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If both Miller and Moore come in, that puts us at 9 dmen, unless Reiger is moved to a more forward slot to take that open spot there as well. Gonna be a very deep d-corp.

Yeah no doubt on his best coaching job. I forgot about the nonstop season-ending injuries that year until Schloss' article reminded me: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/hockey/6483187-Herald-Top-5-memories-The-Timeout-game-was-a-comeback-for-the-ages

That was 2011. This was their 2012 F5 run. Although your point still stands.

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/05/09_NCAA-No-Sports-Without-Students.php Let's cross our fingers for this hybrid approach to pan out, because I just don't see every university getting everything lined up for all students to return to campus by this fall. If they can do hybrid for fall semester and then back to normal by spring semester? Hopefully something like that would work...because selfishly, I want to see what this 20/21 UND team can do.

My favorite part: Mario single-handedly battling not 1, not 2, but 3 Gopher players right in front of the net and he’s the one that gets to the puck for a goal. The epitome of both UND hockey and UMN hockey all in one scene.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/hockey/6484634-UND-handles-leaked-private-Instagram-chat-internally

He had two comments that I saw...both minor stuff compared to the other comments, for sure.

Herald article on UND dman commit Scott Morrow: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/hockey/6481903-UND-commit-headed-to-Fargo-has-a-lot-of-Travis-Roche-in-him-Force-GM-Cary-Eades-says Another Roche? Yes please. Geez that dman pipeline is SO stacked.

Sounds like a country music duo. They must be having a concert at the Ralph soon or something.

Maybe they can all share an apartment.

It'd be hard to get more playing time being that they have 0 games scheduled.

Well there you go, they don't need to recruit, they will just invite current students to play for them. There's plenty of interest. Man, it's going to be many, many seasons before this team doesn't get blown out every game.

Both PSU and ASU had very well-established and successful club teams prior to announcing going D1. I don't think LIU has anything at all.

I can't imagine that their transition will be as "easy" as ASU and PSU. Do they even have a club team? Starting from scratch is going to take a long time to get up to speed with even the bottom tier teams.

That's immediately who I thought of too while reading the article. Sounds like a very good pickup who could end up being a fan favorite.

Nice article on incoming forward Gaber: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/hockey/6287186-Riese-Gaber-becomes-first-UND-bound-player-to-win-USHL-Player-of-the-Year-in-more-than-a-decade

Tough loss for DU. That means they lose 3 of their top 5 scorers in Pettersen, Mitchell, and Finley...plus Ward transferred out.

Yes

The NMU series is back on schedule in early January. Seems they figured out their conflict.

https://www.uscho.com/2020/04/21/mens-d-i-college-hockey-conferences-making-plans-for-possible-shortened-season-in-2020-21/ I know this is very low on priority with everything that is going on...but man, it'd be a damn shame to kill the end of one season and the beginning (or most) of the next season. Especially as UND fans when the team showed so much potential for a title in 19/20 and again for 20/21 with everyone committed back. As I said, I know there are far more important problems to tackle first before we resume some sort of normal life...just makes me sad thinking about what could have been.

That'd be most appreciated...I'd like to download the 2016 title game for sure. Thank you!

I really wish that was on video somewhere. I remember that as well and also recall thinking about what a special forward he would end up being. I just remember him diving with his stick out-stretched and knocking the puck away while flying through the air. The Manitoba player had a huge headstart on him too.

The theme of next season...Unfinished Business:

Duncan’s NHL caliber wrist shot had something to do with it too.

Man was Panzer good. So good at dishing that puck. Thank you for posting!!