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I have to give credit where credit is due, that was a hell of a goal that buried my favorite team. That was a hell of goal.

Top 10 Hobey Baker Finalists

The 10 finalists are:

Nathan Gerbe, Jr, F, Boston College
Ryan Jones, Sr, F, Miami
Kevin Porter, Sr, F, Michigan
Jeff Lerg, Jr, G, Michigan State
Lee Jubinville, Jr, F, Princeton
Simon Lambert, Sr, F, RIT
Ryan Lasch, So, F, St. Cloud State
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, Sr, G, North Dakota
T.J. Oshie, Jr, F, North Dakota
Kevin Regan, Sr, G, New Hampshire

Congratulations to Oshie and Lamoureux. My prediction for the Hobey Hat Trick will be Lamoureux, Jones and Porter.

Fighting Sioux players on All-WCHA Team(s)

First Team

F T.J. Oshie, Jr., North Dakota (27 gp, 12-17—29)
D Taylor Chorney, Jr., North Dakota (28 gp, 2-14—16)

All-WCHA Second Team

F Ryan Duncan, Jr., North Dakota (28 gp, 9-19—28)
D Chay Genoway, So., North Dakota (23 gp, 5-13—18)
G Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, Sr., North Dakota (18-7-3, 1.74 gaa, .929 sv%)

All-WCHA Third Team

D Robbie Bina, Sr., North Dakota (28 gp, 1-16—17)

There was much discussion over how many Sioux players would be selected to be on the All WCHA team(s). When your team gets second or first in the conference your team is going to get a fair number of players on the first three teams. From looking at the various teams the Fighting Sioux did put a fair number of players on the first three teams. I am surprised that Mannino getting third team over Zacharias?

4 Mike Zacharias Minnesota State 2.08 .924
7 Peter Mannino Denver 80 2.26 .916

Tonight’s game between the SCSU Huskies and the Minnesota Gophers was for the most part an pretty exciting hockey game that featured a lot of up and down the ice offensive action, almost the race horse hockey that many in the WCHA have come to love. To say the least it was nice to see the return of of hockey with a focuse on offensive and less on the defensive side. I was affraid going into the game that it was going to be a bit of a yawner. 

Surprisingly; during tonight’s game referee Derrick Shepherd unexpectedly found his whistle again as he called an amazing 17 penalties during hockey game. There were 9 penalties whistled against the Gophers and 8 whistled against the Huskies. I am not sure there were 17 penalties called all of last weekend between the Mavericks and the Gophers.

I was surprised at the score of this game as I thought the Huskies would have run the Gophers out of the building. Seriously, common sense would have told me that the Gophers would have been tired after playing almost 5 games last weekend. The Gopher found their legs, won the game and will get the 7:00 pm game tomorrow night. I guess we won’t get to see if there is actually still the Gophers rule this season. 

Box Score

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1st Period (20:00)
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MIN 1 - 0 6x6 Tony Lucia (7) (Evan Kaufmann, Derek Peltier) 0:25
MIN (+): 12,5,20,22,19,G33 STC (-): 26,9,12,21,24,G33
MIN-1 Mike Howe (2-Tripping) STC 0x1 6:05
STC-1 Andreas Nodl (2-CHARGING THE GOALIE) 6:27
MIN-2 Ben Gordon (2-Hooking) STC 1x2 7:00
STC 1 - 1 5x4 PP Garrett Raboin (2) (Ryan Lasch, Aaron Brocklehurst) 7:33
STC: 7,19,21,9,G33 MIN: 5,20,16,G33
MIN-3 Stu Bickel (2-Hooking) STC 1x3 7:49
STC-2 Chris Anderson (2-Slashing) MIN 0x1 12:02
MIN-4 Jay Barriball (2-Hooking) STC 1x4 16:30

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2nd Period (20:00)
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STC-3 Michael Olson (2-Tripping) MIN 1x2 3:12
STC-4 Brent Borgen (2-Elbowing) MIN 1x3 3:12
MIN 2 - 1 6x4 PP Evan Kaufmann (9) (Blake Wheeler, Cade Fairchild) 4:35
MIN: 19,17,28,26,13,G33 STC: 13,24,7,G33
MIN-5 Patrick White (2-Cross-Checking) 8:10
STC-5 Aaron Brocklehurst (2-Interference) 8:10
STC-6 Ryan Lasch (2-Diving) MIN 1x4 8:10
MIN-6 Ryan Flynn (2-Slashing) STC 1x5 12:40
MIN-7 Tony Lucia (2-Hooking) STC 1x6 13:06
MIN-8 Cade Fairchild (2-Roughing) 15:36
STC-7 John Swanson (2-Roughing) 15:36
MIN-9 Mike Carman (2-Tripping) STC 1x7 18:34

