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http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/hockey/4504591-nchc-media-day-fenton-expects-proposal-change-recruiting-practices-college So, with these changes possibly coming, should the coaches be getting verbals from 03’s & 04’s now, or will they think that they will just be able to recruit those players when they see how they progressed? With another recruiting tool with a state of the art scoreboard coming in the future and the name recognition of North Dakota hockey, they should get their share of big names regardless.

There are a lot of programs that we are competing against that don't offer FCOA, so to say that without spending money nothing will change is pretty simplistic. Certainly it helps, but x's and o's are huge in the game of football.

Have you seen the huge improvement from the “game changer” phase one, giving us the chance not to miss practice time like we did in the past?

I’m not promoting anything, just referencing the phase 2 as the excuse for not making the strides necessary for improvement.

But phase 1 was supposed to be a game changer itself.

Who asked it?

I'm not even sure you can bank on Miami finishing last, but if they did, how long of a leash does Blasi have with his "brotherhood"? While they had quite a bit of success in the CCHA, they haven't mustered much in the NCHC, and you would think the natives would start to get restless, no pun to their former nickname intended.

True, and playing them in Grand Forks rather than in Lawson is a huge difference as well. As I recall, the last time we were there it didn't go so well and we got swept, and that was with guys like Tucker Poolman, Jost and Boeser.

You can look at it that they have to prove themselves first, or you could look at it that they only finished two points behind us last year and in CC's case return everyone, and in Western Michigan's case return an injured players that could have jumped to the professional ranks. I'm hoping for them to stay behind us, but they have some things to be excited about just like us.

With how close things were last year after Denver and St. Cloud, I can definitely see 2-6 any which way this year. Hoping that UND turns a lot of those ties into wins this year and can actually move up in the standings and challenge for the league title. Need guys to step up and some freshmen to produce right away. From what I gather from this board and other rumors floating around, hopefully team chemistry will be better this year as well. Hopefully the letter Berry sent out thanking season ticket holders is correct, and the players worked their butts off this summer and there won't be a better conditioned team in the league.

I would love to pick Adams in the top five, but you just never know if/when it will fall into place for him, thus warranting top 6 ice time.

Boycott Hugos!!

So does Hugo's plan to build this store before the one on the south end which was part of another development? People bought townhouses on the south end with that development in mind, so I would hope Hugo's would honor that development first.

I see NDSU got in playing time for their heir apparent at quarterback with the new rule that you can keep your redshirt and still play up to four games. It doesn't really apply to us this year with Boltman already using his redshirt, but it is an interesting dilemma if he hadn't. You almost certainly have to get reps for the next guy in line, and ideally that would be the heir apparent, but if it was a Senior that is going to take over in case of injury it could cloud the issue a bit because it certainly would be nice to see how a young guy reacts in game situations, especially if he is considered to be your future.

Not weird at all. Upsets happen all the time, and it doesn't mean that team should be ranked ahead of the other team. When FCS teams beat FBS teams they don't automatically get ranked ahead of them. It does show how subjective it can be at times though.

Yeah, I read those too. I find it hard to believe they didn't have anything in the print edition that at least gave a synopsis of where the game was at when it went to print.

Pinto with a goal and assist today. Ethan Bowen with 3 goals the last two games, while Blaisdell with a goal and two assists in those 2 games.

The defense really came through tonight, but you don’t normally come out on top against a top team if you go a quarter and a half without moving the ball. Glad they had the cushion, but it isn’t a requirement to run on second down when you have an incomplete pass on first down. Glad they finally took a few shots down field.

How so?

Shane Pinto with 4 assists in a 6-2 Lincoln win tonight.

Per Schlossman, Minnesota is talking to former player Chris McAlpine as a possible Assistant coach replacement for Scott Bell. Well, at least this time they can pay him above board instead of leaving money for him in a pre disclosed location.

It would be like going back to a girl who dumped you for someone else, then when she gets dumped, all of a sudden you are back in the picture. No thanks!

Brad's twitter shows a proposal that RPI would be tweaked to give a team that gets to overtime partial credit for a loss. It would be a 90/10 split for winner and loser. I personally don't like because if you lose you lose, but it looks to be going toward the NHL path of getting credit for getting to overtime. Sadly, just like the delayed offside rule, UND once again is one year too late to take advantage of a rule like that, as with all the ties we had last year, we surely would have made the NCAA tournament.

Do you mean the CC vs. UND series?

Trying to do too much would be my fear for Ketteringham as well, especially against good competition and in close games. If our defense plays the way we hope, that might be a problem, if they don’t he may need to fit it into tight windows.