, Buffalo is among three finalists to host one of amateur hockey’s premier events in December 2010 and January 2011. Members of the USA Hockey committee are in the process of visiting the three cities — Buffalo, Minneapolis and Grand Forks, N. D. — and they toured Western New York on Wednesday and Thursday.

They left feeling certain the area can accommodate an influx of visitors from all over the globe.

“It’s an international event, so we really want to put on our best face when it comes to managing and running this type of tournament so that we have the opportunities in the future for more of them,” said Mike Bertsch, assistant executive director of marketing and communications for USA Hockey.

Bertsch said his organization plans to make its decision by the first part of October. The event, which is a 10-nation tournament featuring the best players under age 20, is estimated to bring $6 million into the host community.

While all aspects of an area must be suitable to host the world juniors, hockey facilities are among the most important. The committee thoroughly inspected HSBC Arena and Niagara University’s Dwyer Arena, and they easily passed the tests.

“Dwyer Arena is an excellent facility, and it can do an excellent job as being the second site for this tournament,” said Jim Johannson, USA Hockey’s assistant executive director of hockey operations. “From a team standpoint, it comes down to how functional the facilities are, and both facilities would do an excellent job fulfilling the standards the teams need.”

Though the committee members were impressed with Western New York on its own, they quickly concurred that having hockey-crazed Canada — and in particular, Toronto — right up the road was a boost for Buffalo’s bid.

“It’s very important,” Johannson said. “We want this to be a USA Hockey event, but we certainly understand our neighbors to the north are passionate hockey fans and a big part of the fabric in this Buffalo and Toronto area. We’re well aware of the significance they would play in this championship.”

Buffalo’s involvement in USA

Hockey and its ability to host large events made it a finalist. The area has hosted the NCAA Frozen Four and several national tournaments in recent years, and good reviews led America’s hockey body to look here for its marquee tournament. The event runs for 11 days, so having a solid core of volunteers is important.

“Obviously, we all know the great fan base that they have here in Buffalo,” Johannson said. “Not only the Sabres, but it’s a very strong USA Hockey youth hockey area.”

The Sabres are leading the bid process. Minority owner Larry Quinn has stressed to the committee that Buffalo would fully embrace the event, even though it’s played during the NHL season and at the beginning of the NFL playoffs.
(Read the rest of the story here)

Ducks Owner going to jail.

Looks like the Ducks owner could heading to the Crowbar hotel.

Judge rejects plea deal for Broadcom's Samueli
By AMY TAXIN -- SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge Monday rejected a plea deal that had called for Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli to get probation rather than prison for his role in a stock options backdating case that led to the largest corporate writedown of its kind.

U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney wrote that the deal calling for five years probation and $12 million in payments by Samueli would erode the public's trust in the judicial system.

"The court cannot accept a plea agreement that gives the impression that justice is for sale," Carney wrote.

Samueli has pleaded guilty under the plea agreement to lying to investigators for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Broadcom, an Irvine, Calif.-based telecommunications chip maker, was ultimately forced to write down $2.2 billion in profits after the options backdating was uncovered.

Prosecutors and Samueli asked the judge for time to renegotiate their plea deal or to allow Samueli to withdraw from the agreement. Carney set another hearing for Sept. 29.

Samueli, the owner of the NHL's Anaheim Ducks, struck the plea deal with prosecutors this year in a larger criminal probe into stock-option backdating at Broadcom.

Under the agreement, Samueli would have avoided prison time and would not have been required to help prosecutors build their cases against Broadcom's former chief financial officer, William J. Ruehle, or company co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III, who are accused of conspiracy and securities fraud. Nicholas also faces drug-related charges, including that he slipped ecstasy into the drinks of business associates.

Nicholas and Ruehle have pleaded not guilty and are free on bail.

Under federal law, the maximum fine for the offense acknowledged by Samueli is $250,000. His plea deal, however, called for an additional payment of $12 million that prosecutors said was intended to show the seriousness of his offense.

Carney said the payment was unprecedented and the "staggering sum of money" made it appear that Samueli was trying to buy his way out of prison without cooperating with federal investigators.

"No sentence can be based on the amount of money a defendant is willing and able to pay," the judge wrote.

