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Must be some sort of Miami supporter. Sounds like Miami put in a decent amount of work to make him eligible but then he just de-committed instead. I'm guessing he just looked that Boser was from ND and assumed that it was UND that was putting the pressure on him. Oops on his part.

Those darn analytics. Avert your eyes, @Oxbow6 https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/analytics-show-how-jackson-blake-is-impacting-und-in-several-ways

It's that time of the year again as teams seasons come to an end. A couple pro signings from Notre Dame and a few portal entrants already.

Right now we're looking to lose four forwards (Gaber, Johannes, Ness, and Albrecht), three dmen (Pyke, Britt, and Pehrson), and maybe one goalie (Persson could leave, but still has one year eligibility left) barring any early departures or portal losses. From current recruits, we'd be looking at bringing in: Swanson, Boisvert, Croal and either Klee/Littler or a portal for forwards Jubenvill, Strathmann, and Emery for dmen If Persson leaves, I'm guessing we'd go portal to find a goalie to challenge Hobie for starts until Heil is ready to arrive on campus

Congrats to Jake on making the NCHC All-Rookie Team:

I bet we see at least one conference tourney upset which puts the magic PWR number to 13. With CC/UNO/WMU at 11/12/13, that makes things really tight especially if Prov (14) or UMass (15) move up (they actually play each other next in the HEA quarters). It may very well be win or go home for most of those teams...would be interesting to look at options if any of those NCHC teams win or lose in 3 games to see if that still keeps them above the cut line.

Welcome to the NIL world, UND: https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/an-nil-collective-to-benefit-und-athletes-will-soon-be-announced?fbclid=IwAR0YB1LoX1USLC59Lrsf5R9mGRkV4lqXsXu1bs4AY6MqxPSvTOjYvOXMTkg

The Sioux Facebook group members are infatuated with Gaber's mom.

Yep, then everyone will be ready to hang banner #9 again, like after the sweeps of DU and WMU.

All will be well after finishing Miami off in two games. If it goes to three...watch out here on ss.com.

I certainly didn’t say that. The people that said that are the same people calling for Berry's head after two poor games at Baxter.

The correct answer is tacos.

WMU just swept them, outscoring them 9-3 in the process. If UND can’t take care of them in 2 games, not many are gonna be confident in much success at NCHC tourney or NCAAs.

I’ll go with: UND in 2 DU in 2 WMU in 3 CC in 3 Then the only question is if UNO is out of the tourney if they lose (in either 2 or 3 games).

They probably would have made the tourney easily without all those OT games and losses to low PWR teams. OT - Merrimack, Miami, Stonehill, Dartmouth (2), Lindenwood, Alaska Losses - Miami, Augustana, Alaska, Anchorage Ouch.

Negative. This team has enough talent to win more than just the Penrose. Unfortunately their level of play has gone down since the holiday break.

Happy to be of service! Unfortunately we only see you around here when the team loses, so I'm only able to humor you for those games.

Current PWR (before DU/CC game is over) have: CC #11 UNO #12 WMU #13 SCSU #16 Dang, that is gonna make for some very intriguing first round playoff series. At least a couple teams could see their season end on the wrong side of the PWR bubble unless they win and advance.

UMass lost to Maine tonight and drops to #15. I'm hoping that UMass and UNO both end up on the wrong side of the PWR cut line.

At 12 now but right behind CC who is playing DU right now. Next weekend will make or break UNO's season. If they lose the best of 3, I bet their season is over.

I've gotta assume that DU has a good chance at overtaking us in the PWR if they win tonight?

I still don't think that this team is anywhere near a bubble team. They've proven against other top teams that they can play -- and beat -- them. Unfortunately, they've also proven that teams that relentlessly forecheck and pressure them like CC and UNO will have great success against UND. So who knows what we'll get once the NCAA tourney begins. The team that beat UMN, BU, WMU, DU, etc? Or the team that got swept by CC and UNO?

It's gonna be one (or two) tough games regardless. IMO still a really good chance that they end up in SF. I am still betting that UNO doesn't make the tourney.

If we finish this weekend with Britt's flukey goal last night as the only 5x5 goal scored, that's pretty brutal for sure.