University of North Dakota... the March past March

[SoCalSiouxFan]

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Nice article about Frattin, in of all places, The New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/sports/03frattin.html

Another article very similar but with additional information.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...-prospect-matt-frattin-turned-his-life-around

Giby Frattin is a tough, no-nonsense boss. “I have 50 employees, and 99.9 percent are whiners,” said the owner of two Edmonton bakeries. But one doesn’t have to listen hard to sense the pride he has in his son, Matt. “He learned a lesson; it turned his life around,” Giby said.

Hakstol called his meeting with Frattin one of the most difficult ever with a player. “Matt is a great person,” Hakstol said. “He is an honest young man. He is a fun guy to be around. He is laid back. “But his focus was not there.”

Said Frattin: “It was tough to hear. But it was a lot tougher to call my dad and tell him what happened. He let me go off on my own and this is the way I repay him—getting kicked out of school and (losing my) scholarship.” So Frattin went home to Edmonton to live with his parents. “He was scared, very scared—over the path he took and facing his parents, who paid his bills how many years,” said Giby Frattin, the son of Italian immigrants. “We talked about (what happened) twice and never brought it up again. We could have taunted, taunted and he would not have healed. They weren’t pretty, those two conversations.”

“The biggest thing (my father) told me was never give up on your goals, the things you want to accomplish in life,” he remembered. Said his father: “If you have skeletons, the only way to bury them is face them.” “Work never scared him,” Giby added. “If you asked him to cut the grass, the grass was cut.” Soon Matt started putting in 11-hour days on a cement crew. He did everything from setting in the framework for sidewalks and driveways to flattening the cement after it was poured. He also stayed in touch with friends on the hockey team and worked out as hard as he could. Hakstol told him he might be able to rejoin the team for practices only during the second half of the 2009-10 season. In early December, Hakstol called with a better offer—the chance to play in January. Frattin agreed without hesitation. “We didn’t need lights in this house—Matthew lit up the whole room,” Giby Frattin said. The redemption started.

Frattin returned despite no scholarship. Out-of-state tuition and other expenses would cost $9,000 for a semester. He asked his father for the money, who told him to borrow it.

“With his talent and the kind of dedication he has had the last year and a half, a lot of us saw this coming,” said Malone, who remains one of his linemates. “But he is playing a little better than we expected.”

Giby Frattin tears up sometimes watching Matt play, knowing the price his son paid. “We knew he had potential, but not to this extreme,” Giby said. Hakstol has seen the tough love pay off. “Character is revealed through your actions,” the North Dakota coach said. “The easy thing for Matt would been to take the easy route, become a pro athlete.” Frattin visits a counsellor once a month. His counsellor is someone with whom he can be honest and talk to about anything, Frattin said.

Interestingly, Frattin almost didn’t go to North Dakota. He had five recruiting visits, the maximum allowed, set up when the Sioux called. He cancelled one of those trips to visit Grand Forks in 2007. While there, he called home with the news that he had signed a national letter of intent. That upset Giby Frattin: “We always told him, ‘Don’t sign nothing until you talk to your parents.’ “ But his son knew what to say: “You always said it was my decision.” Just as the other tough decisions have been.

 

[redwing77]

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Quick rules question:

This year, the rules state that a penalty call is made and the team with the extra attacker scores, the power play still occurs. Now, my question is: What about breakaways and penalty shots? If a player is hauled down on a clear breakaway that warrants a penalty shot and despite being hauled down, the puck still goes in, does that essentially turn into a chance for that hauled down player to score two goals?

 

[flyund]

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Quick rules question:

This year, the rules state that a penalty call is made and the team with the extra attacker scores, the power play still occurs. Now, my question is: What about breakaways and penalty shots? If a player is hauled down on a clear breakaway that warrants a penalty shot and despite being hauled down, the puck still goes in, does that essentially turn into a chance for that hauled down player to score two goals?

