WCHA Hockey

The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Fighting ... very appropriate after last Saturday's game. Leading up to the end of the tied overtime game between them, the Sioux players were out of control. There was more fighting on the ice than in any NHL game I've ever seen. I couldn't believe what I was watching.

And the coaches where just as nuts as the players. North Dakota coach, Dave Hakstol, who flipped off referee Don Adam during the second period, was slapped with a two-game suspension by the university. And the Western Collegiate Hockey Association issued a public reprimand of University of North Dakota men's head hockey coach Dave Hakstol for violating the league's Code of Conduct and Sportsmanship policies.

I'm not sure what players will be suspended, if any, for their conduct on the ice this past Saturday. It was as if all hell had broke loose. Even during the hand shake at the end of the game they were brawling.

North Dakota is currently in second place in WCHA Men's Hockey. Keep watching for more news on this subject as the season draws to an end. The Final Five will be held in St Paul on March 20th - 22nd. The NCAA Regionals will be held on March 28 - 30th. And the NCAA Frozen Four will be held in Denver on April 10 - 12th.