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Question: If the puck hit a pipe at a UMinn-UMich hockey game and no one was around to hear it, does it make a sound?

That may be a legit criticism, but how, exactly, is Berry's system different from Hak's?

SCSU has won the regular season title in the toughest conference in the country 3 or 6 years. This is not your daddy's SCSU.

Anybody 25 or under and in college is a kid.

Much as we ride him, I feel bad for Gardner. These are kids still, after all, and I'm sure he's having a tough time right now.

That's hockey most of the time. Greasy goals and defense.

I was wondering why we had 4 skaters

cue Gardner for a cross check

It's really too bad. He's a good kid and teammate or he wouldn't be a captain. It's just falling apart for him.

They do a lot of things right. Forecheck well. Work hard. Great D. Just can't convert to save their souls.

unf c ing believable Gardner

nice puck movement so far. Gotta pot that shot off the faceoff.

yup. see edit. Pitiful. I need a guardian.

yeah? Hey, I'm wrong. It didn't come up as ready to watch-just tomorrow's game.

Getting tired of getting only one televised game per weekend on NCHC tv.

I've said before that I'm not sure even Blais was as good of a program coach as Hak was. Blais missed with some teams that should have won NCs too, but Hak's teams might have been a little tight for the big ones. Other than that, the guy was a phenomenal coach.

The lack of offense and bad PP are really not separate problems. They are both driven by lack of talent.

They might get into the tourney somehow, but it would be entirely appropriate for this team not to. I'm sure the boys care, and they seem to be working hard, but the offensive talent just isn't there.

He has goals: go to the box as often as possible.

Stream this one though CC site?

Not a fair statement. As strict as Hak was (and Blais) both of them had important players taking too many penalties. On the whole this team works hard and is as disciplined as teams for 4-5 years ago. They just don't have the offensive fire power.

Yeah, people need to keep in mind that these kids want the nhl but a campus like UW or UMich has some serious pull.

That is true, but seems rare that an undrafted player has the puck possession skills highly rated players ike Heatley, Toews, Schmaltz, Vanek, etc did. That's one thing that we have sorely lacked--a player who defenses have to give space to out of respect. Especially on the PP. Defenses feel free to go after anybody on the team without fear of missing and getting caught out of position. I don't know if Travis Roche was a high pick coming in, but he could do that on the blue line.

And many complained that we never won the big one with Oshie and his teammates. Not I--I got great pleasure watching them play, whether they won a banner or not. Just saying some folks need banners to feel good about it all and openly expressed a willingness to live with down years so long as we got a banner now and then. Not saying that's you, Oxbow.

If that game was slowed down, it was to our benefit, not UMD's.