Wilbur

I'm not sure about the love affair with Senkbeil. I thought he'd see time sparingly this year, but I guess if the coaches believe he's earned his spot then so be it. I lost my Jim love when he took the major against Denver which almost ended up biting them in the rear.

Senkbeil must have naked pictures of Hakstol.....has to.... Mitch in a suit surprises me. How many times does a player go from the top unit to sitting in the press box?

Put me in the "Loves the success at the final five" category. Although when a team like Duluth a few years ago loses out right away, has a full week and a half layoff and comes back rested and wins the national championship you have to put chips into the argument for it not being the most important thing for UND. Would things have turned out differently for UND last year had they not came back to beat Minnesota at the Final Five? Did playing one more game cost them in the long run? They don't end up in a regional in St. Paul......likely they would have been out east in BC's bracket. And we know how that would have turned out the way that BC was playing.

I like some of the different combos thrown out there. One thing I noticed.....none of them included Senkbeil. Glad I'm not the only one.

So if you play Mark M. on the top line tonight do you put Rocco on the second line with Rowney and Parks? Then third line......Caggiula-Gaarder-Mitch? Fourth line: St. Clair-Pattyn-Rodwell

IMHO Gaarder should never be out of the lineup for Senkbeil. Heck, Mitch MacMillan hasn't done anything to be skating with the top unit. Starting to see why he didn't make it at SCSU. Oxbow said it best about Rowney. I thought he'd be an X factor Malone type player this year, and I haven't seen it. Carter is one of my favorite Sioux players. At the end of last year he was terrific, and was a big reason that team had the success they did. I was expecting a huge year out of him. You wonder if he's gripping his stick too tightly this year or over thinking, because he was a beast last year.

That ^ Well said Oxbow.

Here's what I'd do. ~Fire Hak ~Hire John Hill ~Watch the national championships roll in.....

Hak post game: ~No energy or intensity, lacked work ethic. ~Early goal hurt, not an excuse. ~No forecheck, or pace through the neutral zone. ~Needed to try and generate something with different line combos. ~Look in the mirror after this game. All these kids in the background.....not the best time to try and get coach Hak's attention....

Thoughts: ~Can't give up a crappy goal early.....too many times we've seen it the past few weeks. ~Still lapses with wide open guys in our own end...... ~Gothberg not bad.....but that first goal....killer..... ~We could learn something from SCSU about blocking shots.

I'd like the head coach not to get interviewed tonight.

UND may have just doubled their shots for the game.

Boy that weak goal early in the first period may hurt.

Puck to the net..........goal.....weird concept.

Pull the goalie....Put MacWilliam in front of the net.

SCSU will be in first place in the WCHA.....

Wow. Mankato State.....excitement.....determination......hah........ Winner winner chicken dinner 2-1 Mavs.

Timeout SCSU. Please don't come out with the Senkbeil line. Please......

And then take a penalty....yup.

"How to not play hockey in your own end" By The North Dakota men's hockey team

Got to shoot the puck.....got to shoot it. Can't pass up shooting opportunities when you have 8 shots.

They need to figure out if Rocco is on the top line or not. Either he is or he isn't. No way to get any type of chemistry by going all over the place. I'm behind the coaches in whatever they do, but it won't work if its an occasional thing.

Packer like? This is the one thing I look forward to all week....watching the Sioux.....and when they play like this it sucks....

Its fun to watch Mankato play. Talk about a young team with some grit and energy. Tied with Goldy in the third period.

I hope those things show up in the third period.