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Just secured WIld tickets for Saturday of F5...fully expecting to see the WIld in the afternoon and UND play that night!

Very first UND hockey game I took my oldest daughter to...great introduction to Sioux hockey!!!

Tech is 8-8-1 since getting worked by UND in their barn...glad they "fixed" their issues since that series!

Your 1st sentence is the reason they are an enigma. Square peg in a round hole situation IMO. This is not a grind it out cycle team. They can do it stretches but they play their best when they get out and go. This is why it makes little sense not to have Rocco opposite Danny. There aren't 2 wings on the same line in the country with the speed and skill those two have.

Slump for Drake?? You could throw Parks, OD and Gaarder in that bucket too. Time to step it up. Something is up with Chyzyk...IMO he showed as much if not more offensive ability than the 4 I mentioned above prior to Christmas.

Time and space...that's what is needed for Danny and Corbin to excel and provide this team with the best opportunity to win. Who so far this season has helped create time and space for them?? To me this is a no brainer...Rocco. The two mentioned above will score way more points than Rowney and Parks with Rocco on the wing. Why potentially limit the effectiveness of your two best players?? IF OD is coming around, you put him on wing with Rowney and Parks. Or you reunite the Macs w OD? Kinda troubling though that at this point in the season Hak doesn't even have his TOP line nailed down.

If you move Easy Mac to top line, I think you keep 4th line as it has been with 3rd line of Gaarder centering Drake and Mark Mac.

Exactly...this series is not about Tech.

One major breakdown defensively with seconds left in 2nd cost UND the game. Goals like that generally come back to bite you.

We needed help to get the 2nd seed even with a win. Just means we get to watch em an extra time at the X! Danny and Corbin each have 1 point in last 3 games. Has to change if this team as a legit shot in NCAA. Get Rocco back up there...it's March time to lock it in.

Sweep...one close game and one not so much. Got tickets for last F5...cannot wait. Goals from here on out need to be short term...win 2, then 3, then 2 and 2 once more.

OD played well. Put Rocco back to top line. Drake back on 2nd line and OD w Mac's. I know Connor sits but...

Bright side...Zane stopped 37 and 35 SOG this weekend. Bad new...we gave 40 and 37 SOG this weekend. Zane better be in net next Friday. Berry better tighten up our D this week in practice.

Williams gave us the lead but now is keeping Mavs in it

I like cats...and hockey

OD seems like he wants to stay in lineup. Playing some good hockey tonight.

I'll go with this.

Drake IMO hasn't been playing poor enough to get benched. He was put in a tough spot last night. The fact that Danny and Corbin didn't produce wasn't on Drake. It was due to the fact Rocco wasn't on that line. OD was given a shot on the top line early this season, same with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lines. How many chance does he get? I don't get this switch. If Hak feels a message needed to be sent this late in the season to Drake that doesn't bode well for him, but then give Chyzyk a shot. Prior to the Christmas Chyzyk was quite productive.

Oh...didn't know I was to read every post in every thread I post in. I'll work on that...

Per Schloss...a UW win and UND win earns UND a share of WCHA title.

This...^^^^^^^^! It's crazy how this happens way too often...twice again last night. Rowney and Easy Mac seem to be heating up at the right time, but this team will go absolutely nowhere if Danny and Corbin are kept quiet. IMO Rocco has to be on that top line. He creates time and space for those other two which they haven't been able to get with anyone else on that line. Rowny's goal was a direct result of Rocco's play to Simpson, but all things being equal Danny and Corbin will put more points up with Rocco than Carter and Michael playing with Rocco. Simply math...the more goals the better and Rocco gives UND that possibility on the top line. You make 37 saves, you better be playing in net the next night...period. As to the 2 points above, I think too many coaches try to out think the room a lot of times. Hope Hak doesn't. I thought the 3rd and 4th line were very good last night. Connor is just flat out a hockey player and Colton is becoming a very solid contributor. Watched the last period of the UM/BSU...tough to watch BSU puke it away. That was their shot to get a game this weekend.

IMO the reason Danny and Corbin have been on fire since Rocco joined the line is because he frees up time and space for those 2.

How was that "spread out the scoring" working before Rocco was moved to top line???

Why????

Think this one could go either way, but Rocco, Danny and Corbin will not have a quiet weekend 2 weeks in a row...will go 4-3 Sioux!