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3rd Period (20:00)
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STC 2 - 2 6x6 Tony Mosey (5) (Ryan Lasch, Garrett Raboin) 15:34
STC (+): 27,19,24,12,28,G33 MIN (-): 7,17,13,6,2,G33
STC-8 Nick Oslund (2-Goaltender Interference) MIN 1x5 15:50
MIN 3 - 2 6x6 GW LL Mike Howe (6) (Derek Peltier, David Fischer) 19:47
MIN (+): 24,20,5,16,11,G33 STC (-): 10,21,13,24,12,G33
Timeout - St. Cloud State 19:47

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End of Game

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Brad Elliott Schlossman is taking a little heat for his selection of T.J. Oshie for player of the year in the WCHA. To call Brad biased or a homer is silly, Brad is paid to cover hockey for the Grand Forks Herald which is stationed in Grand Forks, ND. For the people that are geographically challenged that is also home to the Fighting Sioux.

This is Brad’s answer: I went with Oshie because I believe he’s the best player in the league. He’s physical, he’s a menace forechecking, he’s extremely skilled and he does a ton for the team. He’s also got good numbers to go with it.

And explain which Sioux players you don’t believe to be deserving on the first or second team.

Posted by: Schlossman on Monday, March 10 1:16 PM

I like what Brad says here. it is a good question; why not pick T.J. Oshie for player of the year in the WCHA? T.J. Oshie brings it every night. I have watched him play for three seasons and T.J. Oshie is a special player that I have never seen take a shit off. First down the ice with the puck, first back in the defensive zone to back check. While Oshie is a a great offensive player, what makes him special is his ability to play in both ends of the rink, because of that fact I would take Oshie over Ryan Lasch any day.

In my humble opinion T.J. is a complete player that happens to be the hammer more than he is the nail. T.J. Oshies doesn’t skate around the opposition he tries to go through the opposing players.

Sioux fans enjoy him while we can because he will be playing in the NHL very soon. I can’t wait to see him in the NHL where there isn’t as much hooking and holding.

This should be getting more play in the media. Seems that our elected leaders slipped this Global Poverty Act bill through a key Senate committee without any hearings being held into it.

In this bill the USA is basically we will be succeeding our sovereignty to the United Nations, enrolling in the International Criminal Court and confiscating small arms from people. Funny the Media isn't all that interested in talking about this bill because they know the people wouldn't go for it. I wonder if Republcians voters will now look a little closer at RINO's like Chuck Hagel because this bill is disgusting.

Legislation would aim to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) today hailed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs. This legislation was introduced in December. Smith and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sponsored the House version of the bill (H.R. 1302), which passed the House last September.

“With billions of people living on just dollars a day around the world, global poverty remains one of the greatest challenges and tragedies the international community faces,” said Senator Obama. “It must be a priority of American foreign policy to commit to eliminating extreme poverty and ensuring every child has food, shelter, and clean drinking water. As we strive to rebuild America’s standing in the world, this important bill will demonstrate our promise and commitment to those in the developing world. Our commitment to the global economy must extend beyond trade agreements that are more about increasing corporate profits than about helping workers and small farmers everywhere. I commend Chairman Biden and Ranking Member Lugar for supporting this bill and moving it forward quickly.”

“Poverty, hunger, and disease will be among the most serious challenges confronting the world in the 21st century,” Senator Hagel said. “This legislation provides the President of the United States the framework and resources to help implement a comprehensive policy to reduce global poverty. It is the human condition that has always driven the great events of history. This is a responsibility of all citizens of the world.”

“Global poverty directly impacts our national security. We must rally private sector and government resources to eliminate extreme global poverty and to fight global disease.” said Senator Cantwell. “With more than 1.1 billion men, women and children throughout the world living on less than $1 a day, it is of the utmost importance to make sure these people get the help they need and push for sustainable economic growth. We need to do more to save lives in the poorest countries and extend our hand to people in need.”

“Global poverty is one of the greatest moral and security challenges facing the world today. Nearly 2.7 billion people live on less than $2 a day and close to a billion live on less than $1 a day. This bill represents a major advance in our effort to address global poverty. After introducing this measure in the House for the past several years, I am pleased to see the Senate Foreign Relations Committee take significant steps toward its final passage,” Congressman Smith said.