Carney also wrote that the deal was too lenient compared with the cases against Nicholas and Ruehle, whose sentences could add up to more than 300 years if they are convicted.

A total of 21 executives have been brought up on criminal charges related to stock options backdating.

While a number of those charged have pleaded guilty, only two have gone to trial — Greg Reyes and Stephanie Jensen, the former CEO and human resources chief for networking equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. They were both found guilty.

Reyes received the harshest sentences to date: He was sentenced in January to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay a $15 million fine. Reyes is appealing the verdict. Jensen was ordered to serve four months in prison pay $1.25 million. She is also appealing.

Backdating involves retroactively setting a stock option's exercise price to a low point in the stock's value, boosting the profits that are attained when the shares are sold. It is legal when properly accounted for, but if companies fail to properly disclose the move, profits can be overstated and taxes underpaid.

Lightning coach Melrose wants toughness to return

This article is a must read and one of the more thought provoking article I have seen in a long time, and this article addresses why there is a need for fighting in hockey. I am excited about Barry Melrose being back in the NHL because of all of the things that he says.

Lightning coach Melrose wants toughness to return
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer

Imagine if the ice in front of an NHL net were a place where the rules of the game were different. Players could hack and whack like the old days, before the league decided a tug on a jersey was obstruction. Lightning coach Barry Melrose can only hope. "In today's game, anybody can go and stand there, and I don't think that's right," he said. "I don't want to see that leave the game, those areas of battles." Melrose, 52, is old school. He cheers the uptick in fighting the past few seasons, not for its own sake but because, "It's a tool. … It can change the mood of a game." Melrose, who had enforcer tendencies in his NHL career, does not want a return to the days of bench-clearing brawls. At the same time, he said, "I never want to get to the point in my life when cowards can play hockey."

How do you feel about the league's long-term crackdown on fighting?

I think toughness is leaving our game, and I hope that people realize it's wrong. I hate to mention this, but the fastest growing sport in the world is ultimate fighting. We've got that as part of our game. To act ashamed of that has been wrong of the NHL for a lot of years. You can say you don't like fighting or you love fighting, but it creates conversation. It creates energy and excitement. And, as you see it, perhaps a strategic advantage. It's a useful part of the game. It's a tool, and that's how coaches use fighting. It can change the mood of a game. It's like a big hit or a power-play goal or anything else.

It also can set boundaries between teams, correct?

If someone does something to (Steven) Stamkos, there have to be repercussions, and that's where fighting is still part of the game. Hockey is about bravery. I never want to get to the point in my life when cowards can play hockey. You're not advocating a return to the bad old days, are you? Of course not. I call that the dark ages. They were burning priests at the stake at the same time, I think. But hockey is a game of intimidation. If someone can walk into our building and intimidate us with hitting, with power plays, with fighting, then they're going a long way to winning the game, and it's part of the game.

How can you strike a balance between making the game more physical and the no-touch rules put in place to hike scoring?

I would love to see sort of a different set of rules in front of the net. You make like a key area in basketball where it becomes tougher to stand. In today's game, anybody can go and stand there, and I don't think that's right. I think that still should be very fought-over ice and an area with different rules. Such as … The hacking and the whacking and the cross-checking, so the guy has to have some grit to get in there, where you can't go in there with no pads the way you basically can do it now. That should be an area of highly fought-over ice.

What do you think of enforcers?

I love them. They're my favorite guys on the team. I love them like I do superstars. They do the dirtiest job in the world for less money than the other guys. They're always the most popular guy on the team, and they never get the thanks they should. I love them. I ask them to do a terrible thing, and a tough thing, every night. I reward them. I hate taking them out of a lineup. It is much easier for me to take a skill guy out of the lineup than it is to take a tough guy out of the lineup.

Describe their job.
He's got to walk into Philadelphia in the third game of five nights on the road, and if somebody is going nuts, he still has to go over the boards and do it. It's still a job of proving it. It's the old gunfighter mentality that every year there are young guys that want to prove they're tougher, and that still happens. Not to the extent of the (Bob) Probert era, but when you're a tough guy in the NHL, there's always a young guy coming every year who thinks they are tougher.

