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My take on Gardner was that he did not want to get all excited about scoring on 17 YO's. I've seen him get pretty intense in "real" games.

OK, so after thinking last night that this team might not have any rocks, they come out wearing my favorite black uniforms, & beat UMD at their own game. I knew this would be a season-defining game tonight. Went the way I wasn't sure about. Very glad to see it.

What blows me away is that, 14 games into the season, nobody on this team has more than 9 points. And after Gardner's 8 goals, the next best number is 4 (Mismash). Then, the next three names are defensemen, which means all of our other forwards are not producing at all. How did UND get THIS BAD at scoring?

IMO, ranting after a horrible loss on a gameday thread is perfectly acceptable, especially if you are not insulting individuals. I don't like it when forum fans start attacking eachother, but if we collectively want to bash the team a bit, sometimes that is warranted.

Problem is... this is not an anomaly. This team has not shown that it is capable of playing at a notch higher. I'd be surprised if they score more than 2 tomorrow, which will probably not be enough to win, given how soundly Duluth won the 50/50 matchups today, and how many screw ups our forwards committed. Just one mistake after another.

Anyone who will use UND's advantages to field a team that does not stink sounds good tonight.

Not to make this thread about football, but Bubba was a mistake, IMO. Why did we go with the homer guy, when a nation-wide search was supposedly done? The record is in - several disappointing seasons in a row should have been enough to clean house. Back to hockey - I can't remember the last time I stopped closely watching a game after 2 periods. This one was so obviously over, it was not even worth paying attention. Rock Bottom.

Ouch. A sad state of affairs this year indeed.

At this point, having ANYBODY score more than 10 points before Christmas seems like a stretch!

Have we ever gone 14 games into a season with nobody scoring more than 9 points? Seriously - ever?

This is a season-defining moment. They either come out and physically dominate tomorrow, or this season goes down the crapper.

I'll take a rough-and-tumble team that loses 5-3 versus this candy ass crap any day.

Zing!

So...after 14 games, our highest "scorers" are still in single-digits. Pathetic.

"They'll be better tomorrow night, I can guarantee" says the announcer. Will they? I have my serious doubts at this point.

Right now, its looking like this season is going to be over before Christmas break.

Duluth announcers now being very gracious to UND. But frankly, ND does not deserve to be called a "good team".

How can a team that can't even fill its own (small) arena (after winning a Natty) be this much more composed and competent than a ND team that has all the facilities and advantages possible? Not acceptable. Not even close.

I wouldn't be surprised if this one ended up 9-0. UND is just that f'n bad today.

Can't remember the last time I was more interested in bashing how bad the team is, versus actually watching the game (and in the 2nd period, no less). How the hell did UND get so uncompetitive?

Totally unacceptable. Sad. Pathetic.

Wow, does this team SUCK. How many years do we have to put up with this below-average bull$%!#?

We have seen that this team can dominate time-of-possession, faceoffs, & SOG. Obviously, Jones was a driving factor in the second category. But, if the guys have re-learned how to play as a unit, they should come out on top, even without Jones & Hoff. I still believe in this team's potential. Get in front of the goalie, boys.

Right. This team has puck possession time in its favor, but not much else. Horrible power play, missing the net constantly. After these two straight losses, I don't even have confidence that they can salvage a split this weekend, let alone compete with the likes of Duluth or SCSU