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You might be on to something. Practice hard guys, this is a good team that can be great.

There’s nothing wrong with the quality of our athletes and nothing wrong with their effort

Hopefully our guys know the rest of the college hockey world thinks we are dogs. We should have a well deserved chip on our shoulders by now. Play smart and clean but with a serious edge

Mankato is way better than us

In this series I’ll take the seasoned senior. Mental toughness, the game has slowed down, and physically grown up.

As you say the crowd needs to embrace it. No offense but CD jumped the shark before the term jumped the shark jumped the shark. It may be the most polarizing of all goal songs. Love it or hate it, no in between. It was kind of good the first 1,000 times but it would be a relief to let it go. Honestly, I can think of several the crowd and players would embrace as much or more. Many of which have never been used in an arena and would be great alternatives. Better yet, someone with a little imagination and entertainment DNA have about 15 songs dialed up and see what happens. It doesn’t need to be the same every goal and can be situationally relevant. Everything gets old and nothing should be carved in stone.

I have no problem with a coach looking at the big picture and developing depth playing against Canisius. It’s the smart move on a championship run. If it was a disciplinary action then more power to the coach.

That would be more than disappointing if true. Big Kudos to Berry if that was the case. Hockey players at a major program have one job the night before a game and it’s not complicated.

Indeed. Did exactly what they needed and played fast and smart. Some of Berry’s pre-season comments about playing strong between the dots and in front of the net showed he really does know why our gazzilian easy saves didn’t go in last yr. All positives

Exactly. Thanks

Doesn’t matter who we played, it’s obvious this is a faster, better conditioned, and more skilled team than last year’s. Despite the drinking game level of “puck luck” comments on the NCHC broadcast, this team made all its own luck. Looking forward to the rest of the season.

A little concerning. Different players but had a last year look to the PP. Coaching?

Berry presser yesterday. Said Michaud is “relentless” in practice which is rubbing off on the younger players like Pinto. Said Blaisdell is also practicing with that same “tenacity”, mentioned Senden and Smith in the same sentence. Also said Canisius played more physical and heavier than us and prevented good looks

The term “puck luck” makes me cringe.

^^ All of this. I hope the players took the off-season seriously. Stronger, faster, mental toughness, skill, smarts, and play with an edge without crossing it.

24 will be tough but I like your attitude

Songs crowds love to sing always work. I was at Ohio State vs Michigan football game when they played Sweet Caroline as the fans rushed the field. 110,000 singing it at once was pretty cool. not sure what other songs fit the bill

A crowd on the same page is a lot of fun. The standing O is definitely a good example. Just need the music guy to help and not hinder.

Honest question, I live way out of state so haven’t attended for some time, but does this ever happen?: Crowd starts a “let’s go Hawks” chant but then are kind of shouted down by a “let’s go Sioux” chant, so then everyone decides to be quiet? Or maybe each group refuses to join the other so the result is anemic, and the best players at the top college program play in silence. If I was a player or recruit it would seem kind of weird. I have no idea if that happens but if so it would be an example of harm vs jerseys, nostalgia, and discussion.

Not making the tourney again would be a disaster for this program. We will be better because of changes around the program but likely not where we should be. If our alumni, president, AD, and coach buy in to us being great we will. A lot of that is recruiting budgets and salaries, but another is having an AD and head coach with the knowledge of how an elite program works: Intense recruiting, intense off season conditioning (we may be lacking here), technology, coaching, motivation etc. I like Berry and would love it if he succeeded but he just now moved to morning practices because he saw it works at other schools, that’s good but he may be too far behind the curve and might not be the guy. I see how athletes train in weight rooms at elite programs and it’s insanely intense; and the mental toughness coaches instill into players is off the charts. Are we doing this? Maybe, but it’s seems to be maybe not. Coaching and training at that level is not for everyone. It truly takes an unusual individual to motivate athletes to literally skate into a wall or make a tackle at full speed on a kickoff. I’d think commits to this program, maybe more than any other, expect to be pushed to their limits and become champions and have a shot at the NHL. It just takes the right people with the knowledge and ability to make that happen.

All of this is true. But I much prefer loud synth music. Clever, fun, or loud isn’t necessary when it’s all done for us. I also really hope we keep the same goal song, I love it and mixing it up would be confusing.

The Sioux vs Hawks neurosis will fade. I just hope the program isn’t hurt much more in the meantime. Athletes are literally asked to run full speed into a wall. As a former athlete, I believe to a 19 yr old it would be weird and a little disheartening playing for fans who are seemingly more concerned about a name than the players. Sioux jerseys are great, it’s a legacy; shouting down a name at events is harmful. Any adult should know this. As a person who was disappointed with the loss of Sioux, I would wear a Hawk suit and do a polka on the ice if it meant another national championship.

Alabama using phone app to award students who stay to the end of the game. Has its flaws and not sure if it could apply to UND but everything should at least be explored https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/alabama-is-tracking-students-locations-to-penalize-them-for-leaving-football-games-early/ar-AAHczdQ?li=BBnba9I

Sounds like a job well done. I agree with you. Was just wondering your reasoning since you identified yourself to be on one side of a blurry spectrum I think the words liberal and conservative encompasses too broad a scope of ideas to be accurate indicators of a person’s belief system. I believe people who nit-pic mascots like Pioneer have personal issues well outside of politics. I’d hope common sense wins out over the need of the <1% who want to feel important

Why?