The Sicatoka

A year ago Carter Huber bailed out. An emergency June add of Mark Senden was made (brought in a year early) to the roster. Today Mark's tied for fifth in goals scored. Mark Senden might be (is?) the best center on the team right now. That tells me a lot about Mark Senden. But what's it say about the sophomore and junior classes if (unheralded, emergency add) Mark Senden can walk in and establish himself as a guy who will probably take the first faceoff in the fall and is (to my mind) clearly destined for a letter on a jersey sooner than later.

Unfiltered. Look out; it's going to get ugly. If the team were handed to me right now there'd be hard conversations with everyone on the bench during the game (including training staff). That said ... Who would for sure be back on that bench next season? Dr Greek, Mark Poolman, Kawaguchi, Kierstad, Poolman, JBD, Smith, Senden, Bast, Mismash, Hain, Adams, Tychonick, Peski, Scheel, Thome. Who'd have an easy time convincing me to find them a spot? Weatherby, Keane, Feeney Who'd really have to make a big time sell job? Anyone not listed above.

< hand in air > Excuse me Mr. geaux, but who on this squad can dangle an opposing defenseman?

(Un)Special Teams. All games: Kill at 0.799, PP at 0.142 NCHC: Kill at 0.800; PP at 0.124 A kill percent at the end of a season that starts with a 7? A power play percent in the teens, and the LOW teens at that. No, wait, the NCHC PP percent wasn't even in the teens. Those numbers are flat embarrassing.

Mentioning shots, how many of the shots were from outside of the prime shooting area (dots in and down). I'll let you outshoot me 2:1 all day if all your shots are coming from the periphery so my goalie can see and set up.

Source: http://www.collegehockeystats.net/1819/teamstats/ndkm SOG: 1187 v 851; outshot opponents by more than 300 shots Goals: 93 v 90; but only have 3 more goals on those 300 shots The NCHC only numbers are 749 v 595 and 59 v 58; again 150 more shots but only 1 more goal But here's more disturbing to me: Opponents are getting 0.921 goaltending against UND; UND is only getting 0.894. Great defense, great goaltending that says not. That says UND wasn't getting the saves it needed. So yeah, the offense wasn't there (or was inept at shooting) but don't think the defense doesn't have some things to look at.

The warm/cold line stayed within 20 miles of the Red from Grand Forks to the south. East of that got rain and maybe and inch of snow. West of that got at least six inches of snow. Ashley, ND, got seventeen inches. Just because cities on the Red got a relative dusting doesn't mean it's not bad out there still. ND DOT is right to pull the plows until daylight if the wind is going to blow 30 mph all night.

In the open country, yes. Go here: https://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/ Click the lower left "Weather Cameras" to add them to the map. Pick a camera. As an example, ND 13 by Verona:

(from the GF Herald)

Can they pick up a little John / Cal / Ginny residual inspiration on the way out of town? Wouldn't hurt ...

I had one of those ... on my roof ... from the prior storms. I shoveled it off yesterday when I heard the potential for another foot of heavy wet snow.

Times change. Adapt or perish.

NCHC quarterfinals: Fly to DEN Reroute to ABQ Bus to DU Why'd I just hear a silverware drawer open?

My guess is Fargo will get a nice wind-aided dusting to inch before the day is out. That'll put a nice polish on the ice for ya Oxbow.

UND Hockey got rerouted to ABQ because of this. Now it's a bus to DU.

Now comes the misery: Those in areas that it rained and who didn't shovel their roof are in deep trouble. Snow is a sponge for moisture. That four feet of snow on the roof just captured all the precipitation that fell, and added to the live load on the roof trusses.

Fargo and Bismarck were on the wet side of the warm/cold line, so it rained. But that line going further north than predicted means the storm had more shove than expected as it moved further north than expected. Too Tall kept saying he couldn't predict the warm/cold line so he didn't make any predictions for Fargo itself. The closest he came was when he said the snow difference from Dilworth to Mapleton could be nearly a foot.

Careful ... ND has "history" with software "upgrades" also. See: PeopleSoft.

Middle of the country looks like a tie dyed t-shirt right now ... https://www.weather.gov/

https://www.weather.gov/fgf/

I'm tired of shoveling snow ... off my roof.

This winter can be done. Thank you.

Post your March 13/14, 2019 Snomageddon* musings here. *Snonami? Snopocalypse?

Touche.

Seems that should go more into a soccer thread or a former football players thread.