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Only a little less awful than cc's floating tiger heads

The only thing I dread about student productions is inexperienced cameramen. Hockey can be impossible to watch if the cameraman zooms in too close is always chasing around to follow the puck.

Do they do a OoTTCoS? Out of Town Traditional Circle of Sticks.

Yes, I'll give you that.

Didn't Pattyn get the box twice last night? I hope he takes a look at Stecher's goal and realizes his penchant for penalties comes at a cost. Great guy to have on the team, but he's gotta cut down on box time.

And I'm good with that. Let the other teams win the scrums while we win the point battles.

Only listened on the radio, but TH clearly felt the penalty should have been called which would have prevented Stecher's goal.

Listening to TH, I kept expecting the Western onslaught to happen in the third, but the puck just wasn't in our end much. Would have been nice to get the SO for Zane, but there are much bigger fish to fry. Was it a clean 2-on-0 Parks failed to convert?

This is a very good UND team--such mobility on D, and good forwards up and down the lineup. But they sure miss a lot of prime scoring opportunities, and that's one thing that is so satisfying about getting Boeser.

Seeing the Frenchy's mug on your posts brings back some good memories.

I wish Pattyn could figure out a way to play physical without spending so much time in the box.

Played for the North Stars. Didn't go to UND, though.

For those who have been attending Western games, how are their fans? I have to think they are probably genuine hockey fans who can enjoy a beer and some hockey talk.

Obvious blown call, but you stand in the blue trying to score with a loose puck and the goalie down at your feet, you get body slammed. That's The Code.

Agree with all that. But with the level of parity in college hockey these days, a couple of pipes or deflections can be the difference in just about any game.

This Western team can be dangerous, despite their record.

That's a fair point

Since they frozen four is so important, I think they should have shootouts after one period of OT, then let each team use three alumni for shooters. UND? Oh, I don't know . . .

Must be a software program for this. If not, there will soon will be at some NCHC school.

The guy behind the net? At what point did he signal goal?

It's one of those mysterious time-delay things. They didn't see the puck bouncing around in the net until time was about to expire in OT.

I was about to admit I was wrong on this penalty deal til I remembered that you guys are completely full of shyt

With all due respect, whether Moore's hit was worthy of a game or not, it was not in the same class of dirty as the Paukovich hit on Bina.

I'm trying to get there, but it sounds like you do not think it was a late hit, but all clipping penalties should be gamers.

The fact that he did not have the puck is a good point, and it seems like a more important factor than the hit itself, and that might deserve a game or more. But it's more of this "finishing your checks" stuff that I've always had some problem with. Drake had just touched the puck shortly before that, and guys get run all the time after they have lost contact with the puck. I'm not justifying it--more hits should get called that fall under finishing checks, IMO. Would that check have been a minor if Drake had still been carrying the puck? Honest question--I don't know.