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I think having Augustana as exhibition is smart. We are limited to 35 games that count, with the USHHOF game as the extra over normal 34, and I wouldn’t replace any of our other games to squeeze them in. I agree with your preference for NTDP over Manitoba.

In the 2022-2023 season, which is what the coaches were making decisions on, Schmaltz outscored Costantini, no contest. Schmaltz went 5-7-12 points, Costantini just 2-1-3 points in 25 games. Based on that ...

Parise scored in his first NHL game, and tonight he gets a goal in his last regular season game. The guy is one of a kind. 20 years ago last week, just after the Hobey Baker ceremony (where once again a UMD player won it over a more-deserving UND player), Zach was at his classiest and he never showed disappointment. My kids (12 and 10 at the time) just wanted a picture with him, and all three of them are beaming. One of my favorite Parise moments. Thanks for all the memories.

That's a big step up. From the depths of hell to Lindenwood.

I just threw up in my mouth a little ... But never Michigan. Never ever.

DU with the textbook game plan to beat BU. Executed very well. Gotta admit that's well played.

I'm thoroughly nauseated at listening to ESPN's BU fans on the microphones. Unprofessional.

Donde esta de vomitorium?

Short change in period three will help. We had a couple long shifts in period two.

With game 1 going to OT ... its all about leadership and who reacts better to the delay in start time.

Q vs W underway in Providence. Q scores 1-0 two minutes in.

The only upside of BC winning is they get to keep saying "the last #1 overall seed to lose was St Cloud..."

Meanwhile,Mike Kemp (and everyone in the UNO Athletic Dept) is calling anyone they know on the Men's Ice Hockey Committee, telling them its okay to send UND to Sioux Falls for round one.

Omaha with one loss in regulation in their last 16 NCHC games - they are for real. Whatever the opposite of bottom feeder is ... The only thing I like about Gabinet is he has his guys playing hockey in the style of Dean Blais. They do it well, and nobody has solved them since January (Denver clobbered them twice). On top of all that we gave them two soft goals (their first followed a blind backhand pass behind our own net that they intercepted and scored, and the trickler that Hobie really really wants back). Most troubling for me is that we don't show signs of making the changes needed to solve UNO style. Can't tell if that's on the players or on the coaches, but I'm in the book of hoping we get sent East. Eastern hockey is much more possession based, cautious on attacking, and we've won a lot of those games this year.

Omaha is too good a team to gift them two soft goals. Makes it a tough road to recover.

We haven't adapted to how Omaha is defending it. They have three guys up high, covering the wings and center point. Daring us to play the puck down low, and we haven't forced them to defend closer to their own goal.

If St Lawrence wins, it makes #3 overall seed a better place to be.

UMass strikes first 1-0 over BC. early first period. And ... BC ties it 2 minutes later with a PPG

Must be a typo in that Hobey Baker list … no Gophers! And no UMD!

If BU gets sent west, its possible that UND gets sent east. That would trigger a LOT of discussion.

Thursday also looks snowy. The latest from NWS Twin Cities: https://www.weather.gov/media/mpx/DssPacket.pdf

The Pairwise Ratings have correctly predicted the tournament field for the last 20+ years. They are also committed to placing tournament hosts in their home regional. Beyond that is where uncertainty lies. Specifically, does the Committee protect the #1 ans #2 overall seeds? (The Committee Chair this year is from Vermont FWIW.) Also, and related, how far do they bend to avoid intra-conference matchups in round one?

I heard Jim Rich say that a "Constantini" scored. He MUST be trolling us .... nobody as experienced is that bad and unprofessional.

I think they would be a package deal. And I'm sure their AD's would prefer to be in same conference as Bowling Green.