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The way Western played last night, we should sweep them as well, but I don’t know that you can keep the Plante line off the scoresheet every game, and they weren’t even all together the whole game. Duluth’s backs will be against the wall, and the way they complained about missed calls, including the game winner in overtime against Denver which apparently Carle agreed with, I have no doubt we will need to kill more than our fair share of penalties. We have had our problems with very good power play units, so hopefully we know we increase our chances a lot by limiting dumb penalties. Duluth plays great defense, so even with Gajan being gone, goals will be at a premium. Hopefully, getting to 3 goals will be enough with Jan, but Duluth knows this weekend could determine how the rest of their season goes, and I have no doubt Sandelin will have them ready.

Was hoping that ASU would still see opportunity to move up, and want them to be engaged from here on out in the regular season since they still play Western and Denver.

Assuming he will be.

If Duluth doesn’t win tonight, home ice is certainly a question for them, especially if we can beat them next weekend. Miami has played two fewer games and will be within shouting distance, especially when Duluth still has to play at Miami, and I would assume without Gajan.

Which equates to more revenue for the program. Yes, National Championships is where it is at, but winning league titles helps with recruiting if you don’t win it all.

Yes, ideally it would be nice to win the league title before that last weekend at Western.

Please, at least get it to overtime Omaha!

All credit to Western as they are finding ways to win games, which is the sign of a good team. That said, I think some of our fans would be questioning how good we were giving up an average of 36 shots in their wins over Denver and Duluth. Duluth really missed an opportunity by giving up a late goal, then not capitalizing on a 4 on 3 power play in overtime. We just need to take care of ourselves and get back to the kind of defense where we only gave up 35 shots to Denver the entire weekend.

But many of the experts were dumbfounded that he didn’t go any of the spots above #4.

You would still have holier than thou programs like Minnesota and Wisconsin refuse to play them though.

In Duluth where they most likely get the benefit of some calls and they score one out of every three power plays. Just winning will be nice.

Both Miami and UND with tons of new players. Would be interesting to see who would win the award if we win the league and Miami finished 6th or 7th.

At least get it to OT and take away points from both teams.

Man, whoever gets him is going to be super lucky. He is so dynamic with elite skating and hockey sense. Would probably need to work on situational awareness because he is super aggressive on pinching, but I suppose at that level his elite skating wins out more often than not. Would rather have a confident aggressive player that can be reigned back than vice versa.

His uncle apparently is Wyatt Smith who played for the gophers as well.

This has been a very odd year for us so far, knock on wood. Usually you have some wear and tear injuries on defense. Emery missing the start of the season has been the extent of it. We brought in Engels because you usually have someone on defense nursing some injury. The defense even with 7, probably see as much time as the forwards. True, it might not be for everyone, and really we have no clue what the plan is for next year, and what the talk is behind the scenes.

Verhoeff would be very wise to stay a second year, especially how young he was coming in. Would be interesting to know what coaches and scouts would want him to improve upon. I think a burst of quickness would help him when he makes the transition to even faster and more explosive skaters like MacKinnon and McDavid. Can’t be reaching in the NHL anymore, as any stick infraction is a penalty.

True, but I wouldn’t take it for granted if I were the Herald.

I’m assuming he was since Brock has been on fire. But who knows if Ashton is being held back being on a team that doesn’t score a lot, and we’ve seen circumstances can make quite a difference.

Wonder if the limit increase could lead to more transfer portal activity since you might have guys on the roster who see little to no playing time. We’ve seen that not everyone would find a new home though.

Are you talking about Brock Schultz, or Ashton?

If the Herald wants to keep as many subscribers as possible, they should find any way they can to keep Schlossman happy.

The problem with that is if they don’t have a tie to the region or UND, if they explode, a lot of teams will be offering them at that point. I know that it isn’t meant to be anything other than a statement that they aren’t ready for this level, but it seems like an arrogant approach. To me that’s like telling a girl, I don’t want to date you now, but if you should become more attractive in a few years, give me a call.

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=228574 Grant Slukynsky’s numbers didn’t stand out much either, and I bet Western is glad they have him. That said, they may need another guy or two that can play top six with the losses of Strinden, Rickwood and James.

True, and sometimes just switching to a different environment can be huge. Look at Brock Schultz’s production from Waterloo compared to Sioux Falls. I think a different team could probably do the same for Ashton Schultz’s production. Seemed like he had good production with the U.S. in the prospects games.