Kevin G

Strinden’s hustle led to that goal. He and James playing well.

Correct

We need to string together some solid plays.

Kids night at the Ralph. Neat opportunity for a bunch of kids.

Finally some forecheck

Was literally just about to write the same thing.

… Get off to a fast start. Manage the puck. Crash the boards.

Sometimes they nail it two weeks out, and sometimes it’s “Wait, what? There’s a blizzard outside? Like, right now? The computer disagrees.”

Blake

Quinnipiac with a six-goal first period against Princeton. Useful.

Gaber

Does the too many men penalty have anything to do with putting the goalie back in?

No. Goal.

Challenging for a goal-by-hand pass or something.

Perron was determined to score on that shift. Impressive.

Jake calls out Blake for lack of effort.

Camberger

James, the one-man PK

Bag of Cliches is always a group project. Keep ‘em coming!

Given the size of their investment, maybe (maybe?) ESPN will start giving college hockey better quality coverage. And maybe a herd of unicorns will appear in my backyard.

Then it might be time to reach into the Bag of Cliches: "make them defend" "play a full sixty" "make every shift count" "improve our zone entries" "defend the blue line" "play below the dots" "improve our play away from the puck" "finish our chances" etc etc...

Gaber

Thoughts about our commits so far this season? Is anyone well above or below expectations? I’ll hang up and listen.

The old neutral-site format made a lot of sense in the old WCHA. That tournament was a destination, knowing that the Sioux, the Gophers, and the Badgers were all (likely) going to be there. For a period of time, it was arguably a better tournament than the NCAA tournament. But the old WCHA is gone. The mystique of its conference tournament is gone too. Now the reality is *likely* this: if UND doesn’t make it to the conference championship game, the NCHC loses money because not enough fans show up. So moving the tournament to campus sites is the only reasonable alternative.

Crappy way to go into the break. Hopefully it makes them better for the second. This team is still a work in progress despite its first-half success.