For years, America has committed to improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. In 2000, the U.S. joined more than 180 countries at the United Nations Millennium Summit and vowed to reduce global poverty by 2015. We are halfway towards this deadline, and it is time the United States makes it a priority of our foreign policy to meet this goal and help those who are struggling day to day.

The Global Poverty Act:

Declares it official U.S. policy to promote the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme global poverty in half by 2015.

Requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to carry out that policy.

Includes guidelines for what the strategy should include - from aid, trade, and debt relief, to working with the international community, businesses and NGOs, to ensuring environmental sustainability.

Requires that the President’s strategy include specific and measurable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and timetables.

Requires the President to report back to Congress on progress made in the implementation of the global poverty strategy.

The legislation is supported by a broad range of groups, including Bread for the World, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CARE, Oxfam America, Habitat for Humanity International, National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, United Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Borgen Project, United Methodist General Board of Church and Society, RESULTS, Micah Challenge USA, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The Scarey part of the bill is this:

In addition to seeking to eradicate poverty, that declaration commits nations to banning “small arms and light weapons” and ratifying a series of treaties, including the International Criminal Court Treaty, the Kyoto Protocol (global warming treaty), the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Millennium Declaration also affirms the U.N. as “the indispensable common house of the entire human family, through which we will seek to realize our universal aspirations for peace, cooperation and development.”

Kevin Pates blog article sums it up well ; UMD’s scoreless streak ended at 232 minutes and 9 seconds, the longest in school history. North Dakota’s shutout streak ended at 196:41, second longest in school history.

Wow! Let’s put this into perspective, the UMD Bull Dogs went almost 4 games without scoring a goal. That is mind boggling statistic and there is no sense to it. I watched both games this weekend and UMD is a much better team than that statistic. Fast forward to this weekend I pity the Gophers because they will definitely take a pound of flesh from the Gophers. I can just imagine what the rug is going to whining about this weekend on the FSN broadcasts. UMD is a physical team and the Gophers better be ready to play. The Golden Gophers better not worry about pressing their uniforms next weekend because they are definitely going to get their uniforms creased by the hard hitting Bull Dogs.

In case anyone is keeping track UND has now gone 12 periods without getting a major penalty. That in its self is a mile stone. UND is righting the ship at the right time going into the playoffs, silly selfish penalties at the wrong time can kill a teams chances of winning a national title.

On UMD’s lack of scoring; it has to be bad luck/bad karma, you kind of wonder if one of the Bull Dog players broke a mirror in the UMD locker room. Lets not kid ourselves folks the UMD Bull Dogs are more talented than the score board reflects from this past weekend play that is also reflected in the Pairwise as they are still are ranked 13th and could get into the NCAA tourney. The Sioux with the win today moved to first in the Pairwise.

WCHA over rated?

Not in my unbiased opinion. Look for CCHA trolls over USCHO.COM to start another silly thread next week where we will read that UMD and MSU-M are over rated. To me it is just sour grapes because the WCHA is such a strong league.

I don’t think the Miami’s, Notre Dames, Michigan States or the Michigan’s of the world would like to play this team right now. Personally, I hope the Sioux are done with the Bull Dogs for the season. Just a prediction I am sure that Denver wants nothing to do with them as well. While there wasn’t a lot of scoring this weekend, the goaltenders put on one hell of a show. Might I say that Stalock was nothing short of F’N phenomenal? UND’s goaltender Jean-Philippe Lamoureux was also pretty good as he only gave up one goal all weekend. I would definitely take Stalock on my team any day over Jeff Zatkoff or Billy Sauer.

Getting a sweep on the road in the WCHA is not easy and the Sioux had to work very hard for this victory. UND is now on a 15 game unbeaten streak which is tops in the nation and will play Garrett Roe and the SCSU Huskies this weekend in the REA.