Tripping
SECTION 59. a. A player shall not place the stick or any part of the body
in such a manner that causes an opposing player to trip or fall.
PENALTY—Minor.
Note: See interpretation section for clarification of diving sweep check.
b. A player shall not trip or foul from behind a player in control of the
puck on the opponent’s side of the center red line, thus preventing a
reasonable scoring opportunity.
PENALTY—Penalty shot/optional minor.
If a penalty shot is awarded, the player fouled shall be designated by the
referee as the player to take the penalty shot. If the player fouled is unable to
take the penalty shot, the captain of the non-offending team shall designate
any player who is not serving a penalty as the player to take the penalty shot.
The official shall not stop play until the attacking team has lost possession
of the puck to the defending team. If a goal is scored by the non-offending
team, no further penalty to the offending team shall be assessed unless the
offense for which a penalty shot would have been awarded was such as to
incur a major, misconduct or disqualification penalty (see 4-6-d and 2-5-i).
c. If, when the opposing goalkeeper has been removed from the ice, a
player in control of the puck in the neutral or attacking zone is tripped
or otherwise fouled with no opposition between him and the opposing
goal, thus preventing an obvious and imminent goal, the referee shall
immediately stop play and award a goal to the attacking team.

that is out of the 2010-12 rule book it says its an option minor

 

[SoCalSiouxFan]

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Winnipeg press seems to be very interested in this years Sioux team. Neighbors to the north showing support Genoway and other players from western Canada.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/und-aims-to-take-its-best-shot-119234844.html

Sioux captain Chay Genoway (5) would no doubt love to leave UND with a NCAA title under his belt. (JOHN STENNES / GRAND FORKS HERALD)

"I couldn't be happier for him," Fighting Sioux coach Dave Hakstol told the Free Press about his captain. "He's a special case because he's coming back in a different situation. For Chay and all our seniors, this is a pretty special opportunity. They're the ones driving the bus. They're doing a great job. "They've worked for everything, from Chay on down. They show no signs of losing focus."

Puck fans above the North Dakota-Manitoba border will have a soft spot for some of the individual spotlights, in particular that Fighting Sioux captain Chay Genoway of Morden will get a chance to make right what went so badly wrong in the 2009-2010 season. .... Genoway is one of four Manitobans on the Fighting Sioux. He's joined by life-long Morden friend Brent Davidson, also a senior, Winnipeg's Jason Gregoire, one of NCAA hockey's best two-way players, and mid-season addition Taylor Dickin of Winnipeg. As well, UND forward Brett Hextall is the son of former star NHL goalie Ron Hextall, the Brandon native who is now the L.A. Kings assistant GM. ... In goal, the Fighting Sioux have watched sophomore Aaron Dell develop into a remarkable impact player. Taking over the starting job earlier this season, Dell won 30 games, breaking Eddie Belfour's school record.

And if you're a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, you can cheer. Frattin is a 2007 Leafs pick. "He's a force for us day in and day out," Hakstol said. "He hasn't just done it over the last month or two. He's done it all season. He's improved his game and the completeness of his overall game."

"Probably the simplest things for me are, or maybe the most apparent, are just do the work," said Hakstol, the Alberta native who's also up for the national coach-of-the-year award. "I don't control today what's going to happen a week from now. Our team doesn't. "But we control how we practise today. We control how we prepare today. You just have to keep doing the things that have given you success. And openly and consciously deal with the distractions. They go along with the excitement of all this. You don't want to take away the excitement but you have to make sure you keep it all in perspective and deal with those distractions."

Seems like Hakstol is giving a lot of interviews lately but hearing that the team is focused and dealing with all the distractions is good news.

 

[cross cheque]

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Xcel Energy Center will not be serving beer, whine, or liquor during the F4 and there is no re-entry in between games Thursday. Hello pocket shots!!!

 

[ecbrevik]

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Seems like Hakstol is giving a lot of interviews lately but hearing that the team is focused and dealing with all the distractions is good news.

Seems to come along with being in the F4. As long as the team can keep it all in perspective and keep their focus...

 

[SoCalSiouxFan]

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UND travel day to the F4 is today.

UND Media relations has already started its travel blog.

http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205130447

Not sure who will have the toughest job this weekend, the Coaches, the Team, or UND media relations who will be handling all the media requests for the team.

