Wilbur

I have a suspicion Minnesota players look like Olympic divers.....

I'm really looking forward to Saturday. First time at the Al since Freund was the QB, and my son is looking forward to his first game as well. Big question for me.....do they go all grey for senior day or all green?

Keys to series: 1. Cam......be the Cam we know you can be. 2. 5X5......we don't kill penalties well. So no lazy penalties. 3. Defensive zone.......Best coaching advice I ever heard with defensive zone coverage. "Do your f@$&ing job, because as soon as you try to do more, we've got flies on $hit hockey and we're running around like idiots." 4. Roll 4. If UND can find the right combos for lines 3-4....... I predict a split. Denver still my pick to win the league, but UND played so well last Saturday I think it carries over to a big first period on Friday.

Another question is if he struck a law enforcement officer. What's the line then? Not what Bubba should be dealing with this week.

Question: Can the Dean of students, who gets the police report, and will get to have a meeting with Mr. Seibel in the near future (this week), overwrite any punishments that Bubba can give severity wise? Or is it an agreement that each program can individually handle punishments for their athletes?

I'm the keyboard tough guy???? Lol....wow....

He is clearly the victim. Next year they should schedule Valley City and have him sit out a half just to pretend. Kick his ass off the team.

Like em or hate em, that's a very impressive stat for Minnesota.

Four posts.....outshot em, carried the play, didn't score on some empty nets, and we saw Boeser get pissed and play with passion. Ohh, and our best defenseman didn't play. May have come together a little bit there at the end. Would love to see a postseason matchup between the schools. Tons of hockey before then. Doesn't get any easier next weekend, but at least I get an hour more of sleep right?

Can call a penalty shot right?

Our Europeans are not good at open nets....

Battle on the boards.....and they call it a penalty......gift there.

Cam kind of looks lost position wise on the big sheet tonight. Lot of time his legs are ending up on the outside of the pipes like the first goal. Not blaming this game on him, but not himself this weekend.

That's a terrible call.....good god.....

Great save was a post....makes me feel better.

Cue the hot goalie.....hahaha. Still battling, get one to go and we've got a game.

Lol....hahaha. I always loved that one.

Hopefully I'm wrong, but it feels like the doors could get blown off the car here after that last one. Gotta find that guy to step up.

USA hockey rule is play blown dead, no penalty. Not sure what college rule is.

Great period for ND. I'll take that period over the first period disaster last night. Play within the system. Don't take penalties, keep the grind going.

Penalty....goal....

Good road period so far. Playing within themselves.

Have to slow the game down a ton now. Keep the game on the wall. Lots of empty seats.....lots.....

Congrats to Bubba and the boys. Will be taking my son to his first game next Saturday. Been a long time since I've been to the Alerus.

Some thoughts: ~Cam got caught a couple times too deep in his net. Needs to challenge, get to the top of the paint. Some of the big saves he made made up for the questionable ones. He's not the reason the game was a tie. He was pretty good in some key spots. ~Defensive zone coverage was the worst I've seen in years. Lots of puck watching. Very teachable moments on video tomorrow for the group. Someone already said it…..you don't replace Stecher or LaDue. And those guys were on the ice 50 percent of the time last year. Minnesota's 5th goal can't happen…..but just before it was scored I saw our guy looking at the puck carrier and not his responsibility…..and cue the rouser….. ~Forwards need to do a better job tracking back defensively. Minnesota is so good at adding a fourth guy or weakside d man to a rush, and finding his stick for a quality scoring chance. ~You have to adjust your play to the officiating. Being a man up for Minnesota was the difference, and a reason that the first period went from good to bad….. ~Tyson Jost's best game for UND. Great game by the freshman. Simonson also very good out there on the final kill of the game. I think you'll see UND try and slow the game down a bit tomorrow. Obviously they can't play end to end with Minnesota, but you'll see them dump the puck more and try and play in Minnesota's end a bit more. Give Minnesota 5 plus powerplays and it'll be a long night with the rouser.