The Sicatoka

Wait a minute ... could Holden leaving CBSSN have been the first moving piece on this NHL-to-ESPN chessboard?

< casually walking by > < whistling > < ... flip ... >

What happens when you cross Robert Palmer, two guitarists from Duran Duran, and the drummer from disco band Chic, with a T Rex classic? You get on Mafia's iPod ... and bang a gong.

Same lead vocalist goes from his "Capt Jack Sparrow" look to looking like he'd fit in Lynyrd Skynyrd with that hat.

And now Mafia takes the "yutes" to school: There was more to Toto than "Africa"

Mafia, please explain this.

You want a deep track you're going to need faster horses ... and more money.

I saw someone under my kitchen table, talking to my old tom cat, They were talking about hockey and the cat was talkin' back, Along about then everything went black, But wasn't that a party?

So ... anyone worth looking at on Clarkson's roster? I suspect their transfer portal numbers may jump shortly.

I pondered asking where the mustache had been to acquire Covid but thought better of it. Some things are best left a mystery.

DU has all three goalies. When's the last time Magnus Chrona stole a game ... ... because that's what I suspect it'll take.

The self-selected tournament field becomes the self-selected tournament champ.

I was told that by our favorite SDSU alumnus who used to hang around here.

Yup, all those awards and it still takes $5 to get a footlong ham sandwich at Subway.

Maine and UNH about to start. Back in the day that was a HEA Championship matchup. Today's it's an 8/9 play-in game.

PPG 3-1 UML

Haven't you heard? They're going after Hobo Days as being insensitive to some group. (Not kidding.)

More wild speculative guessing ... D pipeline (six, by DOB oldest to youngest): Bast, Morrow, Benoit, Johnson, Dunbar, Ausmus <- and that's the order I'd guess they'd come in as departures occur (maybe Johnson over Benoit) F pipeline (twelve, by DOB, old to young): Portz, Schmaltz, Mongomery, Bowen, Strinden, Kunz, Constantini, Blake, James, Panzer, Singleton, Spicer <--I'd guess that order also with maybe Kunz jumping over Strinden and Constantini jumping over both. (James is the wildcard.) I think Johnson is Thome's replacement and Hedquist is Thome's.

Louis Jamernik on line one for you. (When Jamernik came in the traditional 15-8-3 shape of the roster was restored.)

Selleck-esque? Durf could never get there so stop with the blasphemy or you'll surely slip further and end up in 'stache purgatory by comparing to Sam Elliott.

I'd take it, but DU hasn't played since Feb 27 and that's concerning, at least to me.

I could see (hard luck injuries) Bast coming back under the exemption to get a year with his brother. I don't see JBD coming back. I've been figuring three defensemen, and needing at least one the following year. As I've noted, if we lose four ... Ethan Frisch becomes the old man of the group. D pipeline (by DOB oldest to youngest): Bast, Morrow, Benoit, Johnson, Dunbar, Ausmus

I think Omaha got the better draw and UMD had better buckle up and strap in. I'd rather play DU than WMU right now. @ubish: WMU got the better draw for them right now. UMD is still searching for their mojo. All that said, UND had better show up Friday (unlike the first 40 last Friday). Miami is no push.

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UND is the host school for the Fargo Regional. A host, if they make the tournament field, is always placed at their site. That rule has created some sticky wickets in the past, like say a two-seed hosting a regional in their facility where number one overall has to come in. The "no campus sites" rule has made it a little better but it can still make for some unhappy one (and/or two) seeds.