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Listen to what Brock Nelson had to say about his future and when we might see him in a Fighting Sioux hockey jersey. [Click to listen]
Listen to Chris VandeVelde and his plans for the Future. Also Cornell Big Red Forward and Oiler's first round draft choice Riley Nash discusses his future with the Oilers. [Click to listen]
The Denver Pioneers have lost Joe Colborne to the Boston Bruins. I don't think anyone is shocked by the decision. It will be interesting to see if Colborne can make the Bruins out of training camp like former Gopher Blake Wheeler did? Here is what Naoko Funayama had of NESN had on her twitter today...
Couple of 1st rounders are signed by the Bruins to entry-level contracts: Joe Colborne (2008, 16th overall) and Jordan Caron (2009, 25th) [NaokoFunayama]
Denver Post; DU’s Colborne reportedly signs with Bruins
Sophomore forward Joe Colborne has reportedly signed with the Boston Bruins, forgoing his final two years of eligibility at DU. Great kid, great talent, but c’mon, he never really deserved to advance this fast.
Big Joe, the Bruins’ first-round draft pick in 2008 (16th overall), is a very affable young man, and a proven NCAA sniper (team-high 22 goals this season). Problem is, he never learned how to play the tough game that is college hockey. He was fast-tracked, almost cheated, like giving a smart student straight A’s just because he’s smart. Apparently the 6-foot-5, 210-pound Colborne, his family and the B’s think he will become tough in the AHL or turn Gretzky-like in the NHL, and he won’t need to bang. I hope so. But there’s only one Gretzky, and I was hoping to watch the toughness come out next season at DU.
Flyers' hack Daniel Carcillo and tough guy want a be has been given a two game suspension by the NHL for his attempted decapitation of Devils tough guy David Clarkson. At first I thought this suspension might have been handed out based on the players past reputation and prior acts (the guy is a hack and a gutless puke) but in looking at the video I don't have a problem with the two game suspension, I think the suspension is just about right, even though the Flyers' GM Paul Holmgren is disappointed and thinks the suspension is not warranted; Of course he does.
If Carcillo really wanted to fight David Clarkson, why did he come high with his stick with his gloves still on? Look at the video again Carcillo is a gutless puke that doesn’t fight the leagues tough guys very often and he didn't want to fight Clarkson either.
The NHL has suspended Flyers forward Daniel Carcillo for two games for a hit on the New Jersey Devils' David Clarkson on Sunday.
At 15:14 of the third period of Sunday's game, Carcillo and Clarkson came together, and during some pushing and shoving, Carcillo high-sticked Clarkson in the face, opening a cut.
Carcillo was assessed a match penalty, which brought automatic League review.
"I am disappointed in this decision by the League office," said Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren. "This was clearly an accidental high stick and I do not believe a match penalty (for intent to injure) was the call that was warranted."
Carcillo is fourth in the NHL with 196 penalty minutes, but he also has 11 goals and 20 points in 72 games and has played a large portion of the season on the Flyers' top line, with Mike Richards and Simon Gagne. He also leads the team with 181 hits.
Carcillo will miss games Thursday against the Islanders and Saturday against the Canadiens. This is his second suspension of the season, following [NHL.COM]
I know it's a little late and I don't see what the point is having a power ranking or a poll after the season is over and there are only four teams left but it does give us something to talk about for the next two weeks.
1. Miami
2. Wisconsin
3. Boston College
4. Denver
5. St. Cloud State
6. Yale
7. North Dakota2 The Sioux lose two key seniors in forwards Chris VandeVelde and Darcy Zajac, but if defenseman Chay Genoway comes back after missing most of the past season due to injury, NoDak should start next season among the top five in the preseason polls.
25-13-5 LAST WEEK: L vs. Yale, 3-2 (NCAA Northeast Regional).
