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St Cloud is not ready to play at the speed of game on a regulation size rink. Let’s get a couple before they figure it out.

Speaking of guys who are future head coach material .... oops wrong thread. He's been amazingly durable given he's not Ludwig-size or Patrick-size.

The timing of announcement gives hints as to what went on behind the scenes. Immediately after last game, Head Coach asks DC for assessment, top to bottom of players, training, and all the DC staff. And presumably a list of what to change for next season to improve results. HC reviews the resulting assessment (couple weeks later), asks for changes (perhaps to DC staff). They disagree. HC says "its time to part ways, but I'll give you the chance to announce it to the world first". Bottom line, I think there's more changes to come.

Well, at least we split with Denver on the weekend. Counting basketball that is.

Tom Sterns: please leave. Ryan Hersey: please leave. And take your seeing eye dog with you.

Now starts the string of penalties on UND until Denver has a Five goal lead.

Caulfieldwith some good work down low and he draws the call on DU(h).

Well, whenever things get really bad, at least we can say we're not New Mexico State. * Player involved in shooting, since suspended * Coach leaves town with 9 players on bus, gets pulled over by State Patrol * Chancellor of university fired (aka non-renewed) * President removed/resigned * Provost removed/resigned https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2023/02/10/new-mexico-state-suspends-operations-of-mens-basketball-team/

We simply can’t take a penalty 13 seconds in. Even worse, a senior member of the team.

Wisdom has been chasing LetsGoDU. But he has always been faster.

Will the shootout last longer than the OT gain? edit: nope SCSU wins the SO

Bonus hockey in St Cloud! i want to see another shootout

Ugh. Arizona State loses to Alaska (Fairbanks). Another small tick down in our RPI.

Last year: 11-1 and 8-0

If that’s a cross check, the refs need to call 300 of those every game.

Listening to Heinert and Starman is a joy. I even learn something new each game. under 2 in regulation… still 2-1 Western

St Thomas 3-2 ot over Mankato.

Sincere condolences to his family and friends. Had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times off the ice. Let's call him a gentle giant; friendly and social. On the ice, he was tough as nails. A classic 1970's defenseman, using his stick more on the opponents than on the puck. (An urban legend at the time was that "no opponent left Grand Forks without getting "Christian Brothers" tattoed all over their body".) One favorite memory, in a WCHA playoff game spring 1980, UND blowing out (I think it was Michigan State). Late in the game, UND gets a powerplay, and Travis Dunn, not normally a PP guy (but valuable on the PK!) dropped in front of the net, and for the better part of two minutes, the other 4 UND guys on the PP did their darndest to get him the puck and get him his first career goal at UND. Needless to say, even Michigan State was smart enough to sniff this out and covered him tightly, leaving all alone our other puck wizards, and foiled his shot at a goal (while conceding it to someone else). So he finished his career at UND without a goal (as I recall). But he will always be remembered by Sioux hockey fans as a key cog in the 1978-1979 WCHA Champions and getting us back to the NCAA Frozen Four, and 1979-1980 WCHA and NCAA Champions. RIP Travis. Thanks for all your contributions to Fighting Sioux and UND hockey.

From a traditional news source: https://kfgo.com/2023/02/01/748400/

Does this mean we now have a rivalry with Miami .... Asking for a friend brother ...

The last time a B1G school won the tournament? (Well other than "never".) Ryan Duncan had been the Hobey Baker winner for a day. Michigan State, from the CCHA, 2007. Even a blind pig finds a cob of corn every now and then. But to your main point, they've done well. As a conference, they play the PWR game well, by scheduling a large percentage of nonconference cupcakes. Until the PWR fully reflects strength of schedule, that will continue.

If Miami doesnt go all apes#!+ on Friday night, that doesn’t happen.

14 of 17 skaters with a G or an A tonight. “Everybody ropes! And Everybody rides!” yee-ha!

Gave the whistle to their seeing eye dog.

Can you leave again please? #pappawantsahattrick