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If I were any closer than 1500 miles away, I'd love to make the trek over and thank Mr. Brien for creating one of the most epic and valiant logos that any sports team ever wore. Its simply not improvable. And I wish him best of luck on the movie. I look forward to hearing his perspective.

Its time to change the rules on rink setup. I propose the following amendment to Rule 1, Section 10 "Penalty Bench". http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/rules/fielddiagrams/IceHockey.pdf Specifically, to add a subsection c: "In the event the Team Benches are not equally distant from the Penalty Benches, the Visiting Team shall have the choice of which Team Bench they choose to use. In the event the Team Benches are equally distant from the Penalty Benches, the Home Team shall have the choice of which Team Bench they choose to use. Rationale: to prevent home teams from gaining an unfair competitive advantage by situating their own bench much closer to the penalty box. Its unfair, and should be eliminated from the game.

Agree. If they could keep this up for a full season, comparisons to the Hrkac Circus are also in order.

Couple of nice scores out East that will bump UND's RPI a little: Vermont with the 4-2 upset win over BU. Maine pulls a tie off UNH. And I'm always glad to see Bemidji get a win ... tonight 2-0 over Ferris State.

We looked solid in period one. Half step ahead of Denver. But we can be sure they come harder in period 2 - they always do. Time to step it up.

Run on Long Island Iced Tea.

collegehockeynews.com has a decent app for mobile for scoreboard watching.

Air Force made it a nerve wracking finish, to be sure. Enjoy the win.

3 minutes left in Colorado Springs ... fingers crossed CC 4 AFA 3 ... START THE PARTY!!! Final score 4-3 - Tigers win! Tigers win! Tigers win!

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This non selection will sting for a long while. It should be a wakeup call to leadership in the Big Sky; somewhere in all this were political failings.

Growing up in central ND, my most memorable football memories are of the snow bowls we seemed to get every year or two. One in particular was a 0-0 tie against a much bigger and better opponent. Weather, the great equalizer... "who wants it more?"

I didn't see the stats, but it seemed like SCSU had our number...

Okay, you're Brad Berry. Faceoff in your own zone with 5.2 second left. Who do you send out to take the critical draw that will ensure the win? If you answered Freshman Center Rhett Gardner, you're correct. What a great move - and great faceoff win - for his confidence.

Nope Yup. Nice comeback by the Mavs. Their comeback came at the same time as UND's.

CaJEWELa - just WOW man. Shades of Hrkac, and I mean that as a real compliment.

Hot goalposts.

That shift was 107 seconds with the puck in Miami's zone. Great playmaking and tenacity.

I see next week's opponent is putting on a Statement Game: halfway through the third at Western, its St Cloud with a 10-1 lead. Shades of the 1980's. Wonder how Andy Murray's heart is doing...

wday 970 am ...

Horsecrap call against Simonson.

Speaking of US International, our newest assistant coach played there. http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=210166913 Probably some good stories about the surfer dudes coming up to Grand Forks and taking out the Hrkac Circus. (One of the most painful losses to watch ...)

I was hoping it was because they objected to the nickname.

Derek Forbort with his first NHL point today, an assist against Florida. http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2015020201&navid=sb:boxscore

Oddly enough, American Sports Network (I know, who?) is broadcasting the Notre Dame vs Minnesota game. Comcast in the Twin Cities is channel 211. (normally its GRIT TV) As expected, ND 3, UM 1 in the 3rd.