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I agree that it's not that bad; I seem to remember Kristo making his first visit or call to UND as a freshman. It's just still on the young side, so there's a higher risk that development doesn't continue along the projected path.

They also just got a verbal commit from a '98 born Russian, currently playing in PA. Maybe Gendron's recruiting philosophy is the younger the better?

DU also has a club team? Weird. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/college-goalie-gives-200-foot-game-losing-goal-193538014--nhl.html

It's not just them. Hockey East frequently has mid-week games. A friend of mine went to the Maine game on Tuesday of this week, though at least that was an exhibition game. BC and Merrimack also played Tuesday night.

As Monique Lamoureux said, it looks like the flag threw up on a sweater.

Honestly, the one that most surprises me is the World Arena in Colorado Springs. Yes, it has hotels and places to eat nearby, and parking isn't astronomical like at some other arenas. But the last couple years I've been there the student section only has the first row or two filled out, and a substantial amount of the lower bowl is open for changing seats.

That was driving me nuts. It wouldn't have been a big deal if they only said it once, but since they continued to drop the name repeatedly, they should probably get that right. The RTO's in Glendale carried all the games, too, though our crowd was significantly smaller than down in Mesa.

I certainly hope that the veterans have warned the newbies about Bemidji. On paper, they may be easy to overlook. But despite the predominantly winning record against them, they always play the Sioux tough. I love your sig quote, 90siouxfan. Duncan is so talented and yet so humble.

Cool, Maris-type story from Maine: http://bangordailynews.com/2014/01/15/sports/umaine-sports/umaine-video-guy-strickrott-realizes-dream-of-playing-division-i-hockey/

Hey, I actually played against the crappy teams (which included Bemidji). Though I was quite a phenomenal bench door opener against teams like Warroad and Hibbing. At least I didn't quit hockey after 4th grade.

Any idea how the ice quality is in comparison to the old arena? I played there once in high school, and it was the softest, most miserable ice I've ever played on. I always felt bad for the boys when they had to play there.

He's been great with assists all season, but he's definitely been making a statement since being selected.

Technically, you have Colten, Colten, and Coltyn

But with needing his rights traded to Calgary, it's highly unlikely that this process didn't get started before last weekend.

I didn't realize that his brother was also a first round draft pick. He probably would have been successful any which way. Bottom line: If you're not scoring goals, work to be better. At the very least, finish the season before bolting.

I think it's interesting that Tambellini's brother played at Michigan and then played in the NHL. So it's not like he doesn't know anyone who has made it from the college game to the NHL.

I know. I think 15 year olds are limited to 5 games anyway. But there's still a huge difference in physical maturity between 19/20 and 22/23/24; just looking at the Herald pictures from MacWilliam's freshman season shows that.

Agree 100%

Or maybe it's because he's now playing in a league of 15-20 year olds. The average freshman college hockey player is 20. Those few years can make a huge difference in physical maturity and difficulty to play against.

Yeah, but most of those points for Brock came in the second half. At Christmas, he wasn't very far ahead of where Tambellini was.

I guess it would depend on how hard he'd been practicing on his own. I was under the impression that he wasn't allowed to practice with the team during this suspension. In that case, I think I'd take Panz and give Chyzyk a week to get back into the swing of things.

Technically Chyzyk was reinstated Monday. But just because Tambelini's departure didn't get released until today doesn't mean the coaches didn't know about it on Monday.

Technically, Chyzyk was reinstated Monday. But it does look rather sketchy at first observation. Hakstol said Bryn fulfilled his responsibilities with the program and with the University. I wonder what those were, because it certainly doesn't seem like much time has passed. Though if he comes back and turns into the next Matt Frattin, I guess I'd be okay with that.

And in a case of interesting timing, Chyzyk was reinstated on Monday.

Hak said "This is not an easy place to play at, or be successful, nor should it be." Simpson said "That's his decision. Our locker room won't worry about it; we have big games this week against CC." Those quotes are per UND Men's Hockey on Twitter.