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Brad E. Schlossman ‎@SchlossmanGF Hearing that Troy Stecher will be suspended for Friday's game against Omaha for his CFB major at 20:00 of the third period Saturday night. 12:44 PM - 22 Feb 2016 · North Dakota, USA, United States

NBC broadcasts in the US primarily. The average NBC-watching rube thinks the NHL is all Canadians save for a few "Rooskies". NBC is trying to market the NHL to Americans by pointing out "yes, there are Americans out there on the ice."

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/14801908/north-dakota-sells-fighting-sioux-items-satisfy-ncaa-settlement Not surprised.

Morning guys on NHL Radio (SiriusXM) called it "an unfortunate difference in heights": Zucker's face is at Rozsival's shoulder height. They didn't see any penalty. They had Pierre McGuire on with them and he agreed. They all suspect the head hitting the ice did the most damage.

Control what's yours to control. UND has an ugly challenge ahead this weekend. That's all that matters.

We weren't talking about yours on Wentz.

Thank goodness McDermott hit both of his free throws. Good grief, like someone said: up 8 with the ball with a minute to play and they have to score 6 to win by 1. No. Game. Management.

John Santiago does not crawl.

Ask 'gfhockey' to see if it's on the %gobc agenda at the truck stop this week. If not, maybe 'gfhockey' can use his %gobc apprentice status to get it added.

Yup. Me. I like the sport and I like the run the UND program is on right now (Campbell and this past weekend); however, I still have climate/facilities concerns. I'm not sure the NCAA season (Feb-Jun) is right for this region.

I think we're just starting to see the benefits of this facility ... or at least USC saw them this weekend.

More thoughts on the Pogo breakaway that led to the penalty shot: Janatuinen was uncovered on the left wing; it was a 2 on 1. One of the Duluth players was dogging it back. If Pogo could've gotten it across JJ had a lot of net to look at. Watch Soucy get up after the hit. Watch his body language. He knew ...

CBS might need a refresh. Schmaltz with Caggiula and Gersich (who else can keep up?) Gardner with Boeser and Wilkie (16 and 22 were good together at WMU) Simonson with Poganski and Janatuinen (you might convince me to swap JJ for Gersich) Sanderson with Olson and (if 17 or 29 is available, else 13) You might actually have a more than one line that can score. Boeser showed he can produce without 8 and 9 at WMU. Why not try it.

People are saying sit 4 and 27. Yes. But 28 needs some suit time also. He made some terrible decisions as well. If 24 is available, I don't see how 24 and 21 could be any worse than 4 and 28 were in their own zone Friday. Yes, I said 21. 27? Honestly, I think he has anger management issues. I'm not sure there's a hockey fix for those; however, if 29 or 17 is ready tonight, I'd slot them in. Heck, if not, I'd seriously consider 13.

The defender left his feet to hit the puck carrier in the legs and made minimal effort to play the puck. The defender intentionally did this from behind to eliminate a scoring opportunity. If that's not a penalty shot offense, what is? If you claim it's not penalty shot worthy, then it is intent to injure clipping (dove from behind into an opponent's legs). That would probably also garner a one game suspension from the league office for tonight. Here's the bottom line for me: I want the officials to give more penalty shot calls to protect puck carriers and offensive opportunities. Don't like it? Don't get beat down the ice.

Thank you Todd Anderson.

Can't sweep unless you win the first one.

Getter - Setter - Shooter Look at WAS now with Oshie - Backstrom - Ovechkin: Oshie has gone into that getter role and WAS is now the best team in the NHL. At UND Oshie was a shooter (and in STL). Caggiula - Schmaltz - Boeser: Schmaltz is the setter, but depending on the night Caggiula and Boeser seem to swap back and forth between who's getting the puck and who's firing the puck. (See Boeser's board work in Western Michigan: pure getter.) I'd like to see well-rounded players, but some guys just are naturals at certain roles.

Omaha has a lot of nasty left in their schedule: SCSU, UND, Denver.

SB Nation was not impressed with Idaho's presentation: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/2/18/11054228/idaho-football-sun-belt-conference-realignment-aww-man

And here's NMSU's presentation: http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/sports/college/nmsu/2016/02/18/new-mexico-state-presentation-sun-belt-highlights-football-budget-aggievision-potential/80574128/

Idaho is on the clock. NMSU is next up. http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/university-of-idaho/article60594266.html And this is some of their presentation to the Sun Belt. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbhgCjhXIAQIrt6?format=pjpg&name=large Surely the SBC will be impressed. See more on Twitter: @murphsturph

But NetFlix after work, before going to bed, look so-o-o-o-o much better in a big fancy (crime ridden) urban metro.

Wentz does deserve better than this: http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/10/26/cleveland-browns-fan-halloween-graveyard-former-quarterbacks