Brim006

Yes, it's absolutely fair and is the best way. The beginning of the season is a part of the season. If we start excluding early season scores, then what's the point of playing a full season? Should we just do exhibition games through Mid-January and then start the real games from there? Should we cherry pick who's playing well in Feb and ignore who played better through the previous 4 months? You're essentially asking if politics should be infused to determine playoff spots.... Pariwise adds to the importance and intensity of non-con games whether early or late, because everyone is aware of the implications. Every team deals with adversity throughout the season, and the ones who are able to still win more consistently than others through it all are rewarded with playoff spots. The only argument I can see for committee votes and rankings is to stir up the drama on TV to get more people talking about hockey and creating more publicity. But if that's what has to be done to get more people interested than I dont want to be interested.

yeah wasnt correcting you, just was adding the info of which games those were.

I also nominate Flinn Lockwood from GFC. Remarkably similar to 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' movie star Flint Lockwood. flint.jfif

Who's got the best name in all of NDHSH this season? I nominate Thomas Thompson from GPR. Tom Thomp

True yes, the backup played vs Minot and J town. But not Bott or Mandan. Either way, it shows anything is possible when a top tier goalie is in net. He'll give them opportunity to steal more games, and since they have a handful of kids who can bury the puck this year, it makes them a dangerous team despite being 5-11.

With Minot being Minot, I actually think this loss ticks their odds up a few notches for success at state now. Undefeated burden is off their minds, and likely are more motivated and angry.

what the heck... Not as big of an upset but ending Minot's undefeated season would be wild too. All in the same night

Yet lost to Mandan, Bott, and Jamestown

Total Penalties on the night = DL 4 GFC 5

GFhockey was just mocking me like 4 days ago for saying the EDC #1 and #2 could lose to #7 or #8 any given night this season lol. #1 falls to #8 tonight. Looks like that bumps DL into 7th now though. They still play FSS twice so they will end 7-8 depending on how that goes.

Looks like DL had all 4 penalties in the 2nd and GFC has had 5 already in the 3rd. Wild

Holy crap DL scored! 2-1 with like 5 mins left.

DL journal sports writer does live updates on twitter.

1-1 halfway through the 3rd. DL with another powerplay. This might be their last chance to score again.

DL failed to score on the PP after doubling their shot total. GFC finally scores shortly after getting back to full strength.

I know Devils Lake has a webcam above the radio booth so probably somewhere online. I found it for a few games last season but ill have to find it again

No matter the outcome of this game, it just goes to show how wild the EDC tournament is going to be this year.

It was 4-4 going into the 3rd the last time these 2 played. Forsberg has their number apparently.

it sounds like williston had to reschedule a game due to so many kids out sick? Several other batches from other teams too from what I have been hearing. Crazy

As good as Minot has been, I'd say there's still a 50/50 chance they lose their first game of the season 1st round of state and the east has a 4-0 sweep. I'd like to see them win to make it a 3-1 east 2nd round and to go on to win the title...but top Minot teams have a history of choking for whatever reason.

Malls in general are a dying breed, so this isn't unique to Grand Forks. I would say busy malls doing well are more rare than they are common in 2025. With that said, it either needs major change fast, or needs to be converted to something else fast. Most of the failing malls around the country have closed down or converted, so the Columbia Mall situation has been unique in that sense. No more dragging on a giant empty building. Giant food hall and beer hall with open seating areas seems to be an easy option for the main areas and smaller empty stores. TILT in Bismarck has done well in one of the old pillar large stores.

IMO Spirit Lake isn't a good comparison to what this GF casino would be due to several reasons - Spirit Lake is on an island in the middle of the lake 8-10 miles away from DL city center (even completely different county). It's also off a low traffic rural highway, and is quite a bit smaller in general than this proposed casino in GF. Lastly, due to it's marina, campground and lake cabins, it's as much of a lake resort destination as it is Casino destination. BUT since I'm originally from DL I can mention a few things. 1. Tourist Traffic - Despite the smaller size of Spirit Lake Casino and decent distance from DL, it absolutely does bring more visitor traffic and money into DL. It doesn't directly provide more tax dollars, and likely doesn't even often provide more hotel stays (due to their own hotel, cabins and campground), but it certainly brings tourists into town that otherwise wouldn't be there. And it definately brings more boaters to other resorts, marinas and lake side bars+resturants on the Devils Lake side of the lake. So it's certainly an important piece of the Devils Lake tourist attraction and would be a major blow if it ever went away. Even for the serious and strictly casino floor only folk who stay out there, I'd argue the majority of them are getting to the area via HWY 2 and pass through DL possibly spending money there. 2. Employment- Between the hotel, indoor water park, restaurant, buffet, small concert venue, casino floor, security, maintenance, bar, gas station, marina, cabins, fishing guides, fish tournaments, holiday events...it's definitely a large employer for the smallish community. With that said, I've heard and seen the vast majority of the positions being tabbed for local tribe members first and foremost, and any non-tribe folks from DL or other local small towns are likely supplemental/secondary. This obviously wouldn't be as big of a factor in GF, as it would be in GF versus on a reservation. 3. Community Impact - Between the small concerts, additional restaurant options, indoor pool, casino floor, marina, holiday events and fishing tournaments; it absolutely gives the community of boost of entertainment options and larger well-organized events etc. In summary - the overall opinion of the Casino on the local community is positive and likely always has been overall positive. There are always drawbacks to larger venues in smaller communities....especially Casinos, but the benefits to the local communities far outweigh the drawbacks from what I have seen and experienced. Grand Forks would be dumb to create any unnecessary hurdles for this opportunity.

Wow that would be huge for Grand Forks! Unnerving hearing that Moorhead is potentially on track for one as well. I wonder if BOTH GF and FM getting large casinos and hotels is feasible or if it will be a one or the other type scenario. Unfortunately, if it is a one or the other scenario, naturally the GF good ole boys club will sabotage things for GF to ensure FM would get yet another boost leaving GF behind. Maybe they will work hard to sabotage it either way lol. If they both happen to get them, I think that would probably still be fine, as I think that would still be a great and much needed boost to the GF community.

Meh, agree to disagree. Although on-paper doesn't always tell the story, I have a hard time agreeing with this due to the fact there have already been 22 shutouts this season and 5 of the 20 starting goalies have .900 or better save percentages. And from what I have seen in person, it's been all low scoring games with tight defense and minimal high quality scoring chances. Both our experiences are anecdotal compared to the big picture, thus my reasoning for going to the stats again. Even a top tier decade type player like Mattern went pointless against the #8 team in the EDC this year (DL). GPR, WF and RR appear to have some tendy+defensive issues but outside of that it appears everything is pretty normal this year or actually even tighter strong defense than normal in most cases.

6 goals and 2 assists in 3 games. Is that good @gfhockey? That can't be correct