A Look at the Numbers - Fighting Sioux Hockey

Name, Yr	GP	G	A	Pts.▼	Pt/GP	PIM	GW	PPG	SHG	+/-
Ben Blood, D, Sr	4	1	1	2	0.5	2	1	0	0	-2
Mario Lamoureux, F, Sr	4	0	1	1	0.25	0	0	0	0	-1
		1	2	3		2				-3
Danny Kristo, F, Jr	4	2	5	7	1.75	2	0	2	0	4
Corban Knight, F, Jr	4	3	3	6	1.5	6	0	0	1	3
Carter Rowney, F, Jr	4	1	2	3	0.75	0	0	1	0	-1
Andrew MacWilliam, D, Jr	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Gleason, D, Jr	3	0	1	1	0.33	2	0	0	0	-1
		6	11	17		14				5
Brock Nelson, F, So	4	2	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	3
Derek Forbort, D, So	4	1	1	2	0.5	0	0	1	0	-2
Dillon Simpson, D, So	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Taylor Dickin, F, So	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	-2
Derek Rodwell, F, So	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-1
		3	3	6		8				-3
Nick Mattson, D, Fr	4	1	1	2	0.5	2	0	1	0	0
Mark MacMillan, F, Fr	4	0	2	2	0.5	2	0	0	0	-4
Michael Parks, F, Fr	4	1	0	1	0.25	4	0	0	0	-1
Andrew Panzarella, D, Fr	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	0	0	0	1
Connor Gaarder, F, Fr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rocco Grimaldi, F, Fr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Brendan O'Donnell, F, Fr	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Stephane Pattyn, F, Fr	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-1
		2	4	6		10				-11

Two weeks into the season the Fighting Sioux hockey team is a minus -12 the Fighting Sioux freshman class is a minus -11. The junior class is carrying the water for the Fighting Sioux scoring (6g-11—17pts).

UAH students vote to keep hockey at Division I level

Image via WikipediaHere is the latest information regarding the UAH hockey program. Nice to see the student getting behind their hockey program which is in dire straights and needs a conference to play in. It's time for the WCHA to step up and accept the Chargers. 

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The student government association at the University of Alabama in Huntsville voiced its support of the school's beleaguered hockey program.

The SGA announced in a press release today that it voted to keep the Chargers hockey program at the NCAA Division I level rather than scale back to club level or abolish the program altogether.

The UAH hockey program is under close scrutiny from Dr. Malcolm Portera, chancellor of the University of Alabama System. Portera is considering scaling back the hockey program to a club team to save on expenses. Portera said maintaining hockey at the Division I level would cost the school about $1.5 million annually.

TV for this weekend's games.

Image via WikipediaHere is the information on this weekend's series between the Fighting Sioux and the Wisconsin Badgers. Only Friday's game against the Badgers will be on TV.

MEDIA COVERAGE: All Fighting Sioux men's hockey games, home and away, can be heard on 96.1 FM (The Fox) and on stations across the Fighting Sioux Hockey Network. Veteran broadcaster Tim Hennessy is in his 31st season as the voice of the Fighting Sioux. He is joined during home games by color analyst Steve Olson.

Friday night's game will be broadcast live on Fox Sports North Wisconsin and Fox College Sports Atlantic. (Fox Sports Wisconsin Direct TV 669) Saturday's game will not be available outside of Wisconsin.

Video webcasts for each game can be purchased at www.uwbadgers.com. Free (delayed) video streaming of both games will also be available at 10 p.m. each night at Wisconsin Public TV.

Goon's picks for the October 21-22

Image via WikipediaHere are my picks for the week of October 21-22, 2011. Last week I went 7-9 if my math is right. I managed to jinx the defending National Champions, I predicted a split and they were swept by the Gophers.

My competitor Alex from Mankato went 5-11 in his picks. Sioux7 was at a wedding in North Carolina last week went 0-0.

WCHA

Minnesota State at Denver - Denver Sweep
Alaska-Anchorage at Nebraska-Omaha - Split
Michigan Tech at Bemidji State - Bemidji Sweep
North Dakota at Wisconsin - Sioux Sweep

Non-Conference

New Hampshire at St. Cloud State - UNH Sweep
Vermont at Minnesota - Minnesota Sweep
Minnesota-Duluth at Providence - Split

Sioux7 is currently on vacation in Sin City and here is his picks...

WCHA

Minnesota State at Denver - DU Sweep
Alaska-Anchorage at Nebraska-Omaha - Split
Michigan Tech at Bemidji State - Split
North Dakota at Wisconsin - UND Sweep.

Non-Conference

New Hampshire at St. Cloud State - UNH three points.
Vermont at Minnesota - Gopher Sweep
Minnesota-Duluth at Providence – Split

Matt Frattin's shootout goal against the Jets.

Former Fighting Sioux forward Matt Frattin scored on one of his patented snapshots in third round of the shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 win shootout win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Frattin played 13:58 during tonight's game. Leafs forward Nazem Kadri who just recently returned from MCL injury was actually sent to the Toronto Marlies in stead of Matt Frattin.

Tim Mathern has bill to repeal UND Fighting Sioux nickname law

Image via WikipediaDemocratic senator Tim Mathern from Fargo, ND has a bill that he is going to introduce to repeal the Fighting Sioux nickname law. For those who don't know who Mathern is, he is the Democratic Senator that ran against and lost to then North Dakota Governor John Hoeven in the 2008 election.

Chuck Haga; Grand Forks Herald ---- Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, said today that he has a bill ready for the November special session of the Legislature that would repeal the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname law adopted earlier this year.

"No muss, no fuss - just overturn what we did in the past legislative session," he said. "It would be the cleanest, simplest way to get back to the process that was already decided upon and in place wherein the Board of Higher Education and the University of North Dakota had made some decisions."

Repeal would take effect on Dec. 1, according to the bill draft filed with the Legislative Council. Mathern, who was first elected to the Senate in 1986 and was the Democrats' candidate for governor in 2008, said repeal would remove "the question of constitutionality that came with the Legislature intervening

Minister of Offense Still Out!!! Grimaldi and O'Donnell out

This just is not good news for the Fighting Sioux hockey team.

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Stefan Matteau on the Pipeline Show

Dean Millard and Guy Flaming from the Pipeline Show on 1260 A.M. out of Edmonton, Alberta do a really good job promoting the game of hockey on all levels from the NHL, CHL and NCAA., last night the Dean and Guy had Fighting Sioux recruit Stephan Matteau.

Coming Down the Pipe --- Our 2012 draft prospect will be Stefan Matteau of the U.S. National development program. The budding power forward is another in the growing list of sons of NHLers. His dad Stephane is a Stanley Cup Champion.

Click to listen to the interview on the Pipeline Show. [Click to listen]