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6-5 final, Air Force over Michigan St

Air Force 5-3 over MSU after 2 periods.

Air Force up 3-0 on Michigan St after one period. Matteo Costantini centered WMU's 2nd line in their game against FSU. He didn't register any points but it appears WMU has a new strong 1st line after losing their entire 1st line from last year. Wendt/Grainger/Phillips combined for 4 goals/8 assists in their first game.

WMU beats FSU 6-4. Maine beats RPI 4-1. Air Force leads MSU 2-0 near the end of the 1st.

No chance of Gaber coming back for a 5th year? I heard the Sioux FB members are trying to convince Gaber’s mom to talk him into staying.

Updated stats thru 10/9: Croal, Littler, Panzer, Boisvert, Strathmann, and Zellers all continue their strong starts. Slower start to the season for O'Neill and Simpson. USHL (Forwards) Croal (Muskegon) - '03: 5gp - 2g/5a Littler (Cedar Rapids) - '04: 5gp - 5g/1a Panzer (Sioux Falls) - '04: 5gp - 2g/4a Slipec (Chicago) - '05: 6gp - 1g/2a Klee (Muskegon) - '05: 5gp - 2g/2a Swanson (Fargo) - '06: 4gp - 1g/3a Boisvert (Muskegon) - '06: 5gp - 5g/2a O'Neill (NTDP U17) - '07: 6gp - 0g/2a Simpson (Tri-City) - '07: 6gp - 0g/1a USHL (Defenseman) Jubenvill (Dubuque) - '03: 6gp - 2g/3a Strathmann (Youngstown) - '05: 5gp - 2g/5a McInnis (Waterloo) - '06: 5gp - 0g/0a (27 PIMs) Emery (NTDP U18) - '06: 8gp - 0g/3a Laurila (NTDP U18) - '06: 8gp - 1g/0a USHL (Goalies) Heil (Sioux Falls) - '06: 3gp - .889/2.97 (3-0) Other Ausmus - BCHL - '04: 5gp - 0g/2a Singleton - AJHL - '04: 9gp - 3g/7a Pilgrim - MN HS - '06: 0gp - 0g/0a Zellers - SSM - '06: 10gp - 13g/6a Schultz - MN HS - '06: 0gp - 0g/0a

Couple more "One More Shift" nights this year...Hrkac and Patrick. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/tony-hrkac-james-patrick-to-return-to-und-for-one-more-shift-this-season Hopefully they come out fired up after those...I seem to recall that UND has had good luck in the games after the One More Shift.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/dillon-simpsons-first-assignment-as-a-coach-is-to-take-on-an-unprecedented-assignment

Man, I hope so...as that would make for a very fun & entertaining season to watch.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/the-heralds-2023-24-conference-by-conference-college-hockey-preview I hadn't heard this before: Schloss picks UND to finish 2nd behind DU. He also picks Blake as the top forward, Perron as the top recruit, and Berg as the top transfer. Berg was oddly absent from the scoresheet in UND's 10-0 exhibition win.

That's what I was gonna say as well. Manitoba didn't look good, but how much of that was attributed to UND relentlessly coming on the forecheck and forcing them to turn it over in their own end. They came at them hard and attacked the puck carrier anytime Manitoba even got a sniff. Army will be a better test, and then UW will be an even better test. UW wasn't really tested against Augie, didn't allow a goal and outshot them handily. We'll see how BSU fares against them on Friday. A win against UW will be a big help in the PWR, as you know the B10 will be strong again this year.

Rizzo with 7 assists after their first two games.

Got one more across. Keep it rolling.

UND's next opponent, Army, lost 6-0 to Union today in their season opener and were outshot 46-19. Hopefully we have similar success against them on Friday night.

Make that 4-1 DU now Jack Devine with back to back PP goals. He had two goals yesterday too, so he already has 4 goals in 2 games. Good start to the season for him.

DU up 3-1 on UAF, despite getting outshot 14-8. Not a good save % for that UAF goalie.

Schloss mentioned it briefly in the gamer but I didn't notice it at the game.

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.