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Denver rises to #1 in Pairwise, for the moment anyway.

I’m more impressed with our sweep over Denver as each week goes by …

Our Centermen need to be especially diligent in our defensive zone tonight. Going to be a tough task without the 28 minutes of Sanderson in the ice.

They were. Only thing better? The tripleheaders!

Stat of the day: In games where UND takes a major penalty OR gives up a 3x5: 2 wins, 5 losses In games without either: 9 wins, 1 OT loss. AKA unbeaten in regulation.

This is definitely trap game(s) for UND. After a month of the toughest competition in all of NCAA, a letdown or loss of intensity has to be guarded against. UNO lost on Saturday (deservedly so) and dropped 8-10 places in the Pairwise. With CC's RPI hovering around #40 of 59 teams, a loss hurts. Good weekend to get everyone on board, no passengers, roll 18 (19) skaters, keep the shifts short, and poise with the puck.

Actually the average ages of Michigan and UND are almost the same. As to matchups , we just need the higher seed and last change.

Well done boys!

Still some extra marbles in the referee pocket … argh

Krannila two minutes for being stupid.

Gut check time …

The marbles were in the pocket that said UND penalty.

Upset alert: st Thomas 1-0 over Bemidji after 5 minutes.

Jamrik! I mean Jammik! Or is it Jamnick?

Hain! 3-2!

Quick check of the history books. We've lost at St Cloud by 7 goals before. At St Cloud, 2-9, on Friday, January 20, 1995. Saturday? We won, 5-4.

I"m not a coach, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express ... Change one thing? Poise with the puck. Too many blind passes, passes to an area, and passes made when the intended target wasn't ready. And most of those weren't "forced" as in St Cloud checking us off the puck (though there was some of that). Hang onto it for just another ½ second, get set, then pass the puck. Same thing for clearing attempts on PK; we're failing to clear too many times because we're too-jumpy. Get back to basics. Fast.

I remember giving up 9 to Wisconsin, March 1982. a month later we beat them for a National Championship. this. Is. Not. Over.

KG

With Ben Holden doing PbP for Big Ten hockey, I can almost watch without throwing up. Almost. 5-1 gophers late 3rd.

Western Michigan making Miami look good by playing awful team defense and taking loads of penalties. Western 5-3 Miami late second

Motzko with a well timed challenge. 5-0 after two periods. (gopherpucklive: “what the hell just happened “)

Summit hockey! Okay, please not. EDIT: I haven't read the by laws, and I sure hope there's no requirement to start a conference if 6 schools sponsor a team.

It’s okay. He’s on a mission from God.

St Cloud is approaching Red Army powerplay conversions at 34% so far this year, and killing them at 84%. But 5x5, i think we will be just fine.