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Shepherd was always great in person. Fun to razz on the ice as well, but never was the awful ref that Todd Anderson consistently is.

Anyone else get nervous that Nick is gone every time they see this thread at the top besides me??

Don't do it! It's garbage.

Mark Taylor, as mentioned above. And that's really the end of the thread, in my opinion if talking all time. For sure would have been our first Hobey in 1980 if it didn't start the following year in 1981 I would imagine.

Got a chance to talk to Tyson for a minute at the U18 Tourney. He seemed genuinely excited to be coming to UND. I've always had that same fear, though. It's like everything you hear about the kid seems too good to be true.

I don't think it seems much different than most of the time personally. I remember how huge it was when we signed Cichy and the Mattson kid who never made it to campus.

Yes and no. There's always excitement over our incoming recruits. It's a new challenge for them when they get on campus, and a few can succeed right away, and most need a year or two to acclimate. It's nice to know we have somehighly touted guys, but I'd have a little cautious optimism.

Unless you know something I don't, he's not a big kid at 5-10, 165 and only finished T42 in regular season AJHL scoring as a forward, a league not known for a ton of high-end recruits. He's also already 19 and will be 20 in the fall, so an older kid, his stats and size don't bode too well in my eyes. Not saying he's a bad player, but even our role players are typically good enough to light it up in juniors. I'm glad for him that he's able to go D1, though.

Thank you Fanatic! You don't happen to have any other games do you...either this year or prior?

Dell was great and plenty good enough to win a title. Cam was awesome as well, and I'm not trying to take anything away from Cam, but our D-corps was a bit better this year than in 2011. There were some good Defensemen in 2011, but as a whole, the 2016 group is the best UND has had in awhile.

One really cool video WatchESPN had was an "ice level" view with no announcers, just crowd noise. It was a lot of fun watching from that view, particularly during the goals and other key plays.

Paul Ralston? Or another Paul?

The black 2013-14 jerseys were sold with the patch on them from the team. They put the patch on them because they don't determine what color they'll decide to wear until it's too late. The seller didn't do anything wrong in this case. No, the team didn't wear black, but the team was the one to add the patch.

He may not be eligible for a medical redshirt. I believe that if a player is capable of playing after his injury, whether he plays or not, it negates the ability to redshirt. From what I understand is that by the end of the season he could have played had we needed him to or wanted him to. It's hard to piece it all together without being in the locker room.

I've seen mixed reviews on Greenway. The physical attributes are there. His brother is at BU and they're from the East. My guess is he isn't going to venture too far from the region, but you never know. Rumor is he's a middle-round type pick, which doesn't necessarily mean anything.

This will be your experience at any Frozen Four event for locations not used to hosting the Sioux.

All three potential conferences have pros and cons.... Big Ten: Pros: Name brand recognition; like schools Cons: Travel NCHC: Pros: Denver and CC are the closest proximity schools of any of the three interested conferences; Quality of league play Cons: Diffuculty in attaining wins; mostly no-name schools to those in Arizona WCHA: Pros: Easiest Schedule Cons: Travel; Poor brand-name recognition with conference foes I think them joining the Big Ten and playing a non-conference schedule that included Denver, CC, and Air Force regularly would make the most sense. As cool as it is for ASU to have hockey, they have an uphill battle to become competitive. This isn't Penn State 2.0.

Speaking of James Patrick... His nephew Nolan Patrick is projected to go #1 overall in the 2017 draft according to Craig Button of TSN. In the same draft, Dave Tippett's son, Owen is projected to go #8 overall. Both are in Major Juniors, unfortunately. Would have been nice to get a sniff at one of those two, and knowing how connected Dave was (and I'm sure still is) to all the Sioux alumni, he probably at least had a talk with them at some point. Button also lists UND commit Grant Mismash at #13. http://www.tsn.ca/get-to-know-them-patrick-liljegren-in-2017-1.389307

Add 2 to 107.

UND was gassed at that point. With Luke out and a lot of guys double-shifting, it wore on them. That break they got while the refs reviewed that hit was the best thing at that point. After that, they had their legs back a bit and finished the game strong.

I think Mafia posted some team pics earlier from those years. 59 had Sioux spelled diagonally with sammy patch on sleeve. 63 had Sioux spelled diagonally as well, no Sammy.

Our three (not two) years that we had Blackhawks-style logos didn't use Blackhawks logos...they were similar, but different variations of them. We would not need permission. It's like saying a Ford F150 is the same as a GMC Sierra. To someone who knows little about cars, they are just both pickup trucks. But when you actually take the time to look, they are quite different.

I disagree on era-specific logos on banners. I like the continuity of having one logo used for the Sioux era on display. That's just my personal taste.

Dell played well in 2011. Only gave up one goal...can't expect a shutout.