8. Cornell
9. RIT
10. Michigan
11. Northern Michigan
12. Union
13. New Hampshire
14. Bemidji State
15. Ferris State
16. Minnesota Duluth
17. Michigan State
18. Alaska
19. Vermont
20. Maine
Dropped out: None
Bubble-licious: None
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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
[March 29, 2010]
1. Miami
2. Wisconsin
3. Boston College
4. St. Cloud State
5. Denver
6. Yale
7. North Dakota
8. Michigan
9. RIT
10. Cornell
11. New Hampshire
12. Bemidji State
13. Northern Michigan
14. Ferris State
15. Alaska
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Marc Cheverie left DU after the season he had this past season. At the current time Cheverie’s stock couldn't be higher and after his performance this season I would bet willing to bet that Florida doesn't want to risk losing him.
From what I’m hearing, DU has a better chance of losing junior goalie Marc Cheverie than sophomores Joe Colborne and Patrick Wiercioch. In fact, I’ve heard Cheverie will definitely forgo his final year of collegiate eligibility and sign with the Florida Panthers.
Colborne (drafted 16th overall by Boston in 2008) and Wiercioch (42nd by Ottawa in 2008) might not be physically ready for the challenges of the NHL, but Chevy is, and Florida – which drafted him in the seventh round in 2006 – must sign him now or risk losing him to free agency.
That means another 6-foot-3 goalie that prefers No. 1 on his sweater will succeed Chevy, or at least try to succeed Chevy in a platoon system with sophomore-to-be Adam Murray. In coach George Gwozdecky’s 16-year tenure at DU, Murray was the first 18-year-old goalie to join the program as a freshman. Sam Brittian will be the second. [Denver Post hockey blog]
Sean Backman has signed a professional contract with the Dallas Stars.
DALLAS—The Dallas Stars have signed former Yale forward Sean Backman to a one-year contract.
The 23-year-old Backman was a three-time all-Ivy League choice at Yale, where he was second on the team and 13th nationally with 21 goals last season. He scored 126 points in 122 games during his four-year Yale career.
Backman led Yale in scoring his first two seasons. He played with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League before playing for Yale. [Boston Globe]
The hit that started the fight was Erik Johnson's hit on former Golden Gopher teammateRyan Potulny. Nice elbow to the face. It's my opinion that Erik Johnson is one of the softest 6'4" 236 pound hockey players in the NHL. I am not sure we can call this anything but a hug feast. This was the third fight that Johnson has been in this season and all of them are about as bad as this one. I would suggest taking some lessons in the off season.
Check out this blast by Bobby Butler, and then the WCHA officials (buffoonery in action) spent an inordinate amount of time reviewing an obvious goal. The refs seem to be the only ones in the arena that didn’t know it was in. Bobby Bulter also just signed with the Senators and will be a teammate of former Fighting Sioux defenseman Brian Lee.
Butler, 6-0 and 185 pounds, had 53 points in 39 games, including a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1-high 29 goals, this season.
A native of Marlborough, Mass., he was named Hockey East Player of the Year, and is a Top 10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as NCAA player of the year.
Lewis Mongelluzzo, the team’s NCAA recruiting co-ordinator, had been watching Butler. In turn, he was watched by the rest of the team’s braintrust.
"When I saw him play in the NCAA playoffs, he was a very good college player,” said Murray. “He’ll need some time, but he’s very definitely a guy that has the potential to be a goal scorer in the NHL.
This was the hit that facilitated some discussion after the Bruins and Flames game this past weekend. Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuck laid a vicious elbow on former Wisconsin Badger Rene Bourque, Boychuck was given a five minute major penalty and a game misconduct but he was not suspended by the NHL for his hit, there were some that thought he should have been. What do you think?
The more this story stays on the fore front and does not go away, the more I think there is a chance that Winnipeg could be a destination for the Phoenix Coyotes.
WINNIPEG — No deal has been cut to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Winnipeg, even as a back-up plan, but the NHL has the Manitoba capital on its radar.
A Monday story by the Phoenix Business Journal reported that the NHL had a deal in principle with Canadian billionaire David Thomson and True North Sports and Entertainment, which operates the AHL’s Manitoba Moose and the MTS Centre, to be a "Plan C" for a Coyotes relocation in case current negotiations with Ice Edge Holdings and Jerry Reinsdorf don’t result in a sale of the money-losing franchise.
