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I would guess we'll be behind at some point this weekend. And I wouldn't be surprised if they drop a game. I'd love to see a couple of statement games for us though. Get the swagger back a little.

Agreed. Asking any team to go 10-0 or 9-1 when they play the top two teams in that span is asking too much, let alone being a team that hasn't swept a conference opponent all year. Autobid is the best bet at this point...try to play into the 5th/6th spot in the NCHC to avoid going to SCSU or DU in the 1st round. Then cross your fingers.

Johnson, Johnson, Montgomery, and Kunz

Looks like we have a winner. I feel bad for 6. Kid needs some playing time if he's gonna be getting some big minutes next season. Unless the coaches already know that he's gonna be getting those minutes at another program.

Owen is bound to score at some point, might as well make it this weekend. Looker will do the play by play this weekend instead of Hennessey.

What are the odds that anyone will be able to post an online link for tomorrow's game since it won't be on NCHC.tv?

Good news, Schmaltz will be back: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-center-depth-bolstered-ahead-of-series-at-miami Also a bit on Montgomery. Wonder what the heck kind of injury he suffered. Hopefully he can make a comeback either this season or next

I'd love to see a sweep this weekend, but this team just can't close out a weekend. Case in point, the home Miami series in November. Throttle them on Friday, 7-1. And then lose 4-3 on Saturday.

Who are these people? I've never once seen or heard a person say anything close to that.

Speaking of Perron. He looks small and shifty. I like it. Pair him with Blake and Gaber (should he return) and they could do some damage as long as they could play the defensive side as well. Our core group of younger forwards should be very good over the next couple years...if the coaches can figure out the goaltending and defensive woes, we could see some good teams.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/connor-bedard-locked-in-at-no-1-in-bob-mckenzie-s-mid-season-nhl-draft-ranking-1.1909910 TSN Draft list has Perron at #50 and Strathmann at #54

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-picks-up-commitment-from-right-handed-defenseman-tanner-komzak?fbclid=IwAR1WDVIznEPax_UkrQ0tih3QYVfgW7oD22VGOzjGVsQEul-Q_vEE0z2clKw

Yeah I'm confused by that as well. Oh well, looks to be a solid commitment for next season.

Jandric

The only time we should mention him should be in reference to his loss against UND in the 2001 NCAA semi-final, a day before his robbery of Panzer was announced. http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0001/boxes/mmsundk1.a05 The absolute best part of that entire day was listening to the announcers talk about how he was so good that his teammates couldn't even score on him in practice...and then watching Spiewak score literally a minute into the game.

I hope that all of 4, 6, & 24 return and none enter the portal as has been discussed here. IMO, our success next season hinges on the decision of 15 & 17 and the coaches ability to pick up a quality goalie (either from portal or recruit).

On Frisch:

I don't think you have to worry about that...most of the time UND players don't even win the Hobey when they do deserve it.

For sure. We've had a horse-crap of a season, but we're still only 5pts behind CC. We're not getting home ice for sure, but 5th place is not out of the question at all. That'd put us at UNO or WMU for 1st round...which I would take over a trip to SCSU/DU any day...even if the end result is still probably gonna be the same since we can't win 2 games in a weekend to save our lives.

I'll one up you and say they go 4-6 to finish the NCHC regular season. We'll see.

That'd be my guess too. Benoit has 47 PIM and is a -21 on the year...he'll fit right in.

They already have for four games...might as well make it a clean sweep of 8 games, with UND going 0-8.

Was Spicer ready though? UMD needed a forward, as they lost a ton of forwards last offseason. We already had four freshman forwards that were more ready to come in than Spicer. If we had brought Spicer in this year just so we didn't lose him, he would be sitting more often than not...then he just would have entered the portal after this season anyway.

That's crazy about QU, losing only one game all year and then losing twice this weekend. QU lost to a toothpaste. Harvard lost to a color.