Boy I'm looking forward to seeing Sanderson. I've watched Kleven a few times, but everything you read about Sanderson is so positive. He's a left handed shot so you could see him play a ton of minutes with JBD this year.
Idiots in the media saying things like "Panzer got a lot of second assists at the Ralph" when he got more assists on the road that year. Those same people watched him be the best player on the ice hands down all season long and of course it has to be second assists.....
Samberg, Richards, Perunovich.....
Big shoes to fill on the back end and in the net. The same program won a national championship after they graduated a ton and got six games to all go the right way, so I'm never counting them out.
Duluth is due for an off year in the goaltending department right? I don't think they had another kid start a game all year other than Shepard did they?
I agree here. Hate to speculate about what the issue was. Extremely short leash, spot on.
Good luck to the kid. Duluth loses a lot on the back end, wonder if he looks at them as an option.
@Blackheart is the MVP of the sports world right now.
The 97 team made me truly fall in love with the Fighting Sioux. My dad always talked about how great the program was. We went to games, but I never really understood until that year. We lived and died together during that magical run.
My dad also picked me up early from school so we could watch the Thursday CC beatdown. My mom was pissed but my dad always said she'd get over it.
One of my favorite UND hockey memories is the 2nd period of the 1997 championship game. Down two zip after one and we outscore them 5-1 that period.
Anyone have highlights of that game?
Dave Berger in a reply to Schloss said both voters were from Omaha.
Not sure if that's true or not, but looking at some of the ballots over the years there have been a few tragedies for a couple different players.