Sioux fans hold onto your hats the boys at INCH had ranked the Sioux 5th in this weeks INCH power rankings. If you look at the rankings and compare them to the PWR rankings you will see that the INCH Boys true to form are a little off. In my opinion Princeton and Union have no business being in the top 20. Also, if the playoffs started today the UMD Bull Dogs would be a 2 seed.
1.) Miami (1) 2.) Colorado College (3) 3.) Michigan State (7) 4.) Michigan (2) 5.) North Dakota (5) 6.) New Hampshire (3) 7.) Denver (6) 8.) Notre Dame (14) 9.) Providence (10) 10.) Clarkson (10) 11.) Boston College (9) 12.) Quinnipiac (17) 13.) Wisconsin (15) 14.) Princeton (23) 15.) Minnesota (19) 16.) UMass Lowell (16) 17.) Union (24) 18.) Minnesota Duluth (8) 19.) Minnesota State (10) 20.) Northeastern (10)
This story was just released by the Grand Forks Herald. I think it is a good move on Hakstol's part. He admits he made a mistake and I am cool with that. Let the Gophers fans whine about this all week. It was a heated game and Sioux fans know that Don Adam has a long and storied history with UND. The fact that the Sioux played with an edge Saturday night give me hope that the Sioux still have the fire to go out and compete. ----Photo shop picture included---
I think USCHO Area Reporter PCM sums it up the best: I think it's very disrespectful to UND and Robbie Bina that Adam is still reffing in the WCHA. I think it was a slap in Hak's face that the WCHA assigned this series to Adam. I think the fact that Hakstol showed more emotion on the bench than any time I've seen during his coaching career at UND is an indicator as to how he felt about it.
UND men’s hockey head coach Dave Hakstol said today he is apologizing for his actions in a discussion with referee Don Adam during Saturday’s game at the University of Minnesota.
A Fox Sports North camera caught Hakstol flipping off Adam during the second period of the game.
“I would like to sincerely apologize to our fans, players and entire program, as well as all college hockey fans, the WCHA and Don Adam, for my actions during the second period of last night’s game versus the University of Minnesota,” Hakstol said. “I’m disappointed in myself for allowing my emotions and frustrations to get the better of me. I pride myself in not allowing this type of thing to occur.
“Most importantly, I am a parent before I am a coach, and I understand the responsibility that we carry as coaches within the WCHA to young hockey fans and families everywhere.
“I have evaluated and feel terrible about my actions and can assure everyone that such a thing will never happen again.”
WCHA Scores for 2-2-2008 Minnesota-Duluth 2 at Wisconsin 1 ot Michigan Tech 2 at Alaska-Anchorage 2 ot North Dakota 1 at Minnesota 1 ot Denver 2 at Minnesota State 3
Check out last night scores the most goals scored tonight were 3 by the Mavericks. The mean number of goals scored tonight is 1.4
Wow! what a game. Intensity is what the game last night was lacking, tonight's game was oozing with intensity. Tonight's game could be described as old time hockey. All it was missing was Eddie Shore. No doubt tonight's game will probably boost UND up the national rankings for penalty minutes. I also think UND should wear it as a badge of honor. Get out of line with the Sioux and they will make you pay. It will be interesting to see if any more comes out of tonight's game as far as suspensions go. I just hope that Hakstol doesn't get suspended for flipping off the ref. I would have done the same thing.
Here is an interesting stat: Jean-Philippe Lamoureux has played in 51 consecutive games and has a 34-12-5 record with a 1.98 GAA and a .928 Save%. That is a pretty impressive line. After the season I would like to be a fly on the wall at the league meetings. I am not so sure a lot of the league coaches are going to want to sit next to Hakstol after the way this season has transpired.
