The Sicatoka

We'll find one if it keeps PK minutes off key guys (meaning offensively on the back end).

Neuroscience and Economics ... talk about peas and lug nuts. Not sure how those go together. Is he coming for grad classes at Med School, or MBA, ... or both.

More ridiculous than a 1C/5A scenario? CC this year with 3C/0A. Would they go 1C/2A (Senden, Hain, Frisch) and would that be some sort of tell to 2023-24 season? Would they go 1C/3A (above plus Jamernik) and would that be a different tell? Would they go 1C/5A like 2016? (And which five? Hain and Frisch are the gimmes.) Oh the many questions of the off season ...

I'm also tracking "UND" (Forbort, Stecher, Jost, Oshie). Two D, so double those points to make four D. Two F, so triple those points to make six F. (0+4)*2 = 8 (0+4)*3 = 12 Total = 20 <-- they're doing worse than me! ...

Quick reference, right now: Higher seeds leading series: COL v NAS 4-0 (COL advances) TOR v TBL 3-2 CAR v BOS 3-2 Lower seeds leading series: STL v MIN 3-2 LAK v EDM 3-2 PIT v NYR 3-1 (1) FLA and (WC2) WAS tied 2-2 (1) CGY and (WC1) DAL tied 2-2

Does that machine fill them, ... or make them?

Player pts Goon 62 atHotSioux 60 tnt 57 ShawnO 57 sioux rube 52 stoneySioux 51 farce poobah 48 petey23 45 The Sicatoka 38

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Indeed. Skokna, Mitchell, Ziebarth, Smith, Pride seems one injury away from being short-handed. Hoosman adds the missing depth, with some good skills.

Some season end data ... https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-leads-the-nation-in-college-hockey-attendance-again-but-is-monitoring-challenges

Been lagging on putting these here ... A snowman ... "8" ...

Those are their top two options and Mister Patterson knew it.

Player pts Goon 48 atHotSioux 42 tnt 41 ShawnO 41 stoneySioux 38 sioux rube 37 petey23 34 farce poobah 33 The Sicatoka 27

Admittedly only based on like three games of my observations, that's the order of importance the losses are to that team.

Congrats to TOR for allowing TBL's entire fourth line to each get a goal tonight (Perry, Maroon, Bellemare).

In a word, yes.

Seems tuition may not be a concern for Mr. Smallidge should there be mutual interest. https://www.nchchockey.com/news_article/show/1215585 Looks like Smallidge got caught in a numbers game in Omaha. They carried 9D. A couple freshmen (Pennington and Mancini) got 30+ games each. Knoepke came back as a fifth-year. They went Proctor, Scanlin, Knoepke, Krenzen, Mancini, Pennington (30+ games each) most nights. Next in was Johnny T at 24. Then Harrison and Smallidge at 8 each. And just as I post this someone else finds this "answer key". https://unothegateway.com/from-car-ride-to-concussion-omahas-jake-harrison-and-jason-smallidge-share-unique-bond-through-injury-plagued-season/

I can argue both ways. One year rental: Bring in a one year top four guy and take a run at a green banner. The younger portion of the corps gets more time to ripen. Farmer (plus Hain and Senden) tells me what I need to know: this is the plan. Farmer is the right fit: right shot, and can cover if Jandric or Moore "make him like clothesline". - or - Guy with eligibility: A year from now Jandric is done. Frisch will be entertaining FA offers; OTT will be pressuring Kleven. And if Moore were to progress, who knows. Yes, there's a real scenario where the defense could be down to Johnson, Bast, (Sanderson's replacement), and (Ferner's replacement). In this scenario bringing in a guy with more than year (instead of Farmer) would make sense. But, now with Farmer here you're going to only get a fourth-pair guy because there's no minutes. What do I believe we'll be talking about in 12 months? Expected case: A year from now it'll be Moore, Johnson, Bast, (Ferner's replacement), and four well-rounded ready incoming freshmen. Best case: See Expected case but Frisch spends his Covid year at UND (I expect Kleven to go), which also means three freshmen (because one isn't ready). Worst case: Johnson, Bast, (Ferner's replacement), and four well-rounded ready incoming freshmen, and an upperclassman portal.

I'm hearing SCSU is getting four of their possible fifth-years back, and a goalie from the OJHL.

@Oxbow6 , that emoji doesn't mean "too much Old Mil and Taco Bell last night"? ... so THAT'S why I got all the 'congratulations' after bragging about downing a six pack and two seven-layer burritos.

The story says they picked the new mascot that carries ... a white flag. Seems fitting.

Defensive #grindaz ?

Johnson started the season hurt. Bast wasn't ready until second semester. (I feared that when I saw him in a USHL game that spring.) The coaches expected neither of those. Ferner was a nice insurance policy eighth defender that worked out massively well. Bravo coaches. You are right however, he earned the right to play. That's what you have to do if you're brought in as a fourth pair. But now with Johnson and Bast up to speed, even without Farmer he'd be seven at best (behind Frisch, Kleven, Jandric, Moore, Johnson, Bast).

He was told that when he was originally brought in. He knew he was fourth pair from day one in Grand Forks. We only saw him because of injuries.