He said what?

I found this part of Brad's Thursday article to be interesting. When I read McLeod's quote it does nothing but make me furious. Nope! The league office isn’t worried about this weekend’s game in Saint Cloud, give me a break. So if the league office why are they summoning the head of officials Greg Shepherd and Marco Hunt and Derek Shepherd? I smell it and I don’t believe them.

If you’re not worried about this weekend’s series why not let Don Adam and John Campion and or even Todd Anderson ref this series? I will answer that question, the league office doesn’t want to see an a line brawl this weekend if any of the games get out of control.

In talking with a great Fighting Sioux hockey mind I predicted that we would probably see Derek Shepherd and Marco Hunt ref this series with Greg Shepherd looking one from the press box, and I was right. Like I said in the past Marco and Derek are the best of the worst and they need their most competent officials for this weekend’s series and they can’t take the risk letting some buffoon like Don Adam, Brian Thul or Scott Bokal. We have seen two UND players carried off the ice when Adam is officiating.

Western Collegiate Hockey Association commissioner Bruce McLeod says the league isn’t worried about a possible incident in St. Cloud, but supervisor of officials Greg Shepherd is expected to be on hand for both games.

McLeod did say that the league will start considering lengthier suspensions for flagrant hits, though. The WCHA’s standard has been handing out one-game suspensions, which is what Marvin got for his hit on Genoway.

In contrast, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, in dealing with two recent illegal hits to the head, suspended one player for the entire season and another for 15 games.

McLeod said that the NCAA had a conference call after Marvin’s hit on Genoway to clarify the rule and another one with the league’s teams to warn them about a crackdown.

“(Longer suspensions) would definitely be a consideration after the warnings,” McLeod said. “Knock on wood, we haven’t had to deal with another one and hopefully we don’t.” [Grand Forks Herald]

Lastly, McLeod must have trouble with reading the rule book because the NCAA rules are pretty cut and dried; Hitting From behind are a point of emphasis. I don’t need to listen to a conference call to be able to understand that. I would imagine that people that are hockey fanatics could understand the rules.

Weekend Match Ups (by Sioux 7)

Since 4 WCHA teams are on a bye week, and it's Valentine’s Day weekend, how about a poem this week.


Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Play in this League
And the Refs will Screw You


It seemed funny when I wrote it :) Now down to some business.


CURRENT WCHA STANDINGS

TEAM………………….GP….W-L-T….PTS
1 Minnesota-Duluth…..22….14-7-1.….29
1 St. Cloud State……...22….13-6-3….29
3 Denver……………….... 20….12-4-4.….28
4 Wisconsin…………..... 20….11-6-3…. 25
4 Colorado College…...22….11-8-3.….25
6 North Dakota………...20…..8-9-3.….19
7 Minnesota…………....20…..8-10-2 …18
7 Alaska-Anchorage…24…..8-14-2….18
9 Minnesota State……20…..6-13-1….13
10 Michigan Tech.……22..…4-18-0.….8



WCHA

#11 North Dakota at #4 St. Cloud State
Last weekend the Sioux enjoyed the week off and the Huskies took 3 points from UAA at the National Hockey Center.

Earlier this season the teams met in Grand Forks with each team getting a win. A week off might just be what the Sioux needed. It gave their injured players time to heal and get back to work on basic hockey skills. Meanwhile the red hot Huskies continue their point gathering ways, moving into a tie for 1st place (with UMD). Since the calendar changed to 2010 UND has an okay 4-4-2 record, while SCSU is 10-1-1. After this weekend the Huskies will only have four remaining games, all are in against WCHA foes. The Sioux need points if they are going to try and wrestle the 5-spot away from the CC Tigers. I’m also thinking that UND might want some reckoning this weekend, since it was Marvin who checked Genoway from behind and knocked him out this year. So maybe their might get to be a little scuffle or two this weekend. The Goon and I will be attending Saturday’s game at the NHC, so hopefully we can will our team to a victory that night. SPLIT.


Minnesota at #2 Denver
Last weekend the Gophers rested during a bye week and the Pioneers beat Mercyhurst and then edged the Air Force academy in OT.

