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That was Buning, right?

Yeah, I imagine the huge comeback win over Minnesota State will boost their confidence. Hoping their goalie doesn't all of a sudden decide to be lights out.

There was also a hit by Loheit earlier in the game that should have been reviewed as a possible 5 minute major. He has been very reckless lately, and you would think after the Adam Johnson tragedy, that there would be a little more respect amongst the players, as you never know when an awkward shove into the boards can turn tragic.

Stop the press, Denver getting a questionable 5 minute power play! Say it isn’t so!

In the same token, Denver will have to play a lot better to beat us. They have given up a ton of goals against Arizona State and Augustana amongst others. They’re not always going to score 6-8 goals, and hopefully Persson can hold them down. Of course they will get the requisite number of power plays to try to keep that pace up.

Imagine them playing BU then, if the BU announcer thinks we aren’t in the same league as BU skating wise!

Jim Rich said they are the runaway leaders in the NCHC. With 3 undefeated, don’t know how they can be runaway leaders, but that is St. Cloud for you. Doesn’t help that we don’t play them at home this year though.

No penalties.

Wouldn’t have had to go for two there if they would have kicked the extra point last time.

Should have got up to the line and clocked it.

Hindsight, but why not lateral that to Siegel.

Or now they could go for 2 and the win.

It was on the chart Dale gave him!

Good thing it wasn’t 4th and 10-15 yards.

Judging by some of the play calling, it seems like that is done during the game.

On defense we consistently get beaten on 3rd and long, but on offense we think it is a bridge too far. Shows that we can’t complete many downfield passes, and that is an indictment on either our philosophy or our recruiting, or both.

With Persson’s parents watching for the first time, and against his old team, I hope not. Maybe next week.

You mean so that this board will have to shut down due to one-off posters coming on to decry why we can't compete with Denver. No thanks! We've seen how in the past confidence is a fragile thing. Would much rather have a weekend like they did against the gophers in Minneapolis on Thanksgiving years ago and take that confidence and run with it.

Tyler Kleven isn't in the league anymore. No further need for reviews!

It is great to have a game manager quarterback if you have a lights out defense, like Trent Dilfer for Baltimore. Unfortunately, we are far from that, although I think they deserved better support offensively last week, and if they had just a little the outcome surely would have been different.

Ralston learned his lesson and is towing the company line, lest he be reprimanded again.

Tackling has been poor for a while. Even if they have freed them up to defend more instinctually without overthinking everything, they still need to focus on the basics of tackling.

The thing is, it doesn't matter much anyway because very few teams stay put from week to week. I am also of the opinion that it is best to just hang around in the 4-7 range and let other teams have the bullseye on them.

Jimmy Snuggerud is at 9 points as well. When you are playing the best of the best, I think a point per game is an acceptable benchmark. There have been a few games when Gaber wasn't as noticeable, but overall I think he's been good. He isn't shooting as much as he did last year either, and to me that shows he wants to be less predictable by giving the puck back to the distributors.

Yeah, it wasn’t long after that, in fact I think the same shift that Loheit cross checked Dylan James after the whistle right in front of the ref, and it didn’t become a penalty until after Jamernik stuck up for his teammates.