There is no such Coyotes-to-Winnipeg deal, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said, but the league continues to have dialogue with True North.
"In response to the many inquiries we have received in light of the story in the Phoenix Business Journal this morning, we would like to make clear that at this point in time the National Hockey League has no ‘deal’ in place to move the Coyotes’ franchise to Winnipeg -- or to any other city for that matter -- in the event a transaction cannot be timely consummated in Glendale," Dal wrote in an email response to questions. "Our focus continues to be on completing a transaction with local ownership that is committed to operating the team in Glendale.
This was the hit that injured Joe Thornton. No penalty on the call and rightfully so, it's not a hit from behind, it's not a boarding and there is no intent to injure in my opinion.
With most of us still feeling the sting of yesterday’s loss I have started to reflect on this past season. There were a lot of up and downs this past season. The biggest downer was the loss our senior captain Chay Genoway to a dirty hit. There was the off season suspension of junior Matt Frattin and his subsequent reinstatement of the Fighting Sioux hockey team at the Christmas vacation break. The unimpressive 5-7-2 record through December and January. The sweep at home to the hands of the Denver Pioneers. That was a very bitter pill to for all of us to swallow, but it also woke up the Fighting Sioux team. That went 12-1 down the stretch (12-2 the last 14 games) to make the NCAA tourney. The UND Fighting Sioux went from 6th place to finishing with one point out of third place.
Season in Retrospect
As with end of every Fighting Sioux the season, there will be some fans that want to question the coaching methodologies of Fighting Sioux head hockey coach Dave Hakstol, most of us will try to put things into perspective, try this on for size, the Fighting Sioux coaching staff took a team of 13 sophomores and freshman and won the Broadmoor Trophy from the Thursday game of the final five.
Most of the teams playing in the Final Five had rosters loaded with juniors and seniors (Wisconsin 6 seniors and 8 juniors – Denver 6 Seniors and 10 juniors – SCSU 5 seniors and 9 juniors). UND had 6 juniors and 3 seniors, one senior Chay Genoway played in 9 games this year before his season was cut short by injury. I am not real good at math but that tells me the Fighting Sioux although young have better days ahead of them. DU, Wisconsin and SCSU are loosing some elite players this off season.
I was always told by Gophers fans that one method of measuring success for a season was if your team won a league playoff title. Well there you go... Some will say that I am trying to spread sunshine on a disaster. So be it, there is a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to next season.
Think about this final thought, the UND Fighting Sioux lost an all American and potential Hobey Baker Memorial Award canidate, maybe final three in Chay Genoway from their line up and still won 25 games, I don't know about you but that is a pretty good coaching job in my opinion. Lastly, I will also miss the two seniors that have played their last game of their Fighting Sioux careers.
Hello people! It's been a while since you've been subject to my words of wisdom, sometimes otherwise known as rants and ramblings.
As a rule of thumb I'm generally too busy to post on Goon's blog, despite his requests to do so. However, I took time out of my busy Sunday night to do a little ranting.
As you have noticed in a previous post, Goon has chosen to moderate the comments on this blog. Let me tell you, that's a major step. Many people don't know this but Goon and I actually became friends after he came to my blog and disliked my spewings about Sioux hockey and fans and he and I sparred for quite a while. Some of the comments got pretty heated but yet, I never crossed that line where Goon felt the need to moderate comments. Since that time, about 3 years ago, I have seen many, many questionable comments on his blog and he's never insisted on moderating the comments...until now.
So, to me this is a big move and speaks to the patheticness of some people on the internet. I would love it if some force of nature made it impossible for people to write stuff on the internet that they would not say to someone's face. I personally live by that rule. Heck, I live by the rule that I will not say anything behind someone's back that I wouldn't say to their face either. It makes for some interesting situations but that's just how I am.
