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We need to play our best players a lot. How 8, 15 and 29 are out there for every pp but barely have any consistent offensive production is beyond me. I know 15 has kind of been heating up a little…but his leash is so long. 9 is a first rounder that has to play in those end of game moments, he’s also been solid this year.

So, Belle Tire came out a little flat?

Agreed, but it is comical that when Bubba was extended last year all of NDSU twitter was celebrating. And everyone on here also knew it was bad.

Alex is a big time play by play guy. Midco is lucky he's still willing to call a lot of their stank.

Chips are free, teammates gf extra.

If you can't beat RMU in regulation and at least split against Bemidji and Cornell you don't belong in the tourney.

It has been 19 seasons since Rich Glas left. UND has posted 6 winning seasons in that time frame. That's disappointing on so many levels.

I think @jdub27 could come on here with the cure for cancer and @HoopsFan03 would still downvote. A truly dedicated hater!

I just love how even when the team accomplishes something positive, it's immediately undercut. Are we sure we're actually fans or just masochists looking for the next hit of negativity? It reminds me of a gambling addict that gets more of a rush from the losses than the wins.

What I wwouldn't give to be sitting next to Bruce Ciskie right now.

…. who is gifted the vast majority of its annual federal research haul in the form of non-competitive ag extension funding by virtue of being the designated land-grant institution for North Dakota. That’s the part that no one says out loud. Yes, UND has the medical school but most of its (med school) federal research funding is funding that needs to be competed for. The difference in the amount of non-comp federal funding that each of North Dakota’s research institutions receive is really night/day. What UND has finally been able to do should not be poo-pooed in any way given the playing field.

The majority of people don’t live and die vicariously through the success of a college hockey team. They also (smartly) avoid this perpetual echo chamber of negativity because it does not accomplish a thing but bring the program and everyone associated with it to the lowest common denominator of discourse. I can’t believe how worked up some of you get in here. I love this program and have been going to games since the early 90s but, my god, an NCAA title doesn’t hold the meaning to life or fill the hole you hope it will. The weak-mindedness to me is beating up this team on a message board every time anything goes wrong and turning yourself into a victim of a supposed drop in fandom level from where you estimate they should be.

It's okay if we hurt feelings and lose a recruit or two. It's about getting the program back to where it should be. The entire staff will find work somewhere. I'd like four new faces on the bench.

He basically rescued the program and set us up, now it's up to Schmidtty to capitalize and finally get us over the hump

Just read mcfooleys column about bison beating sdsu last week he then mentions it will be UNDs Super Bowl when the bison come to town. he can take that Super Bowl sh it and shove where the sun don’t shine. thats just an excuse to say that incase the game doesn’t go ndsu way. not sure why I read anything that ass as shole prints

TJ needs to quit these embellishments he has been doing. Overreacting to contact and now kicking the net off the posts, I have seen him do that before but didn’t get called for it. This kind of stuff can really come back to bite us.

Minnesota Hockey Magazine profile on Zellers' season in Green Bay, and how fired up he is to play Sioux Hockey. https://minnesotahockeymag.com/will-the-thrill/

As bad as things have been this year, at least we know we won’t be out coached.

The year has gone how it's gone, but the kids in the black uniforms battled tonight. TJ the first star.

Good lord. What a loser mentality. Unfortunately you’re not the only one who thinks like this. It’s a cancer in grand forks and at UND.

Well start F’n recruiting better. Too many damn portal players.

The fear of guys transferring out can't override the need to get rid of this entire coaching staff. The new coach has to be able to bring in his own guys. And the new coach doesn't have to be a UND alum.

I think this is the most relevant place with hockey being our most significant sport. Prior to Chaves arrival hockey had won a natty in 2016. Volleyball and both basketballs were winning and competing for championships. Football was on the rise. What changed? Enter Bill Chaves. UND athletics is now a laughing stock. There are calls for new head coaches for almost every sport on this forum. Let's start with changing the person who is responsible for the overall decline in sports at UND. Bring in an associate athletic director from a Big Ten program or from a winning culture like SDSU to get us back on track. Long past time for Chaves to be fired.

The part I really miss is the rides and the one on one time with the boy.

Chaves should look at the Schmidt hire and see how optimism and general excitement around the program can change quickly with a new hire. It still needs to be proven on the field, but it appears Schmidt is off to a good start. I think the same thing can happen with MBB, and in this day and age in can happen quickly. Hell, even this year with the Alabama, SDSU, and NDSU games, there has been great atmospheres. Imagine if we were actually good…

In 6 years Sather has won 33% of his d1 games. Hasn’t won a SLT game since pre covid. But his job shouldn’t be in any danger. Our athletic department DEMANDS excellence!

