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You mean similar to how with Davies coming online in Fargo, Fargo South lost almost all their hockey roster to the Davies area? That's why it's South/Shanley.

The term is "aerie". Most normally associate it with eagles but the term applies to the lofty nest of any large bird of prey.

Committed to his couch?

Isn't that more of a weighted average* of five classes? *Seniors carrying the most impact, then juniors, etc.

The view from behind the play (Parise side) made we wonder (inconclusive). The view from the Coyle side, sure the stick was between the camera and puck, but why didn't the puck keep coming? The view from straight down the blue line was a no-brainer: offsides. The Wild got a gift on that one.

Yup.

It was offsides. Coyle stopped the puck with his stick and Parise hadn't cleared the zone yet. How in the world does the "eye in the sky" in Toronto miss that?

No, to Notre Dame.

Another is at Robert Morris (Paul Colontino, former assistant at UND).

YSU made Jim Tressel ... president ... of the university. < facepalm > Welcome to UND. This is President John 'Gino' Gasparini. And here's his colleague from NDSU, President Rocky Hagar. (Don Morton? Craig Bohl?)

Fort Collins, like the home of the CSU Rams? Lambkins. Rams. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Check. Like Ames IA, the ISU Cyclones and the Ames HS Little Cyclones. And Grand Forks with the GFRR Young Riders and the UND ... nevermind.

Wrong thread. (Try "former players" instead.) Consider this a polite warning. Signed, The Management

I think one at most of those first round match-up will actually happen. It's too early to look at this kind of thing. There's still a lot of hockey to play. The PWR is going to rattle around.

Those were the first two names I looked at for my "at least 1 game this season" criteria. Nope.

Yes, UND's games (and their associated impacts).

If Idalski is around because of the Lamoureux twins wants, for the good of the program it's time for the twins to either step in (meaning coach) or step out.

http://collegehockeyranked.com/forecast/pwrbywins/ This season I'm thinking "safe" is probably 13 in PWR.

Seems like a good time to update this list ... There has to be one more forward I'm missing ...

Reverse 2020 and 2021. Why? There is no way UND will host the xDSUs the first MVFC season. USD has traveled to UND recently so that is acceptable.

I'm with you until the end of the last sentence --> flip 16 and 14. There's history of 22 and 16 working well together in K-zoo.

Not that long ago, perennial Fargo-Moorhead radio ratings #1, KFGO-AM, had been caught (tied) for that spot. And then came the great shuffle of college athletics media outlets. NDSU went to "Bison 1660 AM". UND went (back) to KFGO. The fall Arbitron ratings book is out. KFGO first, Bison 1660 last in F-M fall radio ratings The Fox 107.9 is the sister station of Bison 1660 and they also run NDSU Football games. That slid them from tied at #1 to now #4. And now KFGO is alone back at #1. What was it that was added to KFGO recently?

The top three forwards on this team can get away with relying on talent and skill alone. The other forwards have to do it by sheer will and hustle. If the bottom 9 (or 11) forwards aren't playing full throttle there can be no success.

My observations: Ausmus is playing slow and is weak on the puck. His passes are not crisp. Even his chips up the boards are not getting to their destinations. I smell senioritis. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but three freshmen and two sophomores and a junior on defense is a better option right now until Gage decides to play. Cole Smith did not look out of place out there when Boeser was out. Actually, I think Smith's energy level rubbed off on Boeser and that is a good thing. Smith has the things a bottom six forward needs to bring: speed, size, and a bit of a snarl. Mentioning energy level, Smith and Gornall bring an energy that is sorely lacking. And frankly, I'd say Wilkie is showing that energy also. Yeah, that group is not going to be confused for "The Circus" any time, but when you skate hard and fast and move your feet good things do come your way sooner or later. And, you set the tone. I think they're expecting too much out of Hoff right now. Put him in a position where he can play a simpler game. There are 14 forwards on the roster. That means two sit per game. Right now, I'd have to say one needs to be Simonson. All he's effective at right now is PK. With a team lacking in firepower you can't have a PK-only guy dressed. After this weekend I'd say the next guy to sit would be Olson. If we can get everyone healthy, it might be time to put Jost, Boeser, Gersich back together to find some scoring.

Credit where credit is due: Brock Boeser late in the third actually chased down, from end to end in the rink, and broke up a SCSU centering pass that probably would've otherwise been a GWG. Actually, Boeser's skating looked about as good as it has all season. (I believe there's more than a wrist with him this year.)

I kind of wondered if the NCHC didn't schedule Omaha's last regular season series at UND this year for a reason.