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Has it really been 20 years? wowser. Some parts of that game feel like it was just yesterday: a couple Beasley slams that brought down the house, and yeah Boschee's reception.

I'm happy to see the NCHC website has been updated / corrected. https://www.nchchockey.com/stats/division_instance/435714?order_by=hkspts&order_dir=DESC&stat_tab=ice_hockey_skater&subseason=771120

I wonder how many of those penalties and minutes were offsetting. I doubt the box scores exist anymore, so actual numbers couldn't be re-created. My recollection is a lot of fighting majors where he drew an opponent into the box with him. (5+10 or 2+2+10) If he was going to give the opponent a power play, he was getting his money's worth in dealing out pain. But yeah, I'll concede that Kleven deals out pain. Its just that the game has changed so much. In the 1980's with the average score of say 6-5, giving away one powerplay or two wasn't such as big deal compared to the 2020's where the scoring averages are half of that. P.S. Archibald's PIM at UND are much less than when he played Juniors at Moose Jaw in the SJHL.

With apologies, I'm going to retract this one. I was browsing NCHC's statistics pages, sorted by Goals Scored, and up came (still comes) three players tied with 6 goals each (in conference games only): Ethen Frank of WMU, Louis Jamernik, and Denver's Carter Mazur. But, upon further searching, I see that the NCHC site hasn't yet posted the box score for Western's Friday win over Omaha 4-2, and CHN shows Frank as scoring two goals that night. So, to the best of my knowledge, Ethen Frank leads the NCHC with 8 goals scored. My enthusiasm for Louis Jamernik's play is unquenched, and the observation he's getting better each game and getting some stability and chemistry with line mates, still makes me think the end of season could find him on top of the Goals Scored chart. Again, my apologies for the error.

Okay, who had put a bet on Louis Jamernik leading the NCHC in goals at New Years? And … I wouldn’t bet against him finishing the season there.

Next man up.

I’ve been taking a shot evury rum he say we r the 7ht ranked teem. Nice bzz. L8er dudes.

2-1 2 minutes left

With the new arena , they hired attendance counters from the Big Ten.

I didn’t like that last penalty on CCs Millar, but it makes up for 3-4 uncalled interference penalties…

Tough call against CC there at 14:44. I wouldn’t be happy if jersey colors reversed…

Vernon trips Ford …. Then Hain shoots it in. If that’s not a goal I don’t know what is.

Jammer! Vernon probably wants that one back…

Also a bad time to go down 0-1. penalty kill got drawn way out of shape there. Argh.

Dang, bad time and place for a penalty.

It’s worth the experience, IMO. Tips: Go to a rivalry game or a Playoff game. (Went to a Wild vs Blackhawks game a while back. It was loud.) Get your favorite seats in the house. Look at resale, with buyer protections. Or if you’re a student, watch for same day rush sales. Consider midweek as more season ticket holders sell off midweek games. Go early for warmups and you may get someone to flip you a puck. Plus watching the skill drills is also fun.

So ... the key to getting a win on Friday is to play another team with a lower winning percentage on Friday! CC 1-6 before tonight on Fridays. (In their defense, there's a lot of one-goal losses in that stretch.) J/K Overall, a solid effort. Credit especially Driscoll who kept us in it while close. .933 save pct tonight reflects that. Nice to see Portz get a goal, and reward for alot of hard work.

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!