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Not if you go by some on this board who are projecting us to be in CC status should Jost leave.

His mom was pretty adamant that Joe Sakic wants him badly, but hopefully the development and another year of education wins out over somebody trying to get more wins no matter the cost. Just pointing out that a few guys don't make up a team and shouldn't be the sole reason whether guys come back or not, be it here or Western Michigan.

But I was addressing the premise that if a couple guys leave, why stay because you won't be nearly as good. Development is one reason to stay, as is school, which is partly why you went that route in the first place.

I don't know, any reason for Jost to stay if Boeser and Poganski leave?

They could always get AFLAC. Seriously, I know in the past players had insurance policies, but not sure how prevalent it is now.

That makes sense. Forgot he wore 23.

Did Gardner lose a bet leading to him having to wear a USA jersey?

Remember when Matt Frattin had 5 and a game then was also suspended a game for a hit against Wehrs?. Don't remember if there was contact to the head on that one. And that was before the ultra emphasis on player safety.

What about Ludvig Hoff, is he skating?

Hoping they Do Little against UND.

No doubt they are playing better defensively, but I would guess Western can say the same thing. The highest ranked pairwise team they played in those 17 games was at 25, and they didn't beat them. Definitely no time to overlook anybody though because upsets happen quite frequently.

Maybe Faison deserves a raise as well because we never would have got to the Dance if he went by prevailing wisdom.

So he was a terrible coach that deserved to be fired up until then, and now because he had a couple good months he should be paid more than Bubba? I wouldn't complain about Brian Faison with that kind of philosophy.

So when they have a bad few months starting next season you'll want him fired again and ask the question why they gave him a new contract?

I'm not sure a bigger arenas like Sioux Falls or Omaha would get as many tickets sold ahead of time as Scheels Arena, where people just want to make sure they could get tickets should UND get in. Plus Omaha hasn't made the tournament every year, so they would be taking a chance that they would get in, or if they didn't get in, the committee would place another team that draws well there.

Yeah, at least St. Cloud made some extra money for their athletic programs a few years back.

So, maybe the standard that the league will use is suspension is dependent upon whether the player is injured. If they don't deem this suspension worthy, that's fine, but don't think that in the future when charging the goalie happens more frequently that people don't look back on this incident and ask the question what is different.

... and the funny thing is that Schlossman, who rips the NHL for player safety every chance he gets, doesn't seem to do the same for the league he reports on.

I think we need to start a thread that has incidences like these that should be precedent setters. If Pionk's barreling into the goalie isn't something that can garner a suspension, then running into the goalie is not able to be considered for suspension, unless you charge the goalie at full speed head on from the front.

My problem is that the worst case scenario is Minnesota winning, so until they are ousted, I want formidable opponents to stay alive on that side of the bracket.

How about if you tell the NCAA it is either that or drop the program.

I think he is a forward, and would rather see Tyler Ward (no relation) change his mind from Denver based on how well he seems to be producing. Leading the BCHL playoffs in goal scoring and points per game and he is a 99.

Just looked at the last 4 years and St. Cloud has a PP percentage of 24.65 and UND 18.9. Part of that can be attributed to the big ice surface in St. Cloud, but that is such a big discrepancy. 20 percent should be the norm with the kind of talent we have from year to year.

What has Omaha's power play looked like since Blais started coaching there? Maybe we can hire him as a consultant to get ours kick started. Half kidding, but part of me wonders how we can't have a better power play percentage with 4 guys in the pros from last year and three guys at least on this years team that will be there in short order.

You would think since it is going to be the last Conference tournament off campuses for the B1G, that they would support it, but there seems to be a lot of apathy out there.