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I thought I read somewhere on GPL that they are part of the season ticket package. If so, pretty pathetic showing.

You have to wonder when Eaves goes down, how many of the players he recruited will still have a scholarship offer.

Reminds me of the game against Boston U a couple years ago when a Sioux player had his stick knocked out of his hands and they gave him the penalty. I think the ref apologized after the fact. Do you think Sheppard would ever apologize? Guess if he did that every time he screwed up, he'd end up with laryngitis!

Would guess the record is Kevin Maxwell in the late 70's with 82 or 83 points, but recently not many putting up huge numbers. Not many players reach 50 points in a season anymore, especially freshmen.

That kind of answers my question. If there is that much volatility, then things will probably wash out at some time. Would be interesting to see if Minnesota would drop below Mankato with a loss tomorrow. My guess is they would, since it will be the rubber match.

I'm no Pairwise expert, but it just seems strange that Minnesota is at 17 in the Pairwise with a 5-9 non-conference record in a bad league, and St. Lawrence has an almost identical overall record with a better non-conference record from a good league, and they are at 27th in the Pairwise. Is it still too early for all the comparisons, or what. Just seems like a big discrepancy considering the non-conference records and the respective leagues.

Thank you! What was the stat Schlossman gave on the only teams to sweep in Kalamazoo in the past whatever is St. Cloud and UND, and doing it without the guys left at home and Stecher in the 3rd, and people are talking about negatives. Blows my mind, and apparently Schlossman's as well.

What's with Stecher being out?

Yeah, if that wasn't worthy of a penalty shot, I don't know what is. Turns out the 4-3 might have been a better option for us anyway.

Western seems to be emboldened and now resorting to tackling.

Exactly, Gersich got rid of the puck and the guy still plastered him well after the puck left. Not only was it obstruction, but the guy got to add a little hurt free of charge. What happened to the recent push to call obstruction. Guess Sheppard is exempt from the memo.

Seriously? The all time leading scorer for Wisconsin, along with tons of time in the NHL as a player and assistant coach, and by the way he won one of those National Championships that you ripped Hakstol for not winning. Parise and Suter both said he was one of the best coaches that they have ever had. He may have run his course, but he had way more of a resume than Johnson.

Sounds like a lot of UND fans. Nobody thinks anyone should ever come close to UND. If they do, it is because UND played poorly.

St. Cloud's power play is so good. At first thought, I figure that will get them a long way in the tourney, but I think if they face a disciplined team, or if they don't click in the post season like they do now, they could be ripe for the upset. Guess that can be said of any team, but St. Cloud seems to rely heavily on a potent PP. On the other end of the spectrum, their PK is not so good. UND seems to be scoring o.k. without the PP, so if they start to connect at the right time it could help our chances. Will be interesting to see how those things play out in the postseason.

For those that thought this weekend would or should be easy, Schlossman made a ton of great points in his Friday rewind. http://undhockey.areavoices.com/?p=102147

I still think we get either CC or Western in the first round of the playoffs. Could see Western back to back weekends. Not too crazy about playing a really physical team four times in a row during playoffs, but might beat some of the other alternatives.

Is there only webcast for Friday's game?

Since Poolman is older, it might be a pipe dream, but would be nice if they had a Poolman family reunion at UND next year. Probably doesn't help the Jets will miss the playoffs this year and will be looking for immediate help with Poolman plus Connor from Michigan.

Not saying they don't have talented players, or that they don't have any players with grit, but when you look at heart and soul guys, maybe Okposo fits the description more than the others, although Wheeler and Martin do play hard. When you look at the two groups as a whole, you have many more heart and soul guys that are captain material like Matt Greene than you see from the gophers, and likewise, you don't see as many of the "softer" one-way players that come from UND. Don't want to do the same as gopher fans and stereotype all of their players like that, but as a whole, you do see a bit of a difference.

... and with the knowledge of what happened with the previous President at his disposal, he still chose to "treat" himself.

Backwards huh? Hagerott checked and found that the other Presidents fly coach. But don't let facts get in your way.

Lucia is just like a bunch of gopher fans in that they just want somebody to stereotype as dirty or cheap in contrast to them being complete saints. Then you get to the pro ranks and see which players garner the respect of their teammates from the way they play the game hard. Parise, Toews, Oshie, Porter, Zajac etc. or Vanek, Schroeder, Kessel, Haula, etc. I know what type of player I would want on my team, even with a talent disparity in some cases.

Did Coyd ever decommit?

Come to think of it, we had a pretty good streak going before the change as well. I put the loss to Omaha and the tie with CC on the jersey change.

Don't get me wrong, I think this team has been focused better than I ever would have anticipated considering all the freshmen on the team, but every team is going to have some lapses, it's just a matter of whether they are substantial enough to cost them a game. I hear Berry and some of the players talk about the need to be consistent and win both games because you will have to do that in the tournament. I think it's good that mentality is a part of their thinking already.