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The "no Savoie" came to mind as I was writing my 6x3 thoughts. The rest? I didn't realize the scale of the problem. That said, DU does have a second and third power play unit. Even if the "six" stands in front and screens ...

6x3: Why not go with a modified "plus" (aka bumper) config. In bumper, your low guy overloads to one side (normally goalie glove). See the Adams goal Saturday. In 6x3 I'd say to go "double low". If one low man has the puck the other pops up to be a second bumper on the far post (as the normal bumper is aligned to the near post to the low man with the puck). The alternative is he stays on the far pipe to act as the backboard of a whip-jam shot from the low man with the puck, leaving open the pass to the "Ovechkin Office" guy.

It opens up drive lanes. (It's like a run game opens up the pass game in football.)

One more question for DU: Down 4-2, up on a 5x3 power play ... and you don't pull Chrona for the 6x3 given all the time left? You lost 5-2 anyway because you pulled after the penalties expired. Down two you pull for the 6x3.

Observations: DURflinger needs to be smarter: (on Friday) Tyler Kleven (6'4") is not the "dance partner" he should be choosing. (Yo, DURf, getting punched 'downhill' hurts. I have learnt this. No further comment.) Berry said it best postgame Saturday: The (Saturday first period) might have been UND's worst all season. My only comment: Might? UND's fourth goal was courtesy DU: UND 28 enters the zone in possession and ... turns from the high slot to attack ... the half wall looking to maintain possession until help arrives, and not one, not two, but three DU skaters drag with him. The fourth DU defender was in the zone before the UND F2 (14). Yet somehow 28 gets the textbook shot off from the wall (1x3) to the far goalie pad and all Kodachrome* can do is kick it up the slot where his fourth defender has been beat down the slot by F2 (14). Goal. Thank you DU for playing mite level, watch the puck, defense. (And LetsGoDU.com may quote me on that prior statement. No rights reserved.) You could hear the air come out of DU's tires when it went 4-2. The late UND penalties were not good but DU honestly looked tired from the 4-2 goal on. They had no pushback. The ENG? Why didn't 29 take it? Why'd he let 28 take it? Simple. First, he's the captain. Reward the guys who earned it that night. Next, 28 looked like he was shot out of cannon. Finally, watch 29 on that play. A DU defender has a slim but real chance of catching 28 ... until 29 'adjusts' his skating path trailing 28. Illegal? Nope. Subtle and smart? Oh yeah ... Next, to UND 15: Ethan, dude, be done taking penalties in the last minutes of the game (unless it is to save a clear open chance), please. It's rough on the old ticker. Thank you. Frankly, UND's defense on the 1-2-3 (A-B-C) scale I'm not sure anyone got an A on Saturday. Maybe 15 until the late penalty. Maybe 2 but he wasn't high minutes. Both 3 and 24 had rookie mistakes. If anyone did, it was the ... freshmen. And to Thome: Dude. You were hung out on the first. Savoie scores on eight of ten NCHC goalies (and quite a few pros) from there so no dishonor. But after those two you locked down and made all the saves you should (and a couple I have no idea how you saw). < virtual fist bump > *Chrona gets the name Kodachrome on that one because he was picturized on it. Note: For you youngin's, a company named Kodak use to make photographic film called Kodachrome before digital camer... oh, nevermind.

OK, the sweep was impressive.

That being ... Frankly I’m waiting for BS’s* take. *BusinessSiouxt that is.

Nothing. Now if you flipped second assistants also ...

I take back my earlier remarks about Miami ... unless that’s what inspired them.

I’d ask to borrow a stamp from Miami but it looks like they used them up mailing the season in.

My bold predictions: At least one facepalm worthy bad penalty, and we’ll sing ... Louie, Louis, oh yeah, you’ve got a goal now ...

10 14 19 and 8 27 9 with 21 as the spare. Top two lines as expected. No 4 or 20.

Both were there. They hired some crisis actors when they could see UND winning it.

Nordeast only when it's available. Otherwise, straight up Grain Belt!

... the gravediggers ...

Someone please educate the puppy (that's what you call an immature dog) about ND's Covid status. https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/north-dakota-coronavirus-cases Our numbers are better than in mid-July 2020.

I'm sorry. Were they out of Old Milwaukee Light and Keystone Light? Full disclosure: There's Grain Belt Nordeast in my garage fridge.

I can't believe the second WMU player in the picture is not pummeling Perunovich.

Maybe a relegation type system, two tiers, does need to be looked at in the future.

Worthless trivia of the day: In the Brady era (2000 season to present), NFC quarterbacks with a SB ring: Brad Johnson (TB) Eli Manning (NYG x2) Drew Brees (NO) Aaron Rodgers (GB) Russell Wilson (SEA) Nick Foles (PHI) and Tom Brady (TB). This might be the only time Brad Johnson and Tom Brady get mentioned in the same breath. AFC: Dilfer (BAL), Roethlisberger (PIT x2), Peyton Manning (IND, DEN), Flacco (BAL), Mahomes (KC), Brady (NE x6).

On Thursday I heard an interview on NFL Radio on Sirius and they we talking to "Donkey Kong" Suh of TBB. He sounded absolutely giddy at the prospect of going against the KC offensive front. I now know why. It was men versus boys.

Big time Division I ... Will he be selling popcorn at intermission?

Do we know yet who is not available for the Steaks?

Changing demographics. Here's one for you ... what's more likely in the next 10 years? (a) GPR makes state three times, or (b) MayPort-C-G* al makes state once. *And if you can drive to all four of those towns without a map or GPS you might be a North Dakotan.