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Sounds like Faber is returning for his junior season at UMN. They'll be contenders again next season with what they return and their excellent recruiting class.

They should put a rule about only getting one "free" transfer in the portal, it just seems weird all these guys being in the portal every year. One free transfer, otherwise back to the old rule of needing to sit a year. Cruikshank, Demin, Calder, etc.

They do this year. Last year they made exceptions for the seniors wanting to stay an extra year...this year it is back to normal.

Would've loved to have seen him on a line with Gaber. I really like our incoming group of forwards, but Cooley sure would have elevated next year's team nicely.

Calm it down a bit. We're one whole title behind the two teams tied for 1st. One of whom hasn't won a title in 24 years despite getting massive classes full of blue chippers. #hugeloss

Ah, got it. I've been around for 6 UND titles...of course, one of them I was only 1yo, but still.

Duluth isn't anywhere close to being in the same class as UND in regards to F4 wins.

That includes two wins in a row against teams that couldn't be beaten too. Duluth always wins when it matters (so I've heard). And Michigan was the best college team ever (if you look at those pesky NHL drafts). Pretty impressive NCAA performance from them, for sure.

Seemed to work out alright for UND last time.

DU stands to lose a ton this offseason. Wright for sure gone. Doubt Guttman or Stapley use Covid years. Brink, Savoie, and Chrona will get pressure to sign, for sure. That'd be 5 of their top 8 scorers gone plus their goalie. Mazur and Rizzo will be a good core pair, but they'll get all the pressure with all of the above likely gone.

The good thing about that is that there's only like 15 total DU fans on social media, so you don't hear from them much anyway.

What a 3rd period meltdown for Mankato. They completely dominated the first 5 periods of this Frozen Four, and then collapsed in the last period.

I wanted Mankato to win, but keeping it in conference is good too. Now we'll just need to win next year to get into a 3-way tie with 9 titles.

And then still ended up playing a year of juniors if that's the case.

Him and Morrow in green this season, and maybe we're playing today.

Just like that last 2on1. Mankato is officially fallen apart.

It is?

Mankato had 2 full periods of playing well but now DU is getting multiple chances. Even if Brink wouldn't have gone in the crease there, that would have been a great chance.

Wright isn't gonna miss that one too often.

Ha! Taking a page right out of Karl's PP playbook.

Geez 4 DU SOG at the halfway point of the game? And they have two PP chances in there? Wow

Mankato with their 2nd failed SH breakaway.

Yes. Too many men.

As annoying as it is, I hope we hear Ole a few times tonight.