JakeLove

We heard it earlier, “Can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning “; so LFG

Or a Beanpot school, or a HEA school, or an ECAC school. Tough to throw shade when your own back yard looks like the dog has crapped in it all winter and your kids won’t pick up (wait, that’s my back yard)

The Hawks are still better off without Perron than they were with him. Good for him to recover and good for the Hawks to recover.

LFG Daloot! of course we want Daloot to win. NCHC > B1G

If you view it from a non-ice level competitive perspective the statement does not sound crazy. Hockey is not important or even a sport for most B1G members. That is a totally opposite vibe from the NCHC and the UND perspective. ice-level the B1G is not at the nchc level.

That’s a deep pull - well done

McKenna was no better than a -2 tonight. He does have world class vision though. good job NCHC

The current icing rule is called the “modified touch icing”. That helps visualize the rule. icing is a player race to the puck, not a race to a spot. The linesman decides which player would get to the puck first no earlier than when the closest player to the puck reaches the top of face off circles and no later than when the closest player reaches face off dots. On very rare occasions when it is close the linesman can wait an instant longer so long as safety of the player who would reach the puck first. if the icing team would reach the puck first, play continues. if the non-icing team would reach the puck first, play is terminated. icing (or not) is not decided by a player race to a slot on the ice. The spot on the ice is only used by the linesman as a trigger for when they have to decide which player would reach the puck first is not compromised.

50% legit!

All I know is this team plays better with Littler in than with Littler out. He brings an intangible that just works.

Glad I am wrong about the host! Makes the UND path to Sioux Falls easier. The NC$$ should want that attendance bonanza to happen. we are all glad the Omaha meatheads are out.

The reply is to Yzerman19 for convenience of the discussion not as a rebuttal. Both GF schools would be very competitive in MN AA everywhere except the metro lakes conference and between a smattering of other superlative metro area teams that accumulate talent through open enrollment. Even then they would be very credible and competitive. I would propose that all large ND cities HS teams would be competitive at MN A. I would propose that all small ND towns would do well against their peer small towns in MN. I am not saying these ND teams would win a state MN HS tournament every year (or even often) but they would be in the mix to make the tournament. the larger point is let’s focus on what ND can do if we all chose to make the whole thing better. ps - the coaching thing is generally true especially at Minot. The head guy is nothing, Grubb has a decent head but not enough to overcome the head guy, and the third is by all first hand knowledgeable accounts a dud.

Augastana as the host team has to be placed in the Sioux Falls regional. augustanas seeding will likely dictate if UND will be in Sioux Falls. Augustana will get in, UND will get in, and the next two games for each team will determine where UND goes. best case scenario- UND is #1 overall, Augie is #12, both end up in Sioux Falls.

The kids actions should have ended his season. The officials should have penalized the actions.

If your goal is NC$$ D1 on scholarship at a top team that sounds spot-on. there are hopefully still NCAA D3 (maybe low end D1 under fortuitous circumstances) and ACHA of various available for players not on the blue chip level you describe. Even this is harder now with CHL eligible in NC$$. Just an opinion - those kids on that blue chip level should leave ND HS for sure. kids not on that blue chip level with an 18u, 19u, 20u eligibility after HS graduation should in my opinion stay home. a kid with only a 19u and 20u eligibility after graduation leaving as a HS junior if they can meaningfully play at NAHL or USHL or CHL are a more delicate decision. These are only opinions from an old guy. I don’t claim to be a hockey insider on these topics.