Am I saying everyone has to be like me? No, but I'm saying some can do MAJOR improvements in the area. Just because you're sitting behind some fake screen name does not mean that you can go onto blogs and message boards and spew total crap. Seriously, get a life. Mr. Southern Minnesota....Redwood Falls, more than likely, yes...I am speaking to you. If you have nothing better to do that troll this blog under various screen names and dig up crap on Goon via the internet than you are a PUSSY. Sorry, I know Goon doesn't use that kind of language on his blog but I'm going to. Straight up wuss that probably doesn't have a backbone in real life. Seriously, what is your issue?!?! Whatever it is, you need to get over it. I'm sure you're so entitled living the life in that area of the state that we can't even comprehend your awesomeness. For the record, I'm allowed to rip on that part of the state because I was born and raised there and still have a bunch of family there. I know the mentality of the people, I know how life is, and trust me buddy....there's more to life than what you're thinking.
So, my suggestion would be to crawl out of your hole, get off the computer and get a life. If you don't have any decent comments to post here then stay the hell away.
Now readers, I'm not saying that people can't speak their minds but there needs to be some level of respect. People can disagree (hello! I do it on a regular basis with some of you...even Goon!) but when you have to drag families and things unrelated to this blog into it then that's pathetic and you need a life. Goon keeps this blog strictly about hockey and not his personal life or even bashing other people really. If you are looking for that, you missed the boat because that would have been over at my blog (basically the Tabloid Magazine of college hockey blogs) but I've shut it down, due to lack of time and too much drama. Drama such as the crap this one pathetic poster is trying to create here.
So there....that's about all I have to say on the subject. I would also like to put out the friendly reminder that internet addresses can be tracked and criminally charged if people feel threatened. Just remember...MN law defines assault by the fear of harm and not actually being assaulted. More and more internet crimes are being charged every day in Minnesota and around the country. So tell me...do YOU want to be the dumbass to wind up in the local paper (perhaps the lovely Redwood Gazette) for committing the stupid crime? If so, I can't wait since my mom has a subscription to it and then I can cut out the article and send it to my buddy Goon.
Here is the latest from Coming down the Pipe. I suppose that the Oiler will want to get Vandy into their system since his college career is over.
The upsets continue at the NCAA hockey tournament as UND fell to Yale 3-2. Meanwhile, RIT continues it's improbable run with a 6-2 pasting of Northeastern to earn a spot in the final four. Miami will meet Michigan tomorrow after both teams avoided upsets, while Boston College did the same.
The Fighting Sioux loss means that Chris VandeVelde's college career has come to and end, and should be on his way to Springfield to play out the string with the Falcons.
Meanwhile according to the Edmonton Journal's Jim Matheson, Jeff Petry isn't eligible to play in the NHL this season because his NHL contract doesn't start until next year. [the Pipe Line Show]
Here are the highlights from yesterday's game. I don’t know there wasn’t a lot to be happy about and it was a disappointing end to a pretty good season. I thought UND played good for 20 minutes and that is not a good recipe to advance in a one and done tourney.
What the UND Fighting Sioux didn’t do yesterday
The Fighting Sioux turned the puck over time after time in critical situations and you can’t do that against a speed team like Yale.
The Sioux failed to get pucks deep all game long and it cost them a few times. The Sioux didn't also get a chance to cycle the puck and set up in the offensive zone.
The Fighting Sioux defenders let the man go and the Yale players dance around in the slot all afternoon and that can’t happen if you want to win a hockey game.
The second and third goals were brutal and Brad Eidsness needs to be better and cover his short side post. Also, someone needs to work with him on not over playing pucks coming off the back wall.
Lastly, when the Fighting Sioux were going to go on a 5 on 3 and Jason Gregoire checks the Yale player from behind, that was a horrible move by Gregoire, it cost the Fighting Sioux a 5 on 3 power play and there was no reason to hit that guy from behind. Yeah I do think the Yale player dove.
Comments are on moderation
You might have noticed that comments have been put on moderation until further notice; a couple of trolls have ruined it for everyone. Some trolls have shown up to beat their chest after UND lost to Yale. Most of these trolls that are beating their chest are fans of teams that were eliminated long ago.
