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Other than what happens in postseason, this weekends games against #12 Connecticut are the only games they will be playing with teams within the bubble, so they can’t afford to lose to anyone. Unlike the NCHC and Big Ten, the only team that could really move the needle for them is Providence, so they may need to practically run the table, and I don’t know if that gets them inside top 10.

…and if we don’t have room for them, then other teams could benefit big time. Spreading out all this talent makes college hockey that much harder to dominate. Keeping that good mix of upperclassmen and elite talent is going to be crucial to be consistent from year to year, but that still isn’t a guarantee if you look at teams on the bubble or out of the picture this year.

As if Senior night isn’t emotional enough, it will be extra hard for Ben with his dad not being there for the parent introduction. Don’t think they’ll be a dry eye in the house when this group has their final skate.

Yeah, most likely if it isn’t a regulation sweep then there wouldn’t be a tie anyway, depending on the results this weekend.

But the problem is that the only way most likely Western gets into a tiebreaker scenario is if they swept us which would probably flip it.

Sometimes it’s a fine line for a coach trying to build a program and culture to advocate for your players to the officials and allowing your players to use officiating as an excuse. I would bet that while he advocated for his players last night, he is pointing out that they did themselves no favors by playing in the defensive end basically the whole third period.

You really are pathetic. We play in the toughest conference, but you don’t expect any losses. What next, should they bench Špunar now because he gave up 3 goals?

Gotta say if the shoe was on the other foot, I would be upset too. The way the game was being called, we should have never had our last power play, and since it was, Miami should have got that call in overtime.

Strinden just a bit off lately, having the puck just slip off his stick and not being able to get his lethal shot off. Think he gets one, and hopefully starts to go on another long run the rest of the season.

Yeah, Sanderson should have eaten that. Was hoping that wouldn’t come back to bite them, and lo and behold it did.

Why can’t they play poorly against us?

If they lose to CC they are way down on NPI. By beating CC, they can then move up quite a bit by beating or sweeping us. They still have hope of moving up, and hope is a big thing as we learned in Shawshank Redemption.

Next week are their last games though, as they are the only team that doesn’t play the last weekend.

We need to take care of our games, as it looks like Arizona State and Omaha aren’t going to help the rest of the way.

Need them to lose so they have no hope for home ice.

Defense alone, Hughes, Faber, Sanderson, Werenski, Hannafin, MacAvoy, And Slavin.

Schlossman saying Ashton Schultz traded to Sioux City. Be interesting to see if a new team helps him offensively like it did for Brock Schultz. Chicago doesn’t seem to put up much offense. Considering the guy they traded him for put up same ppg, and they got 3 more draft picks to boot, it shows how much they wanted him.

If that was the case, it should have taken two seconds. As for the second part, the goalie took himself out of the play, pushing to the right side of the net.

What is the IIHF rule? Because if it was just being in the crease, it should have only taken two seconds. Did Miller cause the goalie to go the opposite way where the puck was going? No, he pushed the opposite way to where the puck was going himself.

They were saying last night he can only play 34 games with Regina with the exceptional status, which means he can only play 14 more games this year if true.

I’m not going to dwell on hypotheticals because those work both ways. People talked about what if with the offsides against BU and the COVID year team as possible championships, but who knows. Berry did have turnaround years after years in which he missed home ice, even when he turned over his whole defensive unit. I imagine he would also have felt the pressure that another missed year of home ice could mean his job, as I’m sure if Chaves hadn’t made the move, he would have at least sat down with Berry about expectations going forward.

Agree about O’Neill, but we may be looking for another top 6 type forward, as we have guys like Josephson, Croal, Littler, Klee, Zakreski, Menghini, Andrew, and probably Brock Schultz for bottom six type roles. Of course some may be able to make that transition upward, but it is possible they look for a high end guy to fulfill that spot. Like I said before though, would hate to lose O’Neill.

I’ve watched Williams a lot, and he really looks to need another year. He doesn’t really stand out when watching, but seems to find a way on to the scoresheet nonetheless. Really needs to up his compete level, especially compared to O’Neill who stands out with his ethic. Don’t want to see someone who comes in and sits on the bench much like Collin Adams did, even though he did play one extra junior year. Will be interesting to see where he goes in the draft. People might not like this, but Klimpke reminds me of Neil Pionk, without the cheapness of course. Has the same frame and skating ability.

There are two people on here that post almost exclusively on political issues. Two guesses who they are.

Jett Prpich is playing his first game for Moosejaw tonight. He is a 2010 defenseman, and assume he is related to Mike since both from the same place.