Series injuries

In addition to the Evan Trupp injury yesterday, UND super sophomore defenseman Chay Genoway was hurt in the first period when he was checked from behind and it didn’t look good but lets hope that it is not a shoulder separation.

box score

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1st Period (20:00)
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MND-1 Michael Gergen (5-Checking from Behind) (Served by Rob Bordson) NDK 0x1 1:11
MND-2 Michael Gergen (10-Game Misconduct) (Served by Rob Bordson) 1:11
NDK-1 Ryan Duncan (2-Interference) MND 0x1 5:46
NDK-2 Ryan Martens (2-Hooking) MND 0x2 15:12
NDK-3 Taylor Chorney (2-Interference) MND 0x3 19:55

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2nd Period (20:00)
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MND-3 Josh Meyers (2-Tripping) NDK 0x2 3:02
MND-4 Jordan Fulton (2-Interference) NDK 0x3 7:30
NDK-4 Derrick LaPoint (2-Holding) MND 0x4 9:26
MND-5 Matt McKnight (10-Misconduct) 11:39

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3rd Period (20:00)
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MND-6 Matt McKnight (2-Hooking) NDK 0x4 3:19
NDK-5 Robbie Bina (2-Hooking) 5:00
MND-7 Nick Kemp (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x5 5:05
MND 1 - 0 6x6 MacGregor Sharp (7) (Matt McKnight, Kyle Schmidt) 11:10
MND (+): 18,13,17,11,5,G32 NDK (-): 2,10,28,7,16,G1
NDK 1 - 1 6x6 Andrew Kozek (15) (unassisted) 12:50
NDK (+): 10,7,16,2,28,G1 MND (-): 13,18,14,17,11,G32
MND-8 MacGregor Sharp (2-Holding) NDK 0x6 13:19

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Overtime (0:53)
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NDK 2 - 1 6x6 GW LL Chris VandeVelde (14) (Rylan Kaip, Joe Finley) 0:53
NDK (+): 29,17,2,7,28,G1 MND (-): 23,19,22,4,20,G32

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End of Game
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My father sent me this joke I think it is pretty funny.

A Minnesota Department of Transportation employee stopped at a farm
and talked with an old farmer. He told the farmer, “I need to inspect
your farm for a possible new road.”

The old farmer said, “OK, but don’t go in that field”. The Mn/DOT
employee said, “I have the authority of the State of Minnesota to go
where I want. See this card? I am allowed to go wherever I wish on
farm land.

So the old farmer went about his farm chores. Later, he heard loud
screams and saw the Department of Highways employee running for the
fence and close behind was the farmer’s prize bull. The bull was
madder than a nest full of hornets and the bull was gaining on the
employee at every step.

The old farmer called out, “Show him your card, smart ass!!”

Duluth Minnesota—North Dakota scored twice in the final minute of play in each of the first two periods to extend its unbeaten streak to a nation-leading 14 games (13-0-1) and hand the Bulldogs their third straight loss (the first time that has happened all season). The Sioux (22-8-2; 17-7-1), who were 1-for-6 on the power play, got goals from T.J. Oshie and Chris VandeVelde.

If you like to watch a goaltenders battle this game was one for the classics. The goaltenders in this game were nothing short of being absolutely amazing. UMD goalie and Alex Stalock and Fighting Sioux Jean-Philippe Lamoureux were a pair of brick walls. Personally I like to see a little more scoring with my hockey but a win is a win.

Lamoureux’s play this weekend helps make his case why he should be given strong consideration for the HOBEY BAKER With today’s game Lamoureux is tied for 1st over all nationally in goals against average 1.70 and and third in save percentage of 933.

The game was not without a high cost as super freshman Evan Trupp suffered a lower leg injury looking at the tape I can not see what caused the injury but it didn’t look good. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is gone for the season. I hope I am wrong on that.

~According to UMD blogger Running with the Dogs UMD has gone 181 minutes with out a goal.

~With the shutout today by Lamoureux and the Sioux have held the opposition to zero goals 6 times on the season.

~During the 14 game unbeaten streak the Sioux have keep the opposition to 1 or fewer goals 11 times, that is pretty good defense in anybody book.

~UND known around the league as being a tough team has not taken a major penalty in 180 minutes.

~ Word for the week is - Donnybrook: A fight. Hockey announcers seem to be the only people who still use this term. In college hockey, fighting is strictly prohibited, and a player can earn a multi-game suspension for participating. But that doesn’t stop announcers from dubbing just about any instance of pushing and shoving on the ice a donnybrook.

