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Wilkie was named the game's #1 star, but Ryan Ladouceur should get honorable mention. What a time to call for a challenge! And kudos to whichever coach on the bench listened to him. Great to see Jamernik with a goal and assist too. Now, 20 hours to review the film and make changes ....

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Ryan LaDouceur worth every penny. Maybe due for a raise.

UND at DU on Valentines Day promises to be a love fest.

AND ... #1 star of tonight's game.

Lot of guys on that team that bled green and white. One thing we did get in 13-14 that we haven't the last 3 seasons is championship quality goaltending (which in turn is aided by great team d-zone play), and McIntyre (1.99 and .926 that season) played really well down the stretch that year.

As a fan of UND Football and Basketball, I enjoyed how those 3 hires really set up UND for a nice run of success. Hard to say exactly why UND hockey became less competitive ... yes I think doing two jobs was asking too much of anyone, even a hard working dedicated guy like Gino. Also, our primary recruiting grounds in Canada, from Thunder Bay west in those days, came under pressure from the Major Juniors including higher stipends for players and post-hockey college tuition payments. (I note that Denver suffered in those years also, and their Western Canada roots matched up with UND in those years.) The game changed very rapidly in the late 80's to early 90's, led by change to lighter and bigger goalie pads, which forced a lot of other strategy changes. Perhaps we didn't recruit as well for that change either. (Blais certainly changed it up, and pronto, when he took over in 94-95.)

Gino was an amazing judge of people and talent. Winning conference and national titles in the first two seasons, combines his skill in recruiting players and bringing in excellent assistant coaches. Rick Wilson wasn’t here long, but he went on to 30 seasons in the NHL. Dean Blais joined for the 1981-82 season. The coaching tree is long indeed. As athletic director, Gino hired some great coaches who revived other key sports on campus. Roger Thomas in 1986, Rich Glas in 1988, Gene Roebuck in 1987. While he was leading the USHL, from 1994-2009, (as both Commissioner and later President). the league experienced growth and was set up for future success. I will stop now, but will say I was excited when we hired him as head coach some 46 years ago, and my admiration has only grown over time.

MSU loses home opener to Merrimack 0-1. Bit of good news for hockey east ...

I imagine MSU Mankato - who is Merrimack's next opponent - is licking their chops.

Last time we lost the opening exhibition? October 11, 1996. THAT season turned out just fine.

UAA vs Denver just getting underway ... free video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCOc4Npe2Gg

Mavericks lead Michigan 4-1 15 minutes left in 3rd First time in my life I said "yay Pitlick" (he got their 3rd goal) EDIT: FINAL SCORE - 5-2 Mankato.

MSU Mavericks 2-1 Michigan mid 2nd. free audio: https://streamdb9web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KTOE

I wish I could give you the answer that you'd like to hear. (Yes he's coming back. The best contrarian indicator around ... if he complains about a call, the correct call is the opposite of what he says.) But at least no more Jim Rich trolling UND fans by (deliberately?) massacring the names ...

St Cloud improvements! https://www.stcloudlive.com/sports/college/broadcast-talent-shuffles-for-scsu-mens-hockey-broadcasts?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

If we're going to the MAC, let's get St Thomas to come with, and leave USD in the dust.

Belquist > Biletnikoff

Paul "Whiplash" Butters ... (goalie... we actually brought him a neck brace for whiplash one Saturday evening ... he declined haha)

Given this is Minnesota, asking their forwards to play defense has been a problem for the last 40 years.

Given the late date ... (and now that the rest of the MN roster is set) ... I wonder if he was told by Motzko that he wouldn't be on top line, or maybe not even second line (they have some real talent coming in at forward positions). He did get benched at times last year.

MSU says so too: https://msumavericks.com/news/2024/9/19/mens-hockey-rhett-pitlick-joins-minnesota-state-hockey.aspx

Especially NCAA programs with a lot of Canadian connections ....

In the comments to McMahon's tweets above, someone notes that Hockey East is at risk of splitting up - the Boston schools which have loads of money and will happily buy as many trophies as they can, contrasted with the smaller schools and lower budget schools that might rather stay with 18 scholarships and no revenue sharing. I think, a decade after the first attempts, the NCHC can become "National" and pick up some high profile Eastern schools.

Lot of in-game reps. Who had us kicking off 7 times in the first half?