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And on the other side of the ice, Wisconsin had several future NHL'ers. Most notable on their side was Chris Chelios.

sounds like an over-reaction to me ...

Northeastern 5 BU 4, 8 minutes left. Free video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/northeastern/portal.htm?eventId=453973&streamType=video

Including One More Shift for Jim Archibald. That oughta get people fired up ... https://fightinghawks.com/news/2018/10/31/mens-hockey-former-captain-jim-archibald-to-return-for-one-more-shift.aspx

New personal record today: "Fastest to Ignore". (it joined just 3 hours ago)

Top Ten Reasons the Gopher fans didn't come: 10. Too busy rowing at the football game. 9. There's a lot to do on Saturday's in Minnesota; hockey just doesn't matter. 8. There was a Wild game on Thursday. 7. There's an election coming up in 10 days. 6. Vegas isn't any fun anyway. 5. Mourning the departure of Lucia. 4. They are so stoked for Big Ten season that nonconference games are just meh. 3. Their most dedicated fans were told by Twin Cities police not to leave town. 2. There's beer and gambling in Minnesota too, doncha know. 1. Maybe all their fans did come.

Fabulous, smothering hockey played by the boys, starting at the end of Minnesota's major powerplay. Statistics sometimes mislead, but tonight I think the SOG for MN tell the story: At the end of MN major, they had 13 shots on goal (first 28 minutes). The next 30 minutes of play, just 2 SOG. We were smothering them, and it was great to see, for a long stretch, this UND team show just how good they can be. Well done.

https://thesundevils.com/ Link to video in the top events bar.

In other news, MSU 4 Alaska 0. Alaska mustered 6 shots on goal for the whole game.

UMD closes it out strongly, final 3-2. Textbook play with a one goal lead as the clock ran down, vs a top tier opponent.

In other Big Ten news, Tech 4, Wisconsin 1, halfway through. Very good night - so far - for the WCHA.

For those needing a college hockey fix and have access to NBCSN, UMD takes on Notre Dame starting in a few minutes.

St Cloud State doing their part for the NCHC non conference record: SCSU 7, @ BC 0. #YowserYork

I also got an e-mail, reminding me as a Champions club member ... so all I can think of is double checking the link to your Champions club membership and the e-mail account associated with it. Beyond that, call the ticket office first thing tomorrow morning .. Good luck.

From the Home page (after you log in), there's a list of upcoming events. A link to buy west regional tickets showed up in that list.

Denver with 2 goals in the final 2 minutes to tie Alaska. Talk about mixed emotions ...

Well, if we need a couple more defensemen, the thing to do is engage some scouts. Here's how our scouting team looks: Director of Scouting: Kevin Maxwell (NYR) Pro Scouts: Matt Greene (LAK), Tony Hrkac (TBL) Amateur Scout: Andy Schneider (NJD) (Source: College Hockey Inc.)

Ohio State leading Arizona State 3-2 late in the 3rd. Free live stream https://pac-12.com/live/arizona-state-university

Thankfully, siouxsports.com has a useful IGNORE feature.

A nice score for Vermont tonight, beating Michigan 5-2. (Thank you Catamounts!)

Key word: "Should"

If we're being trolled, maybe its by the thread starter.

I would have critiqued it more seriously, but then read the byline. Author is a student at the University of Arizona. Say no more.

Nice chart. So, if you eyeball the numbers on hockey ... excluding the Big Ten, the rest of college hockey looks about stable. The problem is just with the Big Ten.

I think the new Nickel trophy would work using a replica of the current 5 cent piece: Monticello - the farm house - representing NDSU. Jefferson - representing UND - the guy that owns the farm.