I lost a lot of respect for FSN's Kevin Gorg this weekend. His quip about Finley being from Edina and 6'7" and yapping on the bench at the Minnesota players. So fricken what, so were a lot of other players on both sides of the ice. Seriously! There was no point in crying about UND, get over it. There were two teams on the ice and the Gophers are not innocent in this affair. Every week UND fans has to listen to people whine about how "UND is a bunch of goons...uses a bunch of cheap tactics..." UND is a physical team and plays like a cornered animal.
On the incident if you look you will see that R.J. Anderson tried to leg check T.J. Oshie and Darcy Zajac came to his aid, that is what probably set Zajac off.
Also I can't believe that "the Rug" Frank Mazzaco is the best that FSN can come up with. The man should should just wear pom-poms when he is in the booth. Woog is 100% class act and a straight up guy.
Scoring/Penalties Time Penalties/Minutes S North Dakota 17 / 91 Minnesota 17 / 69
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NDK-1 Ryan Duncan (5-Checking from Behind) MIN 0x1 0:07 NDK-2 Ryan Duncan (10-Game Misconduct) (Served by Ryan Martens) 0:07 NDK-3 T.J. Oshie (2-Slashing) 9:22 MIN-1 Jay Barriball (2-Slashing) 9:22 NDK-4 Joe Finley (2-Cross-Checking) MIN 0x2 10:32 MIN-2 Justin Bostrom (2-Interference) NDK 0x1 17:56
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MIN-3 Patrick White (2-Holding) NDK 0x2 3:28 NDK-5 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) 7:37 NDK-6 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) MIN 0x3 7:37 NDK-7 Brad Malone (10-Misconduct) (Served by Kyle Radke) 7:37 MIN-4 Derek Peltier (2-Roughing) 7:37 MIN-5 Blake Wheeler (2-Slashing) NDK 0x3 8:32 MIN-6 Blake Wheeler (10-Misconduct) (Served by Tom Pohl) 8:32 NDK-8 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (2-Diving) (Served by Andrew Kozek) 12:15 MIN-7 Jay Barriball (2-CONTACT WITH GOALIE) 12:15 MIN-8 Mike Carman (2-Roughing) NDK 0x4 16:04 MIN-9 Kevin Wehrs (2-Holding) NDK 0x5 19:42
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MIN-10 Stu Bickel (2-Holding) NDK 0x6 3:42 MIN 1 - 0 6x6 Ben Gordon (10) (Blake Wheeler) 7:17 MIN (+): 13,17,28,26,4,G33 NDK (-): 4,10,7,17,28,G1 NDK 1 - 1 6x6 GT Chris VandeVelde (11) (Ryan Martens, Robbie Bina) 11:15 NDK (+): 29,8,4,28,20,G1 MIN (-): 28,13,4,17,26,G33
The Sioux won a game that wasn't as fun to watch as some Sioux vs Gophers game in the past. One could make the argument that this game was boring or uneventful to watch. However, after reviewing the goal this morning all I can say is wow; what a goal... Also, I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth as a win is a win and that was win number 8 in a row.
The thing that really bugged me was halfway through the game, the feed from FSN flickered and went to another program. Then FSN flickered again and went to the Badger vs UMD game before finally returning back to the Sioux and Gophers. With the win, the Sioux now sit 5th in the PWR ranking at 17-8-1 and with the DU loss UND is looking like it could end up in second place.
In other games the ever-dominant Michigan tied CCHA cupcake Northern Michigan University 3-3 and MSU lost to an average UNO team 5-4.
