March 12, 2008
North Dakota Nursing Injuries, Hopes Oshie Can Play
by Virg Foss/Staff Writer
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — At least one of the three injured players for No. 2-ranked North Dakota may return this weekend for the start of the WCHA playoffs.
Junior forward T.J. Oshie, sophomore defenseman Chay Genoway and freshman forward Evan Trupp have all been knocked from the Sioux lineup with injuries over the past two weekends.
Genoway, fifth on the team in scoring with 6 goals and 16 assists in 30 games, suffered an arm injury when Minnesota-Duluth's Michael Gergen was given a 5-minute major and game misconduct for checking Genoway from behind into the boards just over a minute into the March 2 game between the two teams in Duluth.
Genoway didn't play last weekend as the Sioux and St. Cloud State battled to a pair of overtime ties in the WCHA regular-season finale in Grand Forks.
He took part in full practice on Wednesday, however, and appears set to play this weekend when the Sioux host Michigan Tech in a best-of-3 series.
Oshie, injured on his first shift of last Saturday's game against St. Cloud State, played just one shift after that before leaving the game for good after his opening shift of the second period.
Oshie is UND's leading scorer with 35 points. He's tied for first on the team in goals (14) and assists (21) and is the school's nominee for WCHA Player of the Year.
Oshie wore a yellow jersey (no contact) at Wednesday's practice, and left the ice before full practice began.
UND coach Dave Hakstol was asked whether, given North Dakota's relative safety for making the NCAA tournament, he'd consider holding Oshie and Genoway out of the lineup this weekend.
"Those guys will be in the lineup if they can step up and contribute at a high level," Hakstol said. "You don't have to be at 100 percent. There's a lot of guys throughout the country who will play this weekend who are not at 100 percent."
So there's a chance that both Oshie and Genoway may play this weekend.
"We approach this weekend like we do any other game," Hakstol said. "When guys are ready to be back in the lineup, they going to be back in. We're not going to hold anyone back. You can't flip the switch on and off."
Trupp, who has 8 goals and 5 assists in 32 games and leads the Sioux in game-winning goals (5), may be out for an extended time with a lower body injury.
"We hope we can play long enough to give him a chance (of returning)," Hakstol said. He was injured in the March 1 game at Minnesota Duluth.
UND has advanced to the past three Frozen Fours, This year's Frozen Four is scheduled for Denver from April 10-12, so that gives Trupp nearly a month to work his way back to health.
What a great story. It shows the toughness of the Sioux. These players know what a team is, unlike some other WCHA teams who lose players in the middle of the year, proof that they are only out for themselves.
Mar 12 2008, 10:13 pm by Ken, Minneapolis, MN
Naturally, I hope they can play; however, let's just hope the players are smart enough not to be heroes and risk further injuries. Tech will be tough enough, but we really need these guys down the stretch.
Mar 13 2008, 9:26 am by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
You speak of proof......where's yours? Injuries are injuries, it is pretty hard to call someone out on their toughness when the decision to play through an injury is not theirs. I spent 5 years working for a prominent WCHA team and NOT ONCE did the option to play rest in the injured players hands, but the coaches/trainers. One more thing....players who start fights are only out for themselves, and we all know the Souix have them in bunches. Here's to four straight years of the Souix going to the frozen four and coming out empty handed because they can't win when it really is on the line....the true characteristic of a squad full of goons.
Mar 13 2008, 9:43 am by B, KCMO
Funny I thought defending a team member from a cheap shot by another team was being a good team player knowing you will be suspended for the action but deciding defending the teamate is more important. As for the Frozen Four? Better to have made it that far than not at all. Every year is a new year and we'll just have to see how this one plays out. Lots of hockey left to play before any team can even think about the Frozen Four. On injuries, to say that the player has no say is absolutely false. When it comes down to it, if the player is cleared by medical staff, the decison to play becomes the player deciding if he can go.
Mar 13 2008, 10:53 am by TO KCMO
Expect Oshie to be hit a lot this weekend. Which hip is sore? The Huskies will make sure they hit both. Count on it.
Mar 13 2008, 11:59 am by Dick, Madison
KCMO -- I'm not going to take the time to explain that UND has several high draft picks, two Hobey hopefuls, a Hobey winner, the best goalie in the country, one of the deepest teams in the country, etc...no, that would make no difference to you, because as you in all your hockey wisdom have already proclaimed, UND is just a bunch of goons. Do you think UND won all those games short-handed? Or maybe they injured so many good players they couldn't finish the game? Neither is true, so your point is worthless. UND HAS taken too many penalties this season, and it has hurt them, not helped them. If you would take the time to look up the stats, you would see that they have generally taken FEWER penalties than their opponents for quite some times. And just getting to the Frozen Four is an accomplishment, particularly so many times in the last several years. Can you say the same about your team, which I notice you've failed to name?
