mikejm

One person who I thought needs recognition for a hard-working night Saturday is Kozek. He was fierce in his forecheck, and had some opportunities to score. He needs to finish. But he's showing me hustle I was beginning to wonder if he still possessed.

I wonder if there would even be a fight. Hakstol has one of the scariest stares I've ever encountered. Wonder if tDon wouldn't just crap his breezers and head to the locker room?

I share your concerns Heidi. In spite of what the scoreboard has been showing lately, and what some pundits would like us to believe, there is goal-scoring talent on this team that has been largely absent since November. We laid 6 on St. Cloud and 5 on Mankato, but really no offensive showcase since the 8-spot against Duluth around Thanksgiving. I think going into Mariucci and taking 3 points from the Gophers is a great showing, but I will feel a whole lot better about this team when I see some more goals. And a lot less shots allowed. Lamoureux has been playing really, really well. (And I am not exactly one of his biggest fans.) But I don't think we can count on him carrying this team by only allowing 1 goal per game the rest of the way out. Wins come a lot easier when you're putting up 4 or 5 goals a game instead for a weekend. (edit: Nice avatar Homey. )

Penalties/Minutes: North Dakota 17/91 Minnesota 17/69 160 penalty minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta love a UND/UMTC game, huh?

Box score finally posted to collegehockeystats.net A little ugly at the end there:

I'm not sure whether to be flattered or offended by this. But if you always agree with me, it is I who should be sorry, for you. Everyone around here who knows me knows I'm pretty much a stupid old man.

No, I think it was Kaip. But still, you're right: that wasn't Chorney's fault. Me too. The shot of Hak was really quick, but I thought I saw the bird. He and I have talked many times about other coaches losing their composure during a game and costing their teams. So I was really surprised when my eyes saw what appeared to be the bird. I know for sure he dropped a couple f-bomb. It don't take a degree in lip reading to figure that one out. Now THAT I didn't hear. And that is also very surprising.

I'd hit it.

Take the smack somewhere else Brainerd. Sagard is a good guy. You wanna pick a fight with a Gopher fan, there are a lot better targets.

You gotta love a coach who talks smack.

I suppose 3 points in their barn should be a satisfying weekend result, but it sure feels like the Sioux laid an egg. Another sluggish (at best) first period followed by kind of a tsunami wave. I really thought the Sioux would pull out a win, but Minnesota hung tough. It'll be interesting to see what Adam does with penalties. I don't feel good about how that will result.

Gorg. Dork.

They should've let Finley and Wheeler go. Now Adam is talking about "reviewing the tape" and calling penalties based on that.

RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice f-bomb by Hakstol

Wheeler just cost his team a power play. Dope.

How many passes have we put right through the slot with noone there to tip or shoot!?!?!?!

what a freakin' game!!!!!

Finley gets away with a blatant trip in the slot

Could the sleeping giant be awake? Finally?

I think expecting another low-scoring game is sort of wishful thinking. The Gophers will be angry, and probably start to show some of the desperation that is missing from their play. They'll take a lot of shots and a lot of chances. I hope JPL is up to the challenge. Because of the real lack of experience the Gophs have at defense, their chance-taking will create a lot of opportunities for the Sioux. I expect we'll see lots of odd-man rushes. If our shooters can be more accurate, this game might well be a very high-scoring one. My biggest question about this game will be answered quickly: which Sioux team will come out of the blocks? The uninspired, can't-hit-a-pass team that luckily beat Anchorage last Saturday, and showed up again in the first last night? Or the team that took over the game shortly after the start of the second Friday. Regardless, really; are there more gut-wrenching match-ups than UND/UMTC games? Every pass, every possession just seems so critical when these two teams play.

I'll take a contrarian position and say the committee did its job admirably by forwarding but one name. I'd just as soon have the next UND president chosen by a group of people whose first loyalty seems to be to UND and not some nebulous idea like the SBoHE. Have you ever applied for a job and not been hired? Did you have egg on your face because of that? This is an immature slant on something that happens often in the real world. Everyone who applied for the presidency knew they were going to be up against a lot of competition. They, for the most part, thought their own chances for hire were great, otherwise why go through the process. But to think someone is going to leave UND because they didn't get the job seems an obtuse projection. Is Hameson cleaning out his office? I, too, hope UND doesn't lose a couple deans. But they might have been on their way out anyway. If they were contented, in fact complacent in their current positions, would they have applied for the presidency? People come and go in academia and business all the time. Sometimes they leave because they feel snubbed; sometimes they don't get along with their co-workers; sometimes they leave just because they want a new challenge. The next UND president has much more important fish to fry than leading the university into DI athletics.

I don't think that's necessarily a dead tradition.

That's simple: we've got nothing else to complain about. We haven't been jobbed by the refs lately; we got no athletic director to be p.o.'d at; and the board of higher education hasn't hired a new president so we can't bitch about that either. Puffy's just convenient is all.

Even if this is the case, I think questioning O'Keefe's "loyalty" based on those two names is suspect, at best.