Scoring Summary
First Period
Minnesota-1 Evan Kaufmann (Tony Lucia, David Fischer) SHG 3:16 North Dakota-1 Joe Finley (Chay Genoway) 4x4 7:49
Overtime
North Dakota-2 Evan Trupp (Ryan Martens) GWG 2:23 Goaltender Saves North Dakota-1 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (62:23 W) 7 6 8 0 21 (1 GA) Minnesota-1 Alex Kangas (62:19 L) 1 11 17 3 32 (2 GA
Incase you haven't seen it; here is Cup Cake Hockey Association columnist's Paula Weston's and her latest rant on the the CCHA not gettin any love. Kind of like the John McCain campaign and conservative republicans. My, my, my are they getting touchy. We are going to keep hammering the pundants till they get it right, it is what it is. No doubt the fans in the WCHA get it; alert the presses Michigan, MSU and Miami are good teams that have feasted on and kicked the snot out a schedule filled with weak teams, bravo for them. Yep their records are inflated. I want to see a something more interesting than CCHA team __________ kicked the snot out of LSSU this weekend or ___________CCHA team beat the WMU Broncos this past weekend. WOW, I am impressed! Mind you that win is the equivalent of beating a middle of the pack AHA or CHA team. Hell the ECAC seems more balanced this season than your league.
The CCHA is still battling the notion that it’s a weak league and therefore its top teams’ records and rankings are somehow inflated. The Wolverines, while ranked No. 1 last weekend, were aware that they’re considered either lucky (they’re young, as we hear often) or benefiting from beating up on the lower teams in the league.
After the 2-2 tie, Berenson indirectly reminded people that the Spartans were last year’s national champion for real reasons, and that they’re playing like champs now.
“Look at their team,” said Berenson. “They had only given up three goals in the past five games, and four of those games had been on the road. So goals are tough to come by against Michigan State.”
And the No. 5, third-place, defending-national-champion Spartans — the team with the fourth-best win percentage in the country (.722) — had to feel as though the college hockey community didn’t even know they existed going into the weekend. This year, the Wolverines and the RedHawks are all anyone can talk about, and if the talking is done outside of the CCHA, it’s never flattering.
Just for the record; right now I think UNH is probably one of the best teams in the country as it stands right now.
By the numbers per the KRACH WCHA SOS 1.) C.C. 3 2.) UND 1 3.) DU 4 4.) MTU 6 5.) Wisconsin 2 6.) Minnesota 8 7.) MSU-M 11 8.) UMD 5 9.) SCSU 7 10) UAA 9 Average SOS is 9.6
CCHA SOS 1.)Michigan 22 2.)Miami 29 3.) MSU 15 4.) Notre Dame 14 5.) UNO 27 6.) BGSU 25 7.) Ferris 44 8.) NMU 26 9.) Alaska 24 10) OSU 45 11.) WMU 41 12.) LSSU 46 Average SOS is 29.83
NHL.COM weighed in on college hockey and how the NCAA is looking to get rid of ties. Three of the six NCAA league commissioners weighed in with their personal opinions as they await the NCAA rules committee meeting in June. Notice that the WCHA commissioner Bruce McCloud is no where to be found. Bruce McCloud probably still thinks the status quo in college hockey is fine and the fans don't want the NHL rules in any shape or form, but I digress.
It is time for college hockey to change; the status quo is no longer good enough. Good enough is not good enough; NCAA hockey should constantly be seeking excellence. I also don't by the flawed argument that college hockey is fine the way it is and there is nothing wrong with a tie. I am calling shenanigans. In my opinion, ties are like kissing your sister, yuck.
I would like to see college hockey adopt the new NHL rules in some shape or form. I would like to see the NCAA (WCHA included) call the games the same way the NHL does, if your hand comes off the stick to grab another players a penalty is called, if a players stick obstructs another player any where on the ice a penalty is called. If you cross check another player right in front of the ref a penalty is called. Enough is enough, fans are paying too much money to watch a second rate brand of hockey. I would also like to see the NCAA (WCHA included) adopt the NHL's overtime rules in some form, preferably consisting of a 4 on 4 for 5-10 minutes followed by a 3 round shootout and after the shootout the winner is given 2 points and the loser is given one point. Ties in the NCAA playoffs and conference championships would still be solved by over time until someone wins.
Former Sioux Mike Commodore weighed in on the issue: "Problem with the shootout," said Commodore, "is that it's a great way to win, but a bad way to lose."
