burd

thome made any saves yet?

Happened at the morning skate.

I picked him as my grinder/dark horse man, so I'm disappointed in the decision, whose ever it was.

It sure is nice, though, to see excitement in C Springs. Been missing for too many years for such a good program. Just like it's been good to see excitement in Houghton, though their drought has been much longer.

It's too easy to just overlook the improvement CC has shown the last year plus. This is not the same program it was 3 years ago. Although they lost a bunch of games last year, they showed they could play with the best, beating us once, UMD twice (along with a tie and one-goal loss), beat SCSU once, and lost 3-1 two times against DU. This year they have also shown they can play. They're not Denver or SCSU, but they're not MTU of ten years ago either.

We all knew this team would win by committee, and that is what we have seen, win or lose--mostly win. Hopefully, there's a Caggula or Frattin among them. They played well in the third, so that says something. No guarantee they will turn the corner into a contender, but I'm gonna withhold judgment until I see more hockey. They can play defense, and that could be a big deal, come March. Right now, my goal for them would be to win enough games to make the tourney and develop a team that can beat Denver in March. But I don't know half as much about hockey as most of the posters here (and that's no secret), so I'll just hold on and enjoy the ride.

they have been playing better the last 5 min

You were shooting on your own net too much.

Berry's a smart guy. He's probably trying to get CC feeling overconfident.

found the zoom on the camera and now it's way too close

Now we see how this team can adjust. Bcb and Yzer are right that they will probably be gassed late in the game. btw. are most USHL rinks NHL size?

this the camera angle coaches would use, showing where everybody is on the ice.

We'll definitely know more about this team after the next two weekends.

I think every fan base tends to overestimate how seriously other fan bases take them. But it's kind of like paranoia: Just because we might overestimate how important we are, doesn't mean we aren't dam important.

Nope.

Fair point.

I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Man, don't remind me!

It's good to see CC back in the conversation. Loved the game they used to play, as Godsmack described: fast, skilled, uptempo. Should be a great series. But please, no floating tiger heads!!

Has it been discussed here whether the rivalry void and fewer games with UMinn (and UW) has led to fewer high end recruits from Minnesota? Is that a dumbazz question?

That's a good point. I thought it was a bad call, but I'm sure that's what they were thinking, and it makes sense. Despite not controlling play the way we did Friday, were were getting pucks on net, and I think we still would have won with only a minor on that play. Doesn't matter, though. You play the hand you're dealt.

They do look good. Looking forward to seeing how they fare in Madison.

That's the way I saw it too. Just unfortunate that it proved to be a 3-goal stretch, though I think the first goal would have fallen within the 2 minute minor, wouldn't it? And I get those who read the rule by the letter and conclude the ref had no choice. Just looked like the wrong call to me. But given the way the gophs like to go down all the time, can't say they didn't have a bad call coming. Wish we played them more.

UND dominated more Friday than they did Sat 5x5. I'd say UM probably had the edge Sat 5x5. But yeah, a nice win. It looked to me that the biggest difference in the two nights, other than the 3-goal major, was the way we found shooting lanes from the point. I'm sure they talked about being smarter and more patient after Friday, and it showed.

Our base would be screaming about that call. I"ll take it though.