Gee I wonder who Lucia is talking about?

It would appear that Gophers hack Brian Schack has gotten away with his act of thuggery and will only receive the one game disqualification that he was awarded last Friday night. I have yet been able to find any press release or announcement that states any additional punishment or sanction by the league office. It wouldn't surprise me one bit, Gophers coach Don Lucia has been pleading his case all week in the media about how the refs aren't protecting the players, yada, yada, yada.

For those that don't read the Star and Tribune check out the latest nugget from Roman Augustoviz now we are going to blame the ugliness towards the Gophers on the arenas that serve alcohol in their arenas? Huh? WTF is that? Let me guess; tDon is talking about Mankato and North Dakota? Lets try this on for size; it is the attitude your program displays towards the rest of the league. Its the in your face attitude of FSN announcers and the various off handed shots your assistant coach makes in his pre-game comments.

This is why the various fan bases around the league hate your team. It's the pompous holier than though, elitist attitude that your bring with you when you travel on the road. The Gophers hockey program oozes arogance and it showing more this year than others when the Gophers prima Donna's are getting it handed to them on a nightly basis. Who are you going to blame this week when the Badgers slap your butt around Marriucci? Word of advice to the Badgers players you better look out for Flynn and Schack they like to jump the oppostion from behind.

RIVALRY GOOD WITH BADGERS

Lucia said the Gophers have a healthy rivalry with Wisconsin. “Some of the others ones, and I won’t mention names or anything like that, are a little bit more ugly as far as fan treatment and everything else,” Lucia said. “I never felt that way with Wisconsin. Our games have been much more disciplined over the years than maybe years ago.

“I never felt when I go to Kohl Center – I think the fans react in a real positive manner. Ya, once in a while, when you come off the ice, you get a little [grief] from a student. But that’s OK. That’s all fun. But I never felt when I go there, it is over the top and that’s me as a college coach. I have no issue with fans cheering their team and getting involved. I don’t particularly like the vulgarity. ‘F the Gopher’ chant that we hear.

“And I think, to be honest, and I spoke [Monday] about it [to WCHA officials]. I’m probably being more candid, maybe it is the steroids I took this morning than normal. I think as a league – my own personal opinion is, I am not sure if alcohol is served at some of the venues is a real positive in our league.

(Lucia is taking weekly IV steriod treatments for a nerve problem which causes numbness on the left side of his face.)

“I am a purist,” Lucia said. “I don’ have an issue if it is served in club rooms or in suites or in a beer garden. But I have an issue and, I think it lends to problems, when you got guys sitting with beer after beer sitting right behind the visitors’ bench. Nothing good can happen.

“And we have venues that you can literally sit and have cocktails all game long whether it’s hard booze, wine or beer. I think that is where some of the ugliness gets. As a league, I think we have to take a look at that.”

Oshie's goal. (get the puck on net)

Former Sioux and current St Louis Blue T.J. Oshie proved that there is no such thing as a bad shot on goal as he scored a greasy goal against the Red Wings. If you standing in front of the goal with the puck and there is no other move, shoot the puck.

Conboy signs with Hamilton

Former MSU Spartans player Andrew Conboy has signed a contract to play professional hockey with the Hamilton Bulldogs, who is Montreals top farm team. Conboy will be remembered for this act of thuggery on Michigan player Steve Kampfer. I would be willing to bet that we will see no more acts of thuggery like this in the AHL.

HAMILTON, ON - Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Julien BriseBois announced today that the club has signed left wing Andrew Conboy to an American Hockey League contract for the remainder of the 2008-2009 season. As per club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Conboy, 20, played for the Michigan State Spartans for 21 games this season accumulating five points (three goals, two assists) while leading the team in penalty minutes with 76. In 2007-2008, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound left winger won the Clark Cup with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL. The native of Rosemount, Minnesota ranked fifth on the team in points with 38 (17 goals, 21 assists) and second on the team in penalty minutes with 188. Conboy was drafted by Montreal in the 5th round, 142nd overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Conboy will be ineligble to play for the Bulldogs until Wednesday, February 11th when the 'Dogs travel to Hershey to battle the Bears.