I think this is one of best shots of the season, noticed I didn't say great move of the year because you can't top this. Former LSSU star and current Wild Forward Brian Rolston tees up one hell of a laser and Giggy get out of the way. Nice. Rolston is getting hot at the right time.
I never get sick of watching this replay, it has to be one of my favorite moments in Sioux hockey history. What makes this even sweeter, it was a week after this goal in the Final Five as Blake Wheeler scored a lucky goal.
I just can't believe that going into the Gophers and Sioux series there just isn't any energy oozing from this series at all, I know the Gophers suck this year and the Sioux might not be as good as years past, so Jeff Dubay tells us (Puffy), but this is the series most of us look forward to each year. In most series between the Goofs and Sioux you can spend all day sparing on the internet with Gophers fans but this year is different, most of them are hiding waiting to see how the first game goes. I thought I would include a few clips to get people in the mood.
Lets Review recent History:
This is the game that UND took off 40 minutes only to race back in the third period and beat the Gophers.
During the last series Sioux fans discovered what a hack Stu Bickel is as he butt ended a Sioux hockey player.
It's been way to tame around here it's time to take it up a notch. GPL and Sioux Sports have been like retirement communties, boring. Come on folks the Sioux are playing the brown and yellow vermin this weekend and there just isn't any energy in this series as of yet So lets dust off the attitudes.
Here is an email that I got from HeidiSioux62 this morning. HeidiSioux said I could post it. I think she brings up good points/stats. I also listened to the INCH podcast in question; lets just say that they do make for some interesting points that will spark some interesting conversations, I also think they are highly biased towards the CCHA; go figure. I think that what they intended to do, spark conversation.
One of the guys (I didn't catch his name) goes so far to suggest that Miami will be the next National Champion. Why wouldn't they? Miami is destroying some really lousy teams that they were supposed to beat and have been doing it in semi impressive fashion. The coolest part of the show was the fan emails most of which were upset readers. I also think I heard MeaneGirl's email to the INCH guys taking them to task for not including the MTU Huskies in the INCH poll. Thanks to Heidi Sioux for submitting this post. --------------------------------------------- Hey Goon, I originally put this together because I was irritated with the INCH podcast and after reading your blog this morning I got irritated with the CCHA, so I added Miami, Michigan and Michigan State. According to these stats, the only teams that look even halfway credible vs the WCHA are New Hampshire (they've pretty much owned us) and [i]MAYBE[/i] Michigan (however I sure don't get the feeling that they are any better than the WCHA) I am way too lazy to try to make this info coherent, but if you would like to use it in your blog or to leave comments on the CCHA bloggers' sites - GO FOR IT. I hope you find this interesting. HeidiSioux
Overall WCHA vs outside conferences 23 wins - 17 losses (3 were OT losses) – 8 ties WCHA vs Inch ranked teams 8-7-3 WCHA vs Miami – 0-1 St. Coud State looses in OT WCHA vs Michigan State 2-0-2 Wisconsin 4-4 tied Minnesota 3-3 tied North Dakota wins 6-0 Michigan Tech wins 4-1
WCHA vs Michigan 1-2 Minnesota wins 4-3 Minnesota looses 5-1 Michigan Tech looses in OT
WCHA vs New Hampshire 1-3 CC looses 5-3 CC looses 4-2 North Dakota Wins 3-1 North Dakota looses 7-3
WCHA vs Clarkson 1-1 S. Cloud State Wins 4-1 St. Cloud State looses 3-2
WCHA vs Boston College 0-0-1 North Dakota ties in fog out
WCHA vs Providence – did not play
WCHA vs Quinnipiac – did not play
UMass Lowell 2-0 Duluth Wins 1-0 Duluth Wins 4-1
WCHA vs Union – did not play
WCHA vs Niagara – did not play
WCHA vs Northeastern 1-0 North Dakota wins 3-0
