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I will say kudos to North Dakota for their season. They were fun to watch. I didn't expect them to be here with the off-season they had. This team is young, has a lot of potential, and now I have confidence in next season. Thank you to the seniors for another good season.

North Dakota was off for sure but again credit where credit is due...Wisconsin didn't give time and space and their sticks were active. How many plays were broken up with an active stick by Wisconsin?

Hats off to Wisconsin. They played a better game. Got the lead and made it supremely difficult.

Gajan signed a contract with the Blackhawks. Duluth will be looking for a goalie.

Reschny, Voerhoff, and Emery could all use another year in my estimation and typically UND holds these types of players comfortably for development. They still have plenty room to be challenged and grow at UND. Spunar is very good but I'm not sure about NHL good and even if it's an option for him to jump up I think I'd rather play in Grand Forks vs the AHL. I don't see him moving a NHL goalie from their position soon. Zellers has a lot of potential and guys like him have moved on from NCAA before but that was almost always a mistake. His growth through the season has really impressed me as far as becoming a better 2 way player. He still needs more refinement than the other positional players mentioned above. I really don't see many if any of these guys taking the bait this off-season.

https://causewaycrowd.com/will-zellers-chance-to-cement-climb-up-bruins-prospect-rankings

If Duluth wins I'm happy to see the big 10 lose another but sad Duluth advances.

100%

Time to practice is one thing but being gassed is another. Physically they'll be fresh by Thursday barring injury. Mentally is another thing. Congrats Denver. Nice Try UMD

These guys won't be gassed by Tuesday much less Thursday. Helluva game though.

Honestly I've always liked Denver if not rooting for North Dakota. They play hard, disciplined, and together. Sure there have been plenty transgressions between the Sioux and the Pioneers but they're a great opponent. UMD as of late just feels like the jerk you had to deal with your whole youth and just couldn't learn to love.

The way it has been 1 more win on the season will be an absolute improvement.

Can both teams lose?

I agree mostly. I don't want to harp on Berry but UNDs performance under his leadership seemed so lackadaisical at times. I started watching UND hockey during the Blais years and got to enjoy the entirety of the Hakstol tenure. Hakstol to Berry was a drastic change and not for the better. I know I'll get chastised for saying this but Hak simply did more with less. Yes, I know the names of his chippahs. His teams were known to start out slow but at the end of the year they were always there. They were always there even when they were clearly not the most talented team. They never won it all under his leadership but very rarely did his teams not show up and most of his teams outperformed expectations when it counted. The teams had dignity and guts. Berry quite obviously lost the locker room at the end but even before that (sans year 1) the teams just seemed misguided, lost, sloppy. Last season was a perfect example. They may not have been the most talented team in the nation last year but very few teams had more talent than UND and they didn't even make the NCAA tournament. I don't miss the routine no look drop passes and regular lost battles against the boards.

Tough game so far. I felt like there was some indication of this against ASU. The difference is UMD is a much better team than ASU and the small mistakes turn into extra zone time. All UND needs to do is clean up their game a bit and then sustain pressure