Sin-Bin's Year End Awards

          **Coach of the Year. I would have to say Dean Blais, he repeated as the 
          team to beat in the WCHA. Also give craig Dahl some credit, when two of 
          his best players left for greener pastures, the Huskies sucked it up and 
          kept playing.

          **Disappointing Team(s) of the Year. The Gophers, they have stumbled and 
          fumbled and made losing look painful. Another season like this and I 
          might start feeling sorry for them. :@) UAA and their trap, I wish 
          someone would take the instructions to this game plan and throw them 
          out and burn them. When are people going to learn that the Trap is dead 
          is does not work. Look for Dean Talafous to be the next coach fired as his 
          coaching stint turned out to be as short lived as the trap. UAA show 
          little or no offense as their tops player scored only 15 points.

          **Disappointing player(s) I would have to say that UND sophmore Goalie Aaron 
          Schwitzer went from the Penthouse on park avenue to the out house out back.
          Groin injury seemed to affect both his confidence and his numbers, look 
          for him to make a big recovery next year. My second pick would have to be 
          Dave Spehar, why, he was touted comming out of Duluth East High School as 
          one of the best to ever step foot on a hockey rink, most of the time he 
          can be found flooting around the red line waiting for a cherry pick.

                  Ice Chips

          **Here are the teams that will be hit hard by graduation this year. 
          The Wisconsin Badgers lose 8 seniors, SCSU and MTU loses 6 seniors, 
          Minnesota, UMD, C.C. lose 5 seniors 

          **Some teams will not be affected too much by graduation, UAA will only 
          lose 4, UND 3, and Denver will lose 2.

                  FINAL FIVE PICKS

          1) UND 2) Wisconsin 3)Colrado College 4)SCSU 5) Minnesota

          SCSU and Minnesota, UofM wins
          UND and UofM, UND wins
          Wisconsin and Colarado, C.C. wins
          UND and C.C. UND wins.

          Have a nice weekend and Good Hunting.

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