Lucia says Schack crossed the line.

Check out the latest article from the UMN hockey blogger. Wow, no kidding! Those are some really profound words, by the Minnesota Coach, “Schack crossed the line, but.” But what? Schack crossed the line and violated the hockey code and should pay for it, like you do when you play in the NHL. I want to see more than an extra game from the league office. Also, if college hockey is a non-fighting league (except for rare occasions) then Schack is not an enforcer, he is a thug. You can't tell me Schack has half the honor Derek Boogaard has. You would never see Boogaard would never perform a heinous act like this.

Seriously, I have to agree with Coach Lucia, because he is right, the league officials are not protecting the players in the WCHA. A lot of us have been saying this for years and all we heard is the refs are doing a good job. I am going to say bravo sierra, and see I told you so. Yeah, you can’t tell me this after all of the incidents I have witnessed this season and last season that the refs are doing a good job. They can’t even call he games per the NCAA mandate. I think it is indicative of the leadership of the WCHA and the buck stops with the two guys at the top. The status quo is no longer good enough, heck the status quo doesn't even meet the standards for a house league in Canada.

Why is it that every other league in the country can get it right? Thanks to the FCS, NHL network and CBS College Sports I watch NCAA division one hockey game from the other leagues (ECAC, Hockey East, AHA, CCHA) and rarely do you see happen what goes on in the WCHA. I can’t think of the last time I have seen an incident like this in the ECAC. Do you think Paul Stewart would let this crap go on if he was the head of officials in the WCHA? Todd Anderson would be out job after the UND and DU series. The two officials I think should be removed from officating are Todd Anderson and Don Adam both of these guys should have been fired by the WCHA years ago. Don Adam should have been fired after the Final Five game between DU and UND when he watched Sioux player get carried off the ice on a stretcher and only call a two minute penalty.

One of majors — and the game misconduct — was on sophomore defenseman Channing Boe of MSU for checking from behind on the Gophers’ Jay Barriball in the eighth minute of the third period.

Seconds later the Gophers’ enforcer, Brian Schack, was jumping on Boe’s back and wrestling him to the ice. A scrum ensued, Boe’s helmet came off, and Schack kept slugging Boe, who was on all fours, pretty much defenseless on the ice, until the officials finally got Schack off.

Somehow during the scrum, one of Boe’s ankles was broken. He is out for the rest of the season.

“That’s not the way we like to play,” Lucia said, “but in some of our kids’ defense, Brian Schack included — and I’ve said it, at some point, we got to protect our own players, too. Brian did that and that’s to his credit.

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Doug Spencer, the WCHA’s associate commissioner for public relations, said the league usually spends Mondays reviewing any controversial incidents that happen over the weekend and typically announces added punishment, if any, on Tuesdays.

Asked whether Boe’s season-ending injury makes it more likely Schack will receive an additonal penalty, Spencer implied no. “From what I heard,” Spencer said, “there was a big pileup. Somebody’s knee [or ankle in Boe’s case] can get bent in those.”

I expect Schack to get an added penalty from this incident. He started a fight, tried to beat a player who couldn’t defend himself and who wasn’t wearing a helmet.

I know there is code in hockey: Defend your teammates. But the Schack-Boe fight wasn’t a fair fight. Boe had no chance.

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What do you think the WCHA will do in this situation? Several hockey blog sites are going crazy, comparing Schack to Todd Bertuzzi, who in 2004 assaulted Steve Moore in an NHL game, calling Schack every name possible.

Don Cherry is not a fan of Clutterbuck.