WCHA individual team out of conference records CC – 18-7-1 (15-4-1) 6 out of conference games played. 3 out of conference losses (one loss OT) UND - 16-8-1 (13-7-0) 5 out of conference games played. 1 out of conference loss, 1 out of conference tie (fogout) (only 1 loss to unranked team on inch – Michigan Tech) Denver - 18-6-0 (12-4-0) 8 out of conference games played. 2 out of conference losses Minnesota Duluth - 10-8-6 (6-7-5) 6 out of conference games played. 1 out of conference loss, 1 out of conference tie Wisconsin - 11-10-5 (7-8-3) 8 out of conference games played. 1 out of conference loss, 1 out of conference tie Minnesota - 12-11-5 (6-9-3) 10 out of conference games played. 2 out of conference losses and 2 ties Michigan Tech - 10-11-3 (6-8-2) 8 out of conference games played. 2 out of conference losses Minnesota State Mankato - 11-10-4 (5-9-4) 7 out of conference games played. 2 out of conference losses (one OT loss) St. Cloud - 11-12-3 (6-10-2) 8 out of conference games played. 2 out of conference losses, 1 out of conference tie (one OT loss) Alaska Anchorage - 6-12-6 (2-12-4) 6 out of conference games played. 0 out of conference losses, 2 out of conference tie Miami, Michigan, Michigan State out of conference records (ranked teams according to USCHO) Miami out of conference - 8- 0- 0 Miami vs ranked teams 1-0 (1 overtime win)
Vermont – not ranked CANISIUS – not ranked Rensselaer – not ranked St. Cloud State (20) – Miami won in overtime
Michigan out of conference - 7- 1- 0 Michigan vs ranked teams 4-1 (one of the wins was an overtime) Boston College (9)– Michigan won in overtime Minnesota – (18) – Michigan lost BOSTON UNIVERSITY – Not ranked WISCONSIN (11) Michigan won Minnesota (18) Michigan won Providence (14) Michigan won Michigan Tech Not ranked Michigan won in 2 OT
Michigan State out of conference - 4- 3- 2 Michigan State vs ranked teams 0-2-2 North Dakota (3) Michigan State lost 6-0 COLGATE – not ranked MERCYHURST – not ranked MINNESOTA (18) Tied WISCONSIN (11) Tied Michigan Tech – not ranked Michigan State lost Providence (14) Michigan state lost
I was watching the Bruins game last night and this was a great fight. Check it out, both guys swinging down to the ice. This is the kind of fights that I appreciate the most ones that aren't scripted that just happen.
Did anyone notice that the CCHA apologists are getting a little defensive about people questioning the strength of their league? While no one is questioning the fact that there are three to four decent teams in the CCHA, the jury is still out on Notre Dame. It has become very apparent that the media pundants can't seem to see past the eastern time zone.
Paula Weston has this rant last week during her weekly picks. Classic.
How to Announce Your Presence with Authority in One Easy Step So, you’re playing in a league that some people call fluffy because the conference name doesn’t begin with a “W” and you rarely play regular-season games in New England.
Even though your fourth-place team from a year ago took the national championship. Even though your two first-place teams are Nos. 1 and 2 in the nation. Even though four of your top teams grace the top 10 nationally.
What’s a top team in such a conference to do?
Beat who you’re supposed to beat. Crush ‘em if you can.
The CCHA’s top three teams swept their competition last week in most convincing ways. Collectively, Michigan, Miami and Michigan State outscored Notre Dame, Lake Superior State and Ohio State 27-5.
Except for Michigan beating Notre Dame (8th RPI), I can admit that was remotely impressive, I am not impressed with them beating the likes of LSSU (45) and OSU (46). Infact the bottom feeders of the CCHA are sitting just below the likes of hockey powerhouses, RIT, RMU and Air Force. If you break this down even further the 10th place team in the WCHA is still ranked ahead of the 5th place team in the CCHA. How can that be if the CCHA is such a powerful league. Talk about stuffing your scheudle with a bunch of cup cakes. One could actually make the argument for the EZAC being more balanced than the CCHA.