Box Score

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1st Period (20:00)
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NDK-1 Derrick LaPoint (2-Roughing) 4:05
MND-1 Jordan Fulton (2-Goaltender Interference) 4:05
MND-2 Justin Fontaine (2-Roughing) NDK 0x1 4:05
MND-3 Travis Gawryletz (2-Cross-Checking) NDK 0x2 6:04
NDK-2 Evan Trupp (2-Tripping) MND 0x1 9:42
MND-4 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Evan Oberg) NDK 0x3 12:13
MND-5 Michael Gergen (2-Roughing) NDK 0x4 14:30
NDK 1 - 0 6x6 GW LL T.J. Oshie (14) (Chay Genoway) 19:15
NDK (+): 5,7,2,16,10,G1

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2nd Period (20:00)
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NDK-3 Brad Malone (2-Tripping) MND 0x2 5:21
MND-6 Jordan Fulton (2-Hooking) NDK 0x5 9:02
NDK-4 Chris VandeVelde (2-Goaltender Interference) MND 0x3 12:51
MND-7 Jay Cascalenda (2-Delay of Game) NDK 1x6 18:21
NDK 2 - 0 6x5 PP Chris VandeVelde (13) (T.J. Oshie, Ryan Duncan) 19:37 NDK: 29,7,16,4,28,G1 MND: 22,17,20,13,G32

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3rd Period (20:00)
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NDK-5 T.J. Oshie (2-Slashing) MND 0x4 11:46
Timeout - Minnesota Duluth 19:00.3
NDK-6 Rylan Kaip (2-Roughing) 19:18
MND-8 Josh Meyers (5-Kneeing) (Served by Justin Fontaine) 19:18
MND-9 Josh Meyers (10-Game Misconduct) (Served by Justin Fontaine) 19:18

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End of Game

I recieved this email today from the Ralph Engelstad Arena Insiders. You would have thought they would have learned their lesson the last time that Ralph Engelstad Arena gave out free stuff. I can about bet there will be 5,000 of these noise makers laying on the ice. 

We’ve clinched home ice!
The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team has clinched home ice for the best-of-three WCHA first round playoffs! The games start Friday, March 14, and tickets are on sale now. Will you be there?

10,000 FREE pairs of Fighting Sioux Thundersticks will be given to fans Friday, March 14, to help cheer green to victory!

Get your adult ticket packages for the series for $40. Kid’s seats are $20.
Buy yours today at the UND Box Office at Ralph Engelstad Arena, online at Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 701.772.5151.

I really love this article. A buddy of mine sent it to me and I think that it has some truth to it.

In election 2008, don’t forget Angry White Man
Gary Hubbell
February 9, 2008

There is a great amount of interest in this year’s presidential elections, as everybody seems to recognize that our next president has to be a lot better than George Bush. The Democrats are riding high with two groundbreaking candidates — a woman and an African-American — while the conservative Republicans are in a quandary about their party’s nod to a quasi-liberal maverick, John McCain.

Each candidate is carefully pandering to a smorgasbord of special-interest groups, ranging from gay, lesbian and transgender people to children of illegal immigrants to working mothers to evangelical Christians.

There is one group no one has recognized, and it is the group that will decide the election: the Angry White Man. The Angry White Man comes from all economic backgrounds, from dirt-poor to filthy rich. He represents all geographic areas in America, from urban sophisticate to rural redneck, deep South to mountain West, left Coast to Eastern Seaboard.

His common traits are that he isn’t looking for anything from anyone — just the promise to be able to make his own way on a level playing field. In many cases, he is an independent businessman and employs several people. He pays more than his share of taxes and works hard.

The victimhood syndrome buzzwords — “disenfranchised,” “marginalized” and “voiceless” — don’t resonate with him. “Press ‘one’ for English” is a curse-word to him. He’s used to picking up the tab, whether it’s the company Christmas party, three sets of braces, three college educations or a beautiful wedding.

He believes the Constitution is to be interpreted literally, not as a “living document” open to the whims and vagaries of a panel of judges who have never worked an honest day in their lives.

The Angry White Man owns firearms, and he’s willing to pick up a gun to defend his home and his country. He is willing to lay down his life to defend the freedom and safety of others, and the thought of killing someone who needs killing really doesn’t bother him.

The Angry White Man is not a metrosexual, a homosexual or a victim. Nobody like him drowned in Hurricane Katrina — he got his people together and got the hell out, then went back in to rescue those too helpless and stupid to help themselves, often as a police officer, a National Guard soldier or a volunteer firefighter.

His last name and religion don’t matter. His background might be Italian, English, Polish, German, Slavic, Irish, or Russian, and he might have Cherokee, Mexican, or Puerto Rican mixed in, but he considers himself a white American.

