Wilbur

Thompson with an assist on that goal. Will be a great addition to the UND blue line.

Cagguila now with Knight and Kristo......Rocco still on bench. Maybe just doing some mixing and matching.

Would like to see UND keep a big lead this period so Tate can get some game action.

Zane Gothberg now in goal. Really impressed with Saunders. Doing a tremendous job so far.

And Kristo keeps me alive in Sioux survivor.....alright.

When I coached we ran overload 90 percent of the time. A good system with a lot of possibilities if run correctly. Also makes it easy to roll into another system like the umbrella if you get pressure boxed. We had about five or six set plays out of the overload. I bet college teams with the amount of practice time they have could run utmost of 15-20.

I agree with the whole "bring pressure" attitude. If you can't cover people, if you can't bring pressure with four guys, heck, why not? I'd rather see the NAU QB pick himself up off the ground after throwing a TD pass then running to the end zone with a smile on his face. Thats what I loved about Bubba. QB's remembered the weeks they played UND.

Ohh boy....time to find a place to play overseas. Obviously a lot of factors play into a guys decision to leave college early, hopefully it all works out for him in the end. I bet he regrets not leaving after his Sophomore season.

If Lennon gets fired I'd be all for bringing him back to Grand Forks. Whether he would or not....who knows.... Lennon was behind some pretty good defensive football teams, and I have the feeling that a coach like him could turn this thing around. Yeah, the Salukis have struggled under his guidance, but I think he could reinvent himself back at UND. That or Bubba.....I miss Bubba....

When you see his skate get stuck in the ice you just hope there wasn't any ligament damage. No reason to hustle back. March is a helluva lot more important than October.

Very well put. The one thing I will disagree with is the whole focus thing. If our defense wasn't focused the games prior to this after getting pounded week in and week out giving up 500 yards a contest then nothing will wake them up.

To me, how in the hell do you not realize that a different goaltender is in the net? I mean by garsh.....the kid had different pads, different helmet, different body type. I mean you're watching UND shoot on this guy for a game and a half.....Unless they are so far away, but they have monitors up there. Guess I was a goalie, so its something that I always notice.

I wouldn't mind a coach like Kelly from Notre Dame. The guy is up 34-3 and he's still flaming mad when his team takes a delay of game penalty. Not going to lie, I love it when he chews out some broken hearted college kid who just messed up.

Koberisnki is just not a good color guy. He knows the game, but he just doesn't do a great job of getting what he sees across the air waves. Someone made a great comment about it being like a high school game.....yes.....very true.

Saunders and Gothberg both looked like they'd been there before....minus Zane's assist on the third goal.

Week #2. Kristo.

Funny our coaching staff didn't see it coming.....

Quick observations: ~Fluky goals. I thought the goalies looked pretty good. ~Rowney-Parks (hope he's not hurt too badly)-MacMillan looked pretty good. Rowney is a beast. ~Kristo the number one star....pretty easy to see. ~Lots of promise from the Freshman. I liked Drake on the top line. Looked like he belonged there.

I would say the head coach isn't exactly the happiest man in the building.

I think I knew this year wasn't a playoff year, but held out hopes. EWU is a great football team, just wish UND competed with them.

Like the second period. Officially it was at 11:29. Jesse Deckert now the goalie.

Yup....sloppy. PS: When will the announcers figure out Manitoba switched goalies?

By garsh.....can we go at least three weeks into the season before a guy gets hurt?

Kind of what you expect in an opener. Sloppy play at times, but you like the offensive creativity even with it being so early in the season. Grimaldi is a magician with the puck. He's got a magnet somewhere in his stick.

The emphasis in recruiting for the next however many years has got to be the defensive side of the football. Players that can tackle, cover people, and not blow defensive assignments. You're not going to beat elite teams with this.....