farce poobah

Name me a club team with a first-round draft choice, and 5 guys total drafted. I'll hang up and listen.

A little surprised CC didn't use a challenge on either DU goal: goalie interference on the GTG, and offside for the OT GWG.

Tonight: Verhoeff +3, McKenna -4

Money talks. Of all the big money hockey schools, Notre Dame would be near the top.

Note for the kids - UND 5 goals on 5 one timers.

Spunar is so quiet in net. Impressive!

Is that 3 in a row scored high glove?

WMU has Tony The Tiger drop the first puck. High marks for this.

I think Omaha is going to be better than the preseason polls. (7th) They have excellent goaltending, and what they lack in drafted talent (just 3) they cover for that in age (full year older roster than UND). Think MSU Mavericks under Hastings...

I've rarely seen such a large change in playing style from one night to the next. Tonight: - pass the puck forward, never backward and rarely side to side. - don't overextend on offense - sticks on sticks in our own zone. Ultimate of classic KISS hockey.

Boisvert -3. OMac -3.

Northeastern's goalie, Zacher, with 3 brick wall games in a row: 108 shots, 1 goal allowed vs DU, BC, BC.

Holy xG Batman! Fortunate not to concede on that PP.

Thursday nite hockey for the fanatics. Northeastern 2-1 over BC end of 1. https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/719824fb-9d8f-401f-b657-3aeb9633beb0

Generals Live is taking a teeny-tiny data set and trying to persuade by extrapolating a overly broad conclusion. Ridiculous. Ignoring for the moment the elitest of talent, look at say Josephson (14:20) and Zakreski (13:08), and tell me their minutes are unfair and too low.

Michigan brought him back the next year. Sioux swept the series, so they had agreed to return if we did. He had sustained a few injuries, which got healed up quickly by the Farce Fysishun. Maybe we should challenge Michigan to a Battle For Kermit. “traveling trophy”

Thank you! It’s been a great journey to be a UND fan, starting about 50 years ago.

I'm getting a feeling of deja vu all over again. In Fall 1994, Dean Blais came in as Head coach. This followed a few lean years of no championships. Just a few games into the season, Blais had us hustling all over, protecting our goalie, getting bodies on opponents, and creating chances with smart play. I remember watching them early that season and thinking "We're Back". Already in Fall 2025, with Jackson at the Helm, we are doing all those things (*not perfectly) But I just gotta say it: "We Are Back!"

The football fans probably went home thinking their hockey team won 2-0. Opponent goals aren't shown on Twin Cities broadcasts.

Nice clip - thanks for sharing. That was the UMD series, which was a couple weeks after Michigan, so yeah Kermit Held Hostage Day 14. That Friday vs UMD, it was so da## cold that UND canceled classes, with strongly worded advice to stay inside. Minus 40 with 30 mph winds... call it 70 below wind chill. But what really happened? We had extra time to go stand in line early. Along with around 2500 more students. Madness. To prevent frostbite, they let students in an hour earlier than normal. Good times.

Kevin Maxwell is still my hero. True 18 yo freshman, scores 82 points. Intense on the ice. Pretty relaxed guy off ice. EDIT: Also: he came to UND 5-9, 150 if that, and played straight up with the bruisers of the day. no face masks, much lesser protective gear.

Short plexiglass helped a lot. Stand on the front row seats, do mind games with opponents. But yes, the 1970s were more like “Slap Shot” than would be allowed today.

Also, and more importantly, thanks for supporting UND hockey since you were 5. Don't ever slow down!

Long story short.... In the 78-79 season, we let Kermit the Frog (mascot in a little Farce helmet and ref jersey), sit on top of the glass during warmups. When Michigan visited, they stole Kermit. Whisked him off to the locker room after warmups. Much negotiating between us and the Michigan locker room ensued: They offered to return him in return for a sweep. We replied "give us back the Frog and we'll only beat you by 9 goals". And so on. During pre-game, and during the game, Kermit was tied up and hanging from the backup goalie's stick. Then they took him back to Ann Arbor. In the following days, media picked up the story. Virg Foss interviewed the Grand Exalted Poobah and several of us lesser Poobahs for a story. Which got picked up by Associated Press syndication. The Herald followed up with a contest for a bumper sticker slogan and "Kermit's Luck Guides Our Puck" was the winner. The next season, we swept the series and got Kermit back.

A less-publicized change from years past is 26 full rides. That makes a big difference in what your "depth guys" can get.