He’s a man’s man, the kind of guy who likes to play poker, watch football, hunt white-tailed deer, call turkeys, play golf, spend a few bucks at a strip club once in a blue moon, change his own oil and build things. He coaches baseball, soccer and football teams and doesn’t ask for a penny. He’s the kind of guy who can put an addition on his house with a couple of friends, drill an oil well, weld a new bumper for his truck, design a factory and publish books. He can fill a train with 100,000 tons of coal and get it to the power plant on time so that you keep the lights on and never know what it took to flip that light switch.

Women either love him or hate him, but they know he’s a man, not a dishrag. If they’re looking for someone to walk all over, they’ve got the wrong guy. He stands up straight, opens doors for women and says “Yes, sir” and “No, ma’am.”

He might be a Republican and he might be a Democrat; he might be a Libertarian or a Green. He knows that his wife is more emotional than rational, and he guides the family in a rational manner.

He’s not a racist, but he is annoyed and disappointed when people of certain backgrounds exhibit behavior that typifies the worst stereotypes of their race. He’s willing to give everybody a fair chance if they work hard, play by the rules and learn English.

Most important, the Angry White Man is pissed off. When his job site becomes flooded with illegal workers who don’t pay taxes and his wages drop like a stone, he gets righteously angry. When his job gets shipped overseas, and he has to speak to some incomprehensible idiot in India for tech support, he simmers. When Al Sharpton comes on TV, leading some rally for reparations for slavery or some such nonsense, he bites his tongue and he remembers. When a child gets charged with carrying a concealed weapon for mistakenly bringing a penknife to school, he takes note of who the local idiots are in education and law enforcement.

He also votes, and the Angry White Man loathes Hillary Clinton. Her voice reminds him of a shovel scraping a rock. He recoils at the mere sight of her on television. Her very image disgusts him, and he cannot fathom why anyone would want her as their leader. It’s not that she is a woman. It’s that she is who she is. It’s the liberal victim groups she panders to, the “poor me” attitude that she represents, her inability to give a straight answer to an honest question, his tax dollars that she wants to give to people who refuse to do anything for themselves.

There are many millions of Angry White Men. Four million Angry White Men are members of the National Rifle Association, and all of them will vote against Hillary Clinton, just as the great majority of them voted for George Bush.

He hopes that she will be the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, and he will make sure that she gets beaten like a drum.

Ironically UND won today and didn’t beat anyone up as Fighting Sioux beat the BSU Beavers 5-1 in an afternoon matinee at the REA. The Fighting Sioux went 4 for 10 on the power play and also more power plays that the oppostion. Not something you would expect from the NCAA most penalized team.

Offensively for the Fighting Sioux forwards Chris VandeVelde and T.J. Oshie both had three point games and Brad Miller also chipped in with two points in a solid work man like effort. I once had a friend of mine tell me that he shot a ho hum 67 in golf. Today the game was one of those ho hum games. 

Box Score
NDK 1 - 0 6x4 PP LL Chris VandeVelde (12) (Taylor Chorney, T.J. Oshie)
NDK 2 - 0 6x5 PP GW Ryan Duncan (12) (Chris VandeVelde, T.J. Oshie)
NDK 3 - 0 6x5 PP Matt Watkins (7) (Brad Miller, Rylan Kaip)
BMJ 1 - 3 6x5 PP Riley Weselowski (2) (Ian Lowe, Travis Winter)
NDK 4 - 1 6x5 PP Ryan Duncan (13) (T.J. Oshie, Chris VandeVelde)
NDK 5 - 1 6x6 EN Brad Miller (3) (Robbie Bina)
PP UND 4 / 10
PP BSU 1 / 5

WCHA standings

1 Colorado College 24 18-5-1 37 80-44 (32 23-8-1 110-68)
2 North Dakota 24 16-7-1 33 78-49 (30 20-8-2 99-58)
3 Denver 24 15-8-1 31 70-57 (32 21-10-1 97-73)
4 Wisconsin 26 10-11-5 25 64-64 (34 14-13-7 99-86)
5 St. Cloud State 24 11-11-2 24 72-67 (32 16-13-3 101-79)
Minnesota State 24 10-10-4 24 59-63 (31 16-11-4 88-76)
7 Minnesota-Duluth 24 8-11-5 21 50-66 (30 12-12-6 66-74)
8 Minnesota 24 7-11-6 20 52-63 (34 13-13-8 84-88)
9 Michigan Tech 24 7-13-4 18 48-68 (32 11-16-5 67-82)
10 Alaska-Anchorage 26 3-18-5 11 51-83 (32 7-18-7 75-99)