Elliot Olshansky goes off on the WCHA fans for even thinking about questioning the strenght of the paper tiger the CCHA.
A few thoughts before I start with the Rankings for this week: I'm getting sick and tired of certain people - and by "certain people" I mean fans of certain WCHA teams - using strength of schedule as a reason why a CCHA team shouldn't be No. 1 in the country. They say it as if poll voters merely look at results, records, and statistics when filling out their ballots, so that the argument for Miami or Michigan is easier to assault. "Well, sure Miami has the top offense in the country. Look whom they've been scoring on!" "Of course Michigan has only lost three times this season. They haven't played anyone!" I'll you this, folks: I drove past a lot of farms during my travels in Ohio earlier this month, and those farms would have a fine use for thinking like that: fertilizer.
It's not just whether a team wins or loses, but how and why they win or lose. Records are nice, but it's the talents, abilities, and discipline that produced those records that determine what kind of a team it is and just how good it is. That's what I look at when I watch teams to determine the Rink Rat Rankings, and I'd imagine it's what a number of the poll voters look at, too. And based on my evaluations of the teams - NOT THEIR RECORDS - this is how I see the Rink Rat Rankings.
I could fertilized most of the farm land in North Dakota and half of South Dakota with some of the stuff I have read from self appointed hockey experts. It is a two way street.
Jim Dahl from Siouxsports points out an interesting fact about Miami's strenght of schedule and how it affects their RPI.
Combined with the extension of the negative win exemption to the regular season, the easiest path to the top of the RPI seems to be schedule creampuffs and beat them. Miami currently has a comical 8 games thrown out of their RPI calculation for being negative wins, and 6 of the remaining 8 would currently be thrown out if won.
Last week one could say that I had trouble with my picks, in fact I had a reverse crystal ball. If I picked your team to win you lost and vice versa. The only pick I was right on was the Sioux and UAA, not that was all that difficult of a pick, the Seawolves had only won two games in WCHA action.
I am not sure if my picking the SCSU to beat the MSU-M Mavericks jinxed the SCSU Huskies or not. I just want to let Heather from WinTwins blog know that it wasn't done on purpose, or with malice. I am sure that she is also in mourning today as the Minnesota Twinkies traded away all-star pitcher Johan Santana. Another botched pick was MTU and C.C.; honestly, I didn't see MTU beating beating the C.C. Tigers but hey I am not going to complain either. Big win for the Huskies, I am thinking they might come back to the pack a little in the second half. Fast forward to this weekend; I also don't see the Huskies losing to the UAA Seawolves, Why? I have a beer riding on that game with Sioux7. Logic tells me that UND should beat the Gophers but I won't be shocked with a couple of sister kissing or a split.
Friday: Michigan Tech at Alaska-Anchorage - MTU Denver at Minnesota State - DU North Dakota at Minnesota - Sioux Minnesota-Duluth at Wisconsin - Badgers Clarkson at Colorado College - Tigers
Saturday: Michigan Tech at Alaska-Anchorage - TIE Denver at Minnesota State - DU North Dakota at Minnesota - Sioux Minnesota-Duluth at Wisconsin - Bulldogs Clarkson at Colorado College - Tigers
This was on today's Star Trib web site. I would also caution people that everyone in this country is innocent until proven guilty.
By PAUL WALSH and DAVID CHANEN---Star Tribune A once rising young hockey star who had his career derailed by injury during his freshman season with the University of Minnesota sat in the Hennepin County jail for three days suspected of felony drug possession.
Nate Hagemo, 21, was jailed without bail from midday Saturday until early this afternoon on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance while in a south Minneapolis neighborhood.
Police have yet to forward the case to prosecutors for charges.
