It's great seeing Miami (and CC) starting off strong. With UMD and SCSU tripping out of the gate, we are all rooting for you guys to leap them in the standings this year.
Maybe holding out is the wrong term; they were 1 million apart on the salary and needed to have that agreement sorted out before making the necessary trades.
Mac Swanson listed as a player to watch rather than A, B or C is puzzling. I guess his size is a concern for the pro game, so he'll spend all 4 years in college!
Jan 26 vs Denver and Mar 1 vs Western on CBSSN. Netiehr Miami nor Western have home games on the slate. Probably due to time zone issues, this way they can show east coast basketball games prior to the NCHC games.
That 96 game was the first hockey game I ever attended. Place blew up when Spehar scored; he had not yet fallen out of favor with their fans expecting another Bonin. Thanks for sharing that history of it, I had no idea about the goal total importance.
The rivalry cooled, but that hasn't stopped the majority of games from being memorable for seemingly a new reason every time (beyond Wehrs and the handshake scuffles).
The Wild scout at this game had to be shaking their head about Stramel being a 1st round pick. Couldn't bury the best chance of the game and ran his own goalie out of sheer absent mindedness.