Given the salary cap and the instigator rule, no team can afford a goon who can't play and is being paid to sit in the penalty box.
In a perfect scenario, he would be able to play regular. That's why a guy like Probert worked and (Marty) McSorley. Those guys were so great because they could do both. But realistically, they have to be so they don't hurt you. What I mean by that is a team's eyes don't light up when they step on the ice. Ideally, you want a kid who's tough enough to play regular and do the job.

McPhee excited over Caps' prospects (Finley)

Here is what was posted on big Joe Finley on the Caps site.

Joe Finley -- The hulking Finley, who'll enter his senior year at the University of North Dakota, was a first-round pick (27th overall) in 2005. In addition to his intimidating frame, Finley, the prototypical defensive-defenseman, offers a great work ethic and is agile. In three seasons with the Fighting Sioux, Finley has compiled five goals, 20 assists and 245 penalty minutes in 126 games. He notched career highs in goals (four), assists (11) and points (15) in 2007-08.

Bill Howard stepping down as Badger goaltending coach

I just saw this story this morning and this is a big time lose to the Badgers. Bill Howard is known for developing young collegiate goaltenders into the Badgers system.

MADISON, Wis. — He's coached some college hockey's top goaltenders -- many of whom went on to long NHL careers -- and is the only person to have been a part of all six of Wisconsin's national titles. Now, after 36 years, Badgers hockey assistant and goaltending Coach Bill Howard is stepping down.

"I wish to thank all the wonderful support staff, the three head coaches that I worked for (the late Bob Johnson, Jeff Sauer and Mike Eaves), the past and present administration, all the media personnel, the players and specifically all of the great goalies that I had the opportunity to work with and coach over the past four decades," Howard said in a statement.

"Although this was a long thought out and difficult decision for me and my family to make, their support, thoughts, insight and understanding made this decision much easier to make. I am fortunate at this time to have many other opportunities as a goalie consultant and coach.

"I still have a great passion for teaching and coaching players and goalies at all age levels. I therefore am not retiring from coaching but simply moving in a different direction. It's been a lot of fun, a great run, and has been very rewarding."

Eaves had Howard as part of the staff for the program's most recent national title, with Brian Elliott in net.

“Bill Howard has been an invaluable part of the Wisconsin family and tradition for 36 years. One constant in life is change and Coach Howard feels that the time is right for this change in his life. We wish him nothing but the best health and success in the future," Eaves said.

Howard coached, among others, Curtis Joseph and Mike Richter -- two standout NHL performers

P.A. and Dubay back at full strenght.

Jeff Dubay was back on the P.A. and Dubay show today after being gone for about 3 1/2 weeks. This is not a direct quote, Jeff Dubay said, "that he was battling a problem for the better part of a year, he tried to take care of problem himself and he flat out couldn't, checked himself in somewhere before it got ridiculous". Dubay also said, "that he has taken care of those personal issues and he is feeling a lot better now."

Nuff said as far as I am concerned. Mark me down as being cool with that answer. I understand what he is getting at. Also, some of the crap that has been written over on the KFAN Rube Chat really borders on bad taste.

I am just happy hear Puffy back on KFAN again today. So P.A. and Dubay are back to full strength. Goon's world would like to wish our favorite Gopher homer all the best.

Sioux 3 Badgers 2 OT

Tim Brule Jean-Philippe Lamoureux made his case for the Hobey Baker Memorial award as he stopped 79 of 83 shots he faced this weekend and gave his team a chance to win both games. To start the game the Badgers had the Sioux on their heels and looked as if they were going to take control of this game but Lamoureux stood tall and made some big saves like the one where he stopped Michael Davies on a clean break away.

ESPNU Sucks

As most of you know tonight's game was not on cable in Grand Forks, damn ESPNU, so a couple of friends and I decided to watch the game at Sugar's bar at the Holiday INN in Grand Forks. Every bar in town tonight that had ESPNU was packed from what I heard. I guess there is one way to pump up the local economy on a Sunday night, just don't carry the channel ESPNU on the local cable package. Sugars bar was packed to the gills, especially for a Sunday night; shall we say it was standing room only. As the Sioux got going the place got louder and louder, and when the Sioux scored the place erupted. Midco it is time for you and your over priced cable package to carry ESPNU. I pay $155.00 for Digital III, Phone and Internet, I will pay few extra dollars to get ESPNU without even blinking an eye.