Pairwise
3 Colorado College 22 23-8-1 .7344 3 .5911 2
4 North Dakota 21 20-8-2 .7000 5 .5874 3
6 Denver 19 21-10-1 .6719 6 .5724 6
7t Minnesota State 16 16-11-4 .5806 14 .5417 9
10 St. Cloud State 15 16-13-3 .5469 18 .5392 11
13 Minnesota-Duluth 11 12-12-6 .5000 28t .5291 15
14t Wisconsin 10 14-13-7 .5147 27 .5336 14
14t Minnesota 10 13-13-8 .5000 28t .5290 16

Interesting that there are 8 teams right now in the hunt for the NCAA tourney. Oh boy, I bet the NCAA is probably dreading the possibility of an all WCHA frozen four. It could happen if 6 WCHA teams get in. Minnesota and Wisconsin would be the first couple of teams out and MSU-M is looking more and more like they are going to get a ticket to the big dance. Troy Jutting has Mankato looking really good right now. So, UND needs to sweep the Dogs and LGM’s boys need to take two in the Springs. The Huskies are also peaking at the right time.

This weekend the Fighting Sioux 19-8-2, 16-7-1 WCHA play the BSU Beavers Bemidji State 14-13-3, 11-4-3 CHA at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on Saturday at 3:37 pm and at 3:07 pm.

~UND is 13-3-1 in its last 17 games.

~UND is 10-0-1 in its last 11 games.

~Senior goalie Matt Climie has played in 22 of 30 BSU games, starting 21. He has a 12-6-3 record, and ranks eighth nationally with a 1.95 goals against average. Climie also has an outstanding .921 save percentage.

~Lamoureux extended his school-record streak of consecutive starts in goal to 54 consecutive games.

~ The Hockey ShowScott Williams and Moose Richards discuss the upcoming series between the Beavers and the Sioux. This week’s how is not up yet but should be soon.

~Check outTroy Mills Beaver Pond For all the latest on BSU hockey. Too bad Millsy isn’t going to be there for the game, something about having to work.

Check out this really good blog article by RWD as she puts Elliot Olshansky, formerly of CSTV/The Rink Rat through the Gauntlet. It is really worth your time to take a look at this article. For those fans that have wondered where Elliot Olshanksy has been as of late (this is covered in the article) Elliot has re-surfaced here.

You have to give Elliot credit for being a true fan.

EO: I was at the one the next year, at the Gutt up in Burlington. It was homecoming at Dartmouth, and there were two WCHA teams playing within driving distance of Hanover that weekend. The Bulldogs were at Vermont, and North Dakota was at UNH. I went to UVM on Friday and UNH on Saturday. That’s something that UMD and NoDak both deserve credit for: traveling east regularly. North Dakota especially.

This is my favorite exchange right here.

EO: I think the thing that’s bothered me the most lately has been the way people have looked down their nose at CCHA teams, Miami in particular, because of a soft schedule.

RWD: Hah, well, you can be sure at least one regular critic of the CCHA is a reader of RWD.

EO: This may not be the most convenient time to say this, given what happened against Ferris State, but Miami is a legit team.

RWD: I can remember other teams that may have lost to Ferris State at crucial times.

One last thing while Elliot is a great mind I don’t see the RedHawks making the Frozen Four sorry bud.

DeJevu; Saturday night at the fights as the Sioux and Pioneers slug it out in a good ole fashion grudge match. As a fan I think this was a great series to watch. As a fan this is what I expect from a UND and DU game, both teams got after it all game long.

The Fight(s)

I do think the ref Marko Hunt made a grave mistake by letting Radke and Testwuide continue in the game, both players should have been given game disqualifications for fighting, both players were definitely throwing punches. It was also unanimous as the guys sitting around us agreed as well. That is the first time I have ever seen a college hockey player get into two fights in ONE game. I think if you look back at the fights UND has been involved in they were a direct result in the way the games were called. Call me a halo but if the refs start giving penalties for all unnecessary stuff (face washes, cross checks, punches etc)eventually the message will make its way down to the players involved in the game. Again call the games like the NHL and the game will clean itself up in about three weeks. The UND Fighting Sioux has now had three players receive game disqualifications for fighting this season. 

~UND is 15-8-2 against nationally ranked teams.

~Oshie and Duncan are tied with Lasch for the league lead in points.

~In the last 10 games UND has given up more than one goal only twice.

