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Smith showed something on that breakaway. Play fast and hard Cole, stay out of the box, and you will be really good.

This Keane kid is a smart hardworking player and he needs more ice time. A little confidence and experience and he will be a solid player

I thought we skated well tonite and made some progress. Sure there were some breakdowns but we generated some high quality chances. And admittedly our goalie bailed us out at the end but he is good and getting better. We can ride this guy to some wins.

Is Coach Large available to move out west?

He is well respected and well connected throughout the hockey world. He may come up with a lot better city to live in than Philly. I have watched these Flyers since Hak has been there and I think a few of their supposedly big stars have been gutless over the years, as evidenced by the lack of much remorse over Hak taking the fall for their poor play this year.

This entire team including Berry and the other coaches are a disgrace. I collected a lot of heat last year here for saying Berry can’t coach or recruit. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Thanks. Gaarder did turn out very well for us.

What was the name of the kid who pulled the plug on us a few years back in August of the year he was supposed to come and left Hak trying to find a kid to replace him. I think this kid went almost straight to the NHL. And who was the kid from Minn (I think Edina or someplace around there) that Hak recruited?

I have listed for sale on Ticketmaster 4 tickets for the game. Unable to go.

In the Denver papers the last week or so it has been announced that Colorado College is building a new on campus hockey rink for their team/games. Has capacity to seat only 3,000. They have been playing at the World Ice Arena for many years and I have attended the North Dakota series for quite a few of those years. There is usually a good following of North Dakota fans coming from far and wide and I question whether there will be much room for us in a 3,000 size facility. If they were coming into the NCHC league today with such a small arena, would the NCHC give them much consideration? Didn't Arizona State apply with a similarly sized facility?

Wait til they see the guy we saw most of the year

Thanks

And leave room for Bubbas name too.

Come on guys. I am just saying can we have a little more forward looking webpage to look at during the off-season? I got so so tired of being reminded of that awful BU loss as I’m sure young Bowen did too on another note, I returned to Grand Forks for the second time in 45 years and attended the regular season ending St Cloud series at the Ralph. Flew to Mpls and drove to Grand Forks. I noticed at one end of the Ralph a banner to (I think) retire Ralph Engelstads number and another banner along side it to retire Casey’s number. Assume this is Jon Casey former goaltender who won two Nattys. Shouldn’t we have another banner (or 3) for Gino, Dean, and Hak right Beside those two? We could have one banner with all their names or one for each of them. They are all deserving of a banner and a night to thank all of them together. That would be awesome.

Are we going to have to look at the article on the NCHC tournament and St. Cloud game all off season like last off season when the BU game was on the front page until the new season started. Brought back horrible memories everytime I opened up siouxsports.com. Surely there is something else that can go there.

I think one thing that needs to be taken into account is the desire of a lot of the young players to play close enough to home so parents and friends can watch them play. So I think alot of our recruiting depends on the strength of the programs in western Minn, Nodak and western Canada and our ability to get the best of these kids. I know there is a certain percent of kids who will move a long ways from home, but my gut tells me the expensive private schools in hockey have a better chance of luring these kids away than UND does. Believe it or not The Ralph is not the only factor.

Who are each of them playing?

Well that looked more like the hockey we are used to. I thought the refs allowed a fair amount of physicality and didn’t seem to be making up the rules as they went along. Result was was consistent with our problems throughout the season. Rather than taking a step forward from the good play the past few weeks we played at about the same level. Not horrible but not enough finishers to get the job done. SCSU tic tac toe goal was remindful of our top line in 2016. Nice play nice goal. Not Cams fault I didn’t think. Was screened pretty good. Cam played great. Will he get the start today? I assume so. As the game went on I thought our passing and trust in each other went south. SCSU speed had something to do with it I suppose. Hak used to preach shorten up the passes and tighten up on pick support in these situations. Who was supporting Rieger on the game ending turnover? Last guy up the ice should not be the guy with the puck and our backward passing entry plays put us in that situation far too often. But I don’t blame the coaches for turning the D loose either. Seemed like our only chance to score at the time and get back into the game. It did result in some odd man rushes with Cam having to save the day. Ok ok I’ll shut up and go do my taxes.

Yep. Exactly.

Especially fine line with refs who have been turning the western game into a figure skating contest. The games back east are getting more physical than the NCHC.

Watched our games against UNO as well as Miami v St. Cloud. The refs seem to have allowed a little more hitting in the Miami game than I have seen this year. Maybe they will put the whistles away a little, but probably not for us I suppose. I'm really pulling for the boys this weekend to put it together. They are really close if they can stay disciplined while still aggressive.

Just paid a visit to GF, one of my few visits since leaving in '73. Campus is great, Grand Forks city not so much. So many potholes on University Ave and downtown; almost not navigable. South Washington one continuous eyesore. Alerus and The Ralph are tremendous. The weather and the city are recruiting disadvantages compared to some other NCHC towns, especially Denver.

Did it go off Terry’s skate, hit the defenders stick, and then go in? Don’t know what the rule would be on that but certainly the primary momentum for that puck going in the net was a distinct kicking motion. They looked at it forever.

Does Sweeney still have a job in Nodak radio or TV somewhere?

Latest I saw is some kind of fracture in lower back. Will miss rest of season but not a career ender or anything like that.