Lamoureux tops in the nation?

There have been a few naysayers in media that said Jean-Philippe Lamoureux is not as good as his numbers. So as fans are we to believe Lamoureux the number one ranked goalie in division hockey one with a .936 save percentage and a 1.64 goals against average isn't very good or is over-rated? In fact this same radio host went as far as to say that Lamoureux is the third best goalie in the WCHA. I suppose if you weare maroon and gold goggles. Well of all the WCHA goalies there is only one still standing; Jean-Philippe Lamoureux. How do you like him now?

Michelle Stocker/The Capital Times

Four for Four

Dave Hakstol has been the coach for the Fighting Sioux for four season and has made the Frozen Four an impressive 4 years in a row. Almost as impressive the Boston College Eagles have made the Frozen Four 4 out of the last 5 years. The Sioux play the Boston College Eagles again.

The Badgers played tough

Kudos for Badgers Coach Mike Eaves for getting his team ready to play this weekend after being bounced out of the first round of the WCHA playoffs by the SCSU Huskies. It had to be tough sitting around for a week wondering if you're going to be in the NCAA tournament or not. Once the Wisconsin Badgers found out they were in the NCAA tourney they were able to come back get back into game shape and knock off Denver University in impressive fashion.

The next night the Badgers come back and take UND Fighting Sioux to the wire, that is an impressive feat to; especially after not playing very many games in the month of March. Even though they are the Fighting Sioux's bitter rivals you have to respect what the Badgers did. While some felt that Badgers didn't belong in the tourney with there losing record, me included, I felt the Badgers played like champions this past weekend, you have to tip your hat to them. This just shows how balanced the WCHA really is. The Badger's top line of Turris, Davies and Blake Geoffrion was nothing short of amazing this weekend.

Scoring

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1st Period (20:00)
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WIS-1 Kyle Turris (2-O-HOLDING) NDK 0x1 5:41
NDK-1 Matt Watkins (2-O-HOLDING) WIS 0x1 9:28
WIS-2 Ben Grotting (2-HIGH-STICKING) 18:23
NDK-2 Joe Finley (2-HIGH-STICKING) 18:23

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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-3 Kyle Radke (2-Charging) WIS 0x2 3:36
WIS 1 - 0 6x6 Jamie McBain (5) (Kyle Turris, Davis Drewiske) 5:38
WIS (+): 2,19,4,5,9,G35 NDK (-): 26,17,20,4,28,G1
NDK-4 Kyle Radke (2-CTH ROUGHING) WIS 0x3 12:54
NDK-5 Brad Miller (2-Tripping) WIS 1x4 17:25
WIS 2 - 0 6x5 PP Cody Goloubef (4) (Patrick Johnson, Kyle Klubertanz) 19:21
WIS: 22,27,10,20,18,G35 NDK: 17,21,4,28,G1
WIS-3 Kyle Klubertanz (2-Holding the Stick) NDK 0x2 19:50

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 1 - 2 6x6 Rylan Kaip (8) (Matt Frattin, Matt Watkins) 3:33
NDK (+): 17,21,20,4,28,G1 WIS (-): 17,2,10,22,18,G35
NDK 2 - 2 6x6 Ryan Duncan (18) (T.J. Oshie) 4:20
NDK (+): 16,7,28,10,5,G1 WIS (-): 7,4,11,27,16,G35
WIS-4 Ryan McDonagh (2-CTH ROUGHING) NDK 0x3 8:24
Timeout - Wisconsin 19:26.4

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Overtime (1:47)
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NDK 3 - 2 6x6 GW LL Andrew Kozek (18) (Robbie Bina, T.J. Oshie) 1:47
NDK (+): 10,28,7,4,16,G1 WIS (-): 9,20,5,19,4,G35

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End of Game

The Anthony Maiani goal that buried the Sioux

I have to give credit where credit is due, that was a hell of a goal that buried my favorite team. That was a hell of goal.

