The Sicatoka

Doubt the NCHC allows for that at this point. Thank goodness the WJC will be on NHLN this weekend ...

Now Captain Serious is out. https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/12/29/jonathan-toews-to-miss-blackhawks-training-camp-season-start-report/

Random factoid (per ND DOH website): Three North Dakotans under age 30 have died of/with COVID. Let them play, but captains run the bench. (Sorry Bubs; you're old. ) PS - Positive tests don't play or dress. If you're short-benched you have no one to blame but the idiot in the mirror.

Booger flicks it in the face of the youngsters in the NFL.

Let's be fair. That came off the worst site on the internet --> Ticket<bleep>. https://www.ticketmaster.com/Betty-Engelstad-Sioux-Center-tickets-Grand-Forks/venue/50082?DB_OEM_ID=13500&camefrom=CFC_UND_fightingsioux.comMWBB In this craptacular year I don't blame schedule update mistakes on anyone. It seems to change by the rapid test (which is a bit over a minute).

The pod should've been the "cross-over" as tnt says. UND should've played 8 games, 2 per with UMD, SCSU, WMU, and Miami. UMD should've played 8 games, 2 per with UND, DU, UNO, and CC. I think that would've been better two ways -- schedule, and teams started to look fatigued during that 4 games in 7 days week they each had. UND's second half should've been 12 games: 2 home, 2 road with each of DU, CC, and UNO. Yes, that's only 20 total games. If you want 24 you do two "pairs weekends" --> DU hosts UNO then UND (Fri/Sat) and CC hosts UND then UNO (Fri/Sat). The following weekend UNO hosts CC Fri/DU Sat and UND hosts DU Fri/CC Sat. <-- There's 24 games. You could do something similar but cross over with the east four even. Why'd nobody call me?

... or should that be just the 2021 season because they won't play any regular season games in calendar 2020. Biggest stories going in? - "Hank" needs open heart surgery. https://nypost.com/2020/12/28/henrik-lundqvist-reveals-he-will-undergo-open-heart-surgery/ - Dach loses 4-5 months at WJC https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2020/12/28/chicago-blackhawks-kirby-dach-to-miss-4-5-months-after-wrist-surgery/ - TOR and MTL actually get some grind in the lineup -- TOR adds Simmonds and Thornton -- MTL adds Anderson, Toffoli, and Perry - The Cup champ TBL has just short of $17,000,000.00 on LTIR -- including Kucherov! -- They took on LTIR contracts/debt from OTT and trade away a F and a D to get cap compliant - The salary cap -- Teams still have a mess because it went flat/down -- Free agents are getting nothing

Is that like HDTV? NHLN just finished replaying the game and I caught the OT PPG winner (while filling a coffee cup). The announcers were even commenting that it worked out for GER because one of the SVK goals was way offside.

Quit. Making. Sense.

I caught most of the second. I agree.

Much the same is happening to Fargo South, and likely will to the West Fargo Packers.

Good news for the USA comes two-fold: - USA will have an off day before playing Sweden - Sweden will have RUS/USA on back to back days (and RUS will be ill-natured after that CZE loss) If the Swedish preliminary round winning streak ends this year, I predict it ends against the USA.

Better question: Why would the AAC want Boise State over San Diego State or UNLV? Both have better basketball and better travel options. Plus, UNLV Football now plays in Allegiant (home of the Raiders).* *Blue Turf <<< The Roomba

I think we've seen 13, 20, and 21 all that we're going to from here out (unless injuries dictate otherwise). I suspect 4 will be the travel (7th) defenseman and 11 and TBD* will battle for 12/13th forward. *Jamernik have a jersey number yet? It'll be 5, 6, 7, or 27, based on available.

Budgets won't be getting better in a post-COVID world (and yes, we'll get there soon). I see geographic consolidation happening as a result. Remember, to folks at Kentucky, six hours is a long, long, long, unbearable bus trip.

Is it? What is the status of Blaisdell? Will he be back or is this a sign his injury is worse than we know. No matter what, adding Jamernik is a sign we won’t see much of 21 and 13 going forward.

I'm no great basketball mind, but it would seem that "press" against a team with only one ball handler would be an obvious tactic to use.

Quarantine, schmarantine, ... old-school, ... the scotch/bourbon kills the virus in that room.

One more observation: I liked seeing most of the last 48 seconds played in the Duluth zone. That’s a winning attitude and approach.

The inability to make the simple off the glass play to break pressure is starting to concern me.

Thought for the day: In the eyes of the NCAA, UND is 1-0-1 against Duluth. Today’s win was big.

All the more so as 24 had a day to forget and 4 and 20 made nothing but soft passes.

Hain

If I'm crazy so are the NCHC Week 1 Defenseman of the Week voters.