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Phil Housley? IALTO

What's the over/under on the number of times we hear "full 60 minutes" in the post game?

No. I'm saying that if Animal the captain feels like he can't hit then all hope is lost for anyone hoping to see the return of physical UND hockey.

Did any of you watch the press conferences this week? I seem to recall Mac saying that the game of hockey is changing and you can't make the big hit. Well, that says something right there if you ask me. Never thought I'd hear someone like Mac say something like that. If that's how the players feel it could certainly explain the soft, tentative play.

The link is to a mobile website, so if you're on a PC it may not work right...just my guess.

Gothberg in goal, Panz in for Mattson per UNDMHockey on Twitter. Forward combos same as Saturday.

Roe's tweet was from a year ago, so it's not like he hasn't moved on.

You might be thinking about the Shane Joseph/Grant Stephenson MSU-M team around '02 or '03...That's the only time I remember being in Mankato on the wrong end of a sweep.

They aren't sustaining offensive zone pressure and drawing penalties?

I suppose we won't have the luxury of the extra non conference games that you get for taking trips to Alaska, thus the 24 game conference schedule.

Thanks. Kinda sucks because I was looking forward to having all the potential road trips every year.

^ This

Isn't the NCHC playing a full 28 game schedule, each team playing 4 against each other? If so, why the need to designate rivals?

Mariucci is an "open" setup where the concourse is around the top of the rink and open to the ice. All the seats are down from the concourse level. It's a good setup for SRO.

I know in the past the Vikings have required anyone who wants tickets to the Packer game to also purchase tickets to one of their preseason games. Do they still do that? That's another example of taking advantage of a rivalry or important game to boost revenue.

Based on your conversation with the referee it started the first day he pulled on a Sioux sweater.

Finally!!! This is the smack I've been waiting to read in the other thread about the upcoming series! I'm even starting to get a little bit of that nervous anxiety I usually have for these games!

My guess is that SOS is probably a function of the rankings, and since the rankings are calculated differently (RPI vs. KRACH) the resulting SOS will be different. You can't determine the strength of a team's schedule until you determine the rankings of their opponents.

Could one say the same thing about UM up until their 5-min major PP against AA on Friday? I saw very little of that game, so I have no idea how UM actually played; but they were possibly 4 minutes from losing on Friday as well.

Oh, I'm sure they'll be fine working the Ray Lewis angle.

Considering these are college kids, I think it simply comes down to playing smart and within their abilities. Play a smart game, keep things simple, don't try to do too much, and don't give the refs an opportunity to intervene. Basically, try to play like pros.

I think Nelson not returning set this whole thing up since it starts exactly with finding someone to play with Knight and Kristo. The dominoes fall from there as they search for the right compliment. Simply putting Rocco on that top line could avoid a lot of shuffling by allowing the reunion of a pretty successful RPM tandem from last year.

While they're undefeated since Kerdiles started playing, they've had quite a soft schedule. Still...wins are wins.

I think it's fair less than a week removed when factoring in a 12 hour time change. Next weekend? Not acceptable.

Umm...coulda been that little meat grinder of a tournament played twelve time zones away?