Strauss Watch

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Outside of the Hughes/Wahlstrom possibility, the guy I'm most excited about is Strauss Mann. He's putting up killer numbers in the ushl (1.86/.932) and Fargo is in to the conference semis against Omaha (and Jack Randl), who finished ahead of them in the regular season. They just took a 1-0 lead in the best of 5 series behind 29 saves from Mann on the road. Van Wyhe had an assist as well.

In the playoffs he's 3-0 with a 0.67/.976. Great start to the postseason!

 

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They're into the conference finals. He had a couple rough outings in the middle of the conference semis, but pitched a shutout in the deciding game 4, which was 0-0 until the waning minutes (they won 2-0 w/an ENG right at the end). Lost game 1 of the conference finals in the same fashion (2-0 on a goal with under 2 minutes left and an ENG), but won yesterday 3-2 in overtime. He now has a 6-2 record with a 1.94/.937 for the playoffs.