http://blog.siouxsports.com UND fans discuss the Fighting Sioux Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:39:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week's post, Swept at the GLI -- how harmful to PWR?, introduced the idea of simulating the remaining season to predict the PWR and led to a lot of speculation about exactly what it would take for the Sioux to reach the NCAA tournament. I'll start with that last point ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2009/01/05/more-on-the-pwr-predictor/ It’s been a tale of two seasons for both of these teams. Bemidji State began the season as road warriors and stumbled to a 1-6-0 record while allowing 4.5 goals per game. Since then, the Beavers have won seven of nine games and have tightened up defensively, only allowing 1.66 goals/game ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2009/01/02/weekend-preview-und-vs-bemidji-state/ People who follow the PWR (PairWise Rankings) now know intuitively that getting swept at the GLI was particularly harmful to UND's PWR (and NCAA tournament) chances, but for the first time ever anywhere, we can try to quantify how harmful. The surprising bottom line -- UND's chances of getting a top ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/29/swept-at-the-gli-how-harmful/ Halloween night…the spookiest night of the year. But for the Michigan State Spartans, the two months since Halloween have been terrifying. MSU has not won since October 31st, going 0-9-2 in that span and also losing 4-2 to the US Under 18 team in exhibition action. The Spartans scored two ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/27/great-lakes-invitational-preview-und-vs-michigan-state/ North Dakota headed into the Christmas break on a good note, sweeping the St. Cloud State Huskies 3-2 and 7-4 in a pair of WCHA games at Ralph Engelstad Arena.  Sioux goaltender Brad Eidsness notched both victories to run his season record to 9-5-1. With the sweep, North Dakota (9-8-1, 6-5-1 ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/17/weekend-react-und-vs-st-cloud-state/ As I mentioned in my article about the Challenge Cup, the rivalry between these two schools has picked up since the WCHA made North Dakota and St. Cloud State schedule partners six seasons ago. Both teams come into this series looking to make a move in the conference standings before the ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/12/weekend-preview-und-vs-st-cloud-state/ Another slow start for the Sioux hockey team has led to inevitable comparisons with years past. But there's a feeling among some that key losses have led to a deeper hole this year that will be more difficult to climb out of with a second half surge. 2008 start vs ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/09/how-deep-a-hole-a-look-back-at-past-seasons/ Beginning with the 2002-03 season, the WCHA changed its scheduling system, creating "rivals" which would play each other four times each season (and play the other schools twice one season, four times the next, and so on). Minnesota and Wisconsin were paired up, as were Colorado College and Denver. All ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/06/the-undscsu-challenge-cup-2/ After sputtering to a 5-8-1 record through the first two months of the season, North Dakota flew into Cambridge, swept the Harvard Crimson, evened its non-conference record at 3-3-0, and served notice that the Fighting Sioux may have turned the corner. This weekend saw UND sweep an opponent for the first ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/06/saturday-game-react-und-at-harvard/ Let the good times roll. North Dakota rolled into Cambridge, Massachusetts and dominated every aspect of their opener against the Harvard Crimson, cruising to a 10-1 victory. Where to begin? The seven Sioux seniors in the lineup combined for seven goals and eleven assists. The all-senior line of Matt Watkins, Darcy Zajac, ... http://blog.siouxsports.com/2008/12/06/friday-game-react-und-at-harvard/