DU 3 and UND 1

Tomorrow C.C. Tigers and the Fighting Sioux play in the third place game of the WCHA Final Five, this is because both the top seed were bounced by their opponents in the semi final games. The Gophers defying the odds beat the C.C. Tigers in a single over time and the Fighting Sioux looked listless in early game losing to the Denver Pioneers. It would be an understatment to say that the early game was a boring game that lacked little if any excitement as the Denver Pioneers had all the answers for the the Fighting Sioux. I do know if the Sioux play like this next weekend their season will be over before it starts.


Scoring/Penalties

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1st Period (20:00)
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DEN-1 Matt Glasser (2-Boarding) NDK 0x1 1:57
DEN-2 Chris Butler (2-Hooking) NDK 0x2 2:32
NDK-1 Derrick LaPoint (2-Holding) DEN 0x1 9:30
DEN-3 Tyler Bozak (2-Hooking) NDK 0x3 18:39
DEN-4 Andrew Thomas (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 19:01
DEN-5 Chris Butler (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 19:01
DEN-6 Peter Mannino (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) (Served by Brandon Vossberg) 19:01
DEN-7 Peter Mannino (2-Slashing) (Served by Matt Glasser) NDK 0x4 19:01
NDK-2 Chay Genoway (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 19:01
NDK-3 T.J. Oshie (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 19:01
NDK-4 Chris VandeVelde (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 19:01

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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-5 Joe Finley (2-Slashing) DEN 1x2 4:50
DEN 1 - 0 6x5 PP Rhett Rakhshani (14) (Patrick Mullen, Tyler Bozak) 5:58
DEN: 9,7,21,19,4,G29 NDK: 4,5,17,20,G1
NDK-6 Taylor Chorney (2-Slashing) DEN 1x3 15:42
NDK-7 Joe Finley (2-Slashing) DEN 1x4 18:45

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Taylor Chorney (3) (Darcy Zajac, Jake Marto) 6:16
NDK (+): 4,11,25,28,22,G1 DEN (-): 12,25,14,4,16,G29
DEN 2 - 1 6x6 GW LL Anthony Maiani (7) (unassisted) 18:40
DEN (+): 16,14,5,7,21,G29 NDK (-): 2,5,11,10,8,G1
Timeout - North Dakota 18:40
DEN 3 - 1 6x6 EN Matt Glasser (6) (Tyler Ruegsegger) 19:54
DEN (+): 17,15,9,4,8,G29 NDK (-): 5,28,29,7,17,16

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End of the season awards

Top 10 Hobey Baker Finalists

The 10 finalists are:

Nathan Gerbe, Jr, F, Boston College
Ryan Jones, Sr, F, Miami
Kevin Porter, Sr, F, Michigan
Jeff Lerg, Jr, G, Michigan State
Lee Jubinville, Jr, F, Princeton
Simon Lambert, Sr, F, RIT
Ryan Lasch, So, F, St. Cloud State
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, Sr, G, North Dakota
T.J. Oshie, Jr, F, North Dakota
Kevin Regan, Sr, G, New Hampshire

Congratulations to Oshie and Lamoureux. My prediction for the Hobey Hat Trick will be Lamoureux, Jones and Porter.

Fighting Sioux players on All-WCHA Team(s)

First Team

F T.J. Oshie, Jr., North Dakota (27 gp, 12-17—29)
D Taylor Chorney, Jr., North Dakota (28 gp, 2-14—16)

All-WCHA Second Team

F Ryan Duncan, Jr., North Dakota (28 gp, 9-19—28)
D Chay Genoway, So., North Dakota (23 gp, 5-13—18)
G Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, Sr., North Dakota (18-7-3, 1.74 gaa, .929 sv%)

All-WCHA Third Team

D Robbie Bina, Sr., North Dakota (28 gp, 1-16—17)

There was much discussion over how many Sioux players would be selected to be on the All WCHA team(s). When your team gets second or first in the conference your team is going to get a fair number of players on the first three teams. From looking at the various teams the Fighting Sioux did put a fair number of players on the first three teams. I am surprised that Mannino getting third team over Zacharias?

4 Mike Zacharias Minnesota State 2.08 .924
7 Peter Mannino Denver 80 2.26 .916