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Meanwhile in BU. Pandolfo didn’t have enough time to list out how many passengers his team had in his post game presser lol

Want to call out Zellers as well for consistently being a puck hound out there last night. Awesome stick lift strip to turn it over and get it down to Swanson so he could set up that 1st goal to Rickwood.

Tulk is legit for Wisco based on watching last night. He's got a super quick release.

Seems like the timeline would be start skating middle of February and then 2-3 weeks of getting somewhat caught up to game shape. So maybe we see him during the NCHC playoffs…

He didn't have the best performance at the WJC this year. Seemed to be not squaring up 100% correctly to shooters at times when he gave up his goals. Granted that seems like something that could be corrected with practice.

The upcoming series with them will be interesting. In the past few years they haven't been very tough to play against (much different from their past NCAA teams). The Saturday game when we beat them 5-1 they looked similar to how they did the last few years. Maybe they can change that narrative we'll see.

Them losing almost every game 5-1 seems unsustainable lol. Kinda why I’m thinking they’ll snag a few wins to mess with top teams NPI

Michigan state is going to need alot more out of Nilson, Lindstrom, and Vansaghi in the 2nd half if they want to be a true contender. Their D-core doesn't really have a standout offensive guy that can stress you from the points so maybe that's made them a little easier to defend in the O-zone.

Miller looked a bit off this past weekend against WMU. He may be coming back down to earth a bit after his hot start. Need to come out flying and get plenty of rubber on him in the first 10 minutes. Think this team is going to be amped up to play a top tier opponent at home.

^^^ very likely that it’s a silent commitment and that him / UND don’t want to shakeup his season until after it ends. (Assuming they think his Q team won’t take it well once he officially commits)

I think we'd like to have this exact option though in a future season where a 1st half hasn't went well. Recruiting has it's ebbs and flows so for a year where some freshmen clearly don't pan out / a goalie doesn't pan out I'd 100% be open to adding a player mid season if the staff thinks they can make an impact. I think you want to be careful with doing this too often but do it when it makes sense for the player and can jumpstart the team.

For as good as Tynan Lawrence seems to be they're gona need alot of players to up their game compared to what they did in the 1st half of the year. Granted picking up a player like him might help team morale.

2nd half jump candidates: Kernan - he's really started to come on as of late. Seems like he's adjusted to the pace now of college now and feels comfortable making plays at the right time. Reschny - he maybe played slightly too much on the edge in that WJC semi-final but loved his aggression with taking the puck to the net and not deferring. Based on what he's done in the past year during U-18s, WHL playoffs, and now the WJC, he's not afraid of the moment.

Traveled to watch that series. Wanted to stay positive about that season after the sweep but in the back of your mind it was concerning how easy we were to beat.

Eiserman looked brutal at the WJC for the most part. Turnovers, ineffective at puck battles, just seems to have little confidence going right now.

Counterpoint. Notre Dame was missing Kempf along with some Spengler cup players for one if not both of those games. WMU also plays with more structure than I would say Penn State and the Gophers so its an easier game for WMU than it will be for Penn State/Gophers IMO

The student section lacks a little bit agreed. Outside of the student section though, the average age of typical attendees skews a little bit older at the Ralph it seems, would assume that may change in the coming years. (more or less, younger the crowd the more rowdy in theory)

I might be biased, but I'm fine with Carels skipping his Prince George games on Tuesday and Wednesday to visit Grand Forks

The Clarkson series is currently set for January 1st and 2nd next year at home. Will be interesting to see if the coaching staff looks to move that series to a different date. Safe to assume we'd be missing a good chunk of players next year for the WJC again.

The age stipulation is that you start to lose a year or so of eligibility. I can't remember the specifics but just for rough close example (if you arrive as a 22 year old, you will be considered a Sophomore in lieu of a freshman)

Suvanto according to elite prospects is on junior contract (so I believe he hasn’t signed an actual pro deal? Could be wrong though someone feel free to correct me) Overall though very exciting to hear our name in the mix for recruiting. (Especially considering we weren’t present enough in rinks the last few years per past reports). Credit to Bryn and staff for putting in the work in this short amount of time.

Obviously, we may be biased on Motzko but even Scott Wheeler called out Motzko for poor coaching. Had Kvasnicka invited to prelim camp when we all knew he was likely to be cut Hindsight is nice but taking a look at a center based on their lack at that position wouldve made alot more sense Him and Greg Brown don't seem to be getting through to this group at all on how they need to play to win. When they've been at their best they've kept it simple and played North. (they cant lie to themselves and try to be a skilled team in this year's case) I'm not sure the actual minutes but it seems like one of their best lines (Spellacy, Zellers, McMorrow) isn't getting nearly enough time on ice. I think he needs to cut it out and at least play EJ on the 2nd pairing. EJ can't do any worse than Logan Hensler at the moment. I will give Bob a break on that fact that he has had some brutal performances from alot of the better players (Hagens and Eiserman come to mind right away). Granted though I don't think Bob has helped spark them at all either. I'll be shocked if Bob is behind the bench for another WJC. We just have way too many good coaches to offer currently to go back to him (Carle, Pecknold, Pandolfo, Hastings, etc). Could definitely see Smaby as an assistant as well on some future teams.

He did put up a 100 point season 2 years ago hahah. I'm confident he can be trusted in the 4th line role they'll likely have him in. I did see Pinto's name thrown around. If JT still has injury issues in late January I wouldn't be shocked to see him slide in as an injury replacement.

Schloss just tweeted his preview story. They got back to grand forks around 8PM last night. Which is sooner than I would have guessed honestly. They might still be sleeping hahah. Let them rest up until 5PM as far as I'm concerned.

My brain hurts reading all of the idiotic comments about Brock Nelson and JT Miller being on the team lol. Yes they don't score as many goals as Jason Robertson but outside of that they can skate and keep up with the pace, WIN faceoffs, PK, Play PP in a pinch. (ALOT of things that I don't think you can trust Robertson to do frankly)