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Friday night was an awful night for Hockey East. 1 Win - 5 Losses in nonconference play. (Only UMass toughed it out over American International.) Perhaps the worst loss was Sacred Heart over BU 3-2. Not a great night for NCHC either, just 4-3, with Omaha needing OT to get the win over Alaska.

Good bit of futurism there.

Their Captain of all people. In a critical Pairwise game.

Providence and Mankato in the early game in Duluth. 1-1 late 1st. on NCHC.TV for Fans.

"You're Kraken me up!"

I think we will need Driscoll to bail us out a little too often - against top quality opponents especially - until the team defense in our own zone tightens up. Hope Karl can transfer knowledge quickly.

Upset Alert Air Force 3 Michigan State 2 Final in OT

Upset Alert Bentley 2 tOSU 1 late 3rd edit: ow showing as final.

So by adding mens ice hockey and women's lacrosse, Augie is up to sponsoring 23 sports. Seems too much like a house of cards to stand for long.

MSU Mankato with a sweet sweep of the defending national championships. Now #1, deservedly, in this week's USCHO poll https://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/ This upcoming weekend is a fairly rare #1 vs #2 with the Mavs hosting St Cloud State.

Ditto. Gave half a thought to leaving after two, but then said to myself "it might be the greatest comeback in WCHA FF history". (True story.)

I like the part where Wright makes the first down signal, while standing in the middle of the Bison sideline. Love the attitude.

Here is wishing Peter Thome success vs. St Cloud St. Hoping to find a stream of that UMass vs Mankato game. Should be a good one.

A lot depends on ranking criteria, but yes I would put Commodore in that Top Four to wear #8. His presence kept UND's small and speedy guys from taking cheap shots (Alex Brooks from Wisconsin paid the biggest price/damage in that regard!), and his ability to play a strong and keep-it-simple game in his own zone was key to UND success and got him many years in the NHL. He also played 3 years at UND, one more than either Tippett or Schmaltz. And he won an NCAA title (as did Smail, Tippett, Hoogsteen and Schmaltz).

Back when Mickey Krampotich wore #8 (83-87), he talked about living up to the reputation of #8 - the last 2 jersey wearers, Dave Tippett and Doug Smail had both made it to the NHL AND been major contributors at UND. He even went back to the '60's when Merrifield and Kell wore it. So yeah, I would have put Doug Smail on my Mount Rushmore of jersey wearers for #8.

Scheffler has also been impressive. Almost there win a win over the world #1, Jon Rahm. He is so calm.

Yeah its hard to believe he's only 32.

Shocker is that he only got 13 votes ... some people just not paying attention.

I liked the goal review change , and I like this change. both should have happened earlier, for competition integrity. But selfishly I like the new schedule which should allow watching all the games on TV.

Kudos. Well done!

I enjoyed the postgame interview with Coach, for several reasons. After listing several things his guys could do better, which is always good to hear after a win, he went on to note how many more points we could have had, and how fewer they should have had (which has some truth to it too) and realizing he was sounding too dismissive of the opponents and host for the day, closed by noting "they have scholarships too".

Less of a coup after the WCHA ended. Presumably this is for women's hockey?

Using a survey, with no criteria explained, seems far too shallow. And given the voters are ranking all the hockey in North America, makes it seem more like a ranking of the last couple NCAA tournament results than anything with real substance. I'll take a stab at something objective ... NHL players in 2020-2021, from that school, who spent 2-4 years there (really how much development happens in one year...), AND excluding draft choices from rounds 1-3 (they were going to play pro anyway) ... I thought about counting just Free Agents but that penalizes schools with a reputation for strong development. (Data extracted from collegehockeyinc.com) Survey #1 UMass 7 Survey #2 UMD 9 Survey #3 UND 11 Survey #4 Michigan 7 Survey #5 BU 2 Unranked: Northeastern 8 St Cloud, Minnesota 7 Denver, Notre Dame, Providence, Harvard 6 BC, Miami, Ohio State 5 My $.02

I would be happy to bump my gifts to an important project. I think, that in seeking to expand the circle of givers, and/or increase gifts from those who are already giving, it would be very helpful to understand the benefits to UND football (and / or other UND sports if so), and how that helps our athletes development, safety, and winning percentages. Connect the dots, as it were. Thanks!