Wilbur

Well according to some folks on here and GPL coaching NHL type talent should automatically lead to championships. So I think UND could do themselves a favor by canning the three current clowns and letting you and me run the show. Karl can stay on as the goaltending coach, because these guys are way way way better goalies than I ever dreamed of being. You wanna run forwards or d?

After this year, I'm ready to go back to the drawing board and have four lines of about equal strength and just roll them. Obviously whatever line Rocco is on will be the top unit, but I'm hopeful that the line combos are pretty well established come January. Another thing I'd like to see is keeping lines intact for power plays. That way lines aren't messed up for three shifts after we don't score on the powerplay. I think a big reason there was so little success on the powerplay was the fact that you had guys playing with different guys, then going back and playing with different guys even strength. This of course goes back to our horrible head coach......If they would just accept my resume, I'd be a great addition to the staff. I mean you'd have four great minds with an abundance of nhl, ahl, and college hockey coaching experience. Well, I played intramurals at UND, so that counts as college hockey experience in my book.

^That...... My biggest issue with the forecheck this year was dumping the puck and having zero pressure lead to an easy out. I can understand a line change leading to an easy out, but too many times the puck would get dumped in the wrong corner or F1 would take a horrible pursuit angle, and that just screwed everything up. If you want to watch a team that played a great forecheck see Yale vs. UND. They hemmed in our dmen, and their F1 was outstanding at forcing our dmen into a horrible decision (cough....Gleason). Half of that though was our dmen not giving up ringing the wall. Even when the weakside d pinched every time.....every time...

I think Rocco will be just fine. He'll work his rear end off at getting better, and lead the team in scoring next year. I think once he gets his first next year they'll come like grapes....in bunches.

Hockey stick turning into a snake......

I'm glad we won't see those clowns again (hopefully). All majors need to be reviewed. All a guy has to do is lay down and hold his head for a guy to get tossed. Especially with Marco and Shep.

I'm not jumping on the UND is the most talented team on the planet bandwagon. Average goaltending all year long, some poor defensive play, and after really the top six forwards didn't get a lot of secondary scoring. Best goaltending: Niagara Best defensive core: Minnesota Best offensive core: Yale, after watching them yesterday....

And Shep and Marco just tossed Union's best defenseman for a shoulder to shoulder hit.....wonder where we've seen that before....

99% of the time I come on here and someone has already put into perfect perspective what I really wanted to say. Half of the time its like, yeah, what he/she posted.... Anyways.....here we go..... Yale will outshoot Umass Lowell, but Lowell will win the game because they are just that impressive to watch, and very very well coached. SCSU will shut down Quinnipiac's top unit with Jensen on the ice, and that'll be it for Josh Siembida's former stomping grounds. Lowell-SCSU for the title.....Hmmm.....ohhh.....Lowell wins like 2-1. PS: Had a class with Josh and he showed up one time. Too bad for him it was an old ornery western civ guy that had been teaching since my dad was at UND......I believe Josh dropped the class.....later the university....

Marco and Shep calling the Quinnilmnopqrst....Unioin game. Lets see if they call obstruction. Edit: And they miss a blatant too many men on the ice penalty......yikes.

Two teams that could have been dead with other outcomes in conference tournaments are at the frozen four...... Hockey doesn't make sense.

St. Cloud a few good shifts from the frozen four. Good for them. I can root for them to win the national championship.

Thompson is a tremendous defenseman. Great skater, great hands. Will add a lot when he comes here. But if Forbort stays I think he's down in the junior hockey ranks for another season. If Forbort leaves, I wouldn't mind seeing him at UND next year.

After watching Lowell they are my pick. Good goaltending, very sound positional play in their own end, and they are opportunistic. Them vs. SCSU for the national championship would be fun to watch.

As a former history teacher I am absolutely appalled as to what has been posted. This is college hockey folks. This is a game. None of us are oppressed to the point where our lives are forever altered by what a hockey coach has done. The Buddhist Monk post is just unacceptable...... Unreal....just unreal.

Captains next year..... C-Simpson A-Forbort (If back) A-Pattyn A-Rodwell Possibles: Mark, Parks.....ummm.......

Four year role players. By the time it got to their senior years, those guys were the best line in college hockey. Think of what Knight and Kristo would have done with Nelson this year?

Okay, turn the page, open the door to the new year.... Goaltending: ~Set....But will probably bring in another guy to fill the Maris role. Gosh I'm going to miss Tate. Defense: ~Simpson will see a ton of minutes....a ton. And they've got some skilled guys coming back. This area has to get better. Absolutely has to get better. I think LaDue will impress people next season, I believe he's still on track to come to UND next year. We'll miss that big physical defenseman though. Losing Mac is tough. Offense: ~Rocco needs to score. He's the best player coming back. I think there is some promise with Drake, Mark, St. Clair, Gaarder, Parks, and Wade Murphy is a kid that I think will contribute. Unfortunately Rowney didn't have enough of an impact year to be really missed. Wish I could say differently. Just a guess as to what line combos could look like: Drake-Rocco-Parks Murphy-Mark-Mitch St. Clair-Pattyn-Gaarder Rodwell-Chyzyk-Senkbeil....I dunno..... What we are really going to miss is Corban Knight winning a ton of faceoffs....thats for darn sure.

See, and I've heard the same thing as you in regards to Eades I believe. Obviously there is no place on a message board for rumors and hearsay, but what I've heard makes me understand as to why Mr. Eades is coaching elsewhere.

Thoughts on the hockey game today, after my cooling off period: ~First of all give credit to Yale. They won the game, and to say that UND laid down wouldn't be 100% honest. Yale earned that win. ~Inconsistency......just all year.....especially in this game......In all of Hak's years I've never seen a team like this one....no real identity. ~Clark gave the team very good goaltending. It didn't matter if Zane was in today, it would've been the same. ~Seemed like we got a bit behind the 8 ball with the X's and O's. Yale just out schemed us, and we couldn't break out or establish anything on the forecheck. ~I'm not going to throw guys name by name under the proverbial bus, but we had some guys that had to put the puck away that didn't. There were guys that had extremely below average years for what we expected of them, and unfortunately it cost this team dearly. It was the same thing in this game today. ~Penalties 200 feet away from our net.....yikes. I've always been a Hak backer, and I feel as if I'm falling off that fence a little bit. It's just a game right? Right?

Thank you so much seniors. Although you won't walk away with your ultimate goal it was truly a pleasure watching you play for our favorite team. Best of luck in whatever you do, and remember that once a Fighting Sioux, always a Fighting Sioux.

The right team won the game. Had North Dakota won it would have been a travesty for Yale.

Thats a goal, and its 3-1. The right team is going to win this hockey game.

Gleason on the ice for both goals.

Good start. Get on here fellas.