The Sicatoka

As much fun as it is to have those big name first round flashy freshmen and sophomores (sorry, Tyson, Brock), college hockey is an upper classman's game. If you don't have a big core, or is it corps, of seniors and juniors that carry the load you (a) don't have an environment for those young stars to do what they do, and (b) you don't have the experience, leadership, maturity, and consist performance to survive a season. Look at last year: that mature defense and group of upperclassmen forwards pushed play to the offensive end and let Boeser and Schmaltz do what they do. This year Boeser and Jost are spending as much time helping in the defensive zone as thinking about offense. Having said that, I'll remind you all of 2-5-11-8. And then I'll point out to two and three years from now, when those big classes will be upperclassmen (even if they suffer some mild attrition). That said, that group needs to start figuring out this concept called "offense". It begins by propelling or carrying the puck toward the blue painted ice with the guy in the big pads and wrong jersey standing on it. <-- Wasn't sure how much they understood of the concept so I gave the detailed description. My best guess: If UND sweeps at Miami they have to at least get to the Final Faceoff to have any hope. If UND splits or worse at Miami, not only do they have to get to the Final Faceoff, but they'll probably have to win a game there (v. DU or UMD).

Now he's just Bob's backup in Columbus ...

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (But it still makes me want to take a shower.)

Seriously? Curtis McElhinney

Who's in net?

Brian Idelski's record: 2016-17 North Dakota 14 14 6 .500 2015-16 North Dakota 18 12 5 .586 2014-15 North Dakota 22 12 3 .635 2013-14 North Dakota 20 12 4 .611 2012-13 North Dakota 26 12 1 .679 made NCAA tournament 2011-12 North Dakota 22 12 3 .635 made NCAA tournament 2010-11 North Dakota 20 13 3 .597 2009-10 North Dakota 8 22 4 .294 2008-09 North Dakota 13 19 4 .417 2007-08 North Dakota 4 26 6 .194 No conference regular season or post-season titles. Read more: http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/wid,202/brian-idalski/#ixzz4Zcr5oI00

Correct. To grow, you need space (not land, but buildings) and people to support the growth. There's nothing in the foreseeable State budgets for either of those.

Burn, baby, burn.

Wrong. Eleventybillion - two. OK, really ... SOG were 54-6. http://www.rinkwriter.com/ndstatess/ndboys_17_g1.pdf

1-0 GFC. I believe the UND women's hockey coach's son scored.

To watch: Just hit the GF Herald website. They have a link.

So, $13 to get in. Are the "beverage" stands open?

Academics took hits "over 10%" but (one small, 5% of Athletics, budget line item in) Athletics took a 40% cut! That is world-class spin. And the local media bought it.

No, you're not. Title IX is Federal law. The Feds decide if you're in compliance, not the NCAA.

When I look at Jim's projection/what's it take board, teams that need to better than their "to date" winning percentage are in trouble. UND needs to go 0.750 and is 0.533 overall. That's a problem. http://collegehockeyranked.com/forecast/pwrbywins/

As a note related to someone else facing issues due to less money coming from Bismarck: http://www.inforum.com/news/4222883-ndsu-offering-phased-retirements-cutting-student-affairs-administrators

Kolpack had a different number, about $2.1 million (not the $6.6 cited and referenced above). This just in ... http://www.inforum.com/news/4222883-ndsu-offering-phased-retirements-cutting-student-affairs-administrators

You're being polite.

So, ice jam, flood, inundation, debris washed away, to the intake of the civil water supply for Standing Rock ... that they were there to "protect". http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/ice-jams-raise-flooding-concern-while-agencies-move-to-close/article_31caa8df-c5a5-5608-a4b9-b1581a05110c.html

Uh ... you do know that Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney is the back-up site incident commander to the Morton County Sheriff as assigned by the Governor, right?

Pure speculation by me, but logisitics for a women's game have to be just as tough as for a men's game* in a lot of ways. Lots of work for little return. *Security, ushers, guest services, concessions, medical, ice crew, ticket office, ...

I should've bought stock in Orville Reddenbacher and Jiffy-Pop yesterday.

Honestly, that was my one fear with that name.

Uh, ... depends on what type of non-profit they are. A non-profit can make money as long as it defines where its "excess revenues" must go. In REA's case, it's UND Athletics. Heck, Sanford Health is a non-profit. You know because they file an IRS Form 990.

Fetch with a blast of positivity? Who are you and how'd you get Fetch's password!