For the most part I love Don Cherry, he is kind of the Rush Limbaugh of the NHL. I am not sure that I agree with Cherry in this instance. The big story to come out of Saturday night was that Don Cherry isn't a fan of Wild player Cal Clutterbuck (Cherry on Cal 4:00 in) because he fights with his visor on. You will see in the fight video that Clutterbuck asks Yandel to remove his helmet off but Keith Yandle refuses. Just for the record Wild tough guy Derek Boogaard said he doesn't take his helmet off during a fight. In defense of Cherry's argument there is supposed to be a two minute penalty for fighting with a shield on.

Here is the story from Mike Russo.

"If you look at the incidents, first time I asked [Yandle] to take our helmets off, and he said, 'No,'" said Clutterbuck, his assertion backed by replays. "I'm not going to be the only guy to fight and take my helmet off. The second time against White, he jumped me from behind. So what does he want from me? I mean, what do you want me to do? Really."

Clutterbuck noted that, on Friday, he fought Edmonton's Steve Staios. "He had a visor on, too. We both did. [Cherry] didn't show that. I don't know why. ... It upsets you. He's a part of the Canadian media. He's based out of Toronto and he's in Leafs Nation, so with the whole thing with White, he's biased. I think what he does for the game in Canada, he's an icon, but I'm going to have to disagree with him on what he says."

Leahy not impressed with Bruins announcers.

Sean Leahy of Puck Daddy isn't impressed with the announcers from NESN during the call of this fight. Personally, being a Bruins fan I think it is funny. I also like how Jack Edwards makes fun of the God awful hideous jerseys that Montreal is wearing.

I suppose if you're not a Bruins fans I could see how maybe the former Bruins player and UNH star Andy Brickley and Jack Edwards might be grating on your nerves. I think this broadcast team is better than Fred Cusack and Derek Sanderson aka "the Turk" from days past. I find the guys from the Anaheim Ducks to be the worse. In college Hockey a lot of Fighting Sioux fans feel the same way about the Wooger and the Rug from the Gophers broadcast crew on FSN.

Puck Daddy's favorite homer announcer, Jack Edwards of New England's NESN, was at it again yesterday during the Boston-Montreal matinee when Shawn Thornton and Alex Henry squared off just over a minute into the game.

While the Canadiens were wearing throwback jersey's that Edwards called "your grandfathers pajamas," he added another memorable call to his illustrious homer-announcing career:

More on the Schack hit.

Check out what Bruce Ciskie from the Fan House had to say on the Brian Schack incident. I have to say that I agree with this assessment. A six to eight game suspension would be about right in this incident. Todd Bertuzzi missed the rest of the 2004 season and the playoffs for his gutless act. However, I doubt the league will have the balls to make this kind of a decsion.

Schack received a fighting major and game disqualification, meaning
he won't play when the two teams meet at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis tonight.
What happens to him beyond that will be up to Lucia and/or McLeod, and we should
know that sometime next week.I'm not as upset about this as I was the attack on
Steve Kampfer last week.

Schack didn't attack Boe from behind, and Boe knew he had it coming after throwing an illegal hit on a smaller Minnesota player. However, Schack has to be in for at least a six to eight game suspension.

As I said last week, I am reluctant to blame these kinds of attacks on the lack of fighting in college hockey. I don't think allowing players to drop the gloves without risking a game disqualification would necessarily solve much of anything. Players have to figure out, though, that violent, uncontrolled rage is not justified by any kind of hit, whether it be a legal or illegal hit.

Check out Shane Frederick's take on the incident.