Mar 13 2008, 12:09 pm by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
Guy's that pee in elavators are "Hobey Hopefuls?" Guy's that kick opponents are 'Hobey Hopefuls?" Good luck with that bit of Hopefulness.
Sioux fan's take the cake when telling everybody elso how great the Sioux are and how lousy everybody elses teams are.
Mar 13 2008, 1:05 pm by Dick, Madison
Don't be a DICK, Dick.. I am ashamed to be put in the same category as you.. Please don't put the Badgers down as your team, we don't want you.
Mar 13 2008, 1:57 pm by Sorry Madison
Sorry,
What did I write that is lacking in truthfulness or is inaccurate? Oshie did in fact pee in a public elavator this season and Lamareoux did in fact kick an opponent this season during a conference game. As for the Sioux fans remarks, simply read some of the previous posts. They speak for themselves.
If you are a Badger fan it appears as if the Sioux fans are insulting anybody that happens to not be a Sioux fan. (You included)
Mar 13 2008, 2:10 pm by Dick, Madison
Hey Ken,
What about Grieco? What about Hunter Bishop? Who were they out for? Why did they leave the Sioux? By the way, how is Forney developing up there in Grand Forks?
Mar 13 2008, 2:14 pm by Kris, Omaha
Well,geez,wasn't the elevator stuck??...everybody sucks...this planet sucks..
Mar 13 2008, 2:23 pm by xam,fargo
First of all to Kris. Greico wasn't that great and he didn't get along with the rest of the team. Hunter Bishop simply couldnt crack the lineup. Not every sioux player that comes to play for them ends up great, although a bunch of them do, obviously.
Dick: what are you even doing on this post. Everyone here is sioux fans, duh. you fuel are fire buddy. The fact that the sioux get such bigtime haters is great. Our team must be doing much better than yours. We just have an extremely good hockey program, thats all.
Mar 13 2008, 2:39 pm by Chris, Grand Forks
Hunter Bishop wasn't getting playing time. He got the opportunity for more playing time in a junior league, so he took it. Good for him. Grieco was in the same position. Oshie was stuck in the elevator for over an hour and a half, and, well, he had to pee. Players on other teams have done just these things...I don't see how it's different when a Sioux player does it. Besides, what does any of this have to do with anything said here? Sounds like grasping at straws.
Mar 13 2008, 3:32 pm by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
Dick, nobody said how lousy anybody else's team is. I have a great amount of respect for so many of the teams in college hockey, both inside and outside of the WCHA. What I do NOT respect are obnoxious, stupid fan-boys who make crap up in their heads. Now, please feel free to actually address the facts of my post (since that seems to be the one you targeted). If Oshie and Lamareaux aren't Hobey hopefuls, then please explain why. By the way: is it true that no Badger has ever taken a cheap shot at another team's player? Wow...they must be a bunch of angels. No wait: they're just like every other college hockey team out there.
Mar 13 2008, 3:51 pm by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
Yeah DIck Im sure everyone on your team never does anything wrong. Big F'n Deal with what they do in their off the ice time.
Mar 13 2008, 5:47 pm by Dicks a dumbass, Grand Forks
GO SIOUX make it four in a row.
Mar 13 2008, 7:33 pm by man from mn
B KCMO is a MORON, at this early hour you sound like a bitter BADger fan that knows your team is going to be done this week or next in the latest. Have fun watching your team host a regional but not play in it.
Mar 14 2008, 6:24 am by Melvin, Grand Forks
If I remember right the Kick was a lot to do about nothing. The fact tha Frank Massucko tried to make something out of it is laughable. I say it, it was pretty lame.
Mar 14 2008, 6:27 am by Melvin, Grand Forks
i sure hope they dont go after OSHIE this weekend dont they know what happens when the pick on a premier player? sounds like theres gonna be a lot of ass whopping going on this weekend...and dick you are a DICK why would you want to see any PLAYER get hurt from any team you MORON
Mar 14 2008, 11:56 am by SARGE, MN
If Oshie plays, they will go after him, but that's true of any team's top players. I'm not one to scream "Why do they do that to MY team???" I'm not too worried about it, though. The only things that worries me about the Tech/UND matchup this weekend are: (1.) Tech's tenacity and (2.) Teslak. They could be a really difficult combination.
Mar 14 2008, 12:23 pm by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
You know, I have the worst grammar when I'm typing on this site....:-(
Mar 14 2008, 1:22 pm by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
Sarge, Dinged up players, especially ones that would be the focus of a teams defensive efforts are going to have to expect to be subjected to a physical challenge. I'm not hoping that Oshie gets hurt but I do know that Tech will make every effort to slow him down this weekend. If you think that is unusual or unfair you haven't been paying attention. Do the Sioux ever go easy on their opponents? Don't think so. Would I expect them to? No I wouldn't.