I've joked several times to close friends that, with all that has surrounded the program on a seemingly weekly basis, I could write a book on the 2010-11 season. If I ever get the nerve to do so, here's hoping one last happy chapter will be written this weekend.

 

[Tiggsy]

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Seems like Hakstol is giving a lot of interviews lately but hearing that the team is focused and dealing with all the distractions is good news.

Not trying to be a downer or anything because I'm sure it's true to some degree, but isn't that a pretty cliché thing for a coach to say?

 

[Roben]

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UND travel day to the F4 is today.

UND Media relations has already started its travel blog.

http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205130447

Not sure who will have the toughest job this weekend, the Coaches, the Team, or UND media relations who will be handling all the media requests for the team.

had I known this earlier, I would have printed off some encouraging signs and posted them along 94. Also to show the husky and rodent fans who is who.

 

[MadTownSioux]

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Xcel Energy Center will not be serving beer, whine, or liquor during the F4 and there is no re-entry in between games Thursday. Hello pocket shots!!!

They serve 'whine' at the X? That's not very Minnesota Nice!

 

[ecbrevik]

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Not trying to be a downer or anything because I'm sure it's true to some degree, but isn't that a pretty cliché thing for a coach to say?

Yeah, its not too often that you hear a coach saying the team is scatter-brained and practicing poorly right before a big game.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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They serve 'whine' at the X? That's not very Minnesota Nice!

Do they serve cheese with that whine?

Sorry, I had to.

 

[Roben]

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has the team worn their black jerseys at all this year? I think I remember they wore them once against SCSU, but could be wrong. I think it would be pretty badasc for them to wear them this weekend. If anything, to take our eyes off the helmets of mich.

 

[SiouxFanatic]

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has the team worn their black jerseys at all this year? I think I remember they wore them once against SCSU, but could be wrong. I think it would be pretty badasc for them to wear them this weekend. If anything, to take our eyes off the helmets of mich.

The Sioux wore the black jerseys bunch of times this year. Pretty much wore them once per away series plus wore them for a home game against St. Cloud.

They won't be worn for any remaining games since the Sioux are the highest seed. Only going to be wearing the white jerseys.

 

[SoCalSiouxFan]

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For anyone planning to go to the viewing party at the Ralph on Thursday, ESPN will also provide footage from the viewing party.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/199240

 

[sfo19]

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has the team worn their black jerseys at all this year? I think I remember they wore them once against SCSU, but could be wrong. I think it would be pretty badasc for them to wear them this weekend. If anything, to take our eyes off the helmets of mich.

The Sioux will be in white tomorrow, and also Saturday if we win tomorrow night. We are the high seed, so we will be the "home" team. This is also not negotiable.

 

[Roben]

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The Sioux will be in white tomorrow, and also Saturday if we win tomorrow night. We are the high seed, so we will be the "home" team. This is also not negotiable.

i don't know the regulations of said seeding, however, I thought that the high seed got to dictate the jerseys that are worn. maybe that's pro stuff though. either way, it'll be a good game to watch.

 

[cross cheque]

They serve 'whine' at the X? That's not very Minnesota Nice!

Yeah, "whine." not one single gopher fan will be served at the X.

 

[ecbrevik]

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i don't know the regulations of said seeding, however, I thought that the high seed got to dictate the jerseys that are worn. maybe that's pro stuff though. either way, it'll be a good game to watch.

From the NCAA Ice Hockey rules:

SECTION 1. b. Each player and each goalkeeper listed in the lineup of each team shall wear an individual identifying number at least 10 inches high on the back of the jersey and at least 4 inches high on the front or on both sleeves. The visiting team shall wear dark-colored jerseys and stockings; the home team shall wear light-colored jerseys and stockings. All players of each team shall dress uniformly in that day’s game jersey.

 

[Roben]

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From the NCAA Ice Hockey rules:

SECTION 1. b. Each player and each goalkeeper listed in the lineup of each team shall wear an individual identifying number at least 10 inches high on the back of the jersey and at least 4 inches high on the front or on both sleeves. The visiting team shall wear dark-colored jerseys and stockings; the home team shall wear light-colored jerseys and stockings. All players of each team shall dress uniformly in that day’s game jersey.

you dont have to be so technical.