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Count me shocked the green-oriented MN Legislature and MNSCU couldn't swing that. Of course, at the rate SCSU enrollment has been shrinking (halted this year), they may choose to delay investments ...

I think its very Jan Brady of St Cloud to continue to name their rink after the guy that build them an oversized pink elephant rink that handicaps them every time they go on the road, and especially in the NCAA's. (And very Jan Brady not to change the size of rink, as if Herbie would strike back at them from the afterlife if they changed it.) I wonder ... if SCSU had an NHL rink, how many NCAA titles they would have. They've been as good or better than Duluth for as long...

Anyone who is bored on Sunday afternoon, or who wants to watch the nation's #1 goaltender, Jakob Hellsten, can watch U Conn vs New Hampshire on espn plus. (Or NESN for the New Enlglanders.)

No PP for UND. Yet.

It’s rare that I’m interested in xG, but that first period would be interesting number. We had 4 odd man rushes, they had one? Maybe. Their high pressure gambling style leads to chances we need to convert.

Makes sense to me. Gaber needs a skilled center man to get him the puck (checkmark for Berg) and a wide body with some wheels to keep up and set screens (Johannes is excellent but Kunz is good too). And linemates to go after rebounds. (I'm not arguing against a higher profile role for Perron, who shows flashes of genius every week. I like Perron on a different line from Gaber since he will get more chances to play on the puck, and set up / shoot.)

Speaking of audio, I've never heard anyone quote Caddyshack (1979) in quite this way. Geno says "Noonan" way after the puck is shot. Dude, you gotta do that before he shoots it. "Noonan" (Explanatory note: at the end of the movie Danny "Noonan" has a putt for $80,000. His opponents try to distract him with his name...)

"I'm telling you, he jumped us!"

Box score of the night? 168 penalty minutes: MI vs MI St. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/box/final/20240119/mic/msu/

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ratings/pairwise/

Up to #3 in Pairwise ...

Zmolek had a very sound game, with a LOT of blocked shot attempts ... 8? 10? I don't like that penalty either but I though he was good tonight.

Finally an interference call. Nice.

Dear Geno, it is better to remain silent and let others think you a fool, than to talk endlessly and remove all doubt.

Quality minutes from 4th line tonight.

Update … that’s now #7 QU.

Excellent job of stuffing SCSU breakouts. Love it .

Levanage played for us earlier too. Rich is embarrassing.

I thought it was a weak call.

Last season, Persson held SCSU to 3 and 1 goals at the National Concrete Center. Prior to that, 27 GA in 4 games for a charming 6.50 GAA. I have every reason to expect the stone wall version of Persson to show up, especially with UND defenders in front of him. In any case, he has a lot of experience on the big ice. Keys to the weekend: (1) stay healthy (2) backcheck and track hard from the center line back to our own goal, where Omaha gave us troubles last week (3) stay out of the penalty box, especially period 2 on the long change.

Fair assessment ... noting also that our Strength of Schedule is very high, which bumps our RPI compared to other teams in that 20 win range.

That's amazing! Every time Denver is trailing at home, somehow there's a major or a couple extra powerplays called on the opponent, at least until Denver is back to tied or ahead.

Tip of the combat helmet for the Kelly's Heroes reference.

Nice team effort in P1. 18 of 19 skaters with at least one shot attempt.

Well, he's accustomed to coaching players that are older than NHL, so there's that... wonder if his UW contract has an out for NHL job?