Melvin, Lammy did in fact kick Barribal despite what you say. What the play by play guy had to say has no bearing on what I saw. Now on the other hand are you also of the opinion that the supposed knee by RJ Anderson on Oshie no big deal. Lammy also dives too much for serious Hobey consideration.
Mar 14 2008, 3:59 pm by Dick, Madison
Dick: EARL EARL EARL EARL :0)
Mar 14 2008, 4:54 pm by TO DICK
Somebody's got to do it. JPL probably has as many diving penalties this year as Diver Down Earl did his last year. JPL learned well.
Mar 14 2008, 5:08 pm by Dick, Madison
To Dick: Earl had more dives in his career at Wisconsin than Greg Louganis had in his. Lammy has a long way to go to compete with that stat.
Mar 14 2008, 6:51 pm by TO DICK
Uh, no Dick, he hasn't.
Mar 15 2008, 12:00 am by Chris Haake, Grand Forks ND
The Sioux might be a great hockey team but many people are appauld at the disrespect that the ****ty fans rain upon the conclusion of the the national anthem at REA. "The home of the soiux." It is the "HOME OF THE BRAVE". Beleive it or not Francis Scott Key did not have UND in mind when he penned the words to the national anthem. The national anthem is something that many soilders and civilians hold dear and sioux fans disrepect it each and every time they play. Why is that suprising? Souix fans fail to respect anyone and anything, whether it is the national anthem, or other fans cheering for the opposing team. Spitting, thowing debis, and swearing at opposing specators are something that sioux fans are notorious for. If UND is so great, why are they so easily intimidated? Just remember the Ralph Englstad Arena isn't anything UND earned ,it was something that was given to them. (From a guy who was from Minnesota)
Mar 15 2008, 12:49 am by Canadian Rejects = UND Hockey
A quote from tonight by TJ Oshie “We waited until warm-ups,” Oshie said of his pre-game status. “I didn’t know if I was going to play or not, but I felt really good out there and I decided to stay. Coach Hakstol left it up to me. I felt like I could play.”
I guess players do have a say now don't they.
Mar 15 2008, 2:02 am by TO KCMO
I've heard of whiny morons but the guy complaining about the last word in the national anthem is rediculous. Grow up.
Mar 15 2008, 2:05 am by ?
Dick its over get over it, what the heck do you want to happen to Lammy it was back in December. your probably bitter because your team the BADgers suck so bad.
I think it is silly that College Hockey News posts a story about the Sioux players injuries and they we have to weed through a bunch of whiny fans from fans of other programs that are upset for what ever reason. They start with their ussual crap about how UND fans have no class, UND is a bunch of goon's. The fans at the REA are rude. Blah, Blah, Blah...
Mar 15 2008, 4:48 am by Melvin, Grand Forks
Lastly Dick you sound like a Moron or dill weed. The Badgers are some of the biggest hack and divers in college hockey. It will be another season of the Badgers not being in the NCAA tourney.
Mar 15 2008, 4:51 am by Melvin, Grand Forks
There must be a ton of sioux fans in other areans, because I of the bulldogs in duluth, gophers in MN, mavricks at MSU.
One has to be very small minded to think that it is only siuox fans doing it. go buy a plunger. It may help you find your head......
Mar 16 2008, 12:31 am by Ken, Minneapolis
Ken LOL that was funny.
Mar 16 2008, 3:17 am by Melvin, Grand Forks
Canadian Rejects = UND Hockey; You are a moron. I refused to call "Joe from Minny" a moron, but you obviously are a skate short of pair. Not really sure what team you cheer for, but it's probably one of the teams the Sioux whooped up on. Get over it. When you're at the Ralph, it's the "home of the Sioux." Quit crying like a little *****.
Yeah, I could do without the Sioux fans cursing at the opposing teams fans. But guess what? That happens EVERYWHERE. This is not something that Sioux fans are notorious for. Quit making sh** up. You don't know what you're talking about.
There's always next year. Maybe we'll see you at the X then.
Mar 17 2008, 12:37 am by Jeff, Fargo
to anyone who watched the game last night....is OSHIE the best player in the country or what? p.s. hey dick i dont think osh got hit at all this weekend they must have affraid if all the GOONS on UND
Mar 17 2008, 9:29 am by SARGE, MN
Oshie was one of the best players on the ice, injured and all. The Sioux are looking better then I thought after all the injuries. Coach sure knows what he is doing.
Mar 18 2008, 8:09 pm by hockey fan nd
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