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Very rare in college hockey today to see such a large difference in skating ability between two teams. Yes we have some superb guys, and Miami could really a better skating coach. it’s early, but this group of forwards has the potential to better than some great past teams. Three scoring lines is key to winning games vs top squads.

The common denominator of all four Miami goals last night was traffic in front providing a good screen. We need to pressure the shooter better in those cases, and if possible move screening forwards or at least tie up their stick.

I see CC sits at #16 in the (very early) Pairwise ratings today; nice to see continuing progress at CC.

Served on a footlong bun in the shape of a goalie stick. There's gotta be an NIL idea here somewhere too...

Ludvig's Revenge! The new sandwich at Red Pepper: double taco meat, double hot sauce.

I would be in favor of adding Michigan hockey to the NCHC.

Final box score credits him with 0 shots on goal. It's been a while since that happened.

Which reminds me …. I’m relieved to have NCHC officials behind the whistles this weekend. Hockey East refs can kiss my rock hard bubble of an a$&.

That’s right up there with the opening game at Amsoil , where they didn’t get to blast their goal horn until way after the game. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20101230/ndk/mnd/

I have Phil Kessel on line 1. He says he was minus 165 in the NHL, and still got to play.

Don’t tell the Gophers, but Augustana is ahead of them in the PWR so far .

The icing on the cake was the ridiculous icing call with 19 seconds left.

A defining characteristic of going to Hockey East teams is they always get 3-4 extra penalty calls. it’s been that way for 40 years now.

Yes, me too. If I didn't know, I'd think its still Mike Hastings behind the bench. Credit to MSU Athletic Director for getting a coach who can use the existing talent. Will be interestin gto see how they evolve as he gets more chance to recruit players.

And they responded, "if we hung all our runners up banners we'd need another level too....."

I’m not a fan of our top line out there in that final minute.

Michigan Tech trailed at St Lawrence, got a penalty shot in the final 2minutes. Chance to tie, but missed! Then got the EAG with 8 seconds left. Great drama in that one. Another game important for league PWR.

UMD at Cornell is on ESPN+, and they look pretty disjointed. Took a couple penalties, gave up a couple goals, and finally getting some pressure late in the first period when Cole Spicer takes an awful, textbook boarding penalty. 2-0 end of first but could be even worse.

Clearly, the Rodents suffered a let down after last weekend's series with their top rival. (Whereas Wisconsin had an extra week to recover after a UND beating.)

I'm really REALLY glad there weren't cell phones recording everything when I went to school ...

Hrkac came in as a highly touted freshman, having scored 106 points in 42 games in junior. (Orillia Travelways is a great trivia question btw.) His first year at UND, he was a young 18. The game was faster and stronger, and his 54 points in 36 games as a freshman was a bit of disappointment. Rumor was that Gino suggested the Canadian National Team for a year, to get stronger and faster. He returned a year later and was definitely stronger and faster. He was ready for the rugged WCHA of the 1980's, and went right from UND into the NHL. Credit to the young man for taking critical advice and changing for the better.

I heard the same official story ... Good news is it worked. Spectacularly.

This year is as close to maximum parity as I've seen. So far, only CC has gone 4 games with a perfect 1.000 Pairwise win percentage (no overtime games, all regulation wins). 3 teams have 2 games at 1.000: Omaha, Maine and Northeastern. Everyone else has blemishes on their record (except the Ivies who haven't started yet). ====================== Very promising NCHC out of conference record so far at 23-7-3; a higher winning pct than Big Ten and Hockey East.

If you wear a yellow helmet with red flashing light, everyone moves over just fine. PS every time we road tripped through Minnesota, we collected a few extra bucks from gullible motorists.

Defense is the hardest position to learn, but down the stretch last night, 3 of our 5 still in the game were freshmen. If this is how well they play in game 4, vs the #1 team in the nation, I can't wait to see what they come up with next.