The Sicatoka

How'd you get the NCAA press release before it went out officially? Is that you Mark Emmert?

Are you a balding/bald, slightly paunchy, curmudgeonly old white guy who pontificates incessantly about poor officiating (and does nothing about it) and the size of goalie pads today? If so, you have a chance to be on the committee as historically that's the demographic. Oh, and you need to know the actual location and keypad code of the meeting room. Your only hint is: See my location at the left of this post. If you don't know, you don't know. Sorry. PS - It's Cohibas and Macallan this year since we haven't met in a while.

Like I've said, bust out the stogies and scotch -- we're pickin' old school!

The fishbowls at the piano bar were pure joy and pure evil.

Supper at Shangri-La. "Lose" it later at the Down Under.

That screams that the top regular season finisher gets a bye and only plays two games to a tourney title.

First loss by Moorhead to an ND team in over a decade.

Stand by for some PR wonk to tell us about the importance of the center of the W to have the same tip shape as the Washington Monument.

Well ... OK ... < gulp > @MafiaMan @MafiaMan @MafiaMan

@Blackheart Need a jersey review.

Were you walking past and it fell out of your pocket?

For those of you who've given up on ForumComm ... https://fightinghawks.com/news/2021/1/28/mens-hockey-nchc-makes-schedule-changes-to-first-two-weeks-in-february.aspx

You are "looking" west. There is a brick wall depicted on the south. That may be your old bricks. I just noticed what looks like mixed use housing northwest of the field on the east end of what today is a bridge to nowhere and a parking lot.

If the seniors keep performing like seniors should, yes, having someone who can run with 17 and 22 makes life miserable for teams looking to match (neutralize) against a your top scoring line ... so which is it? What I like more is 10 and 19 have found a new friend. This 27 fellow is channeling his inner Cole Smith. Me likey! And hidden in all that? 14 (a guy who'd center a top six line most places) is freed up to plug in as needed as situational specialist (faceoffs, PK) because of fourth line minutes. Need to shorten the bench late in a game? Move 14 up. Any word when we get 2 and 15 back? 4 and 20 are filling the roles versus CC, but I worry if they could handle top five teams.

I wonder if that's why the delay in selling DU series stubs.

We had a run of amazing FG kicking performance from 1998 to 2009 with Peterka to Glas to Hellevang*. Those guys are top 3 in most kicking categories. (You could argue Zeb Miller and Taubenheim as the two follow-ons from 2010 to 2017 continued the run). I miss that. We need that back. Don't believe me? See page 61 of 156 here: https://fightinghawks.com/documents/2020/9/3/Fall_Camp_Guide_2020.pdf *I'd forgotten he punted also. He's second all-time in average yards per punt.

Hmmm ... CBS Line: Caggiula Schmaltz Boeser (bring back 2016!) Minne(sota) Line: Nelson Oshie Parise Micro Line: Jost Grimaldi Zajac* We Bring Misery Line: Smith Gardner Rowney (the name says it all) *He's not that small, but had to go somewhere.

Most likely to be added? - Pogo - Cam - ?

What I have confirmed so far ... Chairman of Ownership Group: Mark Chipman (honorary, Mark didn't play hockey at UND, he played football at UND) Coach: Dave Tippett (EDM) Assistant Coach: Dave Hakstol (TOR) Equipment: Andy Rannells (PHI) (honorary) Sr. Director of Player Development: Ryan Johnson (VAN) Boeser Jost Smith Grimaldi Nelson Oshie Parise Rowney Zajac Gardner Schmaltz, N Caggiula Poolman Forbort Stecher Wolanin Dell Media: Pre-game host: Jay Caufield (PIT) In-game Color: Troy Murray (CHI)

D'oh! < facepalm >

Some day he will.

Valley City's and Dickinson's still live on as libraries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Carnegie_libraries_in_North_Dakota

OK. That covers us for this season. I'd guess our future is Cam Johnson getting to (in my best Kevin Weekes voice) ... "The National!"

What I have confirmed so far ... Chairman of Ownership Group: Mark Chipman (honorary, Mark didn't play hockey at UND, he played football at UND) Coach: Dave Tippett (EDM) Assistant Coach: Dave Hakstol (TOR) Equipment: Andy Rannells (PHI) (honorary) Sr. Director of Player Development: Ryan Johnson (VAN) Boeser Jost Smith Grimaldi Nelson Oshie Parise Rowney Zajac Gardner Poolman Forbort Stecher Wolanin Dell Media: Pre-game host: Jay Caufield (PIT) In-game Color: Troy Murray (CHI)

Has Dell dressed and sat on the bench for TOR or NJD this year yet? That counts under the rules.