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Asking a lot of some of those guys for St. Cloud to duplicate those numbers. Have a feeling they may see a few sophomore slumps.

Did he play 3 seasons because he lost a year because he came in overage, or did they not have that penalty back then?

Think current gopher players Serratore and Parenteau are quite old as well.

Never said I don't like it, just that it is more subject to the whims of social media.

Didn't go, but to this point Olson has a goal and 3 assists, and Peterson a goal and an assist.

Yeah, I suppose it is like the Heisman with the Downtown Athletic Club, but basically if the NCAA lets them use the image of "their" players, they are sanctioning it.

That's all fine and good, but if this is an award sanctioned by the NCAA (who I would suggest is a shady organization themselves), there is a huge possibility in this day and age of social media to buy into the innuendo and gossip that is prevalent in society today, as witnessed on message boards across the country. I don't necessarily think the voters are able to sort through those things fairly, and if a player is branded a certain way early on, he might not have any chance. There were prevalent rumors about Neal Broten, that had social media been around might have caused voters to question their votes. I have no idea if those rumors were true or not, but sometimes if you hear them often, could lead you to not give him the benefit of the doubt. Character is indeed a good qualification for being honored, but sometimes character can be skewed, and that goes both ways.

I'm not going to speculate on if UND would have given someone a better run, but you are taking a snapshot of possibly UND's worst game of the season, and really the second game against St. Cloud the Sioux outplayed them. Comparisons aren't always the way to go when predicting future games. I would suspect at the very least, Yale will give Quinnipiac a better game this time around.

Just seems like a huge number of 2014 and 2015 recruits already, but who knows what is going on behind the scenes. I'm with you, would love to have a big man with a good skill set to go with it.

A few months ago the Sioux got a verbal commitment from Tucker Poolman and shortly thereafter we saw that McCoshen verballed with BC. With so few openings for 2014, and so many possible to come in that year, is it possible the commitment from power forward Trevor Olson hints that Avery Peterson, another power forward projected as a high draft pick, may have made up his mind to go elsewhere? Hope not, as it would be nice to have a couple bookends like that going forward, especially since we've seen some nice power forward and cycling play in the tournament, and know that is something we were missing for the most part this year with the losses of Miller and Matteau. Need that manchild again like Frattin.

Be great to hear a report on him, Ryan Mantha and Charlie Pelnik, if all of them see playing time.

True, but who knows how the injury affected his recruitment, and usually top line guys are already committed this late in the game for the following season. Matt Henderson is a perfect example of a guy who was a leading goal scorer on his team who ended up walking on and became Frozen Four MVP. But yes, generally speaking top line guys should garner scholarship money.

Do we think he is a scholarship player, or a recruited walk-on? Would be nice to have a little scholarship money in case a talent like Trevor Moore or some other player decommits from Denver as well. I believe Moore is expected to go fairly high in the draft and could move to Major Junior if he is unhappy with how things played out in Denver.

What is our consolation prize for missing out on McCoshen? Would be nice for us to land Ausmus as well.

Who knows what his feelings are about getting away. Perhaps it was a response to repeated questions on why he chose Denver, and it was the quickest response to end the conversation there. I would think Duluth has a good chance because they had more of an unexpected departure in Casto, but I'm sure everybody has contingency plans now anyway, so they would also have to put off somebody else to bring him in next year. Sounds like someone is going to get a last minute gift though, provided he doesn't wait until 2014 like he was projected at Denver.

Maybe since Saunders is a Junior they could find somebody to agree to a three-headed goalie situation, but I would think they would be looking for a person who wouldn't mind being a practice goalie a majority of the time. Takes a special breed to do that, perhaps a player from around here like a Brian Nies, although he is only a year out of high school so might want to see if he can get a scholarship from somewhere and have a better chance at playing.

Heisenberg had him as a 2014, but maybe he saw this as a chance to play right away somewhere.

And for those in the "Fire Hakstol" camp, this is the kind of thing that could happen at UND with the likes of Poganski, Gersich, Schmaltz, Wilkie, etc. if the administration acted in the same knee jerk fashion as Denver's did.

http://www.uscho.com/stats/team/north-dakota/mens-hockey/2010-2011/ Yeah, and after the 2010-2011 season, we lost 6 of our top 7 scorers and still were pretty decent.

Yeah, all of a sudden Wisconsin could have a solid chance at being the top team in the Big Ten if they can hold on to some very good experienced players like Mersch, Zengerle, and Barnes. Will Minnesota's freshmen class be enough to overcome the experience and system-oriented Badgers? Badger powerplay can't be as bad as it was this year, and can Minnesota's be as good? I think five on five is where Minnesota won't be quite as good.

I guess I don't want to be too harsh with somebody who was our best player down the stretch last year and still chose to come back for the love of the program when he could have easily jumped while his stock was at its highest.

Wouldn't mind seeing an eight team Final. Then it would make more sense to have the week in between the regionals and the finals. 3 games in three days isn't anything nobody is used to, especially if they have a week and a half of rest after the regionals. You're also more likely to be playing the finals in front of a full house, regardless where it's at.

Hopefully they would be recruits for a couple years down the line, because I don't know how good it looks for other guys that committed a long time ago to get pushed back for "a last second steal". Could work against you in future recruiting, but then again, it is a business and we all know the coaches are in a "just win" environment.

People around our program say the same type of thing. When it's time to go, it's time to go.

Was referring to the forwards coming in. Can't always outscore the other team in college, as many times 3 goals is going to win.