The overall level of mediocrity in our athletic department is simply unacceptable. The idea that Sather is untouchable is proof of that.

4th line of all freshman is worlds better than our 2nd line of all seniors.

Get these girls a coach and they might have something.

UND and USA win tonight. Didn't have that on my bingo card today.

Way to go ND stay in the dark ages. I think we were the last state to allow Sunday openings. We just will never be the forefront of anything.

This should be lauded and shouted from the roof tops. Congratulations UND.

Pleasantly surprised they were able to get there as quick as they did. A few years ahead of schedule from the original plan! Probably not welcome news in certain parts of the state, but excellent for Grand Forks and UND.

Kaip: "Can I go? Can I go?" See who remembers that.

It’s a shame that the NODAK jersey sales kickback scheme didn’t work out as planned…

What maybe bothers me more than anything is consistently how guys that transfer in are immediately one of Berry’s boys. What I mean is the handful of guys every year whose role is not based on ability. Wilkie might be, besides Montgomery the worst forward on the team. He’s a fixture as 3C, PK, PP. He’s a bad hockey player. Based on everything we’ve watched, why wouldn’t you upgrade Littler to Wilkie’s spot? Move Croal in and Wilkie out. From what I’ve seen, Croal is better than Wilkie as well. It’s frustrating watching time and time, transfers come in that aren’t very good and play instead of (or bigger roles) then promising freshman.

UND plummets to 28 in the PWR. Yep, if there was a slim hope before...that's gone now. This team is mid-pack in the NCAA's...that's brutal.

If you're referring to Taylor, she is incredibly good at her job. An absolute pro in front of the camera.

No Croal. DUMB

Good grief people. They invited existing tailgate spot holders based on the forms we all fill out for tailgating spots. I did go. It was a good meeting. They sought input on how we could improve the tailgating experience, including discussing a survey sent out to the same group. It included exciting things like port-a potties and garbage can availability. They asked about ways to improve the vitality in the tailgating area. Some in the tailgate area just use it as a space to park, which does not improve the tailgating experience and they would like to figure out how to address that without getting into issues with long time ticket and tailgate holders. They would like to see less spots just used for cars, especially in the area of the hawk walk and the spaces up front where they would love to see an active and populated area for tailgating. They talked about how people liked the fireworks, live bands, other extras that people liked or don’t like. How to keep people from going into the active areas less than 2 hours before game time when the area is crowded and cars don’t work very well to get through - and technically are a violation of the tailgating rules we all sign up for. There was discussion about how many hours before the game people would like to be able to get in and we talked about extending the time after games to be able to stay and enjoy the atmosphere. We talked about the fact that tailgating costs would likely go up since right now it isn’t any more expensive to have a tailgate spot than it is to park for 6 games - $90 v $100 per season - and even less if we have home playoffs. There is a waiting list for tailgate spots right now. They talked about preferences for game times, with strong opinions that we would like to have another night game and not noon games if possible - prefer 2Pm games or later for tailgating purposes. There is no overlap next year between home football games and hockey games. That is the report on the meeting. It was a good discussion, but not overly well attended. There were a few tailgating regulars there, but not a ton. Schmitt stopped by and thanked the group, but overall it was an informational and brainstorming session.

Personally I don’t see a need to disrespect and pile on to a players name. Might not have had the results we wanted and that is open game. just me

For sure... but the problem I see is that way too many parents are delusional and believe their child is part of that "top end talent." I'd like to see a long-term summary of the kids who left, for any program, and how it ended up.

The significantly better coached team is winning tonight

I have a spreadsheet going, which I update weekly. I'll separate into three groups, (1) Commits (2) Current Offers (3) Committed Elsewhere

Credit to Omaha. They’ve built their program the right way. Lost their best player to the portal. No excuses about the portal, covid, location. Just got bettter

We agree on Chaves You can miss me with the location stuff though. Basketball is a global game. It’s not like football where you have a pipeline to a few states. The Summit player of the year is from Australia and had college stops in Arizona and Washington. He’s now playing in Brookings, SD. He’s not playing there because of the location. The only pipeline I think a UND coach should have is to the Twin Cities. It’s not as easy with St Thomas being D1 but there is plenty of talent to go around in that area.

If the Pairwise is a measure of UND making the NCAAs this program is lost. UND at a minimum should be a top 10 team annually. The Pairwise should only be relevant for UND from a seeding standpoint. Not a number that's chased to get into the NCAA tournament.

It's only been six years. UND always lets their coaches get at least 8-10 to show they cannot win.