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From Schlossman, it sounds like the league has a learning curve on this going forward. Even with UND students on spring break, and many of us know people who went someone warm because Grand Forks schools are as well, I think UND’s attendance will sustain a good atmosphere. With the weather we have had this week,and the weather we are still expected to get tonight, and many traveling, keeping a good atmosphere would be a bonus. When the league looks at making constructive changes for the future, they need to keep all these things in mind, and they really need to wait to see what teams the quarterfinals produce and the matchups resulting before they set the prices. Regardless, I think the league should be very happy that UND is the one that is in the position they are to maximize attendance for the league, as the attendance last weekend for Duluth and rival St. Cloud was horrible.

No reason we should have to pay players above and beyond giving them an education either, but it is the world we live in, and if you want a competitive team you need to maximize income opportunities. They do the same with single game tickets to specific series during the year. I do wonder how much of this is driven by the league and also if the same structure would have been in place regardless if the remaining teams weren’t all rivals to some degree. If it were Miami, I think the supply and demand changes quite a bit.

Ludovic Perreault really looks like he should be in the conversation for the future. Very dynamic goal against Vancouver. Nice to see Preston and Lin playing again for Vancouver. A lot of skill and speed with those 3 guys, and McKamey looks to be more comfortable and finding his game.

Does McKenna kill penalties? Reschny probably spends more time killing penalties than anyone else, and doesn’t get to play the whole power play like McKenna does a lot. If you measure situational productivity, Reschny would have more production.

No guarantee that even if you get the Rucks’ or Preston that they would be as productive as Kernan has been. Wouldn’t surprise me if Kernan led the team in points per minute played since he doesn’t see as much ice time as some of the others, although penalty killing isn’t really a point producer for those that see extensive time at that like Reschny and Ollie.

From where?

Maybe he knows the new landscape of college hockey, and with UND only losing Menghini and possibly Reschny at forward, they very well may be looking for immediate impact guys next year as well. No guarantee he would be promised a spot next year either. Who knows his thinking.

One look no further than the thoughts of Tyler Young when he was added to play here. Few thought he would see ice time, and he sure has proven his worth to this team in experience and attitude. Remember, he didn’t play for a while early in the season. We see this every year that unheralded recruits making a bigger impact than expected. I certainly never thought a guy like Coltyn Sanderson would even play minutes for our 2016 championship team, much less making a big impact down the stretch.

Thanks for the inside info.

Exactly, I really like his game, but if he came in next year we would be heavily weighted to grit without the upside we might need offensively a little sooner. Hate to be close to a championship team, but short another impact player or two who can contribute offensively right away. Someone will be getting a nice team guy.

Don’t know if they asked him to stay another year, but it would have been nice to have Stephen Halliday. Also Scott Morrow, even though people have expressed issues there. Not sure what the actual deal was with Rizzo, but some people know if he just changed his mind after being committed to us for years.

But his numbers aren’t terrible considering his size, work ethic and faceoff ability. He does have twice as many goals as fellow 2007 Denver recruit Sam Spehar, who I don’t think has as many intangibles. I think someone will be getting a good character guy, but as someone said, excited to see what Chyzyk and the staff have up their sleeve. Kind of hope O’Neill and Pilgrim go to another league so we don’t have to see them possibly play well against us.

Next year doesn’t open up much either, with Menghini being the only senior forward.

No, I know you were only pointing out that’s how it turned out, and just to be upfront, with our league I’m not opposed to having some games where the odds of winning are more skewed to UND, and I want to win National Championships so the higher percent chance you can beat a team, the better. Nobody asks who you beat along the way, as long as you have the hardware in your trophy case.

So we shouldn’t schedule Minnesota, BU, or BC again then. You can’t predict future success of teams when you initially schedule them. Everybody appears not to be wanting to play higher ranked teams in the NCAA tourney either, as they are clamoring for Holy Cross.

Since people think prices are too high, I’m assuming nobody will be paying money to go out of town and pay high ticket prices for regionals in Sioux Falls then.

Who knows how that plays out if he stayed in Waterloo though, as he didn’t start producing until he changed environments. Ashton Schultz was just recently traded from his anemic Chicago Steel team.

If you buy at the arena do you still pay Ticketmaster fees?

Yeah, College hockey news app is garbage. Has Powell as a freshman too.

He must have been, as it shows he played two years at Providence and two at Arizona State. The College Hockey News app shows him as a junior. I thought Kyle Smolen was a senior, but it looks like the app is right with him as a junior.

I see he did sign. Wonder if that effects what Potter does.

Disappointed Boeser didn’t move to a better team last offseason so we could watch him in the playoffs.

Yeah, could be. Did Schimek sign?

What games are you watching? 3-6 every game? You may be thinking about your St. Cloud team.

Yeah, 12 points as a sophomore doesn’t scream ready for prime time. Could say something about how he feels about Powers.