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I think we may have seen the true GFC tonight. Sheyenne has beaten some good teams and Central all over them 10-1. Deziel and Marto with pretty good games. Across town RR all over North 12-1. Shanley beats WFHS in OT 4-3 Bismarck High beats Dickinson 4-2. Legacy gets 6 points over Hazen.

The way our offense looked at the end of last season I'm okay with Danny being back. At the end you could tell that Isaac was upset his play calling was being questioned by us lowly serfs, and was likely on his way out of town. Good for him being back in his beloved Big Ten with his Big Ten mind. I still think they need to utilize Javance in some packages if he's still on the team (honestly haven't even checked). Watching Montana and Illinois State a bit last night, open the playbook and let's score the football.

Blame @brianvf for waking up Mbereko.....sigh....two SHUTOUTS for Kaiden this weekend.....

CC just took it to UND that series in the right areas. CC wasn't going to win a skating game with UND. Their neutral zone structure was amazing. Almost a perfectly coached and executed weekend. A lot of folks were saying that UND got goalied a little bit by the Tigers, but the right team got swept out of the building

Christmas break into new years is just a nerve wracking time as a coach. The kids have way too much free time to do what kids do.

Illinois State gets their hearts ripped out by the kicking game, and the Cats finally get over the hump for Central Valley's biggest alum. All credit in the world to those Red Birds. You battle your tails off on the road for a month and a half and thats what happens. Life isn’t fair.

I thought Minot may be hurting a bit in the goaltending department after Keller ended up in Sioux Falls. They've played three kids thus far that have all done pretty well in the net, and their d core has been solid as well. Based on both their boys and girls teams getting brand new uniforms with both high school's colors I'm thinking they will be a combined team for the foreseeable future. They'll be a tough matchup in the first round of the state tournament as the likely #1 from the west.

Blame me. I went with my Canadian bloodline and put allegiance to Canada after what team USA did.

Anybody got a cool stream that the internet gods won't take off for thr third period. 😄

Welp, @MafiaMan got his nonconference shootout to decide Sweden-Finland. He was the one in the corner pounding on the glass after the 3 on 3 was as intriguing as my daughter's dance competitions. Some guys just live for that stuff.

Love their head coach, classy man who has been in the game longer than I've been alive. A season like this and you've got to take the small victories and build. I would hang a positive on their shot blocking the whole weekend. Those guys weren't afraid to put their bodies in front of some bombs.

Love the intensity, but let's run through the last 6 minutes here and move on. Not worth a DQ and a suit on Friday.

Team is in complete control here. For the weekend they've given up 18 shots in five and a half periods. Keep rolling lines, get another one, and get these games behind them with the league schedule on the horizon.

Can Zellers handle this many minutes? #bob

Thankfully Mooney is only 18 and can just not come off the ice next year. In fact let's set the bar with 5'5 forwards who are 150 pounds dripping wet next year.

Its good they got bounced. Tragically mismanaged operation. The love affair with playing Mooney a stupid amount of minutes did them in. I guess I may be cheering for Canada now eh?

To Dane's credit Zellers is getting the same amount of minutes in this game as St. Paul.

Great low quality shot there with possession there Hutson....sad.

Emery and Zellers should have plenty of energy based on their minutes this tournament.

Toss up game Friday. They should win, but won't be surprised in the least bit if they lose to Finland. Goaltending....meh....D zone structure is abysmal, and the forward groupings make zero sense to me. Zellers getting a regular shift and he's probably in the running for a top player award for team USA as hes +6 at the moment on a team that gives up goals like I give away shots on the golf course.

Only guy in the positive for +/- for team USA....that game..... William Zellers....

This team's d zone is a travesty.

3-0 now. All Sweden.

They are over playing Kleber to a fault. There are no byes into the quarters. You've got to roll your d men until it gets to those playoff games, then shorten the bench where necessary. They are playing too many games to have a kid at 24 minutes on day two. We all wear green glasses, but what is happening with Emery is a joke. 11 shifts yesterday against the Swiss? They aren't the little sisters of the poor, but you are setting yourself up for failure there over the short grind. Wish that game had went to OT like Canada's game to prove a point. Mooney just isn't physically mature enough yet. I can't believe the late game minutes he got yesterday.

Looking at the TOI and the total shifts is baffling. They won the game, but its extremely easy to see why they only beat a team like Switzerland 2-1, and were a crossbar away from OT. I mean we need Kleber for 24 plus minutes against the Swiss? He going to play 35 against Sweden?