~The last time UND swept DU in Grand Forks was 1999

Box Score
Goals Scoring/Penalties Time

1st Period (20:00)

DEN-1 J.P. Testwuide (2-Holding) 11:15
NDK-1 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) 11:15
NDK 1 - 0 5x5 LL Joe Finley (4) (Chay Genoway, Evan Trupp) 13:04
NDK (+): 2,5,21,19,G1 DEN (-): 22,17,4,5,G29
DEN-2 J.P. Testwuide (2-Interference) NDK 1x1 13:38
NDK 2 - 0 6x5 PP GW Evan Trupp (8) (Chay Genoway, Andrew Kozek) 15:01
NDK: 5,25,19,21,10,G1 DEN: 16,14,25,4,G29
DEN-3 Matt Glasser (2-Roughing) 16:08
DEN-4 Matt Glasser (2-Roughing) 16:08
DEN-5 Dustin Jackson (2-Roughing) 16:08
NDK-2 Matt Frattin (2-Roughing) 16:08
NDK-3 Matt Frattin (2-Roughing) 16:08
NDK-4 Brad Malone (2-Roughing) 16:08
NDK-5 Brad Malone (2-Hooking) DEN 0x1 16:08

2nd Period (20:00)

DEN-6 Chris Butler (2-Holding) NDK 1x2 0:30
NDK-6 Robbie Bina (2-Hooking) DEN 0x2 3:33
DEN-7 J.P. Testwuide (2-Slashing) 6:38
DEN-8 J.P. Testwuide (2-Roughing) 6:38
DEN-9 J.P. Testwuide (10-Misconduct) 6:38
NDK-7 Kyle Radke (2-Slashing) 6:38
NDK-8 Kyle Radke (2-Roughing) 6:38
NDK-9 Kyle Radke (10-Misconduct) 6:38
NDK-10 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Ryan Martens) DEN 0x3 8:10
NDK 3 - 0 6x6 Andrew Kozek (13) (T.J. Oshie) 11:46
NDK (+): 10,7,16,28,4,G1 DEN (-): 12,25,7,19,16,G29
DEN 1 - 3 6x6 Brian Gifford (2) (Tom May, Zach Blom) 13:14
DEN (+): 22,14,17,7,4,G29 NDK (-): 6,25,17,11,20,G1
DEN-10 BENCH (2-Too Many Players) (Served by Brandon Vossberg) NDK 1x3 18:26
DEN-11 Tom May (2-Roughing) 20:00
DEN-12 Stephen Cunningham (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 20:00
DEN-13 Stephen Cunningham (10-Misconduct) 20:00
DEN-14 Brandon Vossberg (5-Fighting) 20:00
DEN-15 Brandon Vossberg (10-Game Disqualification) (Served by Zach Blom) 20:00
DEN-16 Peter Mannino (2-Roughing) (Served by J.P. Testwuide) NDK 1x4 20:00
NDK-11 Joe Finley (2-Roughing) 20:00
NDK-12 Evan Trupp (2-Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 20:00
NDK-13 Evan Trupp (10-Misconduct) 20:00
NDK-14 Kyle Radke (5-Fighting) 20:00
NDK-15 Kyle Radke (10-Game Disqualification) 20:00

3rd Period (20:00)

DEN-17 Andrew Thomas (2-Roughing) 9:41
NDK-16 T.J. Oshie (2-Roughing) 9:41
NDK-17 Rylan Kaip (2-Interference) DEN 0x4 17:47
Timeout - Denver 17:47
NDK 4 - 1 5x6 SH EN T.J. Oshie (13) (unassisted) 18:50
NDK (+): 7,5,2,29,G1 DEN (-): 21,19,4,7,9,14

Check out this post from USCHO.COM

Gordwiser said: w t f?  What a bunch of pansies complaining about bumping, gooning, and physical play… has no one played organized sports?  That is why there are rules and penalties.  If the Sioux (or any team) continue to muck it up, it’s going to cost them with penalties, DQ’s, etc. and eventually it will catch up with them.  Even with all the physical play, I haven’t seen any play with an intent to injure… that’s a different story and do not condone that at all.  I’m sick of all the BS about it all being on the Sioux and never the other team.  If you have ever played any team sport of any kind, it’s going both ways to some extent.  We aren’t on the ice to hear what is actually going on.

A friend of mine sent me this story in an email with the quip that they must be future UND fighting Sioux players. Typical Gopher fan. 

From Geulph Ontario Canada. Kids as young as eight years old, along with their coaches, duke it out on ice after a hockey game between the two teams. Global National’s Lauren McNabb reports…