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Burning effigies are also effective for creating a lynch mob mentality in case we lose & need to take out our feelings of negative self-worth on the opposing players.

I think injuries indicate 3 things: 1) The depth of a team. 2) Does the team play as a unit or does it rely on a few players? 3) Will certain part-time players elevate their game when their team needs them? Duh

Maybe said chicken should be garbed in a Miami outfit for maximum effectiveness.

Did he say anything about LaDue or MacMillan?

Are there any rituals or sacrifices that need to be performed in order to ensure a UND victory? What or whom should I lay at my altar of Gino Gasparini?

So to summarize for this weekend: Mark Mac a possibility LaDue unknown & N. Schmaltz definitely out Is this right?

I meant a lesser program within hockey as far as tradition goes. Within football, you are right; Miami would slaughter UND..but Bama would beat you guys silly in football. I don't know of any college hockey teams that would beat UND silly. My point: UND is the creme de la creme in hockey. Miami is not the creme de la creme in football. It's all good though, Miami has a quality hockey program that shouldn't be taken lightly. Anything can happen on any given night.

I agree. But my post was mostly for chuckles instead of being serious and to start some good-natured back & forth talk .. that's why I put that wink in there. But I think there's an element, albeit small, of fans from lesser-established programs to want to impress the fans of programs who've been around since early-mid last century. IE, if we were to play Bama in football, we'd want them to recognize us as being legitimate rivals; & they'd be like, "Yawn, whatever."

I think it's cute when fans of lesser hockey powers come on board and try to impress UND fans with how good their team is. Kinda like how a little brother wants to impress a big brother or a son trying to make his dad proud of him. But seriously, if UND plays with a lot of edge throughout, I think we'll have a lot of success..

Living in the past makes us depressed & worrying about the future makes us anxious. Both make us gray, unhappy & think bad things.

So losing & suffering are good for spiritual growth, just not hockey. Gotcha.. What about a spiritual hockey player?

One trait or knack I've noticed with this team is their ability to ramp it up in the 3rd period, to take their game to a higher level. I think this has to do with the quality of their physical training, their mental toughness & the leaders on this team. The coaches can preach this until they're blue in the face, but it's up to the players to adopt it as part of their identity: a team that can finish. All champions finish games strong, whether it's in the regular season or the national tournament. Let's see if the guys are still playing this way in April.

That would be an unequivocal truism of the highest order. Maybe someone who's wasted his money in numerology training can tell us if 8 & 15 are winning combinations (8th championship in the year 2015).

No offense directed at you, but I wonder why UND never partook in goofy rituals like stickers on helmets, decals in locker rooms after victories. I'm guessing it's because winning itself is the most important kind of ritual..

So what's the scoop on LaDue? One of the team's more important players.

I'm assuming you mean the girl's h.s. team, right?

If they convert just half their "just missed" chances, 14-1.

Was following the real-time chat & I lost count of how many times UND shot it "just wide". If I had a shot of vodka for every time I heard that I would've died of alcohol poisoning in the first period. If just half those shots had been on net the final would've been like 12-2. lol .. Maybe they would score bushels of goals every game if they made a concerted effort to shoot wide instead of on net.

Maybe this isn't the right thread, but does anyone else think that T. Poolman is ahead of his time for a college hockey player? He seems to "get" it at such an early start to his collegiate career. Some guys don't blossom until much later, if at all, but the college game seems to come pretty easily for him so early. That's how I'm reading his play so far, but I live in the SW so I don't have as clear a perspective as someone who lives in GF & goes to the games. I'm basing my perspective on his offensive abilities & am wondering if his defensive side is just as good.

How dare you.

Sioux-cia: I'm going to extend an olive branch to you. You're no doubt a very nice lady & I don't get my kicks outta insulting other people. Enjoy your evening & see you in the hockey threads.

I'm kind of a newbie to message boards so I wasn't expecting that kind of a reaction. Some people are really sensitive & crave arguments: Me: "Have a nice day." An innate arguer: "Have a nice day? Is that what you said?! Who made you the final judge on what kind of day it is? What if I don't think it's a particularly nice day, did you ever think of that?! Huh? And you TOLD me to have a nice day instead of ASKING me to have one. How presumptuous & arrogant of you."

Eff me, I should have known better than to enter this thread.

Sioux-cia:I didn't intend to ruffle any feathers here, yours included. Just stating my observations & opinions over the course of almost half a century. What I said may be the furthest thing from a fact, but it is my opinion to which everyone should be granted one. I love all peoples & believe we can all learn from each other. Edit after reading your latest post: Geesh, really? The old "you must be a racist" canard because you don't think like everyone else? I'm married to a beautiful Filipina, btw.