RedFrog

Thank you for the clarification ... would have been ice if the article had stated that.

https://www.uscho.com/2026/02/02/walter-brown-award-names-25-semifinalists Is the Walter Brown award an East Coast only award? Hard to believe that the NCHC and B1G don't have a semifinalist for the "best American-born Division I college hockey player."

I thought in real time that it may have been offside, but forgot about it after the pick until I just watched the replay. You challenge that all day long and twice on Saturdays.

100% thought that was interference that led to the winning goal for DU.

With this logic, would wins also not provide a bigger boost? I get it, sitting at #3, there isn't much room to move up but we can separate a little bit.

What games are of interest this weekend? What teams are we rooting for? I will give it a go from the perspective of improving conference standing and NPI standing. NCHC Omaha over Western Mich Duluth over Denver NON NCHC St. Thomas over Mich Tech Bemidji over Northern Mich Clarkson over Princeton Mercyhurst over RIT Minn over Wisc Ohio State over Mich Penn State tie (x2) with Mich State The Penn State/Mich State tilt makes me wonder what the difference, if any, would be between a straight split and two ties when it comes to the NPI?

Big test for the team tonight and tomorrow night. Hope the boys can keep it clean and stay out of the "penalty box", that is going to be the key to having a successful weekend!

I am not expecting a great turnout at the Ralph this weekend since it would be competing with the Ice Fishing Derby in Devils Lake.

I have a feeling that the boys bring it this weekend. I think they want to get a W tonight so they can get Gibby in net for Saturday and want to get him a W against these guys after they didn't play well in front of him earlier this year. (Spunar got the W on Friday night). I also think they see an opportunity wasted last Saturday v Denver and will be hungry to get all 6 points this weekend. My prediction: Friday: UND 5 - ASU 1 Saturday: UND 3 - ASU 2

Strinden

I don't remember who said it, but when Toews was drafted and then Kane the next year, someone said Kane will win you scoring titles, Toews will win you Stanley Cups.

Zellers

I don't know what to expect in this weekends series. Denver is reeling, but will be hungry to right the ship. We are and have been playing well but this is our first real test since the UMD series. I have been super impressed with our team's energy and play in the 3rd period all season, I like our chances if we are within a goal after two periods. Hard to put it this way, but Spunar needs a bit of a bounce back weekend as he wasn't quite as crisp as he had been, but still very solid. Do you think the heavy air at 1,000 feet above sea level will wear down the Pios?

Big Mac Attack takes a shot on goal tonight and gets one ... Swanson.

A must read about Troy Stecher. An absolute ton on his time at UND. Sorry for the paywall. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6964115/2026/01/13/maple-leafs-troy-stecher-nhl/

Nobody had Zmolek? 🤷‍♂️

Reschny

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AWebg8Ukb/ (Sorry, I don't Twix)

Link to schedule and results: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2026/wm20/schedule Pool A: USA, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany Pool B: Finland, Czechia, Canada, Latvia, Denmark

Given that UND has the potential for SIX current and future players to be representing their countries this year, there should be a lot of UND fans' eyes on this tournament this year. I really wish life would have worked out where I could have taken a couple of weeks to spend in the Twin Cities to take in the action, but alas, adulting is hard. Any concerns about any of the six NOT making the cut? Canada Verhoeff Reschny MacKenzie USA Emery Zellers Heil I haven't looked at the pools yet to see who got the pool of death.

Not so much when Rickwood is the one taking his spot in the lineup ...

Hopefully Rickwood is healthy and plays so he can slide into Reschny's spot between James and Strinden.

What do we know about this years Huskies? I haven't read or watched anything yet and am looking for a cliff-notes version of what we could expect. I'm going to go listen to Schlossman's pod now.

Swanson