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Agree. St. Cloud wining would be a just outcome. For the past several years, they have earned it on the ice.

A WPA project, I believe. The smell of that rink, like all cold air wood rinks, in winter is unique and something that is difficult to recall but instantly familiar when you go back. I can still hear the sqeaky pulley on the door from the warming room out to the home side of the ice. A lot of the rinks in the small wheat towns over the border in Manitoba were built just like it, except they generally had a curling rink along side. I always thought the curling rinks looked like baby whales along side their big round mothers.

Got to see them play a GF team with former Sioux, including Panzers, at the Lumberdome. Cold place but great old school hockey venue.

The 'Jacks still have a team? JC, but they won some championships, I believe.

I just know it's a good thing we're not in Canisius anymore.

SCSU has been playing dam good hockey for years under Motzko and now. They deserve a banner.

Former Sioux defenseman as head coach? Gee, let me see . . . .

Six of the seven games tonight will end in 3-2 scores.

Off topic. Wondering if any of you in Nodak are seeing any northern lights tonight. Supposed to be a good weekend for it, possibly even here in south central WI, though nothing is happening so far.

burd whiffed again, eh?

God yes, 1969. If you weren't in Nam.

38 Banners sitting it out.

So UMinn, UMich, UW, BC, BU, and UND all out of the tourney. When, if ever?

I'm OK with that. I'll pull for them this year.

Watching SU play Duke is like watching UND play Canisius. Mismatch

I hope you're right. But if recruits see the offensive drop off of the past several years under a particular coaching staff and system, I have to wonder. Again, I hope you are right. Btw: I know you weren't attacking me, but I wouldn't mind a bit if you did. It's the idea you are attacking, and I've had some bad ones.

Yeah, it's not me who draws these conclusions, stoney, but I'd be shocked if it isn't happening. No proof whatsoever, which is standard for things I post.

Problem now is that even if Berry's reputation as an offense killer is unwarranted (this post assumes neither), if you are a young, high scoring forward playing in the USHL, high school, NAHL or Canada, do you come to UND for development? Perception becomes reality.

Me too. I've always liked CC anyway. They had some high octane offenses not all that many years ago.

When Swami speaks, people listen. He earned a stellar rep on college hockey.

We are the Alabama of college hockey, having won one title in the last 18 years? If anybody has a claim to being the Alabama of college hockey in the modern era, it's BC, like it or not. And I don't.

Top scorer in the history of the program was a senior who stayed for the education, even though he NHL wanted him. Our last Hobey winner was a senior. Jeff and Jay Panzer pitched in a little. You could just decide to play only first rounders, and the senioritis would be pretty much cured.

I’m still holding out for Rasty Spirko to find a way to return for a year. Keep hope alive.

What reasons for a bad season or two are you willing to accept? Good talent but poor work ethic? Good talent but bad coaching?

Agree. And I think all of us improved our grammar game this year. Put it this way: Having learned from MM, fewer grammatical errors were made this year.