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I agree. Go back to overtime actually meaning something, then if tied after that use the gimmickry.

I thought UND played them pretty well, just couldn’t put the puck in the net, and Bussi played pretty well. We’ll see how they play us here.

No, UND doesn’t need this mentality. There is something called class, and the same way you don’t throw bombs in football when the game is in hand, you don’t load up your power play, unless the other team is being cheap. UND needs the mentality to get to the point where the games are in hand, and not going to shutdown hockey too soon.

Win out? If we take care of business at home against UNO and CC, we can probably split the rest and win our first round playoff series and be about where we are now, if not better.

It seems every game turned the wrong way for UND’s purposes.

Shocker, Denver doesn’t get a 5 minute major for an obvious elbow to the head. How is that indirect contact?

Then maybe a couple shootout losses for Denver against St. Cloud would be nice.

https://www.nchchockey.com/tie-breakers#:~:text=Tie Breakers,will receive a Penrose Cup. Looks like it is not.

But is that still the tie breaker if they only played in Grand Forks?

That definitely will be the key. If they win all 4, they will be in good shape. If they lay an egg, then all bets are off. I would hope that with their pairwise ranking on the bubble, they would keep their nose to the grindstone, but who knows with the inconsistency we've seen. So, do we still hope for an NCHC title and hope for St. Cloud to beat Denver, or do we want Denver to win so we have an easier route to home ice?

Have a single ticket available for each night left.

Two tickets each for Friday, 02/04 & Saturday 02/05 vs. Omaha. Section 302A, Row G, on the end UND shoots twice. $25 each ticket, sold in pairs. Text 701-330-8439.

Would have been nice to have those jerseys when we went to Western Michigan!

This is what worries me as well. If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that UND would be where they are at in the standings, I would have assumed it would be because they brought it hard every night and were buzzing from the start of the game. Would have assumed we would still have lost some games simply because we don’t have the finishers we had last year. I think they played well enough to win at Western, but lacked the finishing. If they start bringing it game in and game out from the drop of the puck, they could be formidable down the stretch. After all, that is a huge part of the culture that they always refer to.

Mismash recently. Guess I like a lot of the UND guys like Kawaguchi and Weatherby and how they were able to destroy the elite Minnesota talent in their own building. Also love that UND sees the value of guys like Senden, whose uncle played for the gophers. I consider those guys as misses for Minnesota. Ditto for guys in the past like Connor Gaarder, Matt Henderson and Peter Armbrust, among many others.

Schlossman said that 5 of Tech's losses came in OT, which basically makes them ties, which certainly explains why they are where they are at despite not having major wins. Still don't like that system, as I would like for teams to be dinged if they lose in overtime. Depending on your situation, you may just be trying to hold on to get to overtime.

Time to go to some of the unsigned recruits and get their pulse as to perhaps not wanting to go to that type of environment.

You missed the ones that are graduate, or GR.

Is it still too soon to make conclusions about pairwise? It seems odd to me that Michigan Tech is number 7 in the pairwise with 8 losses and only one tie against a top 11 pairwise team, while we have 10 losses but 7 wins and one tie against top 11 pairwise teams. Hoping that some of these type wins will start moving the needle a bit, as we sure tumbled fast against losses to a top 3 team, but didn’t gain much in win and a tie against top 5.

UND really needs to stay out of the box tomorrow, as they missed some open nets early that might have turned the game around. Tomorrow is huge to try and get home ice, as St.Cloud still has two games in hand but still play Duluth 4 times, Western twice and Denver twice. It would also do wonders for our pairwise. I like that Hellsten can play the puck, but if you have a defenseman nearby, let them make the headman pass. Would hate to have a bad goal hurt us when we already let some games slip away. In short, be ready for a completely different St. Cloud team tomorrow.

Squirrel!!

Also, another thing in common with those teams is that they have some older players that have played in their system for a while. We've seen how likely it is that the average freshman is going to struggle to adapt to the college level, so having guys that have gotten past that stage is huge, and why you see a lot of these veteran teams do well during tournament time, even against more talented teams. That is why I don't necessarily think you automatically throw away guys that haven't produced after the first year or two, because at the very least they know what you expect from them and at least most likely won't struggle at both ends of the ice. Obviously some guys need a change of scenery, but a lot of times that third year is when guys start to really get it, like Collin Adams.

So UND's number exceeds that of the rest of the league combined! So how has that worked for all the teams in front of UND in that statistic?

But you attached the quote about Mankato. If you just want to make a blanket statement why attach a quote?

To be clear, I was talking about the people whining about losing recruits, not you.