Back in October the Pioneers swept the Gophers in Minneapolis, by identical 3-0 scores. DU has a relatively easy schedule this month, after UM they host MTU and then travel to MSU-Mankato. UM has a much harder schedule this month, after DU the Gophers host CC, go to UMD, and in March host UW to end the year. DU has basically got home ice for the first round of the playoffs, and UM has to get some help if they want to get up to the 5th spot. Both UM and UND will be cheering for whoever is playing CC, since that is the team they both want to leap over. Gopher fans have to be beyond restless at this point of the season; they have to wonder if the team, that looks so good on paper will ever be that good on the ice. Pioneers fans, the faithful few of them, are happy to see their team live up to the pre-season billing of being a top team in the league and country. The stats and everything point to a Pioneers sweep, but this is the WCHA after all. SPLIT.


Minnesota State at #3 Wisconsin
Last weekend the Mavericks took the week off and the Badgers beat Michigan in their outdoor game in Madison.

This will be the only meeting between these teams this season, however they might end up playing each other in the first round of the WCHA playoffs. The last time these teams played was last season’s 1st round of the WCHA playoffs in Madison where the Badgers beat the Mavericks in two games. But in February of 2009, when the Mavericks hosted the Badgers, MSUM took 3 points. The Mavericks have 6 wins in conference and 3 of them are against helpless MTU. I don’t think this will be much of a series, the Badgers should easily take all four points. BADGERS SWEEP.



BYE WEEK – OFF
#7 Minnesota – Duluth
#9 Colorado College
Alaska Anchorage
Michigan Tech

Milan Lucic vs Adam Mair

This was a good fight and only one of three fights that Milan Lucic has been in this season because of his broken finger and his high ankle strain that kept him out of 18 games earlier in the season.

Thomas: Trade reports are 'fictitious'

This would refute some of the rumors about Thomas going to the Chicago Blackhawks. I was not aware that Thomas has a no trade clause in his contract. I like Tim Thomas and he hasn't had any goal support this season and Rask is hot right now but Timmy was one of the best goalies in the NHL last season.

BRANDON, Fla. – Tim Thomas’ family has heard all of the trade rumors, and – worst of all – that he might be headed to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Never mind the fact that Thomas has a full no-trade clause for the first three years of his four-year deal, or that the Blackhawks have no interest in making such a trade with the Bruins. Once the whisper campaign begins, it can turn concrete enough that no amount of facts can get in the way of juicy rumor.

Thomas told CSNNE.com he "won't respond to something that's completely fictitious" and thus won't address trade rumors that have kicked up with the Vezina Trophy winner.

Thomas moved his parents from the Flint, Mich., area to Boston prior to the 2009-10 season and bought a house in the North Shore with his wife and children, planting roots in the city where he made his bones as an NHL goaltender. He has no reason, or desire, to waive his no-trade and uproot his family.

A hockey source confirmed with CSNNE.com that nobody – Bruins or otherwise -- has approached Thomas about potentially waiving his no-trade clause, and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon. Perhaps something gets revisited in the summer, when the Bruins are in a better position to shed salary cap baggage given their abundance of quality draft picks, but there’s no way something will happen with the B’s goalie this season.

Midcontinent to broadcast Friday's UND-SCSU game

Some good news for Sioux fans. Friday nights game will be on Midcontinent channel 23 in Grand Forks, ND. This is very good news.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Midcontinent Communications announced today that Friday night's men's hockey game between the Fighting Sioux and host St. Cloud State will be televised live on the Midcontinent channel throughout North Dakota and South Dakota.

The broadcast is produced by Charter Cable, with Rob Hudson handling play-by-play duties and former Husky forward Mike Doyle providing color analysis.

Friday night's game begins at 7:07 p.m. Central

Wednesday Presser with UND hockey

I will paraphrase a few of the comments from the Pressor.
Coach Hakstol: The line up will be the same from the DU series, UND will go with the same players. No panic in our locker room right now.

Gleason: We not going to focus to much on the thing with Chay. Our goal as a team is four points.

Zajac: We spent the off week getting healthy. We practiced hard. We recouped and we are ready to go. On Chay and Marvin incident those things seem to work themselves out in the end. This weekend we are playing for Chay. Our power play is going to come through this weekend.

Malone: We are going in there for four points. Team comes first, and no one is going to let their emotions go. Hurts to see Chay there waiting and not being able to play. Chay is a competitor.

