Old Time Hockey

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt. -Scotty Bowman As much as a like "Common" I would put my money on Bowman on coaching perspectives.

I have just nominated you for Dan "the common man" Cole's PST.

Fire Hak, I mean Fire Blais......never mind. So much for the Blais can't win in March anymore theory! They are a scary team if Massa keeps playing the way he did last weekend. I for one would love to see Hak vs Blais in the championship. What a story that would be.

Zero. Thread locked!

Not that I was overly concerned, but nice to hear Jewels say that he is a four year player!

I can think of a couple lost draws during the last decade of the NCAA tournament that were devastating to our squad.

This thread only exists because of the loss to Mark Mac. If he is in the line-up we are better than an average. When he went down, the Sioux had a string of games where they lost the face-off battle on a nightly basis. This weekend you could see them getting better. Geaux has a point though. Face-offs need to be a focal point on preparation for the Frozen Four! Consistantly losing draws in the defensive zone is a recipe for disaster this time of year.

If "no nickname" is one of the three to be voted on, it wins in a landslide!

Winning one game in April would be cool!

I like this better than......Roughriders, Spirit, Sundogs, Nodaks, Green Meadowlarks, etc! I say give me Pretty Pink Ponies or nothing at all.

FIRE HAK! I just couldn't help myself.....but know this is pure sarcasm. However it wouldn't hurt my feelings if he could shake the severe case of Aprilitis that has been hanging over his head.

This is why so many of us want no nickname! The negatives to Roughriders has been discussed thoroughly on this board already.

Boom! I talked with many fans this weekend in Minneapolis and that was by far what people wanted. I wish someone with some pull would spearhead this effort to make it a reality. There has been bantering at nauseam if it is legal or not, but it needs to be addressed. It also needs to be addressed by someone that wont just roll over like Kelley and co. I don't want to hear "we have asked the NCAA if it is ok and they said no" which was followed by a snide wink-wink between the two parties. The cause needs to organize and do it fast before something lame like the Green Meadowlarks becomes a reality!

Retribution for everyones envy of the Big 10.

He would have had another 5-10 penalties with a longer stick. Kidding! But seriously, he takes more penalties with his stick than any other on the team, which is a result of him not moving his feet and him using his stick to stop guys blowing by him!

Blackheart.... Your avatar has me thinking of a potential nickname. The *insert adjective here* shepherds. The logo could be a mean-ass German Shepherd like your avatar. The students could be the K-9 krew. We could have real life dogs as mascots with the initial ones name living on and on as the dogs rotate through the years. Stay with me here, I'm on a roll. We could incorporate a K-9 training program in the university's criminal justice program, training dogs for police departments throughout the country. We could have live demonstrations of the K-9 program at halftimes/intermissions of most well attended sporting events. These demonstrations would have to include the stalking, chasing, and the eventual mauling of a staged opponents mascot. How great would it be to see Bucky or Goldie being ravaged by our beloved "Buddy" or whatever it's name would be! There are countless angles we could go with this!

Don't quote me on it, but I am fairly certain we have women's bb. Not sure if there is a men's program. Maybe if we get a sweet new basketball court with some cool picture on it and a new lame-ass nickname we can get a basketball program! Then we can hire some lame-ass coach and ...........

Well played, sir! Maybe they are intentionally flying to Bismarck to complete their History 101 class. They will be expected to write a report on all the settlers sod homes and native tribes living in their tepees as they roam across the untapped Great Plains.

I think we should worry about getting a basketball team first! :-)

Go on stub hub or craigslist.

Maybe Maine burned their ships a decade ago?

Having fun = kicking ass. The only way to kick ass is to play well. Need to work on getting the team playing well to have fun. Sounds like a circular firing squad to me?

Something that highlights us as the Flagship university. Can't just go with Flagships, or even worse Flagshipmen (I can imagine how much fun our rivals would have with that) but something along those lines.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2HJxya0CWco

Our power play was brutal this weekend. If you think about the Clown vs Brotherhood game, Clown who does have a good pp absolutely generated zero chances on a critical 5 minute power play that could have changed the game. It's no secret teams that typically play well at special teams and get good goaltending win this time of year and that is why Miami won last weekends tourney. We need to be better at these areas of the game and it's definitely on Haks radar. I hope the power play playbook wasn't left on one of those ships...