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I was wondering too...what did Powers say pre-game?

Agreed. Looked like he was more just pushing against his facemask. What about the missed head contact on UND earlier in the game? Goes both ways, Powers.

DU on the verge of playing themselves out of the tourney. Down to #13 now and SCSU up to #15. A few NCHC teams might be on the bubble come tourney selection time.

Benching a young skilled player after one mistake was the Berry way. I like that Dane is letting these young highly skilled guys continue to play and develop. Yes, they’ll make mistakes but this experience will pay dividends in future seasons. Laurila will be a stud as an upperclassmen.

Great to see Zellers get back in the goal scoring column after a bit of a dry spell.

Correct

The team just plays better in front of Jan, period. Homer has made some nice saves but is all over the place. Not the calming presence of Jan, that’s for sure.

Not the best period. And no more PK, huh?

He made a couple good saves early for sure.

Good first period. Started a little slow but took over.

That post shot looked in. I'm right behind the net.

Homer in. Jubs and Klee sitting.

I’d love to see it, but I doubt ASU is held to only one goal all weekend. Their PP is potent.

My thoughts as well. Homer has looked better his last few starts when compared to his early season. It's still Jan's net for the foreseeable future, but I can see Homer getting a start one of the games.

Homer returns to ASU wearing green this time: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/unds-gibson-homer-an-elite-learner-on-and-off-the-ice?fbclid=IwY2xjawPfxUBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFjajFONG1NWHNsdzhxUHhoc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHndIcqgbj3iGBafD2D0Flu23bnHcCIQSu5BERyFhsOstsn7ZBi5az2MB-GXF_aem_duzr8dIJbp4WFTcL_20HyA

Yeah Schloss mentioned that on his weekly podcast.

More on recent commit Thoreson: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/und-commit-beck-thoreson-is-not-a-typical-big-guy

Potter is a loss for ASU for sure, but Schimek and Lucius are the two I fear more on ASU's roster. Those two on the PP is deadly. Similar to UMD's top line, if you can keep those two off the scoresheet, I like our chances.

Maybe next year they should go 100% USports instead of 60% like this year.

UNO is desperate. They just added a dman to their roster in late January. He was previously playing this season in the ECHL and AHL: https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/483627/ryan-mccleary

Updated Commit Stats as of Jan 19th: Welcome to new commit Beck Thoreson! Simpson with a great week...now leads the USHL in points! Third in goals, fourth in assists as well. Forwards B. Schultz (USHL Sioux Falls) - '05: 35gp - 18g/12a Pilgrim (USHL Tri-City) - '06: 29gp - 10g/14a A. Schultz (USHL Chicago) - '06: 26gp - 9g/11a O'Neill (WHL Edmonton) - '07: 43gp - 18g/13a Sanderson (USHL Muskegon) - '07: 31gp - 10g/14a Simpson (USHL Youngstown) - '07: 38gp - 21g/30a Jundt (WHL Calgary) - '08: 36gp - 7g/4a Williams (WHL Saskatoon) - '08: 40gp - 14g/23a DeMars (WHL Penticton) - '09: 35gp - 4g/7a Grubb (SSM 18U Prep) - '09: 30gp - 6g/14a McKamey (WHL Victoria) - '09: 27gp - 1g/5a Defensemen MacKenzie (WHL Edmonton) - '06: 35gp - 10g/25a Klimpke (WHL Saskatoon) - '07: 42gp - 3g/27a Lindberg (USHL Fargo) - '07: 31gp - 4g/10a Penner (USHL Fargo) - '08: 17gp - 0g/0a Thoreson (U17 NTDP) - '09: 10gp - 0g/3a Goalies Heil (USHL Madison) - '06: 20gp - 2.37 / .897 (12-5-3)

I hope so! I see him again on Friday for pre-gaming before the ASU game. Maybe if he gets a few drinks in him, he’ll loosen up a bit with his responses.

Carels and Preston would be my “dream duo” as well. DuPont if Carels somehow falls thru.

Like ships passing in the night. Bummed I’ll miss ya on both this trip and for the Miami series!