No matter how you slice it UND had a decent season, they won the Final Five from the Thursday play in game, a feat only accomplished one other time before, the year before by the UMD Bulldogs. The Fighting Sioux made the NCAA tourney a feat that six other teams in the WCHA didn't accomplish. We could have been a team that was hosting a regional that didn't make the tourney. UND almost got a number one seed after being in 6th place in the WCHA with about a month and a half to go in the season. The Fighting Sioux were one of the youngest teams in the WCHA this season so no matter how you slice it they will be a force to be reckoned with next year. I would say that the Fighting Sioux might have over achieved this year. Does it hurt that our team went out and had another epic fail in the first round to an ECAC team. Sure it does. Losing sucks, in any sport. It sucks even more if your team is from the University of New Hampshire and you are processing the loss to RIT this morning. Good for the Yale Bulldogs good for RIT.
I stand by anything that I have written on this blog or anyone of the others bloggers that write for this blog. I mean seriously some people need to get a grip. I don’t have to let you post objectionable stuff me or the other writers on this blog. Like Redwing77 said the other day this is a Fighting Sioux fan blog and it’s written for Fighting Sioux fans, there is no God given right to come on here and act like an ass.
Personally I still would love to see round two of the UND and Yale match up, I think 8/10 times the Sioux win that game. Good for Yale they won; congrats to them, however, they still are going to have a very tough time getting past Boston College today. Anything can happen in a one and done hockey tourney. Yale caught a rundown Fighting Sioux hockey team. Also, good for RIT, they finally won two out of conference match after going 0-6 during the regular season.
Mission statement: This blog is dedicated to UND Fighting Sioux hockey, the NHL, NCAA hockey, the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild. I will write about the Fighting Sioux hockey from a UND fan perspective. It is what it is. There will be on moderation of comments until further notice. I will take it off moderation at a time of my choosing. I thank all of the people that read this blog and got a lot of positive feed back from fans that read this blog at the Final Five. I want to thank them for reading our blog.
The NCAA tourney is a one and done tourney, lose and your team goes home... BUZZ Kill - sure, that's the finality of the NCAA hockey tourney, the season for the 2009-2010 Fighting Sioux is over. There is no tomrrow. Thanks for the memories. Go Fighting Sioux...
“It hasn’t 100 percent sunk in yet that our season is done,” UND forward Jason Gregoire said. “When it’s one game and your done, it’s really frustrating to come out like that. It’s tough. A lot of guys know they are coming back, but for the seniors, it’s really unbelievable. I feel so much for them. It’s really a tough thing.”
Chris VandeVelde and Darcy Zajac played in their final game as members of the Sioux. UND’s only other senior, Chay Genoway, could apply for a medical redshirt. Genoway suffered a concussion in November and never returned the rest of the season. [Grand Forks Herald]
RWD's favorite college hockey beat writer Brad Schlossman has the lines up for this afternoon's game.
UND's lines
17 Jason Gregoire--29 Chris VandeVelde--26 Brett Hextall
19 Evan Trupp--Brad Malone--21 Matt Frattin
10 Corban Knight--11 Darcy Zajac--7 Danny Kristo
13 Brett Bruneteau--9 Mario Lamoureux--27 Carter Rowney
2 Andrew MacWilliam--24 Ben Blood
3 Derrick LaPoint--25 Jake Marto
15 Brent Davidson--4 Corey Fienhage
19 Denny Kearney--10 Kevin Limbert--14 Broc Little
29 Antoine Laganiere--8 Josh Balch--59 Chad Ziegler
9 Brian O'Neill--26 Mark Arcobello--17 Andrew Miller
44 Jeff Anderson--22 Brendan Mason--11 Charles Brockett
21 Colin Dueck--7 Mike Matczak
15 Tim Dignard--5 Nick Jaskowiak
25 Ryan Donald--2 Jimmy Martin
RIT 2 vs. Denver 1 --- The Denver Pioneers looked listless and uninspired and pathetic against the upstart RIT Tigers from the AHA. The Pioneers body language made them look as if they didn’t want to be there and they looked tight and frustrated all day. Going into the game Denver University was the heavy favorite against an undermanned opponent, some had suggested that there was no way DU would lose this game. RIT made the NCAA Division 1 hockey tourney in their 5th season of existence. this season by winning their league tourney.
