Blackheart

One of the most penalized with one of the worst penalty kills in recent program history. That doesn't make for a winning combination.

From Schlossman in today's Heraldo: UND has known for a couple of weeks now that its only route to the NCAA tournament is by winning the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Frozen Faceoff. The league flopped in nonconference play this season, putting its members in poor position in the Pairwise Rankings. That is true, but the reason UND is in a bad spot in the Pairwise is because UND lost crucial non-conference games. (See Bemidji, Cornell, and OT win against Robert Morris) If you take care of your own games, then you don't need to worry about how the rest of the NCHC played out of conference. The conference didn't put the Sioux into this situation; their own inconsistent play did.

Luck may play a part in some of the stuff that's happened with the team, but it goes way beyond that. And as far as loveable losers, I'm just not ready to embrace that for a team that I feel can play at a much higher level. I like the fact that UND is expected to be in the NCAA's every year; and have home ice for the conference tourney every year; and be a team nobody wants to face every year; and be in the conversation for a National Championship every year. This program has a history of high achievement; why would we want to settle for less than that?

It's kinda like pulling out the old Billy Baroo for every shot.

My friend, who is a Gopher Superfan, said that there are four guys for Minny just waiting for the season to end so they can sign their pro contracts. Watching Sunday’s game against the Irish, Minny did not appear to be giving it their all. Maybe it’s because they already know they will be in the NCAA’s.

It's whatever you want it to be; you want a place to celebrate or vent? This is the place! Personally, I like to read the postgame stuff because there's always stuff I miss during games that gets discussed/explained. Yes, there's a lot of crap but make no mistake, what goes on here has zero impact on the program, coaches, and players. Just my two cents.

So he coming back to Chicago? Or baby steps to see what he can do?

I wish I had a gimmick.

I thought DaveK was…

Gino won 3 Natty's but he ultimately got the ax after some down years in the 90s. Blaiser did it about right; got out after 10 years, 2 titles and the team was still at the top. Hakstol was probably the one who doesn't get enough credit; 7 Frozen fours in 11 years but ultimately no natty. When Philly came calling with a dump truck full of money who could blame him for leaving? B-rad has had some bad luck with the Covid year cancellation and the 5 OT loss to Duluth after they basically got a pass into the regional final due to that bunch of a$$holes from Michigan. Also the BU loss in Fargo looms large. Those were some pretty good teams that could have done more damage but ultimately didn't. The current streak of one and done in the NCAA's or missing it altogether along with some conference quarterfinal road series definitely raises questions as to the direction of the program. I'm pretty sure Brad knows they aren't having a great year but is remaining positive to try get a spark going into the playoffs. Guessing he will come back no matter what happens the remainder of this season, but he knows the results outside of NCHC play haven't been up to par the past few years.

Well it is spring...I could use another towel to wipe the mud off the dog.

The games are scheduled to be shown on Midco per their website.. It also appears that they will be on NCHC.tv. https://midcosports.com/

One empty netter on Sunday...Motzko looked thoroughly pissed on the bench and Pat the Rat seemed disappointed in the overall effort.

He's here all week folks!

Watched it...quite delicious!

Wow! That’s a lot of hooking and holding.

The penalties certainly were a factor when you consider how horrible the penalty kill was all season.

How about earning home ice for the conference quarterfinals? Apparently that's a stretch now as well.

Well, for the first time in a long time I tuned in late for the Sioux game and only watched for about 10 minutes. Seeing how UND was playing I decided to watch the Moorhead-Stillwater 2A final instead. I think I made the right choice. No home playoffs and it's not looking like that Fargo regional will have any home flavor to it. Maybe they should have focussed on the Penrose more; at least then we would have had a shot at the NCAA's.

Rydell's?

Totally spaced it…good luck to my esteemed opponents.

We don't have any so need to win tonight.

So Littler gonna play tomorrow? Seniors got their night tonight so lets bring back the big boy and really crank up the intensity on Disco Stu and the Mavs.

Correct! Although his mistake definitely made things more interesting, UND played a pretty solid game and held UNO at bay for most of the game. So much for the Friday Fizzle playing on national TV. It's all in their hands tomorrow...let's go boys!