ND_Texan

Scheel needs to be in the nets for a W. Put Thome in for an encore in the third if up 2 or 3 goals.

So they re-seed after the quarterfinals? I wasn’t aware of that.

Actually I have UND playing Omaha in the semis.

Forecast Round 1 winners: UND, St. Cloud, Western, Omaha Round 2 winners: UND, Western Champ: UND

The Dogs came out of the pod looking pretty good but since then have gone 8-6 with 4 of those wins against Miami. They are fortunate to be in the top 3. The best teams in the NCHC right now are UND, Western and St. Cloud, probably in that order. I put Duluth at #5.

Duluth looked sloppy and undisciplined last night, but St. Cloud was worse. A couple greasy goals early won the game for them. I see St. Cloud beating them next week for the #2 seed. Frankly Duluth is just not that good.

Very uninspired effort by the Clowns. Duluth got a couple greasy goals early then played clunky themselves. Overall pretty crappy effort by both teams. Sandelin looked pissed.

Dave Starman just said he thinks some NHL scouts should have a say in the 16 NCAA selections since they've seen all the teams. Interesting thought.

Yeah, UW has a lot of O skill but not seeing much at all with their D. I think in game against UW we'd have them bottled up in their defensive zone most of the night as long as we stay out of the box.

Duloot over the Clowns 3-0. Clown D hasn't shown up.

No way that goal is good. Interference.

Actually it was 4 on 3 and the announcers were thinking they needed the work on that PP situation.

There will be some kind of "pairwise-ish" factoring. Do you have a sense of what that will look like?

Agree with that. However the strength of schedule factor, whatever form that takes, has to favor UND. Eastern school strength (in BC's schedule particularly) not too impressive.

I heard that exchange too. A couple clowns. What killed the WCHA was forming Big 10 hockey without the talent of UND, DU and UMD, and killing the two best rivalries in college hockey (you know what they are).

Make that 22 goals for Cole Caufield. Hat trick today. Hobey in the bag.

I doubt that matters much. He's top tier and it helps that he showed that off in the World Juniors.

Caulfield has both goals and 21 for the season. Pretty sure that locks the Hobey for him.

After the Sioux win at Omaha coupled with BC losing, UND will be #1 in both college hockey polls. Looking good for that #1 seed heading into the Final 16.

If they lose next weekend I think they need to win two in the NCHC tournament to get in.

Omahahaha

Not Kierstad’s best game.

Watching games in the Barn in the days of Curran, Hudson, Marks, Hextall, O’Keefe, et al. Late 60’s. Yeah, I’m dating myself.

Any tickets left for the Fargo regionals?

Is “Let’s go Sioux” banned too?