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No need to further explain, I understand now, your first sentence says it all.

Kawaguchi will figure it out at sometime too, and Kiersted showed well until Bast was ready to go.

This doesn't feel far removed from that: "How in the hell did a program of our stature, with the best fans in the country, and coming off a a National Championship two years ago end up with a team with no scorers or playmakers. This is painful to watch."

The point is that you don't just get those players to produce right away very often. Adams has been pretty good this year so far, and I would think his numbers are about as good as some of the BU freshmen, maybe even better if you count plus/minus, and that may be more important in many circumstances. Remember the cries of why can't we be as good as Boston College? Well they have been devastated by early departures like us the last few years, and they haven't exactly been able to just fill in with impact freshmen. Even if you get a first round draft pick, it doesn't guarantee immediate impact.

Was he in the building tonight because of injury? I saw his mom there.

Yeah, funny how the doomsdayers are now excited about the team on a night we didn't actually play as well. The fact that such a young team is playing shutdown hockey should be exciting as it is because UND doesn't usually take off offensively until the second half. Maybe that is because of the progression they always talk about. You need to be able to defend in your end first instead of cheating for offense, then you can get the chemistry going. Maybe that's why Kawaguchi has sat a couple times already.

But how do we do that without the talent?

29 Brock Nelson–10 Corban Knight–7 Danny Kristo 21 Brendan O’Donnell–16 Mark MacMillan–11 Derek Rodwell 9 Mario Lamoureux–27 Carter Rowney–15 Michael Parks 14 Taylor Dickin–28 Stephane Pattyn–13 Connor Gaarder 4 Derek Forbort–24 Ben Blood 2 Andrew MacWilliam–5 Nick Mattson 18 Dillon Simpson–20 Joe Gleason 32 Aaron Dell 31 Brad Eidsness ...and apparently this lineup was devoid of talent as well!

Remember, Peski was a bust too after his first handful of games!

Sold.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Yon in for Kawaguchi.

Pretty sure Olson will be playing tomorrow after the job that line did controlling the puck against the Mittelstadt line.

Exactly, I came out of this game feeling better about this team than I did going in. Gabe Bast is going to be a great defenseman for us if he stays healthy.

Of course you're back this weekend. How did your BU boys do last weekend?

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Let's hope the passion from our team matches Berry's passion. Best way to get back at Lucia is o send him home on the wrong side of the scoreboard!

Well they should have already shelled out that $20 fee to watch the Duluth game as well.

http://www.nchchockey.com/officiating

So what are the chances we get another Shepherd this weekend?

Then maybe those people that are "ready" to give big donations for the other sports should put up or shut up. You keep hearing about them, but like that radio spot goes, "almost giving isn't giving"!

I'm guessing attendance at 8000-8500.

And they are whining because they only got a certain allotment for the Vegas game?

Yeah they have so much inside information that the cutting of women's hockey was a total shock to them when people had been leaving hints all over on this message board.

You wonder why the Herald guys don't have much inside information and are always looking for opens records to get a story. Not saying that is a completely bad thing, but Virg Foss would at least know which guys UND was recruiting and partly because of social media, fans know of recruits or prospective recruits many times before Schlossman does. Maybe it's because of how strict the NCAA is on talking about recruits, but it sure was nice to know what guys UND was interested in, even if they didn't always get them.

No, not your typical subordinate, but a subordinate nonetheless. As Rick Pitino and Roy Williams attest, sometimes the last people you want to be pulling the strings are some coaches.