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https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca Someone seeking to put facts and analysis together. Warning , it’s a long read.

Here's a decent one not behind a paywall. https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/hockey/arrival-of-high-end-talent-didn-t-lead-to-success/article_030a4aab-f94b-5a58-813d-c58127cb4481.html My takeaway: they didn't play good enough defense, and their goaltending wasn't good enough either. Two new goalies coming in, and I suppose a revolving door of high end offensive talent to replace what's going to leave.

Its equally likely that the University of Michigan started this as a way to keep UND from tying them with 9 NCAA hockey championships.

Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician of the US Congress, told staffers to expect 70-160 million infections among the US population. 1 in 3. He also said "80 percent of infected people will recover." Didn't say what about the remaining 20%. https://www.axios.com/congressional-physician-predicts-75-150-million-us-coronavirus-cases-fec69e77-1515-4fbc-8340-c53b65c22c53.html

Fantastic summary of the enthusiasm surrounding the Gophers these days. Yeah I am enjoying it a little too much.

Sneezing on the goalie might just get you a misconduct.

Both are incredibly sound on their skates, agile and strong. Both are skilled with the puck in all three zones. Both read plays well and get into the right spot. Both advanced for their age, as defensemen often mature later. Both first round draft picks and Gold medallists at the World Juniors too. Nothing against Paul Martin, but I wanted to forward the name of an ex-Sioux as comparison.

Mark Parrish is a homer but he is at least entertaining.

St Cloud overloading the walls really heavily in their offensive zone. We need to adapt better.

Five minutes for embellishment please.

As long as the imaginary penalties are called evenly, I’m okay.

He was annoying 35 years ago, and it hasn’t changed.

Blowout Alert: BC 10 Northeastern 1. Final MSU 6 Huntsville 0. End of 2

All those green jerseys in the stands really show up well on TV. Nice turnout!

I think the goalie was Eric Pateman, who stood on his head for the first two games. He was seeing more rubber than .... (delete colorful euphemism) .... and frustrated UND's skill guys. But two early ones on Sunday and his head was no longer in it. Panzer, Blake and Co. took care of it from there.

Playing in Vegas seems like a way to stay on (get on?) the good side of Kris McGarry.

Sweeping Arizona State is more valuable than it may have seemed at the time. But playing only 5 games vs non-WCHA opponents doesn't leave any room for error. Certainly helps that the league is better this year.

If MSU had beaten St Cloud State at Mariucci, they would be #1 in the Pairwise. Its that close.

The eastern bias in the polls makes me happy (again) we have Pairwise to protect teams away from big media centers. Using KRACH to compare objective reality is pretty startling. Of the Eastern teams in their poll, 9 of 10 polled higher. Sometimes by large amounts. Harvard at #20 vs #31 KRACH was the largest. Western teams: 1 polled higher. 8 polled lower. Both Western Michigan and Minnesota are objectively 5 spots too low in the polls.

I almost voted for Ian Mitchell or Chris Wilkie. Or Hunter Shepard. Or Dryden MacKay. But then I saw the dude from Army is catching up. Vote often.

With the win, both Denver and SCSU are eliminated from the chase for the Penrose Cup.

DU bench was probably happy to get a five minute timeout on that review. Argh.

For most of the past 40 years, as long as I can remember , playing Denver is a lot like playing ourselves. Strap your pads on tight. A mix of Canadian and US players. Part of why I enjoy the rivalry so much.

Upset watch: #47 Merrimack 1-0 over #6 BC. End of 1.

The team at 26-4-2, if they can stay healthy, may make a run this year too.