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that last one was probably a harbinger of things to come on "finishing checks."

SCSU had a very good period but nothing to show for it. Credit Jansen for much of that.

He did. I don't know where they keep finding these good goalies.

I think Stecher, along with a few others from a long list of great defensemen at UND, will be considered the gold standard. When you consider his strength at both ends of the ice, he is hard to top. But he made a huge jump--I think it was--between his first and second year. Hopefully, Wolanin will make a similar jump. As you guys have said, he's not yet to the point where he can take the puck up ice frequently without exposing the team to the risk of turnover. He's getting to be fun to watch, though.

I think the boys had a good attitude last week. Different results, but different day and different opponent. Boesser will be fine. Real nice to see Gersich catching fire. I remember wondering outloud her earlier in the season who would take Strecher's place in rushing the puck up ice. Someone said "Wolanin," and I believe they were right. He really looked good a couple of times last night skating the puck into the zone.

You try so hard, Dave. So hard. Remember that line from Hamlet: "What is Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba?"

They weren't pulling any punches on the home team, were they? Refreshing.

They did those things pretty well to stay even with Denver, though, and Denver plays a much faster game than Cloud does. But BC is right--they were not clicking. Boy, is Gersich on his game.

It's almost unfair to last week's effort to say tonight's was much better. We LOOKED better, but this is not Denver. Or Duluth, IMO. Main thing is we won Friday on the road and took a step forward.

Denver is a level above cloud at this point.

the defense has been very steady. good positioning

4-0 game and the St. Cloud announcer says the Hawks have scored 3 unanswered goals.

Impossible. Unless it happened at least 5 minutes before the game ended, there weren't any gopher fans still there.

That's how you do it, Dave.

Nobody here is normal. At least not the normal ones.

I want him here. I'm a hockey idiot, and he can make even me feel smart.

If I were a Nodak but one who needed a lot of attention, for whatever reason, I would think about making all my posts relate in some fashion to how I like the team most locals do not. I would not need to show any real hockey knowledge or contribute any insight or humor to the discussion, but I would get constant attention. Either that or get counseling for harsh toilet training.

I have yet to see him coach a full 60 minutes.

This fargoan kills me. Most of my Badger hockey friends (and there aren't a ton of Sioux fans in the Mad area) wish B1G hockey had never happened. But hey, you're from Fargo, not Madison.

And another thing. We would be undefeated if SPARKY were on the team!

We would be undefeated if Blais were coach.

I don't hate the B1G--I live in WI, and it's a great BB and FB conference with a great research reputation. But the hockey is bad. It will get much better, I'm sure, but it's bad. I would not want to be a B1G hockey fan. Some day that might change, but not now.

I really like Berry, but in last night I think we got outcoached. DU has more talent, but they were also all over out outlet passes, just smothering the winger on the board and anticipating every chip along the wall. They knew where we were going every step of the way. DU, on the other hand, used the center of the ice very effectively in their transition game. I realize it's not as simple as that. We are in a learning phase and need to execute the basics first. In fact, the tight score might suggest our strategy was a good one, as it did look like DU had the better talent overall. A tie and a one-goal game against the second ranked team in the country is hardly reason to panic, though. There's a LOT of hockey ahead. Our brutal stretch of schedule is not over though. Forged in the fire, I guess.

You and your dam facts.

Keep in mind: this DU team swept last year's team.