Wilbur

I think UND comes out and rolls Anchorage the first game, but the second game is a lot closer. I don't care what the score is either night, just get two wins.

Yeah, I tried to average it out a bit. Obviously your fourth line is given a lot shorter leash than your first line. The life of a fourth liner is to keep a cycle grind shift going, or get the puck out of your own end, dump it in there end, and get the heck off the ice.

The book is still out for both teams, but I think in the long run Wilcox will be the guy for Goldy. No clue about UND yet.....Saunders has been great, but Gothberg hasn't really gotten a chance to prove himself. Probably see Zane in the net this weekend, unless Hak keeps rolling with whats working.

I think one thing that last year did for sure was develop a fourth line for this years squad. Pattyn got valuable minutes, and I think he'll lead an extremely gritty fourth unit the entire season that should see a lot of time. If you break down a twenty minute period into shifts of roughly 35-40 seconds you have roughly 30 shifts a period. If your fourth line can take maybe five of those shifts you've got a good chance to win the game. At the same time, if you can get them on the ice in the third period to spell your top units three to four times it makes all the difference in the world. If you're up a few goals in the third period, you can roll four and save some gas in the tank for Saturday. In the playoffs last year you could see which team had more able bodied forwards the day before at the X. Minnesota was the better team, but UND ran out of gas.

Four lines? Wtf? Where will everyone sit?

Yeah, we as fans can make excuses, but we all know that the coaching staff or the team won't accept any excuses made for them. Can't win every game, it'll be okay.

Gaarder for Friday against Anchorage.

I think the loss leaves UND hungry for next weekend. I think you'll see an excited/fired up hockey team on Friday night against Anchorage. I think one Danny Kristo may have himself a good weekend.

With the way our defense has played on the road I'm hoping for monsoon like conditions. Hey, if they beat Montana State they're the state champs.

Went to bed after the first period, but I kind of expected this result. Only three lines for a second night in a row, even with some core guys back you'll have some issues. Give Fairbanks credit. When a team is skating short handed you do things like pinch your dmen to elongate shifts and keep a team in their own end. I predicted a split, so I'm not going onto the Fire Hak thread yet.

St. Clair's first goal in.....well....a while.

The UND sports information people say clearly a post. But who knows.....

Good gosh.....I'm not going to make it through the game if this keeps up..... No goal.....

Puck might not have went in, is what I'm getting from the Schlossman live talk.

Uhh ohh.....1-0 Nanooks. Not sure why the goal may not count.

Not surprised to see Saunders back in the net. Good call coaches.

Didn't see a second, but followed the game on my phone. Up and down and up and down. Give props to the much hated on defense for getting a stop, and the offense for putting the nail in the coffin at the end. Now where is that poster from Montana that rode his high horse in here and said UND couldn't compete?

Gosh.....Knight or MacMillan........hmmm......grrr........ Mark MacMillan

Was thinking the same thing. I think Clarke has to be back in the net tomorrow. But the nonconference games are where you need to get all your goaltenders playing time.

21 seconds left. What an effort.

I can't believe the continued pressure that UND has kept on Anchorage. You'd think they'd be dragging a bit come the end of the game, but they're still rolling.

4-0 after two. Shots UND-29 UAA-13

4-0. Who needs those other players?

YEAH!!! ROCCO!!! HAH! I'M ALIVE!!!!! Ohh wait.....have to wait and see.

3-0 UND! McMillan.....picked the wrong guy.....cripes. Thought about picking him too for Sioux Survivor.