This week I am going to look at the Fighting Sioux starting goalie 
         situation and what I think is going to happen. Karl Goehring is leading 
         the nation in goaltending. His numbers this year could break a lot 
         of the Fighting Sioux goalie records. His numbers are really just too 
         good to be sitting on the bench. This Saturday, in a interview on WDAZ-TV, Blais 
         basically said on Friday that he is going to have to go with 
         Karl during the big games, although it not quite crunch time each game 
         counts and the Sioux can not afford to let a goalie play that has not 
         proved himself. I bet it would be different if the Sioux were leading the 
         division, but the truth is that they are not. So expect Aaron to play on 
         Saturday this week and Goehring to start both games against St. Cloud. 
         Karl has earned the right to play, by making the big stops and has come up 
         big and that is what starting goalies have to do.
                             
                                         G/S  W/L  GA  Min  SP   GA
                    Karl Goehring, Fr.   11  9-1-1 14 2690 .951 1.41
                    Aaron Schweitzer,So.  9  5-2-0 29 1960 .871 3.89

                 The Goon's Ice Chips.
         *A couple of players I would like to see the Sioux sign from the USHL are 
         Mark Cullen and Mark Bry both from the Fargo Ice Sharks. Both players show a 
         nack for the puck and have a tendency to put the biscuit in the basket.
         Bry has 4-16 for 20 points in 34 games that is good for top 5 scoring 
         amoung defensemen in the USHL. Cullen is 14-30 in 22 games and is 
         curently on the shelf with a wrist injury. Look for these players to go 
         some where because they are just to skilled to be over looked.

         *I was listening to the Peter Brown show of one on one sports off A.M. 
         1280 The Ticket in Fargo N.D. and Peter Brown a national sindicated radio 
         personality, and the he was discussing when it was appropriate to 
         make excusesfor teams losing? When is it all right to make excuses 
         for failure? Apparently, the Star Tribune feels it is all right because 
         they have been making excuses for the current condition of the Golden 
         (Choker) Gopher Hockey team. Clymer is hurt, Crowley is gone, Kraft broke 
         his wrist, bla, bla, bla. In fact it is hard to tell that there is any 
         college hockey going on, the Tribs coverage of college hockey has been 
         poor this year. When a coach makes excuses for their team poor play you 
         automatically except defeat, in fact you may condone it. Last season in the 
         NCAA's Woog complained about his unfair draw and sealed his team fate right 
         there. A good coach would have welcomed the draw. Which is actually what Jack
         Parker of B.U. did he went out and won, I didn't here any complaining comming
         from the Terriers. 

         *This weeks predictions: against MTU, the Sioux will sweep but they are 
         going to have to work for them. Sioux win 4-3 in OT. Friday, and 6-2 on 
         Saturday. In other Games, the Huskies will split with UMD a 4-3 loss on 
         Friday followed up by a 5-1 win. DU Sweeps Minnesota 6-1 and 6-5 in 
         Minnesota.

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