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Dude I put that we would likely win between 1-4 games, didn't say we'd for sure win the whole thing but ok I should have put 0-4. I was giving Berry the benefit of the doubt. Simma donna I also said the coaches need to make some changes, NOT that we need to make a coaching change. That message was more of a propping up of Hak than anything. I was never on the Fire Hak train.

Hak made it to 7 frozen fours in 11 years. Hak's teams never missed the NCAA tourney, not once. Also during the 11 years at the helm no D-1 team won more games than we did. We have 1 NCAA win since our natty (although we probably would have won somewhere between 1-4 in 2020 that got cancelled). We rarely if ever got swept at home under Hak. I'm not a Berry hater, nor am I saying we should fire him. But Hak's track record for making and having success in the tourney was better. Keep in mind we had a few NCAA frozen four games where we were the much better team and lost because hockey is hockey. Some of the games we've seen lately have included us getting fewer than 20 shots in regulation in 3 straight games. That's a problem. I still think we get better because we are too good on paper to not come along but the coaches need to make some huge changes.

I texted this exact same thing to a buddy at the game

I hope ASU plays their Ness too because he’s only played 2 games so far and doesn’t seem high on the depth chart. Seems like a good time to get his feet wet

I'm fine with Judd in the lineup. But he should be a 4th liner/bottom 6 every night. No more trying to force him into a top 6 role, he just isn't meant for that type of offensive role.

I was at the game and thought the Thomas hit looked bad and worthy of review. I have (gopher fan) buddy who saw live from a different angle that thought the call was weak. Methinks I’m right but wondering if anyone has a replay so I have video evidence to plead my case.

Fully agree. Even if we get swept this weekend I won't be worried big picture. Getting swept on the road by a top team is not a pairwise crusher. Plus it will help us learn a lot about ourselves and will give us more information about how we should play in our own zone. I'm not so sure we will like the immediate results this weekend (but praying I'm wrong). But I think that once we get some consistency with forward lines and chemistry along with learning how to track the proper guys in our D zone, nobody is going to want to play us. Also guessing that DeRidder will soon be taking the throne and will start to gel well with the D corp and steal a game here and there for us. Either way I'm guessing Deridder plays both games this weekend to keep us in it.

I'll be at both games this weekend. The results I want and the results I'm guessing will happen are 2 different things haha. I'm guessing 5-2 gophers tonight with our D zone issues being extrapolated on the olympic sheet. Hoping for 5-0 in our favor

I thought Albrecht brought his A game Saturday night and it seems like he deserves to stay in the lineup until he screws up enough. I didn't think they would put Costantini as 4th line center but he played incredibly well as center so I am interested to see if he stays on a line with Albrecht due to their chemistry. Also if anyone has a bowl of crow for me to eat, I was completely wrong about the Hain-Jammer-Senden line because I thought they would break it up and dang that line was just stellar all weekend. So let's keep them together (shame on me for feeling otherwise). But can we please put Blake on a line with Gaber and Keep #28 away from Gaber's line? It didn't work in the playoffs last year and hardly any offense was generated by that line on Saturday this past weekend. Gaber needs a change and they seemed destined to keep him with Schmaltz which is cool but the other wing should be a high-skill guy like Blake (or maybe even James just to shake it up)? Wondering what others' thoughts are regarding who you think should slot in with Gaber.

Ugh that 2008 F4 was the first ever frozen 4 I went to….but then 2011 was the 2nd one which was so much worse on the heart. It’s still a deep burn

Gaber had one shot on goal tonight. They’ve got to put someone else on that top line with Gaber and schmaltz. I’d love to see Blake there. Costantini had a solid night on the faceoff dot tonight. Interested to see if he plays wing or center moving forward

Paging UNO

They dominated us in the shots department when we played out there last year. I think we will struggle to score on them next weekend but I’ll be happy if we split again since they will likely be a top-10 team all year

They did it a few years ago too (it was the 2018 series on GF) and it was worth listening to. Good on them for inviting the opposing team’s beat writer more than once. I won’t miss an opportunity to hear schloss talk about our team and a big upcoming series.

Moore needs to replace Jandric on the power play as Moore has a higher upside offensively. Jandric has great poise up high but he just can’t move as quickly with the puck as Moore.

Yes please.

If Blake and Gaber get on a line together, nice things will happen. That kid can really make plays, yikes

Guessing we see Kunz tomorrow for sure if he’s healthy. I like how this looks except I was really hoping they’d put one of the high end freshies with Gaber because there was just something off with his line last weekend. Surprised but not disappointed to see double freshmen on 2 lines. the coaches must have confidence in their defensive abilities against HC. the D pairings seem perfect, really excited for this corps to gel as the season goes on.

I know I’m a villain for saying this but I really think the only line that stays intact from this last weekend is the Senden-Jammer-Caulfield line. Yes they got scored on but they also had several grade A opportunities and created Kleven’s goal. It also seems like they want Hain in a scoring role this year, unless James ends up taking that on as a left winger for a top line (which seems very possible with his skill) The other lines will get shuffled slightly, wondering if “top 6” is Hain Schmaltz Gaber Costantini McLaughlin Blake (will need a top 4 D pairing on the ice for defensive safety haha) Gaber’s chemistry on his line this Saturday wasn’t spectacular and he tried forcing it too much so they just need to make a slight change. I’m wondering if the “4th” line will get alternated Friday and Saturday night because everyone was good enough to earn at least one night this coming weekend James Ness Portz (Friday) Kunz Strinden Albrecht (Saturday). With James as extra skater for some power play time But then again, we have so much forward depth that it’s going to take 3 months for any of this to shake out haha DeRidder Friday and maybe we get hellsten in a bit Saturday, unless he’s not healthy enough. DeRidder is going to be the man this year but Hellsten needs to play since he is the heir apparent for next year

Has Chris Peters historically shown disrespect to UND hockey? I haven't noticed it but that doesn't always mean much. I might have a thing or two to say about Chris Dilks but I can't recall any shade getting thrown from Chris Peters. Also if anyone hasn't listened to the Talking Hockey Sense podcast where he had Schloss on I would highly recommend it.

Sacred Heart being in there was the giveaway to me that it was no longer a top-15 ranking list haha

That wasn't a ranking, it was just teams that he thinks might be interesting to keep an eye on.

Pardon me while I wipe the egg off my face

https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/7981975-hrabal-fegaras-strathmann-among-15-standouts-at-ushl-fall-classic I put this in the wrong thread earlier. but 3 of 15 guys in this list are UND recruits so not too shabby to start the year

https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/7981975-hrabal-fegaras-strathmann-among-15-standouts-at-ushl-fall-classic some of our younger recruits had a solid showing at the USHL fall classic. 3 of the 15 guys in this article are (at least for now) planning to don the green and white. Not bad for a coaching staff that doesn’t get blue chippas and doesn’t crack the top 10 recruiters ;p