Monday Ranking

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll
February 2, 2009
1 Boston University (33) 19-5-1 983 2
2 Notre Dame (17) 20-4-3 967 1
3 Northeastern 17-6-2 826 3
4 Michigan 19-9-0 781 8
5 Cornell 14-3-4 751 4
6 Denver 16-8-3 741 7
7 Vermont 14-6-4 724 6
8 Miami 16-8-4 664 10
9 Minnesota 12-7-5 608 5
10 Princeton 15-6-0 548 9
11 New Hampshire 12-8-4 466 13
12 Boston College 11-8-4 410 11
13 North Dakota 16-11-3 399 12
14 Yale 15-5-1 360 18
15 Ohio State 17-8-3 319 14
16 Wisconsin 14-11-3 237 15
17 Minnesota-Duluth 14-8-6 229 16
18 Colorado College 13-9-6 194 17
19 Dartmouth 11-7-3 77 20
20 St. Lawrence 14-10-2 56 NR
Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 53, Minnesota State 47,
RIT 21, Alaska 15, Air Force 11, Nebraska-Omaha 7, Massachusetts 4, Mass.-Lowell 1, Niagara 1.

USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
Feb. 2, 2009
Rank School (first-place votes)
1. Boston University (27) 19-5-1
2. Notre Dame (7) 20-4-3
3. Northeastern 17-6-2
4. Michigan 19-9-0
5. Cornell 14-3-4
6. Miami (Ohio) 16-8-4
7. Vermont 14-6-4
8. Denver 16-8-3
9. Minnesota 12-7-5
10. Princeton 15-6-0
11. New Hampshire 12-8-4
12. Boston College 11-8-4
13. North Dakota 16-11-3
14. Yale 15-5-2
15. Ohio State 17-8-3
Others receiving votes: Colorado College, 21; University of Wisconsin, 17; University of Minnesota Duluth, 11; St. Lawrence University, 6; Rochester Institute of Technology, 3; Minnesota State University, 2.

INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston University
2. Notre Dame
4. Northeastern
5. Vermont
6. Denver
7. Cornell
8. Miami
9. Princeton
10. North Dakota
11. Minnesota
12. New Hampshire
13. Ohio State
14. Boston College
15. Wisconsin
16. Yale
17. Colorado College
18. Minnesota Duluth
19. St. Lawrence
20. RIT
Dropped out: Air Force
Bubble-licious: St. Cloud State, Alaska, Dartmouth

I am actually surprised that UND moved up one from last week after being shut out on Friday night. I am remotely shocked that Minnesota stayed at 9th in the polls after being swept by the Mavericks this weekend.

Check out this ugly jersey.

I was watching the Bruins beat the Habs 3-1 today and I couldn't get over how ugly the Montreal Canadians Jerseys were. I never seen anything like this before, these are God awful.

Apparently these eye sores are the "barber pole" retro jerseys and socks featuring the distinctive look of narrow red, white and blue horizontal bands used by the team in 1912-13.

Weekend Round-up (Sioux 7)

Well, it was splitsville for everyone playing this weekend except MSUM which sweep the Gophers for the first time, EVER! Congratulations Mavericks!

Are the Gophers now the BAD BOYS of the WCHA? 2 players were give 5-minute majors and ejected from Saturdays game only minutes apart, and another 5-minute major the night before. They got 14 penalties and 42-minutes on Fri, and 10 for 42-minutes on Saturday. And Lucia's comments that they may need to get some players to protect their top talents since the league isn't, whoo hoo, what will happen with that...

I'm got a couple of the series right this weekend, splits. Of course, all that really does is leave us with a pile of teams in the hunt for home ice, with a 3-way tie for 5th place, and the 6th and 7th place teams only 1 and 2 pts behind, yikes!

Maybe this upcoming weekend the title race and home ice pictures might get cleared up a little, maybe...

Scores from 1-31-2009,

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Atlantic Hockey
Bentley 4 at Army 1
Air Force 2 at Mercyhurst 3 ot
Holy Cross 4 at Connecticut 1
Sacred Heart 1 at Canisius 5

CCHA
Michigan State 2 at Lake Superior 4
Nebraska-Omaha 1 at Ferris State 1 ot: Ferris State Wins
Shootout
Bowling Green 2 at Miami 3
Notre Dame 3 at Michigan 2
Northern Michigan 4 at Western Michigan 3
Ohio State 6 at Alaska 2

CHA
Bemidji State 5 at Robert Morris 1
Niagara 5 at Alabama-Huntsville 5 ot

Analysis
BSU sweeps Bob Morris. Niagara takes 3 of 4 points from Huntsville.