SCSU vs UND (head to head)

2009-2010
11/14/2009 St. Cloud State 3 North Dakota 2 St. Cloud State
11/13/2009 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota 4 North Dakota
2008-2009
01/31/2009 North Dakota 4 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota
01/30/2009 North Dakota 0 St. Cloud State 3 St. Cloud State
12/13/2008 St. Cloud State 4 North Dakota 7 North Dakota
12/12/2008 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota 3 North Dakota
2007-2008
03/08/2008 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota 2 (ot) Tie
03/07/2008 St. Cloud State 1 North Dakota 1 (ot) Tie
01/05/2008 North Dakota 6 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota
01/04/2008 North Dakota 2 St. Cloud State 3 St. Cloud State
2006-2007
03/16/2007 North Dakota 6 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota
03/03/2007 North Dakota 7 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota
03/02/2007 North Dakota 3 St. Cloud State 3 (ot) Tie
11/04/2006 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota 2 (ot) Tie
11/03/2006 St. Cloud State 1 North Dakota 3 North Dakota
2005-2006
03/18/2006 St. Cloud State 3 North Dakota 5 North Dakota
01/28/2006 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota 1 (ot) St. Cloud State
01/27/2006 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota 1 St. Cloud State
11/19/2005 North Dakota 3 St. Cloud State 2 North Dakota
11/18/2005 North Dakota 2 St. Cloud State 3 St. Cloud State
[Click to the stats]
Someone posed the question over on USCHO what is the head to head record between SCSU and UND since Bob Moztko took over the coaching duties at SCSU in 2005-2006 UND leads the series 10 – 6 – 4 in the last 20 games.

Nickname supporters at Standing Rock begin push to add UND nickname to ballot

Looks like there is some movement on the Standing Rock Reservation. I still think the logo is on life support though.

Supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will be starting a petition drive today to get the issue on the ballot.

Tom Iron, one of the supporters, said the group aims to have at least 600 signatures by next Wednesday. He said he’s spoken with Chairman Charlie Murphy about the matter, and the chairman has promised to cooperate.

Nickname supporters have worked for months on a petition, but the apparent lack of progress had convinced many State Board of Higher Education members that it was time to retire the nickname and move on.

Under a settlement between the state and the NCAA, which considers American Indian nicknames offensive, UND has until Nov. 30 to win support of both the state’s Sioux tribe or abandon the nickname. Spirit Lake tribal members had voted overwhelmingly last year to stand behind the nickname, but Standing Rock’s Tribal Council had refused to allow a referendum.

Iron and other supporters hope the signatures would convince the council, about half of which is new, to put the nickname on the ballot.

The state board will meet Feb. 18, and most members have indicated they might decide to retire the nickname then so UND can apply to the Summit League athletic conference. The Summit League has said it won’t consider an application until the nickname issue is settled. A lawsuit seeking to stop the board from doing that is awaiting a Supreme Court hearing in March, but board members think they won’t have to wait.

Coincidentally, the board will be meeting at Lake Region State College, not far from the Spirit Lake reservation.
[Grand Forks Herald]

Will Marvin get his?

Well it’s SCSU and UND week and this weekend’s series has to potential to get really ugly, in fact the refs are sitting on a potential powder keg. We all know why? There is no question; Marvin’s attempted decapitation on Chay Genoway in November was one of the dirtiest hits that I have seen since Geoff Paukovich tried to drive Robbie Bina through the boards at the 2005 Final Five. In my opinion the Marvin hit on Genoway has to be answered for, what Marvin did was a violation of the hockey code. I don't want to hear it was an accident, this gutless, dirty hit was a deliberate attempt to injure an opposition player. It is what it is, an illegal, gutless, brutal, bush-league hit, nothing else.

Watch the film, Marvin follows Genoway 185 feet all the way down the ice and looks for his chance to drive him into the boards, the fact that he hits him with an elbow, makes the more dirty. I am disappointed that Darcy Zajac had a chance to avenge the hit per the hockey code the night of the bush-league hit and didn't.

The Paukovich hit went unanswered for in following season and that incident festered for 2 years. The right response in this situation is like what happened in the Trevor Bruess and Rylan Kaip fight. If Marvin is a man of honor and lives by the hockey code, if challenged, (I would be willing to bet he get's challenged) Marin will man up game one Friday night and get it over with or he can be punk like Paukovich and let it fester, run his mouth and hide behind the officials and hope they are able to rescue him.

I agree with Brandon that I am sick and tired of reading on messages boards where SCSU fans are telling Sioux fans to get over it. The one that really chaps my ass is where I say some clown say since it was a UND player and since they play a psychical game Chay deserved it.


Let's put the shoe on the other foot imagine if one of the Sioux hockey player had driven Garrett Roe or Ryan Lasch's head into the boards, knocking him out for the season basically jeopardizing your season. Can you imagine the scene SCSU head coach Bob Motzko would have made if that had happened to one of his player, remember the scene made because one goal didn’t go the way he thought it should. Marvin was given a flimsy one game suspension for a hit that warranted at minimum a 2-3 three game suspension and you would have no trouble making the argument for giving him at least a 5 game suspension. If the WCHA actually had some leadership that had a pair balls Marvin would have been given a suspension with some meat to it. The WCHA is culpable in this situation, the players will probably take justice into their own hands.

If this was the QMJHL Marvin would probably be sitting out for very long time, but since the WCHA’s leadership are a bunch of walking buffoons they don’t’ see a need to protect the leagues players. Why should someone a top player choose the WCHA over the WHL if this kind of behavior is going to go unpunished, would you want your first round draft choice playing in the WCHA if you were a NHL GM?

Jeff Carter smokes Anssi Salmela

All I can say is ouch! Looks like a violent but legal hit to me.

Devils defenseman Anssi Salmela was taken off the ice on a stretcher in Philadelphia Monday night after getting hit by the Flyers' Jeff Carter just after scoring a short-handed goal for a 2-0 Devils lead.

Salmela, who came to the Devils in the Ilya Kovalchuk trade, cut around Mike Richards in the right circle and scored from the slot just as Carter delivered a right shoulder to his head.

After remaining facedown on the ice for six minutes in a mostly silent Wachovia Center, Salmela was removed from the ice on a stretcher. No penalty was called on the play.

The goal and it occurred at 1:01 of the second period. As the period ended, the Devils reported that Salmela was walking around the dressing room and was OK. [NJ.COM]

Here come the Gophers?

I found this blog article to be interesting. You have to wonder if Lucia is feeling the heat? Most fans in Gopher nation are not happy, their team almost has to run the tables and win the Final Five to make the NCAA tourney which is in their back yard. Their remaining games on the schedule are brutal as well. In my weekly pool that I am in with my friends I have picked the Gophers being swept by the Pioneers this weekend.

The Gophers play at Denver this weekend and Lucia is hoping for at least a split to give his team a chance to make a run for home ice.

"We still have that opportunity," Lucia said. "Obviously, we are going to have to get some points this weekend against Denver. If we get a couple [two] points, then all of a sudden you are only five back [of Colorado College] and you have them in your own building for two games.

"CC still has Minnesota, North Dakota and Denver, so they don't have an easy go of it as well."

Clearly, the Gophers have their sights set on overtaking North Dakota, one point ahead of them, and CC, a deceivingly seven ahead. The Tigers are tied with Wisconsin for fourth place with 25 points but are idle this weekend.

So if the Gophers can get two points or more, they can reel the Tigers in the following weekend at Mariucci if they can sweep CC.

"You still want to continue to play well and to finish as strong as you possibly can," Lucia said. "And then whether you are home or on the road, you are going to have to win that first round matchup no matter where you are. The fortunate thing for us is, we have played pretty well on the road all year long.

"I still think with eight games left, we can still do some damage. And that's our goal." [Goal Gophers]

2011 WJC Schedule announced.

[Props] The 2011 World Junior Hockey Championship has been announced. I think there is a good chance that UND recruit Derek Forbort will probably be playing for Team USA in Buffalo next season.

The Buffalo Sabres and USA Hockey today announced a tentative schedule and pool assignments for the 2011 World Junior Championship that will take place in Buffalo from December 26, 2010-January 5, 2011. The Sabres also announced that four games originally scheduled for Dwyer Arena will now be played at HSBC Arena, bringing the number of games in Buffalo to 21. This will not affect the previously announced ticket package pricing.

A total of 31 games will be played over 11 days at HSBC Arena, and Dwyer Arena on the campus of Niagara University in Lewiston, NY. Team USA will be in Group A along with Finland, Germany, Slovakia and Switzerland. Group B will feature Canada, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic and Norway. The Gold Medal game will take place on Wednesday, January 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Team USA will begin defense of its 2010 World Junior title on Sunday, December 26 vs. Finland at HSBC Arena at 8 p.m. The opening day of the tournament will also feature two other games at HSBC Arena, including Canada/Russia at 4 p.m. The tournament officially opens up at 12:30 p.m. with a game at HSBC Arena between Germany and Switzerland. Norway and Sweden will face-off at Dwyer Arena that day in a 4 p.m. start.

Another highlight of Team USA’s schedule is a New Year’s Eve game against Switzerland beginning at 8 p.m. They will also face Slovakia (Dec. 28, 8 p.m.) and Germany (Dec. 30, 7 p.m.). All four of USA and Canada’s preliminary round games will be played at HSBC Arena.
[Buffalo World Juniors]

Tim Thomas On The Block?

I honestly don't see anyone picking up Timmy Thomas' and his huge 5 million a year contract, also, Tim Thomas is 35 years old. I also hope the Bruins wouldn't want anything to do with Christobal Huet, that guy is a brutal goalie.

One surprising rumor which just hit the wire is that the Boston Bruins are shopping last year's Vezina Trophy winner, Tim Thomas. If this is true, is it too early for the Bruins to give up on their down-to-earth goalie, a player they have a very heavy financial commitment to? (5 Million USD per year).

Does Chicago have faith in Cristobal Huet to take them to the promised land? It is possible that these two teams are disappointed enough in their respective goalies to try a switcheroo. But of course, that's easier said than done.[The Rink]

Avery's "pestrionics" get to Kovalchuk

My favorite punk Sean Avery, he makes for good theater. Whether you like Sean Avery or not, you have to admit it was smart hockey. I mean seriously, you took an offensive threat like Kovalchuk off the ice in essence ending his day early. I think Avery won that exchange.

NEW YORK -- The poke of the stick into a part of your body that might not respond well to that sort of thing. The hit slightly after the whistle designed to get your attention. The well-timed insult that gets under your skin and causes you to lose your cool.

Everyone knows the game of Rangers irritator Sean Avery -- but that doesn't make it any less irksome if you're in the wrong state of mind.

Just ask Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk.

With his team trailing the Rangers 3-1 and only 2:16 left in the third period, Kovalchuk found himself a couple of feet from Avery during a whistle. A tap of the stick and a few well-chosen words later, Kovalchuk was wailing away on Avery as officials tried to separate the pair.

They each received four minutes for roughing, effectively ending their nights with very little time left in the game. It left the Devils without their biggest offensive threat with the game on the line, and the Rangers without, well, a guy who gets paid to do just what he did to Kovalchuk.

"We obviously know the history with Avery and I think it's a smart play on his part to take Kovy out with two minutes left in the game," Devils forward Patrik Elias said after his team's 3-1 loss. "That's an advantage for them, obviously."

"He's always talks. It's part of the game," Kovalchuk said. "That time I should stay away from that, but we have a lot of great players who can do some damage in front. I heard it's a big rivalry, and now I know it."

Lesson learned.

Poll Monday

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
February 8, 2010

Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Miami (46) 20- 4-6 996 1
2 Denver ( 3) 18- 6-4 949 2
3 Wisconsin ( 1) 16- 7-4 899 3
4 St. Cloud State 18- 8-4 844 4
5 Bemidji State 18- 6-2 703 7
6 Yale 14- 6-3 650 8
7 Minnesota-Duluth 18-11-1 642 6
8 Cornell 13- 6-3 637 5
9 Colorado College 17-10-3 635 10
10 Boston College 15- 8-2 598 14
11 North Dakota 13-10-5 538 9
12 Maine 14- 9-3 432 16
13 Michigan State 17-10-5 389 12
14 Ferris State 17- 9-4 387 11
15 New Hampshire 13-10-4 258 13
16 Union 15- 7-6 248 20
17 Vermont 13- 9-4 242 17
18 Massachusetts 16-11-0 201 15
19 Michigan 16-13-1 131 19
20 Mass.-Lowell 14-12-2 29 18
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence 28, Alaska 18, RIT 15, Boston University 8, Rensselaer 8, Northern Michigan 6, Sacred Heart 5, Lake Superior 3, Minnesota 1

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USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[Feb. 8, 2010]

Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank
1 Miami (Ohio) (33) 20-4-6 509 1
2 Denver (1) 18-6-4 478 2
3 Wisconsin 16-7-4 441 3
4 St. Cloud State 18-8-4 400 4
5 Bemidji State 18-6-2 305 7
6 Cornell 13-6-3 289 5
7 Yale 14-6-3 286 8
8 Minnesota Duluth 18-11-1 260 6
9 Colorado College 17-10-3 244 10
10 Boston College 15-8-2 227 14
11 North Dakota 13-10-5 199 9
12 Maine 14-9-3 136 NR
13 Ferris State 17-9-4 98 11
14 Michigan State 17-10-5 87 12
15 New Hampshire 13-10-4 48 13
Others receiving votes: Massachusetts 27; Union 21;
Vermont 18; Michigan 6; Rochester Institute of Technology 1.

INCH Power Rankings

As always I include the INCH power rankings. Just for your information Cornell is 15th, Yale is 17th and UNION is 18th in the Pairwise Rankings.
1. Miami
2. Denver
3. Wisconsin
4. St. Cloud State
5. Yale
6. Cornell
8. Michigan State
9. North Dakota
10. Bemidji State
11. Minnesota Duluth
12. Boston College
13. Union
14. Maine
15. Ferris State
16. St. Lawrence
17. New Hampshire
18. Rensselaer
19. Michigan
20. Massachusetts

Dropped out: UMass Lowell
Bubble-licious: Alaska, Vermont, Boston University

Wheeler and O'Byrne fight.

This has to be one of the worst fights that I have seent his season, if not ever, epic fail... Puck Daddy also agrees with me as well. I can just hear Wheeler now; do you want to go? O'Bryne, yep. Wheeler, Really!?!

Dishonorable mention: Up 4-1 with 26 minutes to play, Marc-Andre Fleury(notes) and the Penguins defense couldn't hold the lead ... Sadly, Blake Wheeler's(notes) pugilistic skills couldn't match the excitement in Jack Edwards' voice leading up to his "fight" with Ryan O'Byrne(notes):

Comparing the Sioux and the Huskies.

The war of words has started already I have been lectured all weekend by Husky fans telling me that the Huskies are better than the Sioux in every measure. I can prove that this is simply not true. Defensively the Sioux are a better team. [National Stats]

Combined Special Teams: Totals PCT
18 North Dakota 152/295 51.5
38 St. Cloud State 141/286 49.3

Penalty Kill: totals SHF PCT
10 North Dakota 123/142 2 86.6
11 St. Cloud State 108/126 8 85.7

Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM
4 North Dakota 28 62 2.21
14 St. Cloud State 30 75 2.50

Strenght of Schedule
UND 5th
SCSU 6th

National Penalty Minutes
1 Alaska Anchorage 28 581 20.8
2 Ferris State 30 590 19.7
3 Canisius 28 530 18.9
4 Wisconsin 27 503 18.6
5 North Dakota 28 520 18.6
6 Miami 30 555 18.5
7 Michigan Tech 28 493 17.6
8 Bowling Green 27 471 17.4
9 Minnesota State 28 488 17.4
10 Minnesota Duluth 30 521 17.4

Ovechkin's Hat-Trick.

In my opinion I believe that Alexander Ovechkin is currently the best hockey player in the world. If I was an NHL Owner and had to build a franchise around one player it would be Alexander Ovechkin. I would even take Alex Ovechkin over Sidney Crosby any day. Ovechkins third goal was a thing of beauty. [Goal 2] [Goal 3]

Little bit of reality here.

This is for all of those Husky fans that are beating your chest about the SCSU Huskies and how great they are. Let's take a closer look at their schedule and who they have played. It's not impressive.

While SCSU may have an impressive record 12-2-2 the last sixteen games the Huskies haven't really played anyone that is very good in their impressive streak, except the C.C. Tigers. Looking closer in fact the Huskies have feasted on the weak sisters of the poor. UAA (X4), Brown (X2), MTU (X2), at Quinnipiac (X2), Minnesota (X2) and C.C. (X4) they were 1-2-1 against C.C.
[SCSU Schedule]