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Try playing the night game, then playing a team that didn’t have to play the day before. Then add to that playing another whole game!

I assume Dane Couture is related to former Sioux goalie Tony Couture?

I worry every time a team has the puck in our end in overtime. Have seen way too many times what kind of goal wins those games. We were absolutely dominating Boston University the whole game and lost that one as well.

Really not interested in a philosophy of "we know we are bad, but look how bad we could be". We need a culture that makes people want to stick around.

So if one team went out, Minnesota could get back in the tournament?

We play them in Nashville next year, so we'll see if you just jinxed us.

Hoping that the title passing to the team that was beaten in the tournament the year or so before continues on. We beat Denver in the semifinal and then won our championship, then Denver won the tournament and I believe they beat Duluth. Then Duluth won a couple times, the last by beating UMass. Hoping Umass can oust Duluth and then either win or lose to Mankato.

Yeah, he didn't have any problem saying Dan Senkbeil or Brett Bruneteau were transferring, don't know why this would be different. Players just looking for playing time they didn't get here or didn't think they were going to get.

To me this next year we're going to see what Berry can do with a team that has some pieces but isn't supremely talented. He has done well with teams that have been loaded, but now where do they go with a team that has lost some big pieces, much like Duluth lost most of their defensive core after their last championship. Need to be able to reload fast, especially with the availability of the transfer portal and the appeal UND has in the college hockey world, but in the same breath you have to find the right kind of player. You don't want to bring in a bunch of divas that are just looking to latch on to a great program, you want guys that are willing to fight in any circumstance they are in, and don't pack it in when adversity hits.

We'll be suffering that equation for next year, so you're telling me there's a chance!

What is with BU and offside goals and broken glass?

Should have had one in the first when AIC was playing well. I can see him being a goat in a game if he doesn’t get his act together. Duluth’s powerplay is much different than AIC’s.

A lot of grabbing by AIC, yet we are the ones that are forced to burn more energy to get away from that style, then have to kill penalties to boot. Going forward in the NCAA tournament, if you aren’t featuring a higher seed for prime time TV, they should be playing the early game. They talk about protecting the #1 seed in bracketing, they should do the same in game scheduling.

Is it up for anyone yet?

Kudos to Siouxnatty8 for nailing this game. I suppose Bemidji did frustrate them with their tenacity, but as mentioned they were just the all around better team today.

So Caufield in a Montreal Canadiens uniform for their next game?

Glad Bemidji wasn't put in our bracket.

So you're saying the state of Minnesota hasn't had issues with widespread variants?

It is just curious to me that all that states that had the lockdown mentality from the outset seem to be suffering setback after setback with Covid.

The day of? How do you tell the people traveling to get to Fargo that they missed the game?

Get that 2nd goal Bemidji before they can get to the locker room and reset!

Looks like they did move the BU/St. Cloud game to the afternoon.

I would hope they move the BU/St.Cloud game to the afternoon so they have more time to rest to take on a rested BC team. If not, that is a joke.

I see Garrett Worth is in the transfer portal with one assist in eight games with Long Island University. I remember some were pretty high on UND taking a shot at him out of Duluth East, but doesn't appear to have been able to make the adjustment to another level. Just goes to show putting up major numbers in high school hockey doesn't always translate to the next level. Grant Slukynsky put up huge numbers at Warroad but has struggled in the USHL as well. I thought he would have put up good numbers. Coaches have a tough job weeding out which talent and skills will translate to the next level and which won't.

So it sounds like UND has nothing to offer. We seem to get players from all over in hockey and some of them stay even after they get great offers to play pro hockey. I don’t buy that location is the biggest problem.