The Sicatoka

Maybe why UND locked down its staff when it did? Knott has to be way up some lists. Sandelin’s assistants have to be eyed also. And Wisconsin has become a dumpster fire, on a barge floating down a burning river.

To DU fans’ eyes, yeah, Mankato is Omaha with snow: Talented, but come undone in the third.

The MSUM teams of the late 1990s would’ve cashed all those breakaways. Not doing that was the start of the undoing. DU plays at altitude; Boston is at sea level; I could see MSUM fatigue as the game went on, that, and maybe some nerves. And I don’t think MSUM, despite the defense and close games of their record, had played a team with offense in a tight one in the third. They didn’t know how to react. They didn’t know how to play an NCHC team in an NCHC-like playoff game. And what MSUM did to UM, DU did to MSUM: Five unanswered.

I expect one big surprise yet to come. No information, just a feeling.

Wait a minute … McKay wins Hobey but not Richter for best goalie?

I can live with it but I’m not sure the final three were the right three … and I’m looking at the gopher …

Can’t believe it hasn’t been said yet: The Bob Motzko playoff tradition lives on.

Kent Johnson (CBJ) is the first Michigan guy to sign per CapFriendly's twitter. I'd have lost that bet: I had BUF and SEA getting their guys before. Either way, first one's gone, rest will follow. https://twitter.com/CapFriendly

Again I ask, how many early signees depart the ugly Ms (Minnesota and Michigan).

So the sucking sound from Michigan is players rushing out the door, and not their defensive zone coverage in OT last night?

We return basically the same defense and arguably no better (maybe lesser) goaltending, and the team was 20th in fewest goals allowed per game last season. There's work to be done there as well. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/

Trust your teammates.

The Domer's travel path would've been closer to a inverse hyperbolic cosecant.

Start at 2:30 mark here: https://www.ncaa.com/video/icehockey-men/2022-03-24/notre-dame-defeats-north-dakota-ot-thriller Did Jandric need to knock his man down? I think it was more of an "oops" reaction after he whiffed on the puck. (Was Jandric just coming off the bench? That was a terrible whiff.) Notes from video: The Notre Dame guy had to re-path to get around Jandric no matter what, which would slow him down. Frisch had already flipped his hips and was doing the edgework to get down ice at time of whiff. The puck was slow; Frisch got to it at half-speed at the circles; if Ethan had been digging he'd have been to the puck at the blue line, about the same time as a Domer would've, and he'd have had a decent angle on a Domer. Jandric should've trusted his teammates (Frisch, and Driscoll) to cover for him. But, that water is already over the dam and under the bridge.

The role/reps I thought he'd get, based on performance, will be going to Belquist and I think he figured it out.

Cochran in the portal? Which GLIAC school do you think he lands at?

If you enter the portal after May 1 you fall back under the old "must sit out a transfer season" transfer rule. (That's for fall/winter sports; for spring sports the deadline is July 1.)

Who's in the Frozen Four? Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 in goals scored per game. Who's in Nat'l Champ game? Number 1 and 2 in goals scored per game. (They're all also top 10 in fewest goals allowed per game.) https://www.collegehockeynews.com/stats/

RT's "should have dones" in there are why I say imprudent.

We lose Ford. We need a center. McLaughlin is obvious solution. Honestly, with Senden and Hain coming back, that's the only official opening at forward. We need speed and offense, and that's Blake. Here again is where I ponder outbound portals, and maybe running with more than 15 forwards.

Bruce Ciskie is naughty.

So, how many Woofies and Goophies sign pro contract by Monday morning?

That fits the pattern: After two seasons at UND guys are evaluated. Are they or are they not developing and performing the role.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=194820