Oldguy

So let's look back on what went wrong this season (because it's basically over). Coaching staff went with one Jr. and the rest underclassmen on D. That's just bad roster management. It absolutely killed them this season. Injuries - that is not anyone's fault. Bad luck. Lack of energy, focus, and grittiness ("hard skill"?, HARDLY) - was evident in many games this year, IMO. That's bad coaching. So, two of these come down to poor coaching = poor coaching is the dominant theme on not even having 20 wins at the end of the regular season.

Why would we want to play at home? Don't we have a better road record?

Yes, that seems obvious. I thought rock bottom had been hit earlier this season, but nope - they saved it for senior night.

No sense of urgency on the PP. 3 goals on 10 shots. Great game guys.

UND better hope so, because Western is a better team.

In my best Charlie Brown: "I can't stand it!"

Y....e....s

UND seems to have no idea where to expect support players. Our passes are going nowhere but to white jerseys.

They are already "exposed" tonight.

Well, that got ugly fast.

This was a game in which they actually looked to have "an identity". Too bad so many games this season have had them looking unprepared and lost. It's sad when you are watching a road game, and the announcers say multiple times that your team's only chance to make the playoffs is to win the conference tournament. This was a gritty win, but the old "too little, too late" is certainly hanging over them.

Honestly, if you wanted to test how the rest of the season will go, this was pretty much it. This team has nothing to offer - nothing at all.

Would UND even be competitive in the CCHA?

Yet another game on national TV with UND getting spanked like toddlers. The program is just about rock bottom at this point.

This is just another example of one team playing like Natty contenders and the other team playing like...umm..your average USHL team.