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This team would be better off if they left the 4th line at home.

Season on the line?

I would say top to bottom this is a better forward class than normal. Edit: The age of the forwards also leads me to be more optimistic. Zero ‘01s (age out group). One ‘02 (summer DOB). Three ‘03s, one ‘04. It’s a young group that’s putting up points.

Reminder that help is on the way. All 5 Forwards that signed their NLI continue to impress. McLaughlin has appeared to break into the next tier. 17 points in his last 10 games. Tied for 6th in overall points in the USHL. Also: Watching this current team struggle, they need all 5 next year. Need to push out 2 forwards w/ eligibility remaining on the current roster.

I have a feeling they win with Driscoll coming up big.

I said it in one of the Cornell threads. Forward depth is this teams biggest weakness. That 4th line is awful.

Not what most wanted, but Berry does back with Driscoll tonight. Guess he's buying into the thought process that eventually he'll have to have a game where he saves > 90% of the shots he faces.

@gfhockey Strathmann's final 5 teams were UND, UMass, BC, BU and Wisconsin. No Michigan or Minnesota, maybe they didn't make his Top 5. He's one of the Top '05 Dman in the country. That was a good recruiting win.

Keep splitting the weekend at goal, but I would like to see Berry switch it up and go Hellsten on Friday / Driscoll Saturday. Might just be me, but Driscoll losing another Friday would be more frustrating than Hellsten.

NTDP / Cornell / Covid weekend, momentum is non-existent right now. I'd be shocked if they don't get swept. Hope they prove me wrong.

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Any of the current '05 recruits would be your answer.

I'm going to zag a little when looking at the roster and where I believe a bigger issue is that doesn't really get mentioned. Forward depth. Completely understanding that different players play different rolls, but I'm not sure what two of these three bring. Albrecht should be an emergency guy, only playing when there's nobody else. Him playing 12 games is concerning. What's Budy's roll? If he's supposed to bring offense, then there's an issue (1 point on the year). Ness is flat out not a D1 player (2 points on the year). You have 3 forward spots tied up with guys that bring nothing offensively and really aren't that great defensively either. I mentioned it in the Cornell thread, but there's 5 guys that signed NLI's. They need those 5 to come in. With only 3 Seniors, most likely nobody leaving early, you need to have a couple guys transfer out.

5 forward recruits that need to come in w/ only 3 Seniors. Berry needs to get some guys to transfer (9 & 11 being the two). Need to upgrade the talent.

Hockey team just falling in line with the rest of this absolutely pathetic athletic department.

Kleven on both. First one I if you told me he had his eyes closed the entire shift I’d believe you

Kleven with an all time bad game

I think they look fine, they had a number of great opportunities. They just cannot score.

They should. They’ll succeed there too. What can you say, they broke the FCS.

FCS (minus NDSU) is so pathetic.

I’m getting fired up, I really believe this was the shift we needed for Driscoll to become the #2 guy. Finally! Hellsten starts tomorrow and they get the W.

Hopefully a blessing in disguise. Hellsten starts tomorrow, needs to take advantage. I would try Johnson too backing up Hellsten. Driscoll has had way too many chances. He’s one of the worst in the country.

He is bottom 10 in the entire country in SV%. Berry is the only one that thinks he’s the guy.

If this means no more Driscoll for the year I’ll take it.

3 G’s on 12 shots. Driscoll adding to his all time bad SV%.