Analysis: First off DU was a good team this past season and won the league with relative ease, congrats on a good season. That being said, I was on records as saying the DU pioneers were a one line team their top line of Rakhshani-Ruesgegger-Colborne and they had fourty five percent of the Pioneers offense you have got to have balance to win a NCAA title or at least advance to the Frozen Four. This season the Pioneers had no balance what so ever. Also DU won a lot of games when they had left their goaltender out to dry. It’s no mystery that the Pioneers relied heavily on their goaltender Marc Cheverie.
[Box Score]
New Hampshire 6 vs. Cornell 2 --- UNH and Cornell University had met earlier in the season and the Big Red ran the Wildcats out of their own building 5-2. Last night’s game was a totally different result as the UNH Wild cats made Cornell look like a bunch of pylons and the Big Red didn’t resemble the team that came into the game ranked 2nd defensively in the nation. Coming into the game Cornell hadn’t give up more than 5 goals the whole season.
Analysis: If you would have told me that UNH (University of No Hardware) would have won the game against Cornell I would have told you to put down the pipe. Coming into the game Cornell Senior goalie Ben Scrivens had and impressive record of 21-9-4 and a GAA of 1.87 and Save Percentage of .934 and had an impressive 19 shutouts for his career.
[Box Score]
NCAA West Regional
Vermont 2 vs. Wisconsin 3 --- This game was a bit of a snooze feast and the Badgers really poured it on in the second period but the UVM goalie Rob Madore kept the Catamounts from getting shelled and run out of the half empty building. If Wisconsin has a weakness this season it’s their goaltending and they were lucky that Scott Gudmandson’s questionable play didn’t cost them the game and he will have to be on his game tonight against the now 1-8 for the NCAA tourney the SCSU Huskies. Line for Line Wisconsin was the much better team and even when they went down by a goal you had a feeling they were going to pull it off.
Analysis: This past season I thought that Wisconsin was the better team in the WCHA; even when the Pioneers were wrapping up the regular season title. The Badgers have a very talented blue line that is stocked with first and second round draft choices. I don’t see any weaknesses in this team other than their two questionable goaltenders.
[Box Score]
Northern Michigan 3 vs. St. Cloud State 4 (2ot) --- If I had to bet money on this game I would have lost some money because the smart money said SCSU 0-8 for the NCAA tourney and now they are 1-8. I watched some of this game on delayed broadcast and listened to the overtime periods on the KVSC 88.1 yesterday.
Analysis: I am surprised that Bob Motzko keeps insisting on coming back with Mike Lee in net, from what I can see in my humble opinion that Dan Dunn is the better of the two goalies. I have watched Mike Lee play against the Fighting Sioux 3 times this season and he was God awful and gave up 14 goals in three games. I am just not getting the hype this season I have not been impressed with the freshman goalie. Is Lee a good goaltender? Well yeah, I think he has a lot of potential to be very good; but he is not a world beater. I thought Lee was unimpressive in the WJC tourney as well and had to be pulled from the WJC final.
This is good news for the WCHA after being shutout last season and having none of their teams make the Frozen Four the WCHA will have at least one representive at the NCAA Frozen Four this season in Detroit.
Bruce McLeod had a smile on his face in the lower level of the Xcel Energy Center late Friday night.
The WCHA commissioner had just seen St. Cloud State and Wisconsin advance to Saturday night’s West Regional final, meaning the league would have at least one team in the Frozen Four. North Dakota opens Northeast Regional play against Yale on Saturday; Denver was bounced from the tournament by RIT on Friday.
After the league failed to send a team to the Frozen Four last season, there was some pretty good reason for relief for McLeod, who confirmed that, yes, he would sleep better Friday night knowing that his league would have a team in Detroit. [USCHO.COM]
If you haven't seen this video that describes what is a legal hit and what is consider an illegal hit, here is the Video from the NHL. This video is pretty straight forward on what types of hits are allowed and not allowed. If I interpreted this right the bush-leaguer hit by thug/had Matt Cooke on Marc Savard would now be a illegal hit.
