burd
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Great parents and extremely athletic family. The kid lives for hockey.
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I was there too. Jeff Sauer and CC in town, if I remember right. Those of us who began watching the Sioux in the old barn thought the new building was very nice but too quiet and civilized. A little like fans felt after the move from the old Ralph to the new.
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Be nice to get a 3 seed or better.
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OK, that's straightened out, but we can still do a little face-washing around here, can't we?
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I don't think anyone is mocking Blais, scpa, as much as tweaking the "fire Hak" people by joking about what Dean could have done or is now doing in UNO.
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And that blazer.
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If that is true, he will definitely have to show he can develop that ability to game coach on the big stage when he has the talent to win.
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That would never happen with Hakstol.
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Some good points. It's not all the head coach, of course, but I think when we remember now good Frattin was we overlook how well his situation was handled. What happened after he left the program and returned to Edmonton was pretty remarkable, IMO, and Hak and his staff deserve some credit for that.
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This is exactly the way I see it. I'm not sure the Sioux have had a better program coach than Hakstol. And I'm not sure how you game-coach any better than putting 40 SOG and only giving up one goal while the goalie is on the ice (Mich 2011), but I think he needs to do something. On the balance, it seems Blais recommendation that they hire Hakstol has been good for UND. They do need to win one, though, to keep recruiting the elite talent, IMO
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They don't want to lose anybody for Friday night in St. Cloud. Beat me to it, Sprig
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Sounds like things will start to go UND's way if they keep up the pace.
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Heard Cameranesi's name a lot last night on radio.
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Stopped by the grocery store on my way home from work today and witnessed this young mother dealing with a toddler who was lying on the floor kicking and screaming his head off for something in the candy rack. The child didn't speak well for his size, but the mother was really good about it, saying to the lady next to her in line, "he's just two, he doesn't know any better."
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Nice weekend, but we shouldn't draw too many conclusions about what the team did different. Miami is at the bottom for a reason.
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Blais would have gotten 9
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Do you still call it pulling the goalie when he doesn't take the ice to start the third?
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Not much pride in that statement.
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Is that what's been the main problem with Miami this year--goaltending?
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Just get through this game healthy now.
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:UND is a better team overall than last year, and they do have three gone to Sochi, but man, UMinn has way more team speed.
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Challenge the gophs to some coulee hockey. See what they're made of. Home and home--the English Coulee and the Mississippi.
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When I was in school, they called them flashbacks.
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There's the rub. Only one team on their schedule that is firmly in. Both SCSU and UMD are on the road, which would be worth points if they win those games, but it will definitely be a tough row from here on in. But this team could certainly make some noise in the tourney if Gothberg comes back and nobody else gets hurt. I'm sure Gopher fans do not want to see UND in postseason.
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You're right to call me on that. I would have been more accurate to say new enforcement of rules. Interference, holding, cfb, crosschecking, contact to the head, hooking, slashing, even elbowing--all those are more strictly enforced now than they were even 15 years ago, some for safety reasons and others to speed the game up. I'm obviously not an authority on this game and am not trying to taken as one, but these guys play a game that is officiated differently than it was even 10 years ago. I suppose since most college players have played most of their careers under those rules (at least in the US--I don't know about the Canadian leagues for school-age players), so they understand them--or should. But many older fans (like me) are slower to appreciate how different the checking game has become, with both the stick and the body. But I don't disagree with Heaven, really. And the Sioux tradition of physical play probably does give our players a mental edge. But it seems that when they lose they lose because they are not transitioning out of the zone well, are not covering in front of our own net, and are not creating enough presence in front of theirs. There is a separate thread for hot goalies, so I won't go there.