ECAC
Princeton 5 at Brown 1
Colgate 2 at St. Lawrence 4
Union 2 at Dartmouth 2 ot
Quinnipiac 0 at Yale 3
Cornell 0 at Clarkson 0 ot

Hockey East
Merrimack 3 at Providence 5

WCHA
Minnesota-Duluth 1 at Wisconsin 0
Alaska-Anchorage 3 at Denver 2 ot
North Dakota 4 at St. Cloud State 2
Minnesota State 3 at Minnesota 1

Analysis
Except for the Gophers split city in the WCHA this weekend. Props to the UAA Seawolves for knocking off the DU Pioneers.

Gauthier’s hit on Gorges.

Props to Sean Leahy of Puck Daddy for the video. You can bet the league office will review the video of this hit and hand down some type of sanction. Reviewing the video there is no mystery that Denis Gauthier left his feet to check Gorges and led with his elbow and the league will not tolerate these types of cheap shots.

Check out Lucia's comments.

Props to Amy for the Video. So did Don Lucia condone Brian Schack's Todd Bertuzzi style attack on Channing Boe? I wonder if tDon will be getting a call from the league office this week? Seems to be a common thread developing here Don, it is not just the other teams in the WCHA but your team as well. Go ahead recruit a bunch of tough guys. Seriously! How many more hacks do you need on your team? You have ready have Ryan Flynn and Brian Schack.

Here are just a few examples of the Gophers getting involved with the extra after the whistle stuff, maybe it's not just the big bad Sioux. (example one) (example 2)

Gwoz Picture.

Props to Sioux7 for this picture. When you look at this picture you have to wonder what the heck is going through George Gwozdecky's mind? This is end of the now famous walk.

SIOUX 4 HUSKIES 2

They say in the WCHA you want sweep at home and split on the road, to quote George "W" Bush, "mission accomplished." Tonight the Fighting Sioux beat a desperate Huskies team 4-2 gaining a split for their weekend series. The Fighting Sioux must keep winning if they want to continue their season past the WCHA playoffs. On the evening Andrew Kozek (1-1-2), Chay Genoway (0-2-2), Mario Lamoureux (1-1-2) and Jason Gregoire (1-1-2) all had big nights for the Fighting Sioux. This season the Sioux have rolled 4 lines getting balanced scoring from all four lines and have 15 players with 11 points or more.

Fighting Sioux freshman goalie Brad Eidsness was solid in net as he stopped 25 of 27 shots coming up big in the later half of the game. With the win tonight Eidsness improves his record to 16-8-3, lowered his goals against average to 2.5050 and improved his save percentage to .909.


Box Score
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Evan Trupp (2-Hooking) STC 0x1 5:32
NDK 1 - 0 6x6 LL Jason Gregoire (10) (Derrick LaPoint, Evan Trupp) 7:47
NDK (+): 17,3,19,29,25,G31 STC (-): 8,14,16,9,5,G33
STC-1 Oliver Lauridsen (2-Hooking) NDK 0x1 8:06
NDK 2 - 0 6x6 Andrew Kozek (6) (Mario Lamoureux, Chay Genoway) 11:26
NDK (+): 10,9,5,22,2,G31 STC (-): 25,28,12,27,17,G33
NDK-2 Mario Lamoureux (2-Holding) STC 0x2 14:20
STC 1 - 2 6x6 Ryan Lasch (13) (unassisted) 17:14
STC (+): 19,11,25,28,17,G33 NDK (-): 16,14,9,5,10,G31

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2nd Period (20:00)
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STC-2 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Mitch Ryan) NDK 0x2 1:36
NDK 3 - 1 6x6 GW Ryan Duncan (12) (Chay Genoway, Jason Gregoire) 7:23
NDK (+): 16,5,17,2,26,G31 STC (-): 19,17,13,18,3,G33
NDK-3 Brad Miller (2-Hooking) STC 0x3 8:50
NDK-4 Joe Finley (2-Holding) STC 0x4 9:28
NDK-5 Jason Gregoire (2-Tripping) STC 0x5 13:05
STC-3 Garrett Roe (2-Interference) NDK 0x3 14:25
NDK-6 Joe Finley (2-CONTACT TO THE HEAD) 19:43
STC-4 Garrett Roe (2-Holding) 19:43

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3rd Period (20:00)
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STC 2 - 3 6x6 David Carlisle (2) (Ryan Lasch, Jordy Christian) 4:32
STC (+): 28,19,13,17,3,G33 NDK (-): 5,2,16,26,17,G31
NDK 4 - 2 6x6 Mario Lamoureux (2) (Andrew Kozek, Brad Malone) 9:31
NDK (+): 9,10,22,3,11,G31 STC (-): 25,28,12,29,8,G33
Timeout - St. Cloud State 18:42

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End of Game

Scores from 1-30-2009

Friday, January 30, 2009

Atlantic Hockey
Sacred Heart 3 at Canisius 3 ot
Holy Cross 5 at Connecticut 3
Bentley 6 at Army 0
Air Force 4 at Mercyhurst 4 ot

Analysis
Air Force has a 3-3-1 record in January and is 4-5-2 since December.

CCHA
Nebraska-Omaha 1 at Ferris State 7
Bowling Green 1 at Miami 6
Michigan 2 at Notre Dame 1
Northern Michigan 6 at Western Michigan 5
Ohio State 1 at Alaska 4
Michigan State 0 at Lake Superior 2

Analysis
Michigan put an end to Notre Dame's 20 game unbeaten streak. UNO falling fast and is 4-5-4 in their last thirteen also going 2-2 in shootouts. Miami pounded BGSU, I watched that game on the NHL network and Miami's futures looks promising.

CHA
Bemidji State 5 at Robert Morris 3
Niagara 4 at Alabama-Huntsville 2

Analysis
With four teams in the CHA, BSU and RMU are going to see a lot of each other in the coming weeks. RMU is going to play six of the last twelve games against the Beavers. RMU is also going to spend 11 days in Bemidji.

ECAC
Quinnipiac 5 at Brown 1
Cornell 1 at St. Lawrence 8
Union 1 at Harvard 3
Princeton 1 at Yale 3
Colgate 3 at Clarkson 1
Rensselaer 2 at Dartmouth 5

Analysis
Well, well, well. What do we have here? Princeton loses to Yale and Cornell is pounded by Saint Larry. Princeton drops down to 11th in the pair wise ranking and is 2-4-1 in January beating Harvard and Robert Morris University. Cornell while tied for three right now in the PWR/RPI will drop if it continues to lose due to it's weak strength of schedule.

Hockey East
Boston College 2 at Providence 2 ot
Vermont 2 at New Hampshire 3
Boston University 3 at Merrimack 1
Northeastern 4 at Massachusetts 6
Mass.-Lowell 3 at Maine 2

Analysis
Northeastern loses to UMass. Since December Boston College is 3-5-3, definitely the loss of Nate Gerbe is a big blow to the Eagles.

WCHA
Alaska-Anchorage 2 at Denver 6
North Dakota 0 at St. Cloud State 3
Minnesota 2 at Minnesota State 6
Minnesota-Duluth 1 at Wisconsin 3

Analysis
The home teams all won in the WCHA last night. Split on the road and sweep at home.
I don't see how UAA takes any points from Denver this weekend. It will be interesting to see how Minnesota responds tonight.

Exhibition
US Under-18 Team 6 vs. RIT 3

Star Tribune misses major point.

Seems that the Star and Tribune missed the part where Gophers player Brian Schack attacked a player and punched him as he lay on the ice without his helmet on. Now, I am not saying the checking from behind penalty wasn't blatant because it was, however, Boe's actions don't warrant being attacked much like Steve Kampfer was. If Brian Schack wanted to fight Boe, Schack should have challenged him to a fight like the code dictates. I believe that would have been a more appropriate response.

The final period also had a melee in the eighth minute. Six players received penalties and one of them, sophomore defenseman Channing Boe of the Mavericks, was taken off on a stretcher. After the game he was on crutches.

Looking for a positive, Anderson said: "The good thing about getting your butt kicked on Friday is you can come back and try to salvage something [tonight]."

Check out the comments for this article as well. Holy cow! It would appear that not all is well in Minneapolis. Here is a really beauty of a comment, blame the Canadian kids eh? What the hell is that? That we can violence in the WCHA can be blamed on Canadians? Schack is a Minnesotan and just committed one of the most heinous acts I have ever seen in a college hockey game. Schack's act is right up there with Todd Bertuzzi's attack on Steve Moore.

Huh?
Must have a lot of basketball players that comment about Gopher hockey on here...if you can't handle the physical aspect of ice hockey go watch the elementary girls basketball game at your local school! I say it's about time the Gophers start standing up for themselves with the physical play...many times over the years they have been the team that gets pushed around. As far as Schack goes, if you check a kid in the back you better expect you're gonna get yours...and Boe did!! I don't want anyone getting hurt, but its a part of the game. With influx of Canadian kids in college hockey(not the Gophers mind you) you better be ready for more of that type of play! Fire Lucia...if you are one of the people saying that this is to be blamed on the coach...you really don't know much about sports, especially hockey!

Lastly as Siouxweet said not a word on USCHO.COM or College Hockey New about this ugly incident from last night. Why not? If the Fighting Sioux had been involved in this ugly incident it would have been front page news on all of the College Hockey web pages.

Slug feast in Mankato (Schack goes Bertuzzi)

This incident is warrants a 5 game suspension; minimum! It is time for the WCHA to man up and punish Brian Schack as he went Todd Bertuzzi on MSU-M Maverick Player Channing Boe. We get it Brian the CFB was a bad play but it didn't warrant your actions. You're now on par with Tropp and Conboy of MSU.

Wouldn't you know it Todd Anderson is the ref in this game as well. Maybe that is the common denominator? This incident tonight is equal to this incident in my opinion. The league needs to relieve Todd Anderson of his reffing duties before someone gets killed out there on the ice.

SCSU 3 UND 0

I watched tonight's game on B2, I would recommend using that product again if I get the chance, the picture was really pretty good, however, the game didn't go the way I would have liked. The Sioux have to be frustrated with their play and the results tonight. The Huskies won on the backs of Jase Weslosky who was an impenetrable force. Que the cliche; the Sioux ran into a uber hot goalie tonight. The Sioux threw a statically impressive 38 shots against the Husky goalie and couldn’t score. I take my hat off to Jase Weslosky tonight. What the heck can you do? Unfortunately the Sioux don't have a lot of wiggle room to play with based on their horrible record the first half of the season. Losing tomorrow night's game is unacceptable.

Tonight I thought the Sioux carried the play most of the night, however they got burned by the speed of SCSU’s skilled forwards. The Sioux defenseman got caught up ice against Roe and Lasch and paid the piper for their efforts. You cannot leave a goalie to fend for himself against high end talent like Roe and Lasch, they have to be better tomorrow night. Also, the Fighting Sioux forwards need to move their feet more because tonight they didn’t get enough grade “A” opportunities in close to score goals. On the goaltending front Brad Eidsness has to be better covering his angles and the post. The second goal tonight was a SEGA wrap around goal and that cannot happen.

Box Score
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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Evan Trupp (2-Hooking) STC 0x1 1:38
NDK-2 Jake Marto (2-Roughing) STC 0x2 9:20
STC-1 Oliver Lauridsen (2-Holding) NDK 0x1 11:58
STC 1 - 0 6x6 GW LL Ryan Lasch (12) (David Carlisle, Michael Olson) 15:17
STC (+): 19,28,8,22,25,G33 NDK (-): 25,3,10,22,18,G31
NDK-3 Ben Blood (2-Interference) STC 0x3 15:44
STC-2 Travis Novak (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x2 19:00

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2nd Period (20:00)
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STC-3 Drew LeBlanc (2-Tripping) NDK 0x3 6:30
STC-4 Aaron Marvin (2-IB) NDK 0x4 6:33
NDK-4 Brad Miller (2-Slashing) 6:53
NDK-5 Brad Miller (2-AG) (Served by Andrew Kozek) STC 0x4 6:53
STC-5 Chris Hepp (2-Roughing) 6:53
STC 2 - 0 6x6 Garrett Roe (13) (Travis Novak, Nicholas Rioux) 15:51
STC (+): 9,12,5,11,7,G33 NDK (-): 21,19,3,29,25,G31
STC 3 - 0 6x6 Nicholas Rioux (2) (Aaron Marvin, David Carlisle) 18:21
STC (+): 5,17,13,7,12,G33 NDK (-): 5,2,18,16,17,G31

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-6 Brad Malone (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by David Toews) STC 0x5 5:36
NDK-7 Brad Malone (10-Game Misconduct) 5:36
STC-6 Oliver Lauridsen (2-Roughing) 5:36
STC-7 Sam Zabkowicz (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x5 12:20
STC-8 Chris Hepp (2-Boarding) NDK 0x6 12:43
NDK-8 Joe Finley (2-Charging) STC 0x6 18:30

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SCSU and UND lines (stats included)

Brad Schlossman has posted the lines for tonight's game. I am kind of surprised that Zach Jones is sitting again tonight, it has been a long time since Jones has missed 2 out of 3 games.

UND's lines

17 Jason Gregoire--(9-9-18)16 Ryan Duncan--(11-11-22) 26 Brett Hextall--(8-8-16)
20 Matt Watkins-- (4-7-11)11 Darcy Zajac--(2-10-12) 8 Ryan Martens--(10-9-19)
19 Evan Trupp--(5-12-17) 29 Chris VandeVelde--(9-12-21) 21 Matt Frattin--(12-7-19)
10 Andrew Kozek--(5-7-12) 22 Brad Malone--(2-8-10) 18 David Toews--(5-6-11)

2 Joe Finley--(2-6-8)5 Chay Genoway--(2-23-25)
3 Derrick LaPoint--(1-3-4)25 Jake Marto--(5-6-11)
24 Ben Blood--14 (0-0-0) Brad Miller-- (4-19-23)

31 Brad Eidsness 15-7-3 GAA 2.5048 SV% .910
30 Aaron Walski

SCSU's lines

13 Jordy Christian--(5-6-11) 17 Aaron Marvin-- (8-14-22) 19 Ryan Lasch--(11-19-30)
11 Jared Festler-- (7-10-17) 9 Garrett Roe--(12-24-36)12 Travis Novak--(5-8-13)
26 John Swanson--(8-15-23) 29 Drew LeBlanc--(5-5-10) 21 Brian Volpei--(2-8-10)
22 Brent Borgen--(3-6-9) 8 Michael Olson--(4-7-11)16 Nick Oslund--(4-2-6)

5 Nicholas Rioux--(1-3-4) 7 Garrett Raboin--(8-16-24)
3 Sam Zabkowicz--(3-8-11) 18 Chris Hepp--(2-5-7)
25 Oliver Lauridsen--(0-1-1) 28 David Carlisle--(1-3-4)

33 Jase Weslosky 11-7-1 GAA 2.8659 SV%.912
41 Dan Dunn 2-4-1 GAA 2.6168 SV% .902
36 Nate Hardy