Fighting Sioux Hockey Starts off Ranked Number One!
There’s a lot of expectations for this years Fighting Sioux Hockey Team. We’ve made it to the Frozen Four three years in a row with teams that were no where near as solid as this one.
The Sioux are led off by the returning Hobey Baker award winner, Ryan Duncan. Duncan wasn’t even included in the first round of fan voting but his solid offensive talents and Joe Finley sized heart found him acknowledged as the best player in college hockey in his Sophomore season.
We were very fortunate in that this year most of our players are back, particularly my favorite TJ Oshie from Northern Minnesota. Also returning of note is Taylor Chorney who should be one of the top defensemen in the country.
All three of these players could have signed pro contracts but they decided to come back for their junior seasons to “win it all”.
This team only had two regulars graduate. We also lost two players to early signings, most notably Jonathan Toews. Toews loss is huge but you can’t blame him for signing when he’s proven that he can play with and against NHL regulars in the World Championship competition.
The seasons will start off with a bang. We’ve got a exhibition tune up game this Sunday and then we come back hosting the National Champions Michigan State team in the Hall of Fame Game. Then the next week we play Boston College on the road. Boston College knocked us out in the Semi Finals the last two years. It’s time for some payback. The last three years we haven’t started as strongly as I would have wished. This isn’t the year for that.
There’s more excitement this year than what I can remember for few years. Even four years ago when we had Zach Parise and Brandon Bochenski returning I don’t remember this much excitement.
To Paraphrase Badger Bob, “This will be a great season for Fighting Sioux Hockey”
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