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Zane on the scoresheet with a great feed to chyzyk

Ladue with a 2:45 shift to start the second period. That's gotta hurt. Especially if you are a mile high.

yup. http://www.mankatofreepress.com/sports/flu-outbreak-cancels-msu-hockey-game/article_3e6cd03e-8300-11e4-a7c0-87613883442b.html

Just a quick note that UNH was hosting a D-1AA quarterfinal football game tonight. Which appeared to be well attended.

Now Denver needs to score and take the crowd out of this one.

You know that's right.

Denver had already sold an exclusive to ROOT sports before nchc.tv was created. When that expires, I expect nchc to cover their home games too.

I wish I had interchangeable parts.

The great equalizer in college hockey is the 18 full rides. Every night, there's guys out there playing major minutes that must be on partial scholarships (basic math, right?). That's a big reason for Penn State getting competitive quickly (plus facilities and coaching). And if ASU does it right, they can do it as well.

The guys are firing high and that makes a lot of sense on the Lake State goalie.

BU vs Merrimack is on ESPN3. Didn't know ESPN did hockey ... well now that I think about it its not lacrosse season yet. Merrimack up 1-0 early 2nd period.

I think that WIsconsin will win the Big Ten Easy conference tournament and knock UND out at the last minute.

Here's one view of it. People can decide for themselves whether its patriotic or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmyatm0t3Bg

Bemidji State with 2 quick goals to go up 3-1 on St Cloud ... middle of 3rd.

3 of the last 6 goals we've conceded have come off UND defenders. We're due for a little puck luck. I'd love to see Poolman playing defense tonight. The question would then be which other defenseman gets moved up front to cover his spot .... Mattson? (I can't see Schmaltz getting moved there, despite his recent weak play.) There was also a message sent by coaching staff in dropping Mattson from the top powerplay unit in favor of Poolman. Would love to see Stecher in that spot. I thought Stecher had another solid game. And Ausmus still reminds me of James Patrick at the same age. Terrific lateral quickness ... I liked that he played with a chip on his shoulder, especially during the early part of the game last night.

Let's reminisce about Bloomington Jefferson some more, shall we?

It just seemed like we had too many men. Great period.

Well.... Michigan State and Ohio State are bad enough that NOT having games on TV might help recruiting, compared to making their games available. ... just sayin'

So except for playing vs Tech, they are only four games under .500.

I get a vision A vision of another road game (this time in Tempe) where the home team needs to score first to take the crowd out of it. I am all for it.

Every time they say "Austin Czarnik", I hear "Al Czervik" This game needed a Caddyshack reference ...

I think "Bell-beep-i-do" is WAY better than boring old "Belpedio".

Nearing half way through the 3rd in Minneapolis, and the 3,000 fans in attendance are still witnessing a 2-0 Duluth lead. Morgue-like.

Tech with a first goal ... shorthanded about 4 minutes into the second period. Kinda nice to get Bemidji on TPT here in the Twin Cities.

What's the percent of games we win when there's a marriage proposal on the big board? Just trying to find any kind of good omen ...