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Christmas fruitcake. Studies show Aunt Sally's Christmas fruitcake can f ck up depth perception in young people. It can cause ED too, but we'll leave that alone for this discussion. But Karl has been through this himself and knows the antidote.

"But I''m gonna hunt down that effing, good-for-nothing ref and castrate him."

He'll come around. We've seen what he has, and he has Karl there with him.

If they can get 3 tomorrow, 5 of 6 on the road is nothing to complain about in the NCHC.

They did before the break but not after.

Mismash too, though he sometimes tries to carry the puck too much. He's been very good this year, though, and I expect that to continue.

That, and we want our reputation to be that we are a better finishing school for high end talent than the competition, so a short, successful transition from college to NHL is good for recruiting and an overall long-term plus. We just need to be able to recruit around those early departures and hope for few injuries.

We all know Pinto has great skills and is willing to work. I like knowing also that he has passion and intensity. Now we will find out whether he learns this lesson or has control issues. Ryan Duncan had passion and intensity too.

I think everyone agrees it was a stupid penalty. But I think it's also true that fans are willing to be more patient when the conduct is not a recurring retaliation/stupidity problem with that player. Pinto is young; we will have to see if it's a problem for him. He certainly put the team in a tough situation last night.

I was thinking the same. He hasn't shown signs of being a bonehead, and it shows hie has fire.

Where's Rhett for another so we can play 5-3

For the last two years (before this year), we've not been able to score without following with a penalty. Hope they can kill this one.

I don't believe any NC team since Cornell in the late 60s has gone undefeated. All of them showed how to bounce back from defeat, though.

Does Tim still say "Are you kidding me?" a lot? Especially on bad penalty calls.

Good stuff. That's the kind of thing that makes the college game so good. They may be thinking it will be their career, but it's not just a job yet.

Yes. That disease affects the best among us.

UAH doesn't have nearly as much speed, but they seem to be coached well.

And that's on TH by now. He could put an end to it.

It was a nice setup and snipe. Hockey play.

Understood.

Have people been calling UND players busts around here this year?

Fair comment.

Cornell must be the real deal this year.

Mismash. It's always been clear he has a lot of skill, but it took a while for that to start paying off, as it did with Kawaguchi. But he's really coming on this year. Seeing that slow bloom and the manner in which he takes penalties, it makes me wonder if he is just maybe doesn't have a lot of on-ice intelligence. Pure speculation on my part and probably not very responsible speculation at that.

I can see why they might be rusty, but this performance might say something about JBD's on ice leadership.