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U.S. under 18 National team leading Maine 4-1. Grant Mismash with a goal in that game.

WDAZ extra channel announced last night that they will have on Saturday's game.

Exactly.

So programs that are on the upswing and have potential for a National title would be recruiting players behind the scenes to join them because that will really put them over the top. The player wouldn't have to wait, so no problem going for a National Championship right away.

... and also a chance to totally lose a high end draft pick like Vesey by staying and going the free agent route. I think more teams are concerned about this possibility.

Parise used to do those ads, and UND was prominent in those, so I wouldn't get too worked up about it.

Poganski sure had a great game. Hopefully these guys keep stepping it up in the second half and we can have consistent secondary scoring.

Don't the Bison return 9 of 11 on defense with DeLuca coming back? They may have a chip on their shoulder as well.

But it took 2 late goals by a Central team many have said would go undefeated to beat Bismarck. Maybe the game the night before was an outlier for BHS, or maybe the Central game was, we'll see.

I wouldn't base season projections on one or two games. Things can change fast, especially with those teams that have a bunch of new players working themselves into high school hockey.

Time for the new version of the "Heavy Line" to shut down Vecchione and Foo and score a bit themselves. Both Gardner and Poganski have a lot more to give. Obviously it's anyone's guess who will be together since Poganski moved to Jost's line earlier, but now that Jost and Boeser are both out they might get thrown together again.

The officials can't even tell when the puck has hit the back net half the time, how are they going to tell if it was deflected out of play or not.

It isn't a certainty that Cam will leave after this season. It all depends on the offers he gets. True his numbers aren't as good, but I think that NHL scouts understand the defense isn't as veteran in front of him either. But Cam could decide to stay and improve his stock and numbers, even if it means he may not play all the time like he has this year.

Which is why I said if he has anything to do with it. If he gives any input, you know what it would be.

If Gene Taylor has anything to do with it, you know the answer.

Are you going down the Lucia road of why do these things always happen when North Dakota is involved?

I will be watching for Iowa's reaction in games from this point forward when the "Games Over"! If you're down by 10 with 30 seconds to go coach and still playing physical it will stand out quite a bit in contrast to your comments.

I am trying to figure out Jones' reaction to the play. Can't tell if he was thinking "No, No," or "put it in the hoop".

Now you sound like a Minnesota Gopher fan. Is that you Dave K?

Yet you expected them to win by 25 in the rematch?

They have quite a few defensemen recruited, but he very well may pass up offers and decide to wait and see if they will offer. If you're confident those offers will always be there, it is easier to wait for your dream offer.

Adams with a goal and Kiersted with 2 assists leading team USA to gold at World Junior A challenge. Kawaguchi led Canada West in scoring.

Any interest in defenseman Jesse Bjugstad from Stillwater?

Eastern Washington's loss shows me even more we are going down the right path by following the Bison example of a ball control offense and dominating defense. Eastern Washington had a comfortable lead and didn't even attempt running, going downfield just about every down. If this was a one time thing for them it would be different, but they traditionally need to outscore teams, and that doesn't work so well come playoff time. More depth and beef and UND should be well set to challenge consistently.

True, but if we hadn't won against Bemidji in 7 games, it would definitely be pretty ugly!