These teams are currently tied for 4th place with 17-pts. UW is coming off a 3pt weekend against the struggling Gophers, and Duluth is coming off a 4pt weekend against UMass-Lowell. Judging by the pollsters, UML was/is a better team than UM. So with that in mind, also remember these games are in Mad-town. I think UW is going to have a little hangover from besting the Gophers last weekend, and drop Fridays game to Duluth, but will rebound and win on Saturday. I know not to ballsy calling a split, but that is what I think will happen, and come Sunday the will still be tied for 4th place.
The BIG rivals game this week is the Sioux vs. Gophers.
These teams split earlier in the season in Grand Forks. Since then these two teams have been going in different directions, UND up and UM down. Last season UND went into Minneapolis and got 4-points. The Gophers are reeling right now and the Sioux are on a 7 game win streak. I see the Sioux continuing the HOT streak and handing the Gophers another slice of humble pie this weekend. If the Gophers fail to get any points this weekend it will put them behind the 8-ball for trying to get home ice for the first round of the WCHA playoffs.
The OMG did you see those games this week, Denver vs. Mankato.
Over the past couple of years these teams have done some of the impossible against each other. (Earlier this season DU bested MSU-M twice in Denver)
Lets take a look back at history in some high scoring affairs with these two teams.
I would love to see another wild game like the one in 2003, but that was a December game, this weekends game will be in February. But as you can see Feb. has been a wild month for these to teams, wink wink, nudge nudge ;) With numbers like these I say this could be the most entertaining games of the weekend, so I'm playing it safe with predicting a split, these two are just to wild when they get together in February.
The next series it MTU Huskies vs the UAA Seawolves.
UAA got swept by UND last weekend, and MTU got swept by UND 3 weeks ago. The trend I noticed is that teams that have been swept by UND as of late have gone on to get 3 or 4 points in there next series, hmm, will that hold true this weekend. UAA played well enough to beat UND on Saturday night, but were robbed by a white guy in a goalie mask. MTU beat up on CC last weekend, the number one team, point wise, in our league. UAA will be wanting to take out some vengance after last Saturday, so the will on Friday by beating the Huskies, and on Saturday, the Dogs will have there day of revenge. Splitsville here we come.
St. Cloud is on a bye week.
#6 CC is hosting #10 Clarkson (Potsdam, NY) Golden Knigts from the ECAC, in Colorado Spring for a pair of games.
WCCO Picture I found this story on line this past weekend, this folks is a sad story. Goon's World hopes Nate Can get his act together.
Fmr. Gopher Hockey Player Arrested In Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― A former Gopher hockey player was arrested in Minneapolis Saturday afternoon when neighbors called to report a car parked in an area known for vehicle to vehicle drug transactions.
Officers went to the scene and identified Nathan Hagemo, 21, along with one other person in the car, and received consent to search the vehicle.
Inside the vehicle, officers found paraphernalia of a drug user.
Hagemo is a former University of Minnesota Gopher hockey player and was later drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2005 but had to retire before playing due to a shoulder injury.
I played around with the numbers and this is what I came up with. I now owe Sioux7 a beer after totally picking the C.C. and MTU series wrong. MTU basically bitch slapped the Tigers this weekend.
This week Fighting Sioux Junior defenseman Taylor Chorney will appearing on “Tuesday's @ the Rink” chats on CSTV.com. Sioux fans are encouraged to log on at 1pm central standard time to ask Taylor a question http://www.cstv.com/chat/012608aaa.html actually if your impatient you can submit questions in advance because the chat rooms that are open right now.
Sioux fans hold onto your hats the boys at INCH had ranked the Sioux 5th in this weeks INCH power rankings. If you look at the rankings and compare them to the PWR rankings you will see that the INCH Boys true to form are a little off. In my opinion Princeton and Union have no business being in the top 20. Also, if the playoffs started today the UMD Bull Dogs would be a 2 seed.
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