Wilbur

It does make me wonder where some of these schools will get their non league games from. The red river valley schools now can get games within arms reach an hour or two away in Minnesota. I imagine from a hotels/bussing stand point you save on some costs as you had a ton of Friday/Saturday weekend swings with the teams across the state from one another.

Saw on Facebook today that the head coaching position for the Hazen/Beulah girls team is posted. As expected, Jamestown slides to the east, and there will be region tournaments for the girls this year to qualify for state.

Makes sense. Played my high school hockey years ago with him, and typical that he has talented kids with his wife being a pretty good athlete herself. Do you know if his wife still teaches at Century?

My bet would be Leif Mattson as he has a daughter on the team and he coached the Mandan boys for a few years. Unless his daughter is heading out of the state of course.

Just when I think its about to explode they find a way to go 3-4 on a tough road trip to start the second half. Now they've got the A's and a very much depleted Royals coming to town, where its a real possibility for them to get 4 of the s6 games and maybe get over .500 and stay there.

Looks like we are going to see some pieces move here in the next few weeks. I'd assume Ryan, Jeffers, Bell, maybe Clemons as well. You've got a real future with Culpepper, Jenkins, Rodriguez. Honestly wouldn't surprise me to see Caratini move to as a rental for a team that just needs catching depth and a guy that can play first if you need him to. I give Shelton credit for keeping the ship above water as long as he could with zero bullpen. A credit to the new hitting coach, as the team leads the American League in runs scored.

I've heard rumblings that Looker will stay on as their home PA and road radio. New blood in the booth for home games on the play by play side.

I'm sure more will come out, but want to thank TH for all the years behind the mic. I'd say I listened to him for the better part of 38 years of covering UND hockey. Even with everything being on TV nowadays I always tuned in after games for the goal recaps and post game interviews. Godspeed Tim.

Down to counting the days until fall camp gets rolling. Really excited about the group this year, and a big early test at Nebraska that will show if the kids are ready to take the next step. I'm excited to see more creativity on the offensive side of the ball, and I know that Jerry will only grow with Danny by his side. Thursday night football to open the slate should be rocking.

One of the better skaters I saw from a pretty good group with Shattuck, but yes, undersized and physically can't handle the bigger d men in the corners. Growing trend of some pretty good talent in the SoCal area that grow up with the Jr. Kings and then find the elite places like Shattuck. Reminded me of another California Kid, Cooper Soller. Can't imagine we are too far away from UCLA or USC adding to the B1G hockey group with more and more players from that place in the world.

Longest tenured coach in ND would be Paranica then? I've heard rumors that he's thought of stepping away, but we know how the rumor mill goes.

That was the hockey equivalent of completely controlling the game and then a questionable major penalty in the third gives your opponent more life than they had all game and its a stretch to the finish. Some will say its a red, some will say Messi did the same thing and didn't even get a yellow last week. Not having Balogun in Seattle is going to hurt if the ruling is upheld. Honestly I don't know if they even have a group that looks at that kind of thing. Great game from Tillman and the back end. Those guys grinded.

I'll miss seeing him around the rink. You talk to any coach around the state and they all have a lot of good things to say about Ole. Hopefully his health stays up to par in his retirement. Is he still going to teach, or is he retiring from that as well?

Wilbur? Ohhh....goalie....goalie...

Thankfully it got pushed to 20 to at the moment save the high school game a bit. What the next thing will be who knows.