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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

Fully agree on the desire the split the Jammer line. They all have tools that will work better on different lines. I also think we see jammer taking draws on power play and PK to get possession and then changing out for someone else like they would sometimes do with Pinto, weatherby, Ford since they were all great faceoff guys

Above is what I think we will see. Here’s what I’d like to see in the forward lines James-McLaughlin-Gaber Constantini-Schmaltz-Blake Senden-jammer-caulfield Hain/Kunz-ness-Portz/albrecht

I don’t want caulfield in the top 6 either but it was a common theme last year. This was more of a projection of what I think we will see. I’d rather see McLaughlin and James higher up soon but idk if that’ll happen. Also I’d be surprised if the D lines aren’t close to what I have with maybe 1 swap being Jandric and Moore. What’s your guess?

This is always a fun game and interesting to see how it actually shakes out Gaber-Schmaltz-Blake Kunz-Costantini-Caulfield Hain-Jammer-Senden James-Mclaughlin-Portz (James and mclaughlin will soon be high on the depth chart IMHO) Albrecht-Ness-Strinden Montgomery Kleven-Frisch Moore-Farmer Jandric-Johnson Bast-Sidorski DeRidder Hellsten Johnson I really want to see Costantini in the top-6 on a regular basis after the freshman year he had but I also see 3 of the 4 incoming freshman forwards making offensive impacts (much needed after losing Sanderson and Ford) by Christmas. We have some great depth forwards and should have a solid group of backcheckers. With our D corp and goaltending I see us as a hard team to score against. We may have one of the best top-8 D corp in the country. I think Denver and St cloud are solid there as well but we have a group of guys with a lot of experience at the NCAA level

https://www.flohockey.tv/articles/7978470-ushl-fall-classic-whitehead-shines-for-lincoln-goals-galore-on-day-2 Little segment on Boisvert in this article.

I just realize Sic commented on this haha. I really think they use Jandric defensively because it was clear he doesn’t have the offensive prowess in the NCHC that he did in the (former) wcha. That’ll give Johnson the ability to roam a bit while Jandric stays home

I agree. And I like Jandric with Johnson too because Jandric is good defensively (I think he was 2nd best in plus/minus last year) and may give Johnson a little more of a green light to move the puck up the ice and jump in more often offensively