Kevin G

At the mid-season break: Games: 19 games (plus one exhibition) completed. 16 games (plus one exhibition) to go. Record: 7-8-4 overall. 3-5-2 in conference. 4-4-1 at home. 3-3-3 on the road. 0-1-0 on neutral ice. Points leaders: Blake (21), Jandric (20), Gaber (19). Goals leaders: Gaber (11), Blake (9), Hain (8), Caulfield (7). Assists leaders: Jandric (18), Blake (12), Gaber (8), McLaughlin (8). Plus/minus leaders: Caulfield (+7), Jandric (+5), James (+4), Sidorski (+4). Plus/minus laggards: Frisch (-9), McLaughlin (-8), Blake (-7), Kleven (-7). Goaltending: DeRidder 2.86 GAA, .890 SV%, over 671 minutes. Hellsten, 3.13 GAA, .859 SV%, over 479 minutes. Team Scoring: 3.4 Goals/Game (10th nationally) Team Defense: 3.2 Goals Allowed/Game (45th nationally) .873 SV% (59th nationally) Special teams: PP: 28.0% (3rd nationally) PK: 89.4% (10th nationally) Face-offs: 53.1% (11th nationally) Penalty minutes per game: 10.3 (36th nationally)

According to WMU's website, Lawson seats 3667. The Lunatics are very active. The PA guy is regularly addressing them by name. "Lunatics, it's time to get loud..."

IMO the lines he used this weekend should pretty much be kept intact moving forward.

Talked to Costantini tonight; he said he just got shaken up on that hit last night but otherwise was healthy. Sitting out tonight was just precautionary.

Not saying the season depends on this upcoming period, but winning it would be a good way to go into the break.

I do believe I heard one of our players say as he came off the ice, "This ice is f***** sh**!"

Yes

Coach Ferschweiler (sp?) thinking about how to stop Gaber.

Saw Matteo in a suit a little while ago. Didn't see a cast on any appendage, so hopefully nothing is broken.

WMU students chanting "You're not the Sioux!" as we walked into the arena. Good energy here! Lots of kelly green around town today.

First time at Lawson. Such a great atmosphere. Super fun. The Lunatics were great. Quite a few UND fans in attendance.

Does anyone know if Western will be on Christmas break this weekend? It's a better atmosphere with a packed student section. @ubish, any insight?

One of my wishes for the season was to see those two assert themselves as power forwards, playing with some controlled fury. That hasn't happened. Maybe that's just not their game, despite their size.

Because almost no one wants a jersey with the current nickname.

FYP

Western Michigan over Northeastern 6-4 Northeastern's uber-goalie Devon Levi gave up 5 goals to WMU (there must have been an empty-netter).

It's time to see how Kleven and Frisch do when not paired with each other.

As in, "Fellas, if you keep passing it to the other team, you'll have to watch in a suit!"

In the Flo or out of the Flo? That is the question.

From GF Herald (behind paywall): "UND picks up commitment from Fargo Force forward Mac Swanson" Here's Mac Swanson's Elite Prospects page.

(The link above is to a Primus song.) Saw Primus in...<counts on fingers>...'93. Holy crap. I'm old. ...and now I'm down the rabbit hole, watching all the old Primus videos. Productivity: gone. Thanks @90siouxfan.

I wish I knew how to do that. Sorry @NDSU82. Not to rub it in, but it was a good interview. Gino said that the '82 team was the toughest team he ever coached.

Flippin' heck. What a pass!

Oh thank goodness. You know what they say about a 4-goal lead...