keikla

Based on questions/comments in the live chat, yes. Mine froze then as well.

Thoughts from the game: 1) Very impressed with Stecher's play. He was very noticeable (in a positive way), which is hard to do as a freshman defenseman. 2) Not at all impressed with Mattson. He was very noticeable, but in a negative way. I'm still hoping he pulls out of his 'sophomore slump,' but this game was not a good start. 3) I think Johnson is going to be a very dynamic player. He also has some good chemistry with Parks. 4) Rocco is amazing. His goal was sick, and he did most of the leg work for Caggiula's goal. 4 points in the first game of the season? Not bad. 5) Can't blame Saunders for the first goal, as I think it deflected off two different players on its way to the net. But he definitely didn't look sharp. He's lucky his misplay behind the net didn't lead to an additional goal. 6) That's probably the best OD has looked in awhile. I'm glad he got the goal; hopefully, he'll get a little breathing room from the fans. 7) We were so spoiled by Knight's ridiculous face-off abilities. It's going to take some time to get used to not winning the vast majority of crucial face-offs.

Brad posted a picture of the Pattyn shirts on twitter. Not sure how to copy the image over here, but they look pretty sweet.

WOW. Interesting lines. Surprised that Schmaltz is out (among other surprises). That is one hell of a third line!

I'm sure you could easily find one by searching on Youtube. There's highlight videos of just about everyone who made it to the NHL.

Great quote from Pattyn on playing his brother this weekend: "I'll throw a couple pucks to the corner, and we'll see who's more physical."

Yup. That was his freshman season and the first time most of us had watched him play.

Got my tickets for BU. Also just got tickets for four of us in Omaha (section 123).

Mac got called up the Leaf's last exhibition game. He got an assist and was named the third star!

I just ordered mine, and I was also surprised at how few tickets were left (though I didn't check for any upper bowl tickets).

You know it! And, if you notice, I snuck in the fact that I'm brilliant, too.

Probably not. I swam in college at a DII school (translation: significantly less time commitment than D1 hockey) and have always excelled academically, and it was way tougher than I ever expected to balance the two. Even if you can manage the two-a-day practices with classes, etc., it gets even tougher once road trips are involved. I have tons of respect for all these athletes who manage to dedicate that much time to his or her sport and also excel academically (and even more respect for the ones that do it with a non-cupcake major). Anyway, I say props to Vanelli for recognizing it so soon into the academic year.

Single game tickets for the series at BU officially go on sale at 10am on 9/27

Pretty sure I saw the other day that Knight had scored a goal at camp, too.

Yes, I did hear that. My parental units informed me that they intentionally kept their mouths shut about being related to 'keikla.' I don't know what all the fuss is about!

I'm more worried about being identifiable. I should probably start being nicer around here!

And just like that, we're back on topic! Well done!

MafiaMan...don't be jealous because I took a lesson from you on how to increase my post total via meaningless babble

Hey that last reply was to Sioux-cia not Siouxman! Besides, don't pretend you aren't all absolutely riveted by my Nebraska vs Denver plans

I'll think about it! I would much rather go to the DU series, but since I have to drive instead of fly (I'm picking up a dog in Nebraska), January tends to present more weather related problems than early November...I learned that lesson last year when I moved out to northern Maine in mid-January. We hit a blizzard every stinking day!!

If I'm going to be in Nebraska (I'll let you know when I know), I think you should be as well. Hockey > football. And it better not be another crazy blizzard, or it'll take me forever to get back to Maine!

November 9th? Aren't you going to have something more important going on around that time? (Though if you plan on ignoring that 'something' and going to the UNO series instead, let me know cause I might be in Nebraska then).

There's a TON of Sioux alumni/fans in Colorado. I'd say start a thread in 'Tickets' (if there isn't one already) and get a bunch of people to get tickets as a group (thus bypassing the extra tickets rule). Better to put in a little extra effort organizing with other fans than to waste all that extra money paying to watch DU play crap games.

They also added this about next year's incoming class: 1. North Dakota Why: Most recruiting classes have one marquee recruit, maybe two. UND has six: Nick Schmaltz, Austin Poganski, Ryan Gropp, Shane Gersich, Ryan Mantha and Chris Wilkie. Trevor Olson and Winnipeg Jets draft pick Tucker Poolman are no slouches either. Suffice it to say the last thing UND is going to be thinking about next season is an identity crisis.

I guess this technically goes in the "former players" thread...Jim transferred to Vermont