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Our opponent for Friday. Hopefully we can take it to them as well.

So good to have college hockey back.

Just back from the game. Some guys made a noticeable jump from last year. Blake still sneaky and quick. Gaber looked like he gained a step. Perron. Dang...it's gonna be a fun year watching him. That hatty goal he had no room to shoot at, but he found the space. Livanavage has good edges, is shifty, and looks like he'll put up some points. OMac had some good looks and passes. Excited to see how the d-corps look next weekend, but they didn't give Manitoba many looks at all. 6 SOG for them? Ouch.

No. No they can't.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/the-heralds-preseason-top-20-nchc-players Schloss has Blake at #1, Gaber at #5, and Perron at #6. Six DU players made the list.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/an-entertaining-trio-is-set-to-lead-und-this-hockey-season

Hopefully Emerson and Kunz are cleared to play. They've both returned to practice. Sounds like all three goalies will hopefully get a shot. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-exhibition-games-against-manitoba-might-not-be-an-annual-occurrence?auth0Authentication=true

They said on the latest podcast that is the correct pronunciation but Ludvig said to call him Person just to make it easier on everyone.

Duran overpowered them. Nice work Twins!

Phew. Got out of a jam there.

Bases full, no outs! Cmon, knock em in.

Gotta make something happen here.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/10-things-to-know-about-unds-hockey-scrimmage Hopefully neither Emerson or Kunz are out long term: Line 1A looks to be starting with Perron/Berg/Gaber. Schmaltz moved to wing on Line 1B for Schmaltz/OMac/Blake:

Vid of Perron's shootout winner, then the fireworks I'm assuming.

Looks like there was a shootout

Not sure yet if this helps or hurts us in the PWR.

Scrimmage ends in a 2-2 tie. Ness, Wiebe, and Gaber x2 (both 3-on-3) with the goals.

Pyke has the Go-Pro camera mount on his helmet.

Schlossman responded that Emerson isn't injured, he's just out with an illness.

Wow. Can't fix that amount of stupid.

Yeah hopefully. Haven't heard anything mentioned about him being injured to start the season.

Perron-Berg-Gaber Owen & Blake Those two lines could do very well. And then James on a 3rd scoring line to create a mismatch against any other teams 3/4 line.

Perron

CHN ranked their top 10 recruiting classes for this year: https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2023/10/02_CHNs-Top-10-Recruiting-Classes.php UND is listed as a "honorable mention" and only brings up Perron & Livanavage. I would take our class over a couple of those in the Top 10, especially when you consider that they didn't even mention Wiebe, Emerson, Hedquist, or Benoit.

I would bet that UND has a better shot at winning the league than UMD does at finishing third or higher.