Kevin G

That's awesome, @gfhockey. Seriously. Honestly your posts are some of my favorites. I love puzzles.

On FloHockey.tv, Chris Peters releases his initial NCAA men's hockey power rankings: Gophers Denver Duluth Quinnipiac Michigan North Dakota Mankato Harvard Northeastern St. Cloud BU Notre Dame Clarkson Providence UMass Ohio State

For those who may not know, Eielson, born in Hatton, made the first flight from North America to Europe over the North Pole. Amazing man.

I'd go one step further and say I'd be surprised if one of the freshmen didn't end up with Gaber.

Good analysis from the lower bowl!

That was fun. I have a good feeling about this team.

Kleven!!

Kleven slapper!

Some good play by DeRidder on the PP

My feed is excellent. Exactly opposite of Thursday Night Football.

Biggest takeaway from first period of the season: These four freshman forwards can play. They all looked comfortable, they all looked creative, and they all looked like above-average skaters. Seriously, let's GO!

silky mitts

Griffen "Nets"

Katie Hale looks different.

Hockey in a nutshell.

It's so good to have Sioux hockey back.

Just read the article. What jumped out at me: Grant Cruikshank is still playing college hockey. How did he snag an eleventh year of eligibility? And has anyone else heard that his mom was a pretty good skater?

I read the post too quickly and thought, "Good grief, Brock has hand-in-mouth disease?"

It seems like so much will depend on how the freshmen adapt to the college game. This team has depth in spades, but it could really use some high-end offensive skill. So ideally at least two of the freshmen forwards will "pop" and be able to stick in a top-6 role. IF that happens, this year's team will be so dangerous. Also--and this is just a crazy hunch--I think Hain might display another level of offensive prowess this year (assuming his knee is totally healthy). Plus Caulfield and Kunz will (hopefully) assert themselves with authority, and boom! Let's GO!

Getting it out of the way early?

And that rug really ties the room together.

I bet Trupp will be a fantastic coach.

The discussion of arena music over in "Ralph Fan Engagement" just gave me a freaking brilliant idea (for someone else to implement) for money-laundering a NIL collective. Step one: establish a "Fighting Sioux Fan Collective" (FSFC for short) as a legal entity whose purpose is to create NIL deals and partnerships for men's hockey student-athletes. Step two: members of the FSFC create one arena-rock style song and copyright it. (I'm not even sure copyrighting would be necessary in this scheme.) Step three: the FSFC as a legal entity licenses the song to UND/the Ralph for $1 million per year. Step four: the FSFC then uses that income to create NIL deals for players on the hockey roster. Step five: need more cash for more NIL deals? Repeat steps two through four. I mean, like, BOOM! Right!?!

Their net is higher though. In volleyball inches, our boys are like eleven feet tall.

The biggest question mark, imo, is our ability to create offense against defensively sound teams.