AlphaMikeFoxtrot

Remember that series maybe a decade ago where we throttled RMU and they weren't interested in scheduling with us anymore? One of the games was an 8-0 pounding. Let's check another Atlantic team off the list. Never want to see Canisius again.

Here's a good primer on UST: http://www.citypages.com/news/excommunicated-st-thomas-proved-too-good-at-sports-and-building-a-college/561900561 I never understood why people paid so much to attend there rather than, say, Pepperdine or another private institution, but it sounds like they are generous with financial aid.

A few years ago a prep school kid from Brooklyn would not strike me as a possibility, but after Pinto and Moore it wouldn't be a shock these days. Is Ty Smilanic expected to go the MJ route? Denver yanked his scholarship a while ago, could have been similar to what happened with Rowe. Figured he'd have a new commitment by now. Haviland has undoubtedly offered considering Ty is from the front range.

Herald website is now paywalled but not particularly sophisticated; you can read all the articles you want if you are using Firefox (and maybe others, only tried with FF) on a desktop. Put it in Reader view (F9) before the paywall block comes up and you can read any article you want. This trick works on some, but not all news sites. The Athletic, STrib, and more don't allow this work around.

That Duluth game will be his legacy.

Mercyhurst scores two late goals to win in Arizona. Ouch. They don't have replay but I'd like to see the winner again, came off a guy getting out of the box with less than a minute to go.

They need a rink on/near campus. Their home sheet only seats 1k. Not sure what Mac/Ham/etc. do for hockey but a shared rink could work. What is the Wild practice rink's capacity? Could be a placeholder.

Gardner called up to Dallas. Wow

Did you just say Penn State and ASU are non-football schools.......?

My original post about it was quoting a tweet from a CHN writer. Do they even have a current club team?

as a GF native, it's a safe bet he doesn't need a scholarship; it's undoubtedly yanked if it was ever offered. He just needs to prove he can hang at D1 and isn't a waste of a roster spot. Play with heart in front of your friends and family at the Ralph, not a bad way to spend a few years!

Scoring is really the only issue the last two years. In that role we had defects like Gropp and Gerlach, and players not pan out, like Wilkie, the Scandinavians, and (so far) Adams. Yon was clearly not going to be a scorer after Juniors, but that's what he was recruited to do. Hopefully our desperation for scoring doesn't force Pinto to step into a role he's not ready for. Weatherby and Hain can and should make big steps. Mismash needs to be consistent. Our D and goaltending will be solid.

What's funny is he usually starts with an objective observation, and then his train of thought derails once his hatred of Sioux hockey takes over. Meth....not even once.

How does a school with an 80 million endowment justify spending 300 million on athletic upgrades? Sounds like a pipe dream.

Never heard of this college before, but by all means, use college hockey as a way to get your name out there!

You and everyone else in the upper Midwest. The short contract feels like a signal to the Wild that he wants to sign there next.

Short contract allowing the Wild to pay way too much for him in a few years. Well played Brock!

Miami and UNO with only one each. At least Miami got us as an opponent, WMU vs UNO won't draw random eyeballs or many butts in seats. Early start for the Miami game suggests they have a PAC-12 basketball game on CBSSN afterwards. Speaking of which, hopefully some ASU games get on PAC-12 Network.

Article in the Gerald (by someone not named Brad) blames it on Ticketmaster. Drop their greedy asse(t)s.

https://theathletic.com/1195443/2019/09/09/key-to-coyotes-fortunes-may-rest-with-nick-schmaltz-that-other-madison-guy/

Another issue with starting to charge so late is subscription fatigue. People are already subscribing to so many services these days; I'm always leery to add another given how under-utilized some of them are in my household. It's also hard to justify subscribing if you don't live in the area. The only articles not about hockey I read are the WaPo ones they have in syndication, which saved me from having to subscribe to that. Guess which of the two I'll probably subscribe to now. Also, will there be some free articles monthly, or 100% paywall? Most are like the former, but with the poor decision-making at Forum, the latter wouldn't surprise me.

I literally followed the observation up with "not sure what can be deduced from it". He's the only journalist I observe wearing his employer's logo so it sticks out to me. That's also the least important part of the discussion. Not sure why that got such a rise out of you. The team's coverage will soon be much less accessible to the public, and that is what matters.

He always wears GF Herald gear when being interviewed, not sure what all can be deduced from that but it's definitely a sign of loyalty. Forum may employ the beat writer but they don't control the feed. I'm not paying more to read about it than to watch the games and highlights.

Not long until he starts tweeting cryptic lead-ins to the articles behind the paywall.

We pulled Rowe's scholarship for less, curious what was different here. Didn't really